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McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway May Take Part in Digital Yuan Tests - Reports
23.4.2020
McDonald’s, Starbucks and Subway branches could be set to take part in the Chinese central bank’s digital yuan pilots, with Beijing’s efforts to roll out the world’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC) intensifying.
Multiple Chinese outlets, including the likes of Sina (via JRJ and Ciajing)...
New Libra Might Help Crypto Adoption - Binance Research
23.4.2020
Crypto industry might greatly benefit from Facebook's Libra coins adoption, according to Binance Research, the research arm of the major crypto exchange Binance that has its own interests in the stablecoins business.
In their analysis titled "Will Libra Live Up To Its Initial Ambitions?"...
Stablecoins Don’t Inflate Crypto Markets - Researchers
23.4.2020
Contrary to popular belief, cryptocurrency prices may not be as dependent on the issuance of the most popular stablecoin, tether (USDT) as many people have thought, according to two researchers.
Stablecoins act more like a safe haven within the crypto ecosystem that investors seek refuge in during...
DeFi Platform Suffers 51% Attack From Its Top Miners — or Does It?
23.4.2020
After fraudulently creating $6.7 million in stablecoins, the attackers failed to liquidate the assets — and now claim the whole thing was a pen test
Ripple’s $1 Billion Head of XRP Markets Quietly Leaves Job
22.4.2020
Miguel Vias, the man who oversaw $1 billion worth of XRP sales for Ripple Labs, just quietly left his role at the company
Privacy Altcoin Beam to Execute Second Hard Fork in June 2020
22.4.2020
Privacy-focused altcoin Beam will execute its second hard fork on June 28, upgrading the network’s PoW algorithm from BeamHash II to BeamHash III
Key OneCoin Figure Returns With New USDT-Powered Ponzi Scheme
22.4.2020
OneLink comprises a classic Ponzi scheme — offering no product beyond OneLink membership for affiliates to promote
Bitcoin Price Breaks $7,000 as US Stock Market Sees Minor Uptick
22.4.2020
Most altcoins see moderate gains as Bitcoin breaks $7,000 and approaches $7,100
Art + Crypto Tale Takes New Twist as Artist Tokenizes His Output
22.4.2020
#freetoexplore #swipelife, 2019. Exhibition view, Magasins Généraux, Pantin, France. Source: ben-elliot.com
Artists are increasingly turning to crypto-powered solutions to fundraising – and a future whereby both artists and their output are tokenized may not be far off.
In a glimpse of what might...
In Possible Exit Scam, Chinese EOS Wallet Locks Up $52M of Customer Funds
21.4.2020
EOS Ecosystem, a wallet app returns out to be a scam and possibly runs away with $52M user funds
Ripple Files Lawsuit Against YouTube: "Enough is Enough"
21.4.2020
Ripple Labs filed a lawsuit against Youtube for its “deliberate inaction” in stopping repeated XRP scams
Ripple Sues YouTube
21.4.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Bloomberg Technology
Ripple, an American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies, has announced a lawsuit against the video sharing giant YouTube.
"Today, we are taking legal action against YouTube to prompt an industry...
Up 150% Chainlink & Tezos Lead the Crypto Recovery but for How Long?
21.4.2020
Chainlink and Tezos are among the best performing altcoins of the past 18-months, but will they rally higher as the Bitcoin halving approaches?
Bitcoin Smart Contract Solution RSK Sees New Stablecoin and Leveraged Token
21.4.2020
Bitcoin-based smart contract solution Rootstock sees a DeFi protocol launch a leveraged token and decentralized stablecoin
Lendf.Me Attacker Screws Up, Returns All the Stolen Funds
21.4.2020
The person(s) that attacked Lendf.Me, the lending protocol in the "decentralized finance protocol" dForce network - actually returned the money they had stolen, allegedly because they broke the number one rule in hacking: don't reveal your identity.
As reported yesterday, Lendf.Me...
Huobi Mints $4.2 Million in Stablecoins — Is It a 4/20 Coincidence?
20.4.2020
Huobi makes a 4,200,000 minting of its HUSD stablecoin after months of inactivity
Price Analysis 4/20: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, LINK
20.4.2020
The hesitation to break out of the resistance suggests that Bitcoin might remain range-bound for a few more days
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 16
20.4.2020
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...
Crypto Market Sentiment Ends Its Winning Streak; Bitcoin Back to Neutral
20.4.2020
The market sentiment cut its string of gradual, week-per-week growth. After four weeks of minor upward movements, and last week's break into the 5-6 score level with a sentscore of 5.27, this Monday the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins dropped...
Dash Core Group to Update Platform’s ‘Evonet’ Testnet Every Six Weeks
20.4.2020
The Dash Core Group plans to release a network update every six weeks starting with a release between April 22 and May 5