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Gwallet.Tech: A Hybrid Defi Blockchain Platform
21.12.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Blockchain technology has been revolutionary as it has enabled the developments of novel financial products. Concepts like staking, mining and ICO have largely flourished due to the developments of blockchain...
Coinbase Allegedly Taps Goldman Sachs to Lead IPO, FTX Exchange May Launch Pre-IPO Futures
20.12.2020
Following the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange’s initial public offering (IPO) Form S-1 draft registration, reports note that Goldman Sachs will likely lead the IPO. Moreover, the digital currency trading platform FTX is rumored to be launching a Coinbase futures market before...
Nicehash Crypto Mining Pool ‘Fully’ Reimburses All Users Affected by 2017 Hack
19.12.2020
A Slovenian cryptocurrency mining pool and trading platform announced that they’ve managed to fully compensate their users affected by a hacking attack that took place in December 2017, which took over 4,600 bitcoins. Nicehash ‘Fully’ Reimburses Users Affected in 2017 Hack...
American Express’ Venture Arm Invests in a Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
19.12.2020
American Express says its venture arm, Amex Ventures has invested in Falconx the cryptocurrency trading platform that focuses on serving institutional trading clients. Amex’s investment, which was announced during a record-breaking week for bitcoin, underscores the credit card issuer’s...
Change vs. Inertia
18.12.2020
Recently, I’ve become more deeply aware of the inherent tension between change and inertia, as it applies to the evolution and use of web technologies. These forces have always been present and opposed to each other, but it seems to me that the side effects of these collisions are impacting...
DeNations, a Blockchain-Powered Metaverse, Launches the First INO – Initial Nations Offering
18.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Smatoos, which is already known in the blockchain industry as a token economy platform, has released the blockchain-based metaverse, DeNations. DeNations is a blockchain-based decentralized metaverse where anyone can manage nations, cities, and civilizations. Metaverse is...
Bitcoin Options Daily Volume Crosses $1 Billion, $100K Strike Introduced for 2021
18.12.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives markets have been seeing significant demand, as daily volumes for bitcoin options crossed $1 billion on December 17, 2020. Most of the record turnover has been taking place on the derivatives platform Deribit, and a large $100k strike has been introduced on the exchange...
Hong Kong Grants First License to Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
18.12.2020
Hong Kong now has its first regulated cryptocurrency trading platform. The Securities and Futures Commission has just given out the first-ever crypto license to OSL Digital Securities which will soon commence trading for several cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Hong Kong Gives Out First Crypto...
Nigeria Is Paxful’s Second Biggest P2P Bitcoin Market, Trades Top $566 Million in Five Years
17.12.2020
Nigeria, Africa’s biggest economy and most populous nation, traded more than $566 million worth of bitcoin between 2015 and 2020, making it the world’s second-largest peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin market after the U.S., which traded $3.75 billion in the period under review. According to...
I learned to love the Same-Origin Policy
17.12.2020
I spent a good chunk of my work life this year trying (in collaboration with the amazing Noam Rosenthal) to standardize a new web platform feature: a way to modify the intrinsic size and resolution of images. And hey! We did it! But boy, was it ever a learning experience.
This wasn’t my first...
Millions of Venezuelans Voted via Blockchain in an Unofficial Anti-Maduro Referendum
17.12.2020
An unofficial referendum pursued by the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took place over the weekend in Venezuela powered by a blockchain platform, while at the same time, parliamentary elections called by the president Nicolás Maduro also had its scenario in a widely criticized...
CoinsLoot Launch World’s First Crypto Loot Boxes, With 10% Free Crypto, Prizes and Staking Rewards
17.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. CoinsLoot is a decentralized crypto platform offering a range of benefits for gamers, investors and cryptocurrency enthusiasts. For the first time ever, users can purchase Loot Boxes with ERC-20 tokens to reveal a secret selection of cryptocurrencies and huge prizes, like the Tesla...
Brand New Protocol, DIGITALAX, Brings NFT Adoption Into the Real World
16.12.2020
DIGITALAX, a digital fashion focused NFT protocol on Ethereum, launched less than 2 months ago at the end of October and is already making headlines. It is the first NFT protocol to have its digital fashion wearable NFTs recognized by a non-blockchain gaming company— the leading silicon...
Introducing CyberFi — An Intelligent Automation Platform for DeFi
16.12.2020
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists.
The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector of the crypto industry is not new. In fact, it has been around for a couple of years now. However, until mid-2020, it was largely ignored by the majority of...
CryptoWars Is an Ideal Combination of Gaming and Liquidity Mining
16.12.2020
Decentralized finance (Defi) has сaused a mighty furor recently. Users have forgotten almost about everything while searching for money earning opportunities. Fortunately, the CryptoWars decentralized platform has created a wonderful solution that allows efficient and entertaining...
Fidelity-backed crypto trading platform OSL secures license in Hong Kong
15.12.2020
OSL is now officially licensed to operate regulated brokerage and automated trading services for digital assets
WEF, Mining Giants Develop Blockchain Platform for Tracking Carbon Emissions
15.12.2020
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has finalized a platform that tracks CO2 emissions during mining processes using blockchain
Paypal’s Stock Soars to All Time High as Demand for BTC on the Platform Now More Than Supply of New Coins
15.12.2020
E-commerce giant Paypal’s stock price surged to a new all-time high of $223.16 on Monday, December 14. Since November 12, when the payments giant opened the way for its US customers to start trading cryptocurrency, the stock has soared 17%. Paypal’s Turnaround The stock’s...
Amon, AI-Powered Crypto Wallet and Card Is Fundraising on BnkToTheFuture
15.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Amon, known for their innovative app that aims to make using digital currencies stress-free, will soon release their debit card in 31 EEA countries. The company, which recently got approval to release a crypto debit card, is currently fundraising on the online platform that...
MDN on GitHub
14.12.2020
Looks like all the content of MDN is on GitHub now. That’s pretty rad. That’s been the public plan for a while. Chris Mills:
We will be using GitHub’s contribution tools and features, essentially moving MDN from a Wiki model to a pull request (PR) model. This is so much better...