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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...
12 Lessons From Winning and Losing $12 Million in Crypto
27.6.2020
Sharing personal experience, insights and hopes about cryptocurrency investment strategies
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...
Price Analysis 6/26: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, ADA, CRO
26.6.2020
Bitcoin price continues to lose momentum, signaling the possible start of a deeper correction below $8,200
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...
Diabolical Malware Targets Windows Users to Mine Monero
25.6.2020
A malware called “Lucifer” is targeting old vulnerabilities in Windows systems to install a well-known Monero mining application
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...
ISIS-Affiliated News Website to Collect Donations with Monero
25.6.2020
A news website for the jihadist movement associated with ISIS has adopted Monero donations after having taken donations in Bitcoin for three years
Binance Teams up with Payments Firm to Allow ‘Low-fee’ Crypto Buying
25.6.2020
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Estonia-based payment solutions provider Mercuryo says it has struck a partnership deal with Binance that will allow exchange customers to buy crypto with fiat. The latter claims that the move will allow customers to...
Domain-powered Transfers: Huobi Wallet in Unstoppable Domains Deal
25.6.2020
Huobi Group's multi-chain Huobi Wallet has teamed up with Unstoppable Domains, a San Francisco-based company that builds domains on blockchain networks, enabling wallet users to transfer their cryptocurrencies using .crypto domains. Besides aiding crypto adoption, say the companies, this will also...
Ripple Chief: US Risks ‘Chaos’ by Letting China Win Blockchain Race
25.6.2020
Ripple executive chairman and co-founder Chris Larsen has warned Washington to “get a lot more involved in blockchain,” stating that the United States is “slow to the game” – and is allowing China to pull ahead in the race to digitize finance.
In a video conversation with Wall Street Journal...