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New Zealand Tax Agency Asks Crypto Firms to Hand Over Clients’ Personal Data
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) of New Zealand has requested that crypto companies in the country hand over their customers’...
New DeFi Project NEW KANGEN (NEWG) Presale Will Start on 2nd October 2020
As the cryptocurrency world is experiencing rapid growth, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are also rising. In early 2019, there...
Binance Coin (BNB) jumps to USD 28.50 as Binance lists CAKE and SPARTA tokens
Binance Coin (BNB) has surged by more than 7% in the past 24 hours and continues to outperform major cryptocurrencies Bitcoin (BTC),...
63 percent of DEX trading volume is on Uniswap
Uniswap is the largest DeFi platform by total value locked and by trade volume among DEXes. As of September 29th, 2020, (8:00 UTC) the...
Messari Says Initial Dex Offerings Are ICO 2.0, Urges Investors to Resist Initial Hype
Crypto research firm, Messari says new Defi token offerings or initial dex offerings (IDO) are a reincarnation of initial coin offerings...
Bitcoin Miner Maker Ebang Narrows First Half Loss To $7 Million, as Covid-19 Hit Demand
Ebang International Holdings Inc., the Chinese maker of bitcoin mining hardware, reported a net loss of $6.96 million during the first six...
Bitcoin’s Big Believers: 6-Digits ‘Inevitable,’ BTC Has a Better Chance of Going to $100K Than Zero
For a number of years now bitcoiners have predicted that the price of bitcoin will surpass its all-time high from 2017 and many believe it...
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed...
Mark Cuban Wants an Expiration Date on Stimulus Checks: Critics Says Proposal Is Right out of a Banana Republic Playbook
U.S. billionaire Mark Cuban wants the next stimulus check to come with an expiration date in order to force Americans to spend the funds....
The Top 5 Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency Tokens
Gold-backed cryptocurrency tokens have emerged as a new, commodity-pegged stablecoin in the crypto market. But as many gold bugs turn to...
Cardano’s bullish case strengthens as IOHK and UN team up
IOHK and the United Nations have offered a $10,000 bounty for developers to use Cardano’s blockchain. While major altcoins look to...
Bitcoin confounds the bears to close above $10K for 9th consecutive week
The last time BTC/USD closed below $10K on the weekly and daily logs was July 26. Bitcoin held steady to post a weekly close at $10,780,...
Defi Token Exposed as Pump and Dump Scam in Leaked Telegram Chat
A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the...
Grayscale Investments Scooped Up Over 17,000 BTC in the Last Seven Days
During the last seven days, Grayscale Investments purchased 17,100 BTC or $182 million worth of bitcoin using today’s exchange...
Novogratz: Dangerous Time to Be in Stocks, Bitcoin Has More Upside Than Gold
Galaxy Digital CEO Michael Novogratz explains why it is a dangerous time to be in the stock market right now, leading up to the U.S....
$2.4 Trillion Stimulus Package Proposed in US With Second Direct Payments to Americans
A new stimulus package costing about $2.4 trillion is being prepared in the U.S. that includes a second round of stimulus checks for...
Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on...
Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1 Raises Community Funding
On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community...
Cryptojacking: A Rising Threat to All Internet Users
The cryptocurrency revolution steadily marches on. While it has yet to completely reshape the financial and other systems of everyday...
Tether’s Stablecoin Dominance Drops Below 80% as Audit Controversy Lingers On
The total volume of stablecoins in circulation is closing in on the $20 billion mark, while the market-leading coin, USDT’s share of...
Chinese Mining Rig Manufacturer Microbt Announces Offshore ASIC Factory
On Friday, China-based bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt announced plans to create an offshore facility that produces the...
The Most Loosely Held Secret in the World of Cryptocurrency Trading
Its VOLUME, to know why to read below. If you have observed one thing trading crypto, it’s that the crypto is highly volatile. Highly with...
Russia Proposes Harsh Penalties for Unreported Cryptocurrency Holdings
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has drafted a bill with harsh penalties for anyone who does not report their cryptocurrency holdings...
US Federal Reserve Actively Working on Digital Dollar
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors and several Federal Reserve Banks are actively working on the digital dollar. Legislation has...
CEX.IO to Provide One-Click DeFi Access, Lists New Tokens, and Offers Instant 0% Fee Visa Deposits
LONDON, the United Kingdom, September 26 – CEX.IO, one of the leading international cryptocurrency exchanges, announces its plans...
Kucoin Hacked for $150 Million in Bitcoin; Bitfinex and Tether Freeze $33 Million of the Stolen Funds
Cryptocurrency exchange Kucoin may have been hacked for $150 million in bitcoin and multiple ERC20 tokens. The Singapore-based exchange...
The CFTC Files Complaint Against Crypto Trading Company
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday, September 24, filed a complaint against crypto dealing Paxforex...
Crypto Exchange Binance Blacklisted by Russia’s Telecom Censorship Agency
Russia’s telecom regulator Roskomnadzor has added Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to the list of blacklisted...
A Mega DeFi Project Buy-Sell (BSE) ILO Presale Will Start Today
The cryptocurrency space in recent times has seen and experienced a drastic and exponential growth, this is a result of decentralized...
Bitgo Plans to Launch Wrapped Bitcoin on the Tron Blockchain
Soon there will be another network that allows people to tokenize BTC in order to leverage the underlying blockchain’s speed and...
Israeli Lawmakers Plan to Exempt Bitcoin From Capital Gains Tax in Draft New Law
Israeli lawmakers have proposed in a draft new law to treat bitcoin as a currency instead of an asset for tax purposes, local media...
Cambridge University’s Third Crypto Study Records 101 Million Cryptocurrency Users Worldwide
The University of Cambridge and the school’s Centre for Alternative Finance has published the third “Global Cryptocurrency...
Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020: US Lawmakers Propose Single National Crypto Framework
Lawmakers in the U.S. have introduced the Digital Commodity Exchange Act of 2020 to create a single, national regulatory framework for...
ChainLink and Synthetix surge 30% and 25% to lead market recovery
LINK/USD jumped 30% after Travala.com partnership, while SYN/USD is up 25% Bitcoin has gained about 4% in the past 24 hours to touch highs...
Bitcoin inflow onto Ethereum hits USD 1.2B as Alameda Research Mints USD 25M Wrapped Bitcoin Block
With over $1.2 billion in Bitcoin now on Ethereum for DeFi use, Alameda Research continues to lead the with another $25 million worth of...
Indian Police Probe Crypto Exchange and Founders Allegedly Running a Scam
Delhi police are reportedly investigating a cryptocurrency exchange and its executives allegedly duping Indian investors after receiving...
Dapper Labs and Blockparty Join Forces to Bring A New Breadth of Digital Collectibles onto Flow
VANCOUVER / SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 — Blockparty—the New York-based rare digital collectibles marketplace that launched last month...
Bitcoin Is Undervalued, Fair Value Price Should Be $15,000, Says Analyst
Bloomberg cryptocurrency analyst Mike McGlone says bitcoin is greatly undervalued, suggesting that its fair value price should currently...
The Genesis of BCH Tokenization: Over 10,000 SLP Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash
This week Bitcoin Cash fans have been discussing the milestone of over 10,000 Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens created since the...
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims Receives Harsh Criticism
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on...
Leading Auction House Christie’s Listing Bitcoin Art for the First Time
The world’s largest auction house, Christie’s, will be presenting Bitcoin artwork for the first time. Block 21 of...
Immutability of blockchain transactions simply explained
There is too much noise in blockchain-related news on the Internet. The cleaner the content, it is often too technical. Of course, source...
ChainLink rebounds above USD 8.40 after bears sank it new weekly low
LINK/USD touched $7.40 after extreme sell-off pressure saw it tumble from highs of $20 ChainLink’s price action has been one full of...
Chainlink Token Down 60% in Under 40 Days: Opponents Ask If the Bubble Has Finally Burst?
After reaching an all-time high of $19.20 on August 14, the Chainlink token now trades lower after losing more than 50% in value in just...
Why Top Global Brands Like the NBA and UFC Choose Dapper Labs’ Flow Blockchain
Developed by the team behind some of the most successful crypto applications in the world, Flow is a blockchain re-designed from the...
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto...
A Deep Dive Into Polkadot and How DOT Became a Top Ten Crypto Contender
Just recently a new project called Polkadot joined the top ten crypto coin list almost immediately after the project officially launched....
Kelta Cafes: Building a Robust Workplace for Blockchain Enthusiasts
Blockchain technology has experienced a lot of growth in the last few years. The immutable peer-to-peer distributed ledger system created...
BCH Hash Watch: Majority of Miners Signal BCHN, Coinex Exchange Announces Futures
Bitcoin Cash proponents have recently noticed that the last 612 blocks or more than 61% of the last 1,000 blocks have been mined using...
Cryptocurrency ETF by Nasdaq and Hashdex Approved to List on Bermuda Stock Exchange
A cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) by Nasdaq and Brazilian fund manager Hashdex has reportedly been approved to trade on the...
Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Would Buy More Bitcoin If He Really Understood It, Says Microstrategy CEO
Prominent hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones’ understanding of bitcoin has come into question since he only invested about 1% of...
Smart Advertising Token SaTT Reveals ProBit as Next Exchange Listing
Singapore, September 23, 2020 – Against the predominantly dim and drab ICO backdrop, smart advertising token SaTT ICO has continued...
Canadian Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange Wealthsimple Begins Trading
Following the regulatory sandbox approval by Canadian regulators, Wealthsimple announced that it has launched “Canada’s first...
The yield farming frenzy has put over USD 3.4billion into DeFi liquidity pools
Over $1.38 billion is locked in four liquidity pools on Uniswap Investors have locked more than $3.4 billion in decentralized finance...
Ripple flat above 0.23USD as former CEO moves 499.9M XRP tokens
XRP/USD remains vulnerable despite holding a major support area around $0.23. XRP/USD hit an all-time high price of $3.84 in January 2018...
Keiser Insists ‘Bitcoin Inversely Correlated To USD Not Stock Markets’ After Crypto Market Tumble
Reports that global banking giants helped criminals launder money for close to two decades helped spark the crash of global stock markets...
VIDYA’s Public Sale Marks the Dawn of a New Blockchain Gaming Era
In 2017, the gaming world was revolutionized by the massive success of a simple blockchain game called CryptoKitties. It enabled players...
SBTC Plummets by 99% as Devs Announce Dissolution of Token
The price of SBTC plunged by nearly 98% in just over an hour on September 21 as devs announced the dissolution of the token. The...
Tokenized BTC Crosses $1B Notional: Ethereum Cements Role as Bitcoin’s Main Sidechain
Years ago when the Bitcoin network started suffering from higher fees and congestion, a number of bitcoiners advocated the use of...
Survey: Large Number of Yield Farmers Can’t Read Smart Contracts Despite High Risk
A new Coingecko survey has found that a large number of yield farmers do not know how to read smart contracts despite claiming they...
Craig Wright’s Summary Judgment Denied – Billion Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit Heads to Trial
On Monday afternoon, Judge Beth Bloom, from the District Court of Florida, denied Craig Wright’s summary judgment and the infamous...
Inflation in cryptocurrencies – tokenomics
Inflation implies a “decline in the purchasing power of a currency or an asset” or the fact that “most currencies or assets usually lose...
Execs Managing $78B in Assets Say Institutional Investors Plan to Allocate More Cryptocurrencies
New research from the digital currency insurance firm, Evertas, shows that a surveyed group of investors managing roughly $78 billion in...
Yearn.finance (YFI) and Aave (LEND) price analysis
YFI/USD and LEND/USD are 46% and 50% off their peak prices in August. Tokens in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space continue to post...
US Banks Can Now Hold Reserves for Stablecoin Issuers, Says Federal Banking Regulator
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Monday published a letter clarifying that national banks and federal savings...
Global Hashpower Exchange Launches World’s First Exchange Dedicated to Hashpower Futures – GHPEX.com
September 22, 2020 – Global Hash Power Exchange today announced the launch of GHPEX.com, the world’s first crypto exchange...
Ethereum price analysis: Bulls aiming for $350 after 7% dip
As BTCUSD holds the $10,000 level, the second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum looks to follow suit with bulls defending the key area...
Bitcoin ATMs Surpass 10,100 Worldwide: Expert Shares Industry Outlook
The bitcoin ATM industry has reached a milestone as the number of machines installed worldwide has surpassed 10,000 after seven years...
Leaked Data Outs Bitcoin Investment Company as Scam: Founders Deny the Allegations
A South African group calling itself “Anonymous ZA” has published fresh information that seemingly supports long-standing...
Iran Grants Bitcoin Miners Exclusive Access To Electricity From Three Power Plants
Iran has granted bitcoin miners exclusive access to electricity generated from three power plants for their mining activities, according...
Turbulent Crypto Markets Expected – 87K Worth of Bitcoin Options Set to Expire on Friday
Markets are expected to be volatile this week, as a great number of bitcoin and ethereum options are set to expire this Friday. Data shows...
Uquid Launch the Defi Shopping Stake (DSS) and Defito Finance (DTO)
The trouble with many current DeFi projects is that while they eliminate traditional institutions from the mix, they instead transfer...
5 Major Banks Exposed for Moving Trillions for Mobsters, Onecoin, and Drug Cartels
According to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), five major global banks have been exposed funneling...
Bitcoin touches $10,650 as altcoins get bashed
DigiByte (11.89%) and Orchid (30%) defy the trend as Bitcoin drops to $10,653. Ethereum, Ripple, ChainLink, and Polkadot all in red too....
Mining Difficulty Jumps 11.3% as Miners sell more amid BTC/USD stagnation below $11,000
Mining difficulty jumped 11.3% to hit 19.31 T, the highest ever as miners continued to sell more Bitcoin that they mint. Just how...
US Indicts 2 People Stealing $17M in Bitcoin and Ether From Binance, Poloniex, Gemini Users
Two people have been charged in the U.S. for allegedly using “a sophisticated market manipulation scheme” to defraud and steal...
XSwap Started Yield Farming, The Highest APY Reaches 70,000%
XSwap, a main products of Xfinance ecosystem, has launched Uniswap LP token liquidity mining. This is a fair version, 100% distributed to...
Publicly Listed Energy Firm Equinor Exploits Gas Flaring in North Dakota to Mine Bitcoin
Just recently, the firm Arcane Research recently revealed a number of screenshots from the publicly traded energy firm, Equinor. The...
Over 40 Bitcoin Forks Are Down More Than 98% Since 2017’s Forking Fiesta
Since the summer of 2017, more than 44 forks of the Bitcoin network were created and so far many of them have lost considerable value and...
Bitcoin Skeptic Turns Bitcoin Bull: Billion Dollar Company Buys 17K BTC in 74 Hours
Nasdaq-listed company Microstrategy recently bought almost 17K bitcoins within 74 hours, costing about $175 million. The CEO of this...
Brazen Nigerian Crypto Scam Inksnation Still Operational Three Months After Regulator Warning
One of Nigeria’s most brazen crypto scams, Inksnation remains operational and still invites new investors some three months after...
Party at Vitalik’s House? For DeFi, it’s Do-or-Die
Ethereum gas prices have set new records, with single DeFi transactions costing over $10 in fees. High fees are the result of congestion,...
EU to Launch Comprehensive Crypto Regulation by 2024: Report
The European Union is planning to implement comprehensive cryptocurrency regulation by 2024, two EU reports have reportedly revealed. This...
Report: Blockchain Patents ‘Skyrocket’ in 2020, Alibaba Owns the Most Crypto Patents
A study from the team at Kisspatent shows that Alibaba Group is the largest blockchain patent holder in 2020 capturing 10x the number of...
Market Outlook: Bitcoin Breaks $11K, Whales Refuse to Sell, Downside Risk Remains
The price of bitcoin jumped above the $11k threshold on Saturday morning and into the afternoon, after hovering above the $10,900 range...
Gibraltar Updates Distributed Ledger Framework to Align With FATF Crypto Regulations
The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has updated its guidance notes for distributed ledger technology (DLT) providers to...
Analyst: 1,500 Bitcoins Lost Every Day, Less Than 14 Million Coins Will Ever Circulate
A cryptocurrency analyst, Timothy Peterson claims that 1,500 bitcoins are lost each day meaning only 14 million BTC will ever circulate....
CoinEx Lists ONES Token First and Launches Initial Trade Offering with OneSwap’s Official Launch
OneSwap is a groundbreaking new DeFi project offering a decentralized exchange protocol on a smart contract, with permission-free token...
NFT Digital Art That Changes With Bitcoin Price Volatility Sold for Record $101,000
Matt Kane’s “Right Place & Right Time,” a non-fungible token (NFT) digital artwork that changes every day with the...
MCS, First Exchange to list TRON’s SUN and Klaytn’s KLAY Futures Contracts
Singapore, September 20, 2020 — For the first time in the industry, MCS (MyCoinStory), a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange...