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Twitter Reportedly to Enable Adding Bitcoin & Ethereum Addresses to Profiles
3.9.2021
It seems that the social media giant Twitter is now testing its newest additions to the Tip Jar service - Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) addresses on users' profiles.
As reported, Twitter has started beta testing a Bitcoin Lightning Network tipping service, which would allow users to make smaller...
Twitter to allow users to add BTC and ETH addresses to profiles: Screenshots
3.9.2021
While the news is unofficial at this stage, Twitter’s product lead Kayvon Beykpour hinted that there could be an announcement soon
Eastern Europe Sends Over $800 Million in Crypto to Scams in Single Year, Report Reveals
2.9.2021
Of all funds sent to illicit cryptocurrency addresses from Eastern Europe, scams attract the greatest amount, according to a new report. In the past year alone, crypto addresses based in the region have sent the fraudulent schemes a staggering $815 million in crypto. Eastern Europe Leads by Volume...
ENS Integration Lets Users Receive ETH to .com Addresses
27.8.2021
The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) has announced that users with a .com address will now be able to receive ethereum (ETH) payments to that address instead of having to register for a separate .eth address as before.
This will help them keep everything in one place, while gaining all...
XMR Developer Announces Bitcoin to Monero Atomic Swap Capabilities
25.8.2021
For quite some time, trustless, cross-chain trades called atomic swaps have been a holy grail of sorts and a number of blockchain developers have worked on making them a reality. According to the developers from the Monero project, atomic swaps between bitcoin and monero are now accessible via...
Weekly Defi Swaps Tap $17 Billion While Dex Aggregators Now Share 22% of the Trade Volume
19.8.2021
Over the last seven days, decentralized exchange (dex) trade volume has tapped $17 billion across the 21 Ethereum dex platforms. Pancakeswap has seen between $400K to $860K every 24 hours during the last week as well. Meanwhile, dex aggregators are eating away at dex trade volumes, becoming more...
Crypto Exchange Liquid Hacked, Loses Millions in Various Currencies
19.8.2021
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is suspending deposits and withdrawals after a security breach resulting in the loss of around an estimated $80 million in digital assets. The platform published the suspected hacker’s addresses and said it’s moving funds to cold storage. Hacker...
Reusable Payment Addresses: A New Tool to Provide More Privacy in Bitcoin Cash
16.8.2021
Electron Cash, a leading bitcoin cash wallet, has implemented a new feature called Reusable Payment Addresses. While still in its testing stages, this feature is a tool that can be leveraged to acquire a deeper level of privacy for your transactions, due to how it detaches public addresses from...
Crypto Crime Falls in China, Surges in Hong Kong, Reports Reveal
5.8.2021
China’s cryptocurrency transactions related to criminal activities have decreased significantly over the past couple of years, a new report suggests. At the same time, its special administrative region of Hong Kong is seeing a spike in crypto-related crime this year, with authorities...
$VNY Token ~ The Revolution of Custom Wallet Addresses
4.8.2021
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$VNY is the first token ever released on any blockchain to provide Custom Wallet Addresses for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Litecoin and Dogecoin Chains.
A Vanity Address is a Customisable...
DeFi attracts 2.91M Ethereum addresses, according to ConsenSys
3.8.2021
The DeFi economy continues to be built on Ethereum. A new report from ConsenSys highlights the extent to which the Ethereum network drives decentralized finance
Active Bitcoin addresses surged 30% in late July, data shows
2.8.2021
The amount of Bitcoin held on addresses storing between 100 and 10,000 BTC has hit 9.23 million Bitcoin for the first time ever
Buda Exchange Starts Requesting Selfie Verification for Withdrawals to New Bitcoin Addresses
2.8.2021
Buda, a Chile-based cryptocurrency exchange, has started requesting selfie verification every time a user needs to withdraw funds to a new bitcoin address. This new measure now introduces a new layer of security for users to avoid getting their accounts hacked, but it will only be mandatory...
Unique Addresses Tethered to Ethereum Defi Apps Climb Past 3 Million
28.7.2021
The number of users or unique addresses leveraging decentralized finance (defi) protocols via Ethereum has risen past 3 million according to recent statistics. A vast majority of these unique addresses use the defi protocol Uniswap, as 2.4 million users have been recorded since December 2018....
Israel Begins Seizure of Bitcoin Donations Collected by Hamas
10.7.2021
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has ordered the seizure of cryptocurrency funds raised by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. His department has reportedly started taking control over digital wallets used by the terrorist group to collect crypto donations from abroad. Defense...
Bitcoin’s active addresses fall below Ethereum's after 60% drop in six weeks
2.7.2021
Ethereum flips Bitcoin by another metric as active addresses plummet
Binance Extends Blockade of Zimbabwean Crypto Users to Include Non-Resident Traders
3.6.2021
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has reportedly extended its blockade of Zimbabwean users to include non-resident citizens. As a result of the new measures, all Zimbabwean nationals are now precluded from using the Binance trading platform. Zimbabwean Nationals Blocked Prior to...
Defi Economy Is Recovering Faster Than Most Crypto Assets After Market Rout
3.6.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) exchanges and tokens are recovering a lot faster than a great number of digital assets that lost more than 40% in value last week. Defi tokens like curve, kyber network, terra, hxro, and more have been seeing double-digit gains. On May 23, the defi economy’s...
Bitcoin tumbles to $36K as ARK's Cathie Wood addresses BTC regulatory fears
28.5.2021
The flagship cryptocurrency faces a higher profit-taking sentiment near its 200-day simple moving average wave
Data Shows Bitcoin Addresses in Accumulation Captures Fresh New Highs
25.5.2021
After bitcoin prices dipped to a low of $30,066 per unit last week, lots of people have been focused on the panic sellers. Meanwhile, when bitcoin prices plunged, the number of bitcoin addresses in accumulation tapped an all-time high at 545,115 addresses. Number of Bitcoin Accumulation Addresses...