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Binance Faces Erosion in Market Dominance with 10% Decline in Trading Volume Amidst Rising Competition: Report
13.11.2023
Source: Adobe According to the November 6 report by blockchain analytics firm 0xScope, Binance has maintained its position as the top centralized exchange, with a significant market share; however, its dominance has weakened over the past year, with a continuous decrease in trading volume...
Poloniex Hit by $114 Million Hot Wallet Heist; Justin Sun Pledges to Recover Funds
10.11.2023
Onchain data and reports have highlighted unusual outflows from cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, prompting concerns of a possible hot wallet breach worth approximately $114 million. Justin Sun, the exchange’s proprietor and Tron’s creator, has stated that the incident is under...
Blockchain Security Firm Peckshield Reports Suspicious Activity in Poloniex Exchange Wallet – $60 Million Drained?
10.11.2023
Blockchain security firm, Peckshield has flagged suspicious activity on a wallet owned by centralized cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex suggesting alleged losses of over $60 million. The company has not disclosed the actual amount that was stolen but on-chain data outflows to the receiving wallet...
Spot Trading Volumes Surge in October, Reaches Highest Level Since January 2021: CCData Research
8.11.2023
Source: Pixabay Spot trading volumes on centralized crypto exchanges saw a significant surge last month, marking the highest month-on-month increase since early 2021. According to research from CCData, the total spot trading volume rose by 87.2% to $632 billion in October, the highest monthly...
SafeMoon hacker’s use of centralized exchanges could help law enforcement: Match System
2.11.2023
SafeMoon was exploited in March earlier this year after a smart contract update led to a burn call vulnerability allowing hackers to transfer funds
Crypto Exchanges Face Historic Liquidity Crunch Ahead of Bitcoin Halving
30.10.2023
About 60,000 bitcoins valued at just over $2 billion were removed from trading platforms in the past 90 days. The number of bitcoins on centralized exchanges is slightly more than 2 million. A recent report from Falconx says swings in the market have been exacerbated by a persistent lack...
FTX Estate Initiates Second Tranche of Crypto Transfers, Shifting Millions to Centralized Exchanges
26.10.2023
On Thursday, the analytics firm Peckshield alerted the community to another transfer of crypto assets from FTX wallets to centralized exchanges. Nearly $20 million in digital currencies were moved after the estate transferred $8.6 million in cryptocurrencies to Binance earlier in the day....
Could Doge Uprising Be The Next 10x Meme Coin?
25.10.2023
Doge Uprising is a new meme crypto project fighting against the ‘centralized authorities’ who abuse their power. The platform aims to redefine a typical meme coin’s utility by building a project that goes beyond just crypto to include a storyline, NFTs, staking, and community...
Centralized Exchanges Record Net Outflows as Bitcoin Price Inches Near $35,000
24.10.2023
The surge in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has led to a change in investors' sentiment towards the market sparking different calls from market players not recorded in months.
Data from on-chain analytics firm CoinGlass show high net outflows from centralized digital asset exchanges as the price...
Centralized Mining Pools ‘Antithetical to the Ideals That Gave Rise to BTC and the Blockchain Movement’ — Tomer Afek
22.10.2023
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the crypto platform Spacemesh, has argued. To back this assertion...
Grassroots Crypto Adoption in Latin America Surges as Users Flock to Centralized Exchanges
16.10.2023
According to a new study, cryptocurrency adoption grows in Latin America as users leverage digital assets to offset currency devaluations and inflation.
A new Chainalysis report shows a growing adoption rate in Latin America following a surge of new use cases on a country-country basis and...
Latin America takes global lead in preference for centralized exchanges: Report
15.10.2023
According to Chainalysis, Latin American crypto users show a significant preference for centralized exchanges, in contrast to the worldwide pattern
Smart Contract Automation Helps Dapps Maintain Data Integrity Without Relying on External Databases — Pavel Salas
9.10.2023
According to Pavel Salas, the chief growth officer at Gear Foundation, on-chain smart contract automation makes applications “truly decentralized” because it “removes dependencies on centralized servers or external entities.” Salas also claimed that on-chain smart contract...
Rise of Ethereum staking came at cost of higher centralization: JPMorgan report
6.10.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin previously admitted that centralization is one of Ethereum’s main challenges, which could take 20 years to solve
‘Trading Through Gamification Can Represent the Future’ Says Banksters’ Alexandru Carbunariu
6.10.2023
While centralized exchanges (cexs) are instrumental in helping new users grasp all things crypto, they nevertheless do not go “the extra mile in educating their audience properly,” Alexandru Carbunariu, the CMO at the edutech simulator Banksters, has asserted. According to Carbunariu...
Ethereum Has Become More Centralized Since the Merge and Shanghai Upgrades: JPMorgan
6.10.2023
The increase in staking has reduced the appeal of ether from a yield perspective, the report said
Trading Volume on Centralized Exchanges Reaches Lowest Level Since December 2022: Report
6.10.2023
Centralized exchanges witnessed a significant decline in trading volume in September, marking the third consecutive month of decreasing activity.
According to a recent report by researcher CCData, the combined spot and derivatives trading volume on these exchanges dropped by 20.3% to reach $1.67...
U.S. House Bill Seeks Centralized Record of Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
28.9.2023
It would be hard for a big exchange to repeat an FTX collapse if the firm’s internal flow of crypto assets was also reported to an outside repository that U.S. regulators could see. That’s the idea behind new legislation from Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) that would force exchanges to share the movement...
Did the NSA Invent Bitcoin? A 1996 Research Paper Reignites the Debate
22.9.2023
A recent buzz within crypto circles revolves around a 1996 research paper from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). There’s burgeoning speculation: did the NSA lay the groundwork for Bitcoin? Indeed, there are striking similarities between the NSA document and the Bitcoin white paper....
Binance Boosts Bitcoin, Ether Trading in Argentine, Brazilian, South African Currencies With Fee Promotion
7.9.2023
The crypto exchange's promotion comes as trading volumes plummet to four-year lows, hurting the revenue streams