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Fintech Firm Fasset to Launch Zero-Trade Fee Crypto Trading Platform for Countries in the Gulf Region
24.9.2020
Announced on Thursday, the Fasset Exchange (FEX) is open for private beta enrollment and is planning a public launch later this year
Coinbase Pro Introduces Withdrawal Fee as Ethereum Fees Rise Further
18.9.2020
After previously absorbing the cost of users making withdrawals of cryptoassets from Coinbase Pro, the US-based exchange has now told its customers that a withdrawal fee has been introduced for all cryptoassets. The move follows a large spike in transaction fees on the Ethereum (ETH) network, which...
A recap of last week’s ‘DeFi Marathon’ hosted by CT China
9.9.2020
China looks into DeFi
Ethereum Developers Weigh Gas Rule Change to Ease Fee Pressure
7.9.2020
As Ethereum fees soar, a proposal to nix “gas tokens,” which let users prepay fees when they’re cheap and spend them later, is getting renewed attention
Declining ETH Gas Cost Still Higher Than BTC Fees: Supporters Insists ETH 2.0 to End High Fee Woe
7.9.2020
Ethereum network gas fees that averaged $15.13 on September 2 have been declining in the past four days ending the day at $3.43, according to Token View charts. At that cost, ethereum fees are still ahead of those on the Bitcoin network that averaged $2.75 on September 6. The highest average daily...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $11.1K; Ethereum Miners at Record Fee Percentage
2.9.2020
The bitcoin market went bearish as the price dipped while DeFi fees as a percentage of revenue for Ethereum miners is at an all-time high
Ethereum Gas Fee Prices Rising Again: When Will it End?
1.9.2020
The sky appears to be the limit for ethereum (ETH) gas fees as the average price of transactions returned to just short of the USD 5 mark for the first time since a bug apparently derailed the decentralized finance (DeFi) Yam project – and total gas fees reached a whopping USD 7.1 million on August...
Low-fee Cross-chain Token Swap Using Anyswap
27.8.2020
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The Ethereum-based Uniswap is by far the most popular decentralized automated market maker (AMM) in terms of the trading volume. It is the top gas spender in the Ethereum ecosystem, with almost 7 million...
Filecoin tests pave way for Ethereum fee restructure
27.8.2020
FIlecoin has been testing EIP 1559 which aims to tackle high network fees on Ethereum
MetaMask Updates User License, Some Users Need to Pay Fee
23.8.2020
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Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar 550% in a Month, BCH, Dash Transactions Much Cheaper
11.8.2020
The cost of sending a transaction over the Bitcoin network rose sharply over the past month, as the price of the top cryptocurrency climbed higher. According to latest data from Bitinfocharts, the average bitcoin (BTC) transaction fee soared by as much as 547% in the month to August 6, rising from...
Coinbase Blames Performance Issues on Ethereum Fee Spike
3.8.2020
After the massive ethereum (ETH) rally and subsequent dump on Sunday that forced Coinbase to once again suffer from “degraded performance,” the exchange now said that it was “a spike in transaction fees” on the Ethereum network that caused delays for users attempting to move funds.
Today, the major...
Median Ethereum Fee Up Almost 1,300% Since April, Bitcoin Fees Jump Too
24.7.2020
The fees on both Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) networks are rising yet again, prompting both the user dissatisfaction and discussions of possible solutions.
There seems to be no end to what many perceive as major issues with high fees on the two biggest networks. The median average Bitcoin...
Carlos Ghosn’s $600K Bitcoin Escape Fee Paid Via Coinbase
24.7.2020
Carlos Ghosn's son paid approximately 63 bitcoin, now worth $608,000, to the two men who smuggled his father out of Japan last December
Competition to Cut Fee Premium on 'Safer' Crypto Exchanges Too
14.7.2020
Despite some crypto exchanges still increasing their trading fees, the future may bring about a highly anticipated reduction in fees as competition heats up in the industry, crypto research firm Arcane Research said in a new report.
Even though bitcoin itself can be considered “a homogenous...
Russian TON Investors Decry UK Firm’s ‘c. USD 1.5m Commission Fee’
6.7.2020
Russian investors in the failed Telegram Open Network (TON) token launch said they have reported a British brokerage they said is withholding almost USD 1.5 million of their funds to the Moscow-based federal investigating authority.
Per a Telegram post from Baza, the group has taken its case to...
Researchers Expose Flaw in Bitcoin Wallets That Could Be Exploited for Double-Spending
2.7.2020
A standard way to transact Bitcoin could be vulnerable to double-spending and DoS attacks, ZenGo has found
Ethereum Developers Consider New Fee Model as Gas Costs Climb
29.6.2020
With EIP 1559, Ethereum developers are proposing a dynamic pricing system to lower the blockchain network's current high gas fees
Binance Teams up with Payments Firm to Allow ‘Low-fee’ Crypto Buying
25.6.2020
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Estonia-based payment solutions provider Mercuryo says it has struck a partnership deal with Binance that will allow exchange customers to buy crypto with fiat. The latter claims that the move will allow customers to...
A Multi-Million Mystery: Likely ETH Fee ‘Victim’ Steps Into Spotlight
19.6.2020
A deeper dive into the story involving a potential scam operation paying millions in ETH transaction fees twice in a row