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Blockchain Bites: Major Acquisitions, Bitcoin Futures Liquidations and the SEC’s New Rules
26.8.2020
FTX acquired Blockfolio, ConsenSys acquired Quorum and police have seized the third largest exchange in South Korea
First Mover: Binance’s New DeFi Futures Let Crypto Traders Bet on Decentralization
26.8.2020
Binance's new "DeFi Index Futures" show the push by centralized crypto exchanges to cash in on this year's frenzy in so-called decentralized finance
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s ‘Rich List,’ Ethereum’s Volatility, DeFi’s Shakeup
25.8.2020
The number of addresses on Bitcoin’s “rich list" is reaching new highs while another firm is putting its cash reserves into bitcoin, not a bank account
First Mover: Ether Price Swings Make Bitcoin Look Tame as DeFi Speculation Spreads
25.8.2020
The success of DeFi on the Ethereum blockchain has brought traders more than just congestion and high transaction fees: Volatility in ether prices
Blockchain Bites: Aave’s Advance, BitMEX’s Block, Turkey’s Bitcoin Trot
24.8.2020
Turkey is in a bitcoin bull run, a Fed branch is studying blockchains to possibly support a "digital dollar" and Aave unleashed unsecured borrowing on DeFi
First Mover: Anything-Goes Token Market Repudiates Rich-Only Venture Capital Club
24.8.2020
Venture capital is no longer just for the rich, as crypto markets let traders bet on early-stage digital-asset startups, risks included
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Weary Bulls, ETC’s Action Plan, INX’s IPO
21.8.2020
INX is gearing up for a landmark IPO while 1 billion tether jumped from Tron to Ethereum
Blockchain Bites: Ethereum’s Fees, Bitcoin’s Pullback, Ren’s Great Week
20.8.2020
yEarn.finance's governance token has "flippened" BTC, for the first time ever, while stablecoins may become unbalanced if traders ditch a “market-neutral strategy.”
First Mover: Collapsing Bitcoin Futures Premium Offers Glimpse of New Digital Money Market
20.8.2020
Dollar-linked "stablecoins" are being used in exotic cryptocurrency trades, similar to the way money markets serve as liquidity on Wall Street
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin in Space; Prime Brokerage Race; Nodes You Can’t Trace
19.8.2020
The OCC's door is open for banks looking to discuss getting involved in crypto services, a Russian bank issued a token-backed loan and bitcoin has been sent from space
First Mover: Money Legos Turn ‘Exuberant’ as Chainlink Stripped of ‘DeFi’
19.8.2020
This year's growth in the cryptocurrency subsector DeFi has been so remarkable that some analysts are now calling the phenomenon "exuberant."
Blockchain Bites: Hashrates Drop, Bitcoiners Hodl and an Open Letter to Bankers
18.8.2020
Floods are dampening bitcoin mining hashrates, Ethereum Classic may be thrown off its most liquid exchange and bitcoin is moving off exchanges
First Mover: Bitcoin Passes $12K, Dollar Worries Grow, OMG Jumps, Portnoy’s Orchid #Pump
18.8.2020
Bitcoin rises, Warren Buffett buys gold miner, Wall Street dollars worry grow, OMG price jumps, Orchid gets #pump tweet, Ethereum Classic delisting
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin on DeFi and DeFi on Bitcoin
17.8.2020
More bitcoins are being tokenized than mined, DeFi is coming to the Bitcoin system and a former Prudential Securities CEO thinks crypto is a safe bet
First Mover: Litecoin and Mimblewimble, Ether Futures, Chainlink, Curve
17.8.2020
Litecoin's Mimblewimble upgrade sparks optimism, Ether futures hit records, Chainlink developers take profits
Money Reimagined: How a Dangerous Idea Could Work
14.8.2020
Modern Monetary Theory, which says deficits don't matter, has some truth to it. But putting it into practice would be risky without modern controls
Blockchain Bites: Ripple’s Rebuff, DeFi’s ‘Degens’ and China’s CBDC
14.8.2020
Both the U.S. and China are advancing on their central bank digital currency (CBDC) designs while a Bitcoin developer created a new programming language
Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Loans, Ethereum’s Fees, YAM’s Bug
13.8.2020
Ethereum fees and miners' profits are at all-time highs. Coinbase is offering bitcoin-backed loans and the Tor Network is subject to a crypto scam
First Mover: Ethereum Faces Inflation Problem as Gas Fees Soar
13.8.2020
Ethereum "gas" prices are soaring, and cryptocurrency traders say it's a reflection of congestion on the blockchain that's now starting to slow down transactions on decentralized exchanges
Blockchain Bites: Avanti’s New Money, DeFi Deepens and ‘How Much Ether?’
12.8.2020
Caitlin Long has a new take on money. Russia wants to de-anonymize crypto. And Coinbase wins in court