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Defi Protocol Bzx Loses $8.1 Million in Third Hack This Year
14.9.2020
So called decentralized finance (defi) lending platform Bzx on Sunday lost $8.1 million in a new hacking attack, the third this year, caused by a flawed code in its smart contracts. The bug allowed the hacker to mint 219,200 LINK tokens (valued at $2.6 million); 4,503 ETH ($1.65 million); 1,756,351...
SnapEx Announces World Trading Championship Season 2 with 200,000 USDT Prize Pool for 500 Winners
14.9.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
SnapEx, a fast-growing crypto contract trading platform catering to both beginner and experienced traders, has announced the latest round of their trading competition series. The SnapEx World Trading Championship...
Tether Recovers $1 Million USDT Sent to Wrong Defi Address by Chinese Traders
13.9.2020
Tether has recovered and returned $1 million worth of USDT to a group of Chinese traders who, in error, sent the funds to a wrong decentralized finance (defi) address. On September 8, the group, going under the moniker ‘Bill,’ “accidentally” transferred the money to a Swerve...
Crypto Volumes Surge in August: Binance Largest Spot Exchange as Huobi Leads Derivatives
8.9.2020
The latest report by Cryptocompare shows August spot cryptocurrency traded volumes by the 15 largest top-tier exchanges increased by 58.3% to $529 billion versus July figures. Low tier exchanges volumes, on the other hand, increased by 30.2% to end the month of August with a total of $291 billion....
Opium Protocol Allows Traders to Hedge or Bet Against the Stablecoin Tether’s Solvency
7.9.2020
Cryptocurrency traders can now protect their tether tokens or bet against the solvency of the stablecoin by leveraging a new crypto derivatives product from the Opium Protocol. Opium founder, Andrey Belyakov, claims the product is the “first CDS (credit default swap) on a centralized...
Stablecoin market cap increases by $100M every single day
4.9.2020
‘DeFi yields and interest rates are clearly a vacuum sucking in a lot of stablecoins,’ says Coin Metrics’ Nic Carter
$16B Worth of Dollar-Pegged Cryptos: Stablecoins Add $100M a Day Since Mid-July
4.9.2020
Stablecoins have been gathering a lot of steam and settling massive value in recent months. Moreover, on Thursday, Coin Metrics’ executive Nic Carter mentioned on Twitter that “stablecoins have been adding $100 [million per day] since mid-July. While a number of dollar-pegged...
Binance Futures to Launch TRB/USDT and YFII/USDT Margin Trading
2.9.2020
World’s leading crypto trading platform Binance announced that it will launch Tellor (TRB) and DFI Money (YFII) margin trading against USDT with up to 50% leverage. The TRB/USDT and YFII/USDT perpetual contracts will go live on Binance futures on September 03, 07:00am UTC, and will use Tether...
DeFi users turn to USDC stablecoin to earn high-yield interest — Data shows
1.9.2020
Data shows DeFi platforms and their users are rapidly increasing their use of USDC stablecoin after Curve Finance launched
Tether tops Paypal and Bitcoin for average daily transfer value
26.8.2020
Average daily transfer value for Tether exceeded that for Bitcoin in August
Increase Your Profit Potential With Margin Trading
25.8.2020
Spot trading is a popular way for investors to access the crypto market in a straightforward manner. It’s mainly fiat-to-crypto trading, as well as crypto-to-crypto trading. It’s simple, you get a crypto wallet, you buy a token with fiat currencies, and then once the price...
Bitcoin Macro Trend Unaffected by Chinese Investors’ $50B Tether Exodus
22.8.2020
Bitcoin’s macro bullish trend remains intact even after data show Chinese investors moved $50 billion in crypto to overseas addresses in the past 12 months
Tron Loses 23% of Its $4.3B USDT Reserves to DeFi Hotbed Ethereum
20.8.2020
A "3rd party" crypto exchange ordered the swap. Signs point to Binance
Yearn Finance Token Jumps 270% in 5 Days – Defi Token YFI Worth More Than a Single Bitcoin
20.8.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) continues to make waves this week, as the Yearn Finance project token (YFI) jumped over 270% during the last five days. The digital token is worth more per coin than the price of bitcoin today, as the asset is currently trading for $15,934 per YFI. It’s very rare...
$RMPL Launches, Revolutionizing the Cryptocurrency Market with a Decentralized Elastic Supply Model
17.8.2020
Announcing the official launch of $RMPL, an ERC20 cryptocurrency with an elastic supply model, redesigned to solve unfair market manipulation and exploitation. $RMPL is currently on Uniswap, and will soon be released on several popular cryptocurrency exchanges. RMPL is a decentralized finance...
Bitcoin.com Wallet Reveals USDT Support – Users Can Swap and Store SLP-Based Tether
13.8.2020
During the first week of July, Bitcoin.com’s Wallet added a number of new features including a portfolio breakdown and honestcoin (USDH) swapping abilities. With the latest update this week, Bitcoin.com Wallet users can now store the SLP-based stablecoin tether (USDT) in their wallets...
Peter Brandt’s Tether Warning Is Ominous, But Unclear
12.8.2020
Peter Brandt didn't mince his words when describing the controversial stablecoin
Bitfinex Scoffs at Tether Market Manipulation Lawsuit: Bittrex and Poloniex File for Summary Judgment
9.8.2020
Bitfinex says the second attempt by plaintiffs to frame the bitcoin manipulation complaint will fail just like the first attempt. The Bitfinex comments follow a notice by Bittrex and Poloniex disputing claims that they knew about the alleged market manipulation by Bitfinex. In June, the plaintiffs...
Lumi Wallet Web Widget: Cryptocurrency Exchange on Your Website
7.8.2020
Good news for those who want to upgrade their website with functional tools and features – on August 5st, Lumi Wallet Technologies launched its app web widget. Now everyone can easily embed a “mini digital wallet” into the body of their website. The Lumi Wallet Widget is a useful...
On Solid Ground: Stablecoins Thriving Amid Financial Uncertainty
2.8.2020
The state of stablecoins: Demand for stablecoins continues to grow amid financial uncertainty