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More BS on Lightning: Blockstream Pours Liquid on Thick
23.1.2020
Blockstream reps have long been pushing for full implementation of the perpetually-delayed Lightning Network as the main solution for BTC scalability. With the recent announcement of “federated sidechain” Liquid’s integration with Btcpay, however, the tune seems to have changed....
Pornhub Adopts USDT-TRON To Allow Payment Settlement For Models
23.1.2020
Justin Sun, CEO of the TRON Network, has announced the news about Tron opening doors for a new payment option for Pornhub models. The spearhead, through an official post on his Twitter handle, revealed that the world’s largest community of porn stars, Pornhub will now facilitate USDT-TRON payment...
Poloniex’s “TRC20-USDT Deposit Promotion” is Offering 100% yield & Extra Rewards
20.1.2020
In the celebration of the New Year 2020, the crypto exchange Poloniex has started a new TRC20-USDT deposit promotion. It has started from 15th Jan and will run until 3rd Feb. This promotion is laden with attractions such as the participants can earn the highest annual yield on TRC20-USDT. On top...
Tether Claims to Be Okay With Merger of Class-Action Lawsuits Against It
17.1.2020
Stablecoin Tether is reportedly okay with a merger of the three class-action lawsuits it currently faces
New Stablecoins Commence a Fresh Assault on Tether
17.1.2020
Can any stablecoin topple tether? In 2019, the answer to that question was an emphatic ‘No.’ Despite a string of stablecoins being released onto the market, tether (USDT) increased its grip on the cryptoconomy’s fiat supply, racking up $127B of on-chain volume on Ethereum alone....
Booking.com-Partnered Travala Now Accepts Tether’s Controversial USDT
14.1.2020
Crypto-friendly Booking.com partner Travala now accepts Tether as payment for travel reservations
Litecoin Rallies, Binance Announces LTC/USDT Perpetual Contract
8.1.2020
Source: iStock/Ja'Crispy
While there is no clear reason why did litecoin (LTC) rally in the past 24 hours, it is now the best performing coin among the top 10 coins by market capitalization.
After lagging behind bitcoin (BTC), LTC has now increased by almost 6% in a day (BTC is up 5%). The coin...
Stablecoins Are Crypto’s Version of Fractional Reserve Banking
6.1.2020
Stablecoins provide much sought after stability in the volatile crypto markets. They are sometimes even said to affect the price of bitcoin in drastic fashion. Tether (USDT) in particular continues to be widely scrutinized for this, with recent lawsuits about conflicts of interest and price...
Tron-Based Tether Has Ballooned to Over 900 Million Tokens, Almost 22% of Total Supply
2.1.2020
Since Tether’s (USDT) migration to other networks beside the BTC-based Omni protocol, significant shifts have taken place seeing the heavily-printed stablecoin rise to prominence also via Ethereum’s ERC20 standard and Tron’s TRC20 implementation. Ethereum-based USDT supply...
Veriblock Captured Close to 60% of BTC’s OP Return Transactions in 2019
1.1.2020
During the course of 2019, the most used BTC-based OP_Return protocol, Veriblock, outshined Omni Layer outputs. According to statistics, Veriblock captured 57% of BTC’s OP_Return outputs in 2019. Ever since the protocol’s opcodes started dominating, a number of BTC influencers called...
Market Update: Crypto Traders Search for Bullish and Bearish Trends
29.12.2019
During the last few days, digital currency markets have been meandering sideways and prices have been less volatile. On Sunday, during the last 24 hours, the entire cryptoconomy is hovering just below the $200 billion zone and there’s roughly $71 billion in global trades. Crypto proponents...
CoinCasso Launches Worldwide Crypto Christmas Challenge
20.12.2019
There are not many contests in the cryptocurrency sector on such a scale! CoinCasso worldwide exchange platform is organizing an international competition, lasting until the end of the year. In the prize pool there are the newest mobile devices, including iPhone 11, Apple Watch, iPhone 8 and...
Market Update: Bears Claw Crypto Prices Below Long-Term Support
18.12.2019
Digital currency prices plummeted on Tuesday, as cryptocurrency markets lost billions during the morning trading sessions, New York time. BTC dropped well below the $7k range and other digital assets followed BTC’s path with sharp losses. Crypto prices haven’t been this low since May...
Tether Sponsors New Version of Bitcoin Tokenization Layer Omni
15.12.2019
Tether funded the development of the latest version of Bitcoin tokenization layer Omni
The 2nd Batch of TRC20-USDT Rewards for Merry Giveaway Held by TRON and OKEx is Over
30.11.2019
The “Merry Giveaway” program by TRON and OKEx has now been completed for the second batch. The second phase of the hyped giveaway began at midnight on November 25 and ended at the last minute of November 28. As per a tweet by Tron Foundation, the total deposit amount for the period...
Tether to File Motion With NYAG to Dismiss Class Action Lawsuit
15.11.2019
The company claims that plaintiffs cannot prove Tether transactions caused bitcoin’s surge or that damages were incurred
Crypto Exchange OKEx Launches Bitcoin Futures Margined With Tether
14.11.2019
OKEx has launched a Bitcoin futures contract margined with the Tether stablecoin
Tether (USDT) Shows Marginal Recovery in the Last 24 Hours
11.11.2019
Tether gains 0.095% over the last 24 hours The next resistance for USDT coin may come at $1.0106 Tether (USDT) has been able to find a 0.095% increment in the last 24 hours, and it has now reached 1.00011143 USD from 0.09991 USD. It has also shown three major price swings in these 24 hours....
Tether Says Its Stablecoin Is ‘Fully Backed’ Again
8.11.2019
Tether says its USDT stablecoin is "fully backed by reserves," after reporting in April its token was only 74% backed
Tether Refutes Paper Naming USDT Manipulation as Cause of 2017 BTC Bull Run
8.11.2019
Tether responds to paper alleging market manipulation in 2017’s BTC bull run, calling it a ‘watered-down and embarrassing walk-back’