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Cardano and Coinbase Enter Custody Partnership
3.7.2020
Source: Adobe/Skórzewiak
Cardano has entered a custody agreement with major crypto exchange Coinbase, stating that near the end of the year, holders will be able to store their ADA in Coinbase’s cold storage, as well as stake their funds.
Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Cardano's developer IOHK,...
Only 5 Out of Top 20 Cryptos More Valuable Than A Year Ago
3.7.2020
As bitcoin (BTC) and other major coins still trading well bellow highs, seen in June of 2019, only five tokens among the top 20 cryptoassets by market capitalization are in the green on a 12-month basis.
While the crypto market was more or less on fire this time of the year last year, the situation...
Ravencoin Exploit Sees Hackers Mint USD 6m Worth of RVN
3.7.2020
The team behind the ravencoin (RVN) token have revealed that hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the network that allowed them to mint and then trade almost USD 6 million worth of tokens.
Per an official blog post, the team stated that the exploit is still being investigated, but that hackers...
Japan’s Central Bank to Begin Digital Yen Feasibility Pilot
3.7.2020
The central Bank of Japan (BoJ) will conduct a controlled pilot for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to see how a digital yen would function from a technical standpoint.
The BoJ said it will begin a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) and wants to test the digital fiat in a controlled environment before...
Kyber Network Doubles in a Month as Platform Upgrade Nears
2.7.2020
On a day when major cryptoassets like bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) barely moved at all, the decentralized token swap protocol Kyber Network’s KNC token saw a massive rise in price for the fifth consecutive day as the launch of its Katalyst platform upgrade got closer.
The token, ranked 37th...
Bitcoin Pauses Below USD 9,300, Altcoins Signaling Fresh Increase
2.7.2020
Recently, bitcoin price made another attempt to break the USD 9,300 resistance, but it failed. BTC is currently (08:30 UTC) consolidating near the USD 9,200 level and it seems like there are chances of an upside break above the USD 9,300 resistance in the next few sessions.
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Professor Shoots 6 Questions At Digital Dollar Champions
30.6.2020
While the digital dollar advocates stress benefits of this new form of money, Duke University Visiting Professor of Law Nakita Cuttino urges to be more critical.
“Congress must critically review innovations like CBDCs [central bank digital currencies] and stablecoins to ensure novel forms do...
IOTA Takes Step Towards Decentralized Network
30.6.2020
IOTA (MIOTA) has announced the release of Pollen, the first phase towards IOTA 2.0, its decentralized network that is expected to arrive in the first half of the next year.
IOTA is continuing its path towards the so-called 'Coordicide' - the death (that is, the removal) of the Coordinator, which...
CBDCs Might Increase Central Banks' Footprint on Financial System - BIS
30.6.2020
The introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could potentially lead to central bank expanding its footprint on the financial system, according to Economic Adviser and Head of Research at the "central bank of central banks," the Bank for International Settlements (BIS)....
Celsius Token Skyrockets Over 800% Since March
30.6.2020
CEL, the native token of crypto lending and savings platform Celsius Network, has continued its exponential rise in price this week, gaining more than 50% in price over the past 7 days alone, and standing out as today’s best-performing asset among the top 50 cryptoassets by market...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 26
30.6.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency 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...
OKEx Announced The Listing of Compound DeFi Protocol's COMP Token
29.6.2020
COMP spot trading against USDT started at 6 AM UTC today
Crypto Market Sentiment Unchanged in 7 Days, Drops in a Day
29.6.2020
Following the last week's large drop, crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) barely moved over the course of the past seven days. The combined moving 7-day average sentscore for the top 10 coins slipped from 4.97 reported last week to 4.92/10 this time around, according to crypto market...
DeFi Attackers Get 'More Creative', Steal USD 500,000 From Balancer
29.6.2020
Decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity providing platform Balancer was hacked today, reportedly with USD 500,000 worth of crypto stolen.
Following several reports online, Balancer confirmed that on June 29 an incident occurred, affecting two pools containing transfer fees, known as deflationary...
Binance Prepares ‘For the Next Wave’ With ‘Largest Upgrade’
29.6.2020
Source: Instagram, Binance
Major crypto exchange Binance has resumed trading after completing its “largest upgrade to date,” which according to the exchange’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, included switching the trade matching engine to a new programming language, essentially re-writing all code in...
Thai Authorities Go After Crypto in Search for Drug Money
26.6.2020
Authorities in Thailand are determined to hunt down the country’s well-hidden drug lords by going after everything from gold shops to oil, construction firms - and cryptocurrency, a new report by news agency AFP claims.
According to the report, it is the recent downfall of a large meth syndicate...
Hyundai ‘May Look to Rival Kakao’ with New Cryptocurrency Move
26.6.2020
South Korea could be about to see its most affluent player yet enter the crypto fray – with business group Hyundai reportedly on the verge of releasing a range of cryptocurrency-related services.
The company, most famous internationally for its carmaking, shipbuilding, construction and shipping...
FTX Exchange 'Games the Rules' on BAL Token Distribution – Report
26.6.2020
Following a sharp rise in price during its first few days of trading, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Balancer’s BAL token is down by nearly 16% today - after the team behind the new protocol had to intervene to stop an exchange from continuing to exploit a weakness in the token distribution...
Telegram Chief Durov Says He Has Already Repaid Investors USD 1.2 Bn
26.6.2020
Telegram boss Pavel Durov says he has paid back some USD 1.2 billion to investors in the now-abandoned Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform after an out-of-court settlement with the United States regulatory body the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).
Investors had stumped up...
USD 200m Hacker Group Targets American, Japanese Crypto Exchanges
25.6.2020
A security firm has warned that a group of hackers named CryptoCore has been raiding crypto exchanges – and may have amassed a USD 70 million crypto pot, leaving a USD 200 million trail of damage in its wake.
Per a report from Clear Sky Security, CryptoCore is thought to comprise individuals based...