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Hackers Drain $2 Million in DAI From Defi Protocol Akropolis
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Akropolis was on Thursday hacked for $2 million in DAI, in the latest flash loan attack to hit the nascent defi industry. The attacker pilfered the platform’s Ycurve pool in batches of $50,000 in the stablecoin DAI. This particular pool allows investors...
Defi Yield Protocol Is a Massive Boost for Yield Farmers and the Defi Space
13.11.2020
Since February 2020, we have seen a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most significantly, decentralized finance. While DeFi isn’t entirely new, the network’s growth has been more aggressive this year than it has ever been. The distribution of COMP governance token and...
Binance launches Ethereum Mining Pool with 0.5% fees
13.11.2020
Binance users can now sign up to mine Ether, as well as Bitcoin, via the exchange's mining pool
DeFi Project Akropolis Token Pool Drained of $2M in DAI
12.11.2020
Decentralized finance platform Akropolis’s yCurve pools have been drained resulting in the loss of $2 million
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
12.11.2020
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter...
Venezuelan State Electricity Company Reportedly Cuts Power To Crypto Miners
12.11.2020
Reports say the Venezuelan state electricity company Corpoelec is disconnecting bitcoin mining farms in Carabobo state on orders from authorities. The power disconnections come amid reports that government and Corpoelec officials are planning to meet mining farm operators. According to one report...
‘Slippery slope’ as new Bitcoin mining pool censors transactions
12.11.2020
The launch of a new 'censored' mining pool has some Bitcoiners worried its a harbinger of things to come
Ethereum User Spends $9,500 in Fees Sending Just $120 in an Error to Forget
8.11.2020
An Ethereum user mistakenly paid $9,500 in transaction fees to send just $120. The user, identified by their Reddit moniker ‘Proudbitcoiner’, says the transaction “destroyed my life” and is now desperately asking miners to return the money. According to a Nov. 4 post...
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Epoch Drop Since 2011
4.11.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw the second-largest drop in history on Tuesday, as the difficulty dropped to 16.78 trillion, losing a touch over 16% since last week’s all-time difficulty high. The last time bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped so low was in October 2011, when...
Limit Promise Concurrency with pool
3.11.2020
Methods like Promise.all, Promise.allSettled, Promise.race, and the rest are really excellent for managing multiple Promises, allowing for our apps to embrace async and performance. There are times, however, that limiting the number of concurrent operations may be useful, like rate limiting...
3 CBDC Projects, Bitcoin Lightning Hits Pool, Verizon Taps Blockchain + More News
2.11.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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The digital yuan has already surpassed the 4 million transaction mark, said its operators – despite the fact that the token remains...
Coinend: 1,2,3 Take off – New Gamified Crypto Prediction Platform
21.10.2020
Coinend has announced the launch of its cryptocurrency gamified platform. GPC DIGITAL S.A operates this cryptocurrency-based gamified prediction portal, a corporation incorporated in Panama. It allows users to predict the closing price based on hourly, daily and weekly prices of various...
Hathor Merge Mining Pool Commands 33% of the Bitcoin Cash Hashrate
13.10.2020
Bitcoin Cash proponents have been recently discussing a new mining entity with a large amount of hashrate joined the network. The merge mining operation called HathorMM currently captures 33% of the Bitcoin Cash hashrate and the miners are also mining Bitcoinsv as well. The Bitcoin Cash (BCH)...
Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
11.10.2020
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi)...
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...
Venezuela Legalizes Crypto Mining but Will Force Industry Into National Pool
23.9.2020
The Venezuelan agency responsible for regulating cryptos has legalized the mining industry, but in the process mandated it be centralized under government control
Bitcoin Mining Legalized in Venezuela, Miners Must Join ‘National Pool’
23.9.2020
The government of Venezuela said that it has legalized bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin mining – but added that miners will have to obtain licenses and agree to be supervised by regulators.
According to media outlet Criptonoticias, the government has issued an official decree stating that all crypto...
XSwap Started Yield Farming, The Highest APY Reaches 70,000%
21.9.2020
XSwap, a main products of Xfinance ecosystem, has launched Uniswap LP token liquidity mining. This is a fair version, 100% distributed to the community, with No team shares, No Pre-mine. Governed by the Xfinance community. In just a few hours, the funds in the pool are above to 5000ETH. The highest...
Pool-X Launches BurningDrop, Supporting KTSt Genesis Mining
17.9.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
On September 16, 2020, KuCoin, an IDG-backed crypto exchange, announced that its Pool-X platform has launched the BurningDrop program and will provide services for the Kratos Genesis token (KTSt) Distribution....
Exclusive Casino Tournament with $5000 Prize Pool Begins at Bitcoin Games
16.9.2020
Play in the newly launched tournament at Bitcoin Games to win a share of the $5000 prize pot, get guaranteed Free Spins just for participating. Play to Win The premium entertainment provider Bitcoin Games has been loading its arsenal of casino games with some of the most sought after software...