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Crypto.com's CRO Doubles On Sudden Massive Burn News
22.2.2021
The price of CRO, the native token of Crypto.com Chain, doubled in a few hours as Crypto.com said it will burn CRO 70bn as they're preparing for the CRO Chain Mainnet launch.
At the time of writing (11:50 UTC), CRO trades at USD 0.267 and is up by 89% in a day and 207% in a week.
The major...
Bank of Japan’s Year-long Digital Yen Pilot Begins this Spring
22.2.2021
The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to launch a pilot for a digital yen this Spring, although the central bank is still a long way from making up its mind on whether it will push ahead with issuance.
Per NHK, the BoJ appears to be aware that China, which is already committed to launching its...
OKCoin Suspends Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin SV Trading, New ETFs + More News
19.2.2021
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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Fiat-to-crypto exchange OKCoin said it will suspend bitcoin cash (BCH) and bitcoin SV (BSV) trading on March 1 because of...
Kiss Star Simmons Turns into Cardano’s Dr. Love, Denies Shilling ADA
19.2.2021
Gene Simmons. Rock veteran Gene Simmons of Kiss has ended the week with (what else?) a flurry of crypto-related tweets. But after his previous bitcoin (BTC) endorsement and claims of dogecoin (DOGE) deity status, he has now turned his love gun to another, less-feted token – cardano (ADA).
As well...
Bitcoin Hits New ATH, Ethereum and Altcoins Gaining Momentum
19.2.2021
Bitcoin price remained well bid above the USD 50,500 support zone. BTC is rising and it is currently (13:00 UTC) trading above USD 52,000. It seems like the price might continue higher above USD 53,000 in the near term.
Besides, most major altcoins are gaining bullish momentum. ETH is trading above...
Digital Yuan Must Dethrone Alipay, WeChat Pay Before Taking on USD - Researcher
18.2.2021
Much has been made of the forthcoming digital yuan – China’s central bank digital currency – and its potential threat to the United States dollar, but a China watcher is saying that the token will first need to displace the likes of Alipay and WeChat Pay at the top of the domestic e-pay...
Cryptopia Got Hacked While In Liquidation Due To a Hack
18.2.2021
Adding to the controversies surrounding New Zealand’s collapsed crypto exchange Cryptopia, the platform has allegedly been hacked again, allowing perpetrators to steal a further NZD 62,000 (USD 45,000) worth of crypto after a January 2019 attack captured an estimated USD 30m in cryptoassets.
The...
Robinhood Suspected To Be a Dogecoin Whale As It Plans New Crypto Services
18.2.2021
The under-fire American trading platform Robinhood said it will provide customers “the ability to deposit and withdraw” cryptoassets and has claimed that it has no crypto holdings – despite mounting suspicion that it could be one of the mysterious dogecoin (DOGE) whales who control vast amounts...
Cardano's Hoskinson Keeps Bashing Ethereum As ADA Outperforms ETH
17.2.2021
Charles Hoskinson. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance
Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson has doubled down on his criticisms of Ethereum (ETH), claiming that the latter’s network effects mean “nothing” in the long-term.
Hoskinson spent much of his recent livestream...
Justin Sun Denies Bid to Enlist 13.6m-sub YouTuber as Tron ‘Shill’
16.2.2021
Marques Brownlee. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Marques Brownlee
A YouTuber with over 13.6 million subscribers and over 5 million followers on Twitter said he was approached about promoting the tron (TRX) token – a charge which Tron chief Justin Sun has rushed to deny, despite skepticism...
Verge Fans 'Buy the Dip' As Blockchain Suffers Third Major Attack
16.2.2021
Verge (XVG), a cryptocurrency known for being used as a payment method by a major adult website, Pornhub, just suffered its third major attack. However, investors used the sell-off to increase their XVG holdings.
At the time of writing (05:30 UTC), XVG, ranked 108th by market capitalization, trades...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 7
15.2.2021
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Crypto Market Sentiment Improves Slightly, Altcoins Appreciated The Most
15.2.2021
The average 7-day moving crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for 10 major coins remains largely positive, and even improved further from last week’s 6.33 to the 6.43 today, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis platform.
Bitcoin (BTC) still leads the sentiment charts as...
Elon Musk Offers to 'Pay Actual $' If Dogecoin Whales Empty Their Wallets
15.2.2021
Source: Adobe/epic_images
After claiming that there's too much concentration in the dogecoin (DOGE) ownership, the world's richest person, Tesla founder Elon Musk has offered a solution.
"I will literally pay actual $ if they just void their accounts," he tweeted today.
Several hours...
Justin Sun Incites SEC With Tron Shilling After Suffering USD 8m GameStop Loss
12.2.2021
Justin Sun. Source: Twitter, @justinsuntron
Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun has been up to his old tricks again, seemingly paying American celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Ne-Yo to shill TRX and related tokens on Twitter. His latest promotional activities come after the crypto entrepreneur...
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Altcoins Showing Signs of Fresh Increase
11.2.2021
Bitcoin price remained well bid above the USD 45,000 level and it started a decent increase. BTC cleared the USD 47,000 resistance and it is currently (13:30 UTC) showing positive signs.
Similarly, most major altcoins are trading in a bullish zone. XRP/USD is slowly moving higher and it may even...
Amazon Building ‘Digital Currency’ Team for ‘New Payment Product’
11.2.2021
Just days after Jeff Bezos announced that his era, as the CEO, comes to an end at Amazon, the e-commerce giant, has indicated that it is prepared to explore the world of “digital currencies” – by launching what appears to be a Mexico-based pilot project.
The firm said, in a job posting for...
Group of Men, One Company Indicted for Handling Stolen Coincheck XEM
11.2.2021
Source: iStock/Marco_Piunti
Prosecutors in Japan have pressed charges against 13 people and one corporation accused of handling stolen NEM (XEM) tokens raided from the c.USD 530 million Coincheck hack in early 2018, still the biggest crypto exchange security breach in history.
At least four people...
No, Mastercard Is Not Adding Crypto Just Yet, It's About Stablecoins
11.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв
Following in its biggest competitor, Visa's, footsteps, payments giant Mastercard said it "will start supporting select cryptocurrencies directly on our network." However, at least in the initial stage, it's about stablecoins, which are...
The Memerable Market: Musk DOGE'ing Again, Lindsay Lohan Fails To Send BTC To The Moon
10.2.2021
While coronavirus ruled the markets in 2020, it seems that the meme virus is in charge this year.
As bitcoin (BTC) is playing by its playbook today - once again correcting its gains after another strong rally - a new superstar in the cryptoverse, Tesla's Elon Musk, is on his dogecoin (DOGE) jokes...