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From PayPal to Libra: Big Tech Has Forced Central Banks to Wake Up to CBDCs, Says Benoit Coeure
13.11.2020
Libra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to the head of the BIS Innovation Hub
Defi Yield Protocol Is a Massive Boost for Yield Farmers and the Defi Space
13.11.2020
Since February 2020, we have seen a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most significantly, decentralized finance. While DeFi isn’t entirely new, the network’s growth has been more aggressive this year than it has ever been. The distribution of COMP governance token and...
GMT Token Pre-sale is Live Now
13.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. GMT has started the pre-sale of the GMT token. In total 100,000 GMT will be sold in this phase at the price of 1GMT=0,004ETH and will increase to 1GMT=0,01ETH in the next round. Minimum purchase is 0,5ETH. Grandmarche is a DeFi platform that offers saving and borrowing, plus it will...
The Bitcoin price has only been higher than now for 12 days in its history
13.11.2020
Bitcoin’s explosive gains are strongly reflected by the number of days it has closed above $16,320
Russia Proposes New Rules and Penalties for Cryptocurrency Owners
13.11.2020
The Russian Ministry of Finance has developed new amendments to the country’s cryptocurrency regulation. The proposal outlines a new set of rules for crypto owners, exchanges, and miners, as well as penalties for undeclared crypto transactions. Russia’s New Crypto Regulation...
SVGBOX
13.11.2020
I’ve been saying for years that a pretty good icon system is just dropping in icons with inline <svg> where you need them. This is simple to do, offers full design control, has (generally) good performance, and means you aren’t smurfing around with caching and browser support...
ECB’s Lagarde Has ‘Hunch’ Digital Euro Will Launch in 2-4 Years
12.11.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde says the impetus for a central bank digital currency could come from the need to facilitate cross-border finance
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
12.11.2020
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter...
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
12.11.2020
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation stemming from a few blockchain applications. The researcher notes that price oracle manipulation has resulted in “over $30 [million] in losses so far.”...
Televend’s Complex System of Telegram Drug Bots Swell as German Police Seize 9 Telegram Drug Channels
12.11.2020
During the last few months following the departure of the infamous Empire darknet market (DNM), a great number of DNM users have been flocking to alternative vendors. More recently, a new bot service on Telegram called Televend has been attracting tens of thousands of users and the service...
WhiteBIT launches WhiteSwap DEX
11.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 10, 2020 – Leading cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT has launched WhiteSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum that gives control to the community. WhiteSwap aims to improve upon Uniswap V2 by giving 87% of governance tokens to the community...
Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’
11.11.2020
According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on Wednesday. The service providers Infura, Binance, and Blockchair all reported issues with consensus at block height 11,234,873. The cryptocurrency community...
Audius Has Big Numbers by Crypto Standards but Can It Take On SoundCloud?
11.11.2020
A blockchain-based streaming site is betting tokens can win over artists and fans
Erratic Processing Power: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Gains 45% in a Day, Then Loses 41 Exahash
11.11.2020
Seven days ago Bitcoin’s network difficulty saw the largest drop in nine years as it slid over 16% last week. Similar to the crypto asset’s price, the hashrate has been extremely volatile according to statistics. After dropping to 111 exahash per second (EH/s), the network hashrate...
Stanley Druckenmiller Owns Bitcoin, Calls It Attractive Store of Value
10.11.2020
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller has revealed that he owns bitcoin, calling it an asset class that has a lot of attraction as a store of value and could be a better investment than gold. Stan Druckenmiller Owns Bitcoin Stanley Druckenmiller revealed on Monday that he owns bitcoin...
Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers
10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...
Sharktron Defi Project Devs Exit Scam: Tron Foundation Says Part of Missing Funds Now Frozen
10.11.2020
Developers of the Sharktron defi project have exit scammed with reports suggesting that TRX tokens worth up to $10 million are missing. The Tron Foundation has confirmed the theft, but is quick to inform Sharktron token holders that a portion of the missing funds has been frozen. The exit scam...
Crypto Gaming Pioneer Cloudbet Officially Launches in Argentina
10.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Cloudbet, the pioneering crypto casino and sportsbook, has officially launched an Argentina-focused service in response to the country’s surging interest in bitcoin and crypto gaming. The platform has unveiled a country-specific site and blog to help Argentinians learn more...
3 Reasons Bitcoin Has Rallied Over 60% in Just Two Months
10.11.2020
We've all watched bitcoin rally sharply since September. But what's driving the bull market?
$100K Bitcoin: S2F Author Confident With His Model, Suggests Six-Figure BTC Price by 2021
10.11.2020
Not too long ago, the author of the controversial bitcoin stock-to-flow (S2FX) price model said that the model was “perfectly on track.” On Sunday, November 8, the S2FX creator known as “Plan B” reiterated his belief in the model and told his Twitter followers that he...