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Investors Sue The Maker Foundation, MKR Goes up
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation, that supports the MakerDAO (MKR) project, is faced with a proposed class-action lawsuit by investors, which may take more than USD 28 million out of it, but the native token appreciated in the past day.
Despite the lawsuit news for the Foundation, the 29th coin by market...
Are these the First Images of China’s Digital Yuan?
15.4.2020
Social media users believe they have captured screenshots of a beta version of China’s much-awaited central bank digital currency (CBDC).
WeChat users are believed to have gained access to the screenshots on Tuesday this week. Images have since been shared to Twitter in a series of tweets from...
Chainlink Outperforms Top 20 On Strong Volume
14.4.2020
Decentralized oracle service Chainlink (LINK) is once again seeing strong performance in the market, outperforming all other major cryptoassets over the past week on surging trading volumes across exchanges.
With the broader crypto market seeing negative changes over the past seven days the bullish...
Startup Founder Sells USD 20,000 of Personal Tokens in a 'Human IPO'
14.4.2020
A crypto entrepreneur has completed the sale of his personal tokens on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, raising over USD 20,000 to invest in his future business endeavors.
Alex Masmej is a startup founder in his 20s who launched a for-profit DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) offering loans...
'Same Activity, Same Regulation' For 'Global Stablecoins' - FSB Chair
14.4.2020
Cross-border payment inefficiencies will be a problem for the post-pandemic economic recovery of certain regions, says Randal K. Quarles, the Chair of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) in a letter to the G20. But when it comes to a possible solution - "global stablecoins" - oversight...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 15
13.4.2020
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...
Bitcoin Options on Binance, Litecoin's Horror Adventure, Ripple in Thailand + More News
13.4.2020
A fragment of the \"We Summon the Darkness\" poster. Source: a screenshot, common-enemy.com
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Weekly Crypto Market Sentiment Gains Trimmed By Correction on Monday
13.4.2020
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The market sentiment, in its forth week of growth, finally broke the 5 sentscore barrier, but these gains were trimmed on Monday. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins, was below 5 for weeks, and the last time we've seen...
Prosecutors Want to Open 15 Nth Room Crypto Wallets But Have No Keys
13.4.2020
South Korean police have seized 15 crypto wallets they believe belong to Telegram Nth room chief suspect Cho Joo-bin, who has today been formally charged with 14 capital offenses by prosecutors in Seoul.
However, although the police’s extensive and ongoing investigation – which has seen officers...
Venezuela’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic? More Petro!
10.4.2020
Venezuela’s economic situation – already perilous before the coronavirus pandemic – is now worsening due to the spread of the deadly disease. And with the fiat bolivar struggling, Caracas once again appears to be turning to its own, oil-backed token, the petro (PTR), in the search for economic...
Mining Monero on HTC Exodus 1s is Coming in 3 Months
10.4.2020
HTC Exodus 1s smartphone users should soon be able to mine crypto directly on their phone.
HTC, a major Taiwanese consumer electronics company, has partnered up with ASIC chip design company Midas Labs in order to enable users of the HTC blockchain-powered smartphone Exodus to utilize their devices...
Bithumb Under Pressure to Delist Monero as Nth Room Ire Continues
10.4.2020
South Korean market-leading crypto exchange Bithumb is coming under pressure to delist monero (XMR) cryptocurrency as public outrage over the Telegram Nth room sexual exploitation and rape video case continues to dominate headlines in the country.
Per a report from Sisa Journal, the pressure is...
Bitcoin Cash Lost 66% Of Its Hashrate, Bitcoin SV Miners Leaving Too
10.4.2020
Today, Bitcoin SV (BSV) halved its mining reward for the first time, cutting it to BSV 6.25 (USD 1,195) per block and prompting some miners to leave the network, while Bitcoin Cash (BCH), two days after its first halving, still can't stop its miners from leaving.
BSV saw its hashrate, or...
Steady Price Rise Brings XRP Back to Almost Pre-Crash Levels
9.4.2020
XRP, the cryptoasset affiliated with California-based fintech company Ripple, appears to finally be catching up after heavy selling brought it down nearly 50% during the two darkest days of March.
The rise in the price of XRP over the past 4 weeks has now brought the price almost back up to levels...
The Smallest of the Biggest Bitcoins, Bitcoin SV, Rallies Ahead of Halving
8.4.2020
In preparation for its first mining reward halving in less than two days, the smallest of the three biggest bitcoins, bitcoin SV (BSV), has outperformed all the top 10 cryptos today and in the past week.
Currently (13:56 UTC), the sixth coin by market capitalization trades at USD 208....
Bitcoin Cash Miners Just Lost Half of Their Reward
8.4.2020
Source: Adobe/igor_kell
The fifth-largest cryptoasset by market capitalization and a Bitcoin (BTC) hard fork, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), just went through its first halving, seeing the mining reward cut by half, to BTC 6.25 (USD 1,672) per block, which reduces the supply of new coins entering...
Tezos, Chainlink Trim Gains After Rallying Over 20% In a Week
8.4.2020
With the broader crypto market once again seeing optimistic trading in the past seven days, the two popular altcoins tezos (XTZ) and chainlink (LINK) shine for investors, with each recording gains of more than 20% over the past two weeks.
As the market is correcting its gains today, as of press...
Cryptopia's Crypto is 'Property' and Owned by Account Holders - Judge
8.4.2020
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The judge in the case of the troubled, New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia has found that the account holders, not the exchange, own the cryptoassets.
As a short reminder, Cryptopia, founded in 2014, suffered a devastating hack in January 2019, when reportedly some...
Bitcoin Cash Miners Changing Camps Ahead of Its First Halving Tomorrow
7.4.2020
Source: Adobe/Song_about_summer
The fifth-largest crypto network by market capitalization, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), is halving its mining rewards tomorrow for the first time while the network is seeing a drop in hashrate ahead of the event. The halving will likely lead some BCH miners to switch over...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 14
6.4.2020
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...