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Bitcoin, Ethereum Fluctuate While Smaller Altcoins Rally
10.2.2021
Bitcoin price extended its decline below USD 45,000, but downsides were limited. BTC is back above USD 45,000 and it is currently (13:00 UTC) showing positive signs. If the price stays above USD 45,000, there are chances of a steady rise towards USD 47,000.
Besides, most other major altcoins...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 6
8.2.2021
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...
South Korean Central Bank: Build Legal Boundary Between CBDCs & Crypto
8.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Снежана Кудрявцева
The South Korean central bank – the Bank of Korea (BOK) – wants Seoul to draw a line between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and cryptoassets, and hopes the government will make an eleventh-hour adjustment to a key crypto law that promulgates next month.
The...
Cardano and Binance Founders Take Aim At Ethereum as ADA & BNB Rally
8.2.2021
While Ethereum (ETH) maximalists are hard at work trying to compete for attention and investments Bitcoin (BTC) is getting, their competitors are now focusing on ETH's weaknesses.
First, Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson has criticized Ethereum 2.0 and its scaling model, while ADA almost...
Crypto Market Sentiment Improves Further, XRP Leads
8.2.2021
The beginning of February brought some much-anticipated optimism in terms of crypto market sentiment, as nearly all major coins have improved their moving 7-day average sentiment score (sentscore). In turn, the combined moving 7-day average sentscore for 10 major coins, increased from 5.8 last week...
Bitcoiners Bristle as Musk-fuelled DOGE Rocket Re-enters Top 10
8.2.2021
Source: a screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk on April 1, 2018.
The coin of the moment is at it again – with dogecoin (DOGE) rocketing back into the top 10 tokens per market capitalization, and Elon Musk is again being linked to the meme-themed asset, despite recent claims that his DOGE-themed...
Net Detectives Wonder if This DOGE Whale Is Actually Elon Musk
5.2.2021
Internet sleuths are speculating that arch crypto trickster and the world’s richest man – the Tesla and SpaceX supremo Elon Musk – may be the secret owner of a crypto wallet crammed to brim with the token du jour: dogecoin (DOGE).
The meme-based token has recently rocketed into the top 10...
Musk’s Doge, Bitcoin Tweets May Spur Double-Digit Returns - Report
5.2.2021
Elon Musk. Billionaire and Tesla's head Elon Musk’s Twitter activity is not only stirring controversy, but it also triggers abnormal trading volumes and double-digit returns, according to a recent paper by the Blockchain Research Lab (BRL).
Musk, owner of a Twitter account with 45.5m followers...
Cardano Upgrades On Its Way To Offer Better Tokenization Than Ethereum
4.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Skórzewiak
The Cardano (ADA) testnet is officially in the multi-asset era, announced Cardano development firm IOHK.
On February 3, at 20:20 UTC, "we successfully forked & applied the Goguen 'Mary' native token upgrade. Next stop mainnet, by the end of the month,"...
What SEC Crackdown? Japanese Giant SBI Starts Offering XRP Lending
4.2.2021
The bond between the Japanese securities and crypto giant SBI and Ripple remains as strong as ever – with the former’s crypto exchange extending its crypto lending offerings to XRP.
SBI launched crypto lending for bitcoin (BTC) late last year for customers of its wholly owned SBI VC Trade crypto...
Elon Musk Lights Dogecoin Candle Again, Removes Bitcoin From Twitter Profile
4.2.2021
The world's richest person, Tesla's Elon Musk, caused quite a stir throughout the Cryptoverse again.
Musk is back from his brief Twitter hiatus, and he tweeted a picture of an ascending rocket with just one word: 'Doge'.
Doge— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 4, 2021
The 14th cryptocurrency...
Former Social Media Giant Cyworld To Return With A New Token
4.2.2021
A screenshot of a promotional Cyworld video. The erstwhile South Korean social media giant Cyworld is set to take a second stab at relaunching its business under new ownership – in a bid to retain its former glory with a new token.
Per Hanguk Kyungjae, the firm is now under new ownership, after...
Ethereum Eyes USD 1,600, Bitcoin and Altcoins Could Keep Rising
3.2.2021
Bitcoin price remained well bid after it broke the USD 35,500 and USD 36,000 resistance levels. BTC even spiked towards USD 36,800 before correcting lower. It is currently (13:00 UTC) approaching USD 36,000, but there are chances of a fresh rise towards USD 37,000.
Similarly, most major altcoins...
Active Addresses Number of Tether's Tron Version Eclipsed Ethereum Version
3.2.2021
There's a shift of tether (USDT) activity from the Ethereum (ETH) to the Tron (TRX) version, while the ETH version still has much higher daily transfer value, according to crypto intelligence firm Coin Metrics.
Since 2021 started, stablecoin daily active addresses have reached new highs, said...
Binance Pay Launched 'Softly' and Binance Card 'Going Strong' - CEO
3.2.2021
Major crypto exchange Binance has "softly, quietly launched Binance Pay" last Friday, currently in beta, said the CEO, discussing several other developing projects as well.
While it's relative hidden now, "if you can find the product, you can try it," joked CEO Changpeng...
Litecoin MimbleWimble Code Might Be Ready 'Early 2021'
2.2.2021
Litecoin (LTC) MimbleWimble (MW) initial code may be finished by the end of March, with the activation to follow necessary audits and reviews, according to David Burkett, the developer of Grin++, a Grin wallet with a built-in full node.
"I'm wrapping up the code, but we also have auditors...
XRP Pumpers Hope For More Action; Cardano's Hoskinson Warns of Pump&Dumps
2.2.2021
It seems like XRP pumpers are hoping for additional upwards action, while Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson, chimed in on the rising pump and dump issue across the crypto space, warning that those joining these scams will end up losing a lot of money.
The most recent update by the aptly...
Economists: CBDCs to ‘Flop’ if They Aren't Designed as Stores of Value
2.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Сергей Шиманович
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could become a store of value, a new paper claims – a move that could help them avoid becoming “a gigantic flop.”
These were the findings of two economics experts at the University of Wuerzburg, in Germany, who published their...
J-pop Deepens Crypto Links as Nogizaka46 Star Talks Investment on TV Show
2.2.2021
Not only American music stars are playing in the crypto market, as a Japanese pop music star has spoken out about crypto on a major TV show also, while a hit music band continues its non-fungible token (NFT) drive.
Nakada Kana, a former founding member of the Oricon chart-topping girl group...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 5
1.2.2021
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...