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With the rise of NFTs, 'pay to win' games have got mightily expensive
6.10.2020
It's one thing to "win at all costs," but what if that cost is half a million dollars?
John McAfee Arrested, Indicted for $23 Million Illegal Crypto Pumping and Tax Evasion in US
6.10.2020
John McAfee has been arrested and indicted for tax evasion, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The cybersecurity entrepreneur has also been charged with fraudulently pumping cryptocurrencies by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. McAfee Fraudulently Pumped Tokens The U.S. Department...
SEC Alleges John McAfee Pumped Tokens for Profit
5.10.2020
John McAfee allegedly received $11.6 million in bitcoin and ether for pumping ICOs in 2017 and 2018
Bitcoin.com Exchange Acquires BOA Exchange To Reach New Markets
5.10.2020
Announced earlier this week, the two companies said the deal is expected to be finalized immediately, without disclosing the financial terms. BOA Exchange is a crypto exchange that has accumulated a vast user base, offering free alt tokens in airdrops and staking coins. The deal further expands...
SEC versus Kik: SAFTs are far from safe
4.10.2020
SEC v. Kik doesn’t have to be game-over for Kik or SAFTs. In fact, the decision is perhaps more favorable than the SEC v. Telegram order
DeFi tokens are oversold but revenue and TVL show traders expect a bounce
3.10.2020
The pullback in the value of Yearn.finance and Aave signals that the DeFi market may be oversold but increasing revenues of the top projects suggests otherwise
Venezuela’s State-Run ‘Defi’ Crypto Exchange Goes Live After Maduro’s Anti-Blockade Speech
3.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) is allegedly coming to Venezuela after a recent decree from Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The government recently introduced a defi platform called BDVE that purportedly provides Venezuelan citizens with the means...
Kucoin Hack: $17M Laundered Via Decentralized Exchanges, Blockchain Analysis Firm Claims This Can Still be Traced
2.10.2020
Elliptic says the Kucoin hacker has sold $17.1 million worth of tokens via decentralized exchanges (dex) platforms like Uniswap, Kyber Network, Tokenlon. The shift to dex applications comes after centralized projects came to the aid of the beleaguered exchange by blocking any cashing out of...
A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience
2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...
Are 'social tokens' the next big thing?
2.10.2020
Creators and influencers have a new way to monetize their efforts and reward their loyal followers
Atari Plans November Premiere for Video Game Cryptocurrency
1.10.2020
Atari's self-styled entertainment payments token has been in the works since early 2018
Dfinity poised to launch straight into Top 5 crypto tokens by market cap
30.9.2020
“Feature complete” final milestone before public launch unveils governance system for the first time
Bitcoin.com Exchange to List Aspire and Aspire Gas as Newest Digital Asset Creation Platform Comes to Market
30.9.2020
Aspire (ASP) is the first digital asset creation platform to resist both mining exploits and 51 percent attacks common to proof-of-work blockchains. Its fees are a tiny fraction of creating assets on Ethereum or other platforms due to its innovative Aspire Gas (GASP) blockchain Both tokens will...
Top 5 Tokens for Staking 2020
29.9.2020
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Messari Says Initial Dex Offerings Are ICO 2.0, Urges Investors to Resist Initial Hype
29.9.2020
Crypto research firm, Messari says new Defi token offerings or initial dex offerings (IDO) are a reincarnation of initial coin offerings (ICO) and warns average investors to steer clear these. The firm notes that several early participants of IDOs are the ones that typically make off with outsized...
Bored with Bitcoin price, traders chase gains in altcoins and DeFi tokens
29.9.2020
Bitcoin price is sideways and pinned below $11K, leading traders to seek greener pastures in altcoins and DeFi tokens
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...
Ocean Protocol Forks to Retrieve Tokens Stolen From KuCoin Exchange
28.9.2020
On Sunday, Ocean Protocol conducted a hard fork from its old token address to prevent the Kucoin exchange hacker from continued unloading of stolen OCEAN tokens on decentralized exchange Uniswap
KuCoin hackers keep moving stolen tokens to the largest DeFi exchange
28.9.2020
Are the KuCoin hackers DeFi noobs?
Defi Token Exposed as Pump and Dump Scam in Leaked Telegram Chat
28.9.2020
A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the back off unsuspecting defi investors. According to a leaked screenshot of the chat, an elaborate plan to defraud defi investors using the worthless...