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Bitcoin Obituaries Lists Another Crypto Eulogy, 2020 BTC Deaths in the Single Digits
The infamous “Bitcoin Obituaries” has seen another addition to the long list of deaths since bitcoin’s oldest death on...
Crypto Borrowing: Here Are Seven of the Best Interest Rates on the Market
Cryptocurrency is sizing up traditional finance on its legacy turf of lending and borrowing with competitive interest rates (currently as...
CEX.IO Cryptoexchange Makes CryptoCompare Top 10
The international cryptocurrency exchange CEX.IO made it into the CryptoCompare top 10 July 2020 report, with an overall A grade. The...
Jim Rogers Predicts End of Dollar Dominance as US-China Tensions Escalate
Renowned investor Jim Rogers believes that the U.S. dollar dominance is coming to an end as the tensions between the U.S. and China mount....
More than 72,000 Bitcoin tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain
Over $750 million worth of Bitcoin has been locked as DeFi drives tokenization of Bitcoin. The amount of Bitcoin ‘locked up’...
Band Protocol rival UMA Protocol’s price jumps 13% ahead of Coinbase Pro trading
UMA Protocol price jumps 13% as traders look forward to trading on Coinbase Pro. The recent crypto crash saw the price of decentralized...
Latin Americans Turn to Bitcoin as Local Fiat Currencies Plunge
Latin Americans have embraced cryptocurrency as a store of value while their fiat currencies depreciate, a new report shows. Bitcoin...
Digital Platform for Smart-Contracts Barter Smartplace: Future Unicorn of Decentralized Commerce Sells Tokens With a 50% Discount
The Barter Smartplace blockchain ecosystem team believes that closing deals in the fast-paced digital age can be as fast, reliable, and...
Cryptocurrencies Now Accepted for 15,000 Restaurants in France on Just Eat
Food orders from over 15,000 restaurants in France can now be paid with bitcoin and a number of other cryptocurrencies through a major...
Bridge Oracle IEO Launches with Bitcoin.com Co-Founder Mate Tokay as Advisor
8th September, 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Bridge Oracle may very well be on the cusp of achieving the holy grail of the...
Crypto Volumes Surge in August: Binance Largest Spot Exchange as Huobi Leads Derivatives
The latest report by Cryptocompare shows August spot cryptocurrency traded volumes by the 15 largest top-tier exchanges increased by 58.3%...
$700 Million Worth of Synthetic Bitcoin Is Circulating on the Ethereum Blockchain
According to onchain data, there’s now 69,836 synthetic bitcoin tokens (over $700 million) circulating on the Ethereum blockchain....
UK Digital Bank Ziglu Launches P2P Payments for Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash
London-based challenger bank Ziglu said Monday that it has been licensed as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) by the U.K.’s...
Whale Watch: 68 New Whales Join ETH Network, BTC Holds Lowest Concentration of Whales
Onchain data shows that during the market carnage this past weekend the number of ethereum whales increased significantly, while ETH...
Weekly Price Update: BTC/USD and ETH/USD struggle below major resistance areas
Bitcoin touched $9,944 while ETH/USD dropped to lows of $316 over the weekend. BTC/USD broke below $10k and is struggling around $10,200...
SushiSwap (SUSHI) price up 30% despite creator’s “exit”
SushiSwap is up 30% on the day after dropping to lows of $1.17 on Sunday. DeFi token SushiSwap has rebounded after plunging to new lows,...
Declining ETH Gas Cost Still Higher Than BTC Fees: Supporters Insists ETH 2.0 to End High Fee Woe
Ethereum network gas fees that averaged $15.13 on September 2 have been declining in the past four days ending the day at $3.43, according...
‘Bitcoin Should Be Traded Like Stock,’ Says Begin India Think Tank Founder
The founder of Begin India Think Tank says that bitcoin should be regulated as stock, which he believes is the legal status the...
DeFi Project Xfinance(XFI) ILO Presale Sceduled for Sept 10th
DeFi project – Xfinance announced they will cooperate with LID Protocol and launch XFI ILO presale on the LID presale Dapp, launch date...
Opium Protocol Allows Traders to Hedge or Bet Against the Stablecoin Tether’s Solvency
Cryptocurrency traders can now protect their tether tokens or bet against the solvency of the stablecoin by leveraging a new crypto...
US Man Pleads Guilty in $722 Million Bitclub Network Ponzi Scheme Case
A Bitclub Network Ponzi scheme promoter has admitted to charges of selling unregistered securities and to subscribing to a false tax...
Defi’s Raw Deal: Sushiswap Creator Transfers Multi-Sig Control to FTX CEO
After a number of individuals from the crypto community accused the anonymous developer Chef Nomi of exit scamming, the developer...
Bitcoin Dominance Slides Losing 10% in the Last 100 Days
Bitcoin’s Dominance Index has slid 10% from a high of 67% on May 10, to a low of 57% today. Despite the defi market shakeout,...
‘Bitcoin Beats Gold on Every Single Measure,’ Says Macro Strategist Raoul Pal
Global Macro Investor CEO Raoul Pal has explained why he believes bitcoin is better than gold in every way. He proclaims that bitcoin is...
How to Leverage Uniswap – Ethereum’s Noncustodial Defi Trading Platform
In 2020 decentralized exchanges (dex) have grown quite mature compared to just a few years ago. One specific dex gathering a lot of steam...
Sushiswap Founder Reportedly Exit Scams as Sushi Token Price Tanks
The anonymous founder of Sushiswap has reportedly exit scammed after converting all of his sushi tokens to ETH on September 5. Reports of...
Crypto-Friendly Banking Platform Cashaa Expanding in India, US, Africa
Crypto banking platform Cashaa has unveiled plans to expand its services in India, the U.S., Africa, and the Caribbean. In India, the...
Robert Rorschach: 20 Reasons Not to Vote
If one votes, one participates. If one participates, one condones and endorses the process, and subsequently, what those elected...
Defi Boom Fueling ETH Gas Fees, Threatens Viability of Smart Contracts
Growing Ethereum network transaction fees, which touched new highs recently, are a direct consequence of the increasing number of defi...
South African Man Charged in U.S. Court for Fraud Involving $28 Million in Bitcoin and Forex
A South African man has been charged with fraud in the Maryland District Court for allegedly scamming $28 million from over 1,000...
Tim Draper Heaps Praise on Bitcoin Cash
Billionaire and venture capitalist Tim Draper has praised bitcoin cash after recently purchasing the coin. Lauding the ease of use as well...
Unlimited QE and an Index Portfolio: How Fed Chair Jay Powell Can Pump His Bags
In mid-August the U.S. stock market defied odds and mainstream media claimed after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index touched...
New Exchanger for Cryptocurrencies From Swep.io: Speed, Convenience and No Limits of Exchange Operations
A team of professional developers from Estonia is launching a new crypto exchanger Swep.io. Being extremely enthusiastic about making a...
Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps
Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about...
Market Update: Blood in the Crypto Streets, Bitcoin Miner Dumps, CME Gap, Defi Doldrums
The cryptocurrency economy slid significantly on Thursday afternoon (ET), as the aggregate market cap of all the crypto coins shaved more...
Nearly $1B wiped off DeFi TVL amid crypto market sell-off
Value locked in DeFi smart contracts is now around $8.6 billion, down from $9.5 billion on September 2. Early this week, the total value...
Bitcoin dips 10% to hit new multi-month low around $10,000
BTC/USD price fell to $9,990 on some exchanges, with tech stocks posting similar slumps Thursday. This is turning into one miserable week...
Bitcoin Will Be Accepted for Tax Payments in Swiss Canton Zug Next Year
Bitcoin and ether can be used to pay taxes in the Swiss Canton of Zug starting next tax season. Zug’s crypto valley is home to many...
Research: New Malware Employs Tor and Bittorrent To Steal Bitcoin and Ether
A new trojan called Krypto Cibule uses infested computers’ power to mine cryptocurrency, steal crypto wallet files, and redirect...
Chilean Cryptocurrency Exchange Denies Fraud Allegations, Tribunal Set Rule on Complaint
Chilean cryptocurrency exchange, Badu.com has denied allegations that it fraudulently transferred client funds without authorization. The...
Privacy Options Underutilized in Cryptocurrency Usage: Report
Advances in cryptography have not met with user enthusiasm, suggesting a disconnect between the cryptocurrency community and its...
Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service,...
$16B Worth of Dollar-Pegged Cryptos: Stablecoins Add $100M a Day Since Mid-July
Stablecoins have been gathering a lot of steam and settling massive value in recent months. Moreover, on Thursday, Coin Metrics’...
Long-Term Fundamentals Signal Robust Crypto Bull Market Fueled by Reckless Money Printing, Defi
A robust cryptocurrency bull market is in the making, a Weiss Crypto Ratings analyst explained. Citing central banks’...
US Federal Court Rules NSA Mass Surveillance Illegal, Credits Edward Snowden
A federal appeals court has ruled that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) mass surveillance program that collected data on billions...
Monero (XMR) daily transactions hit new all-time high
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency has seen huge transaction volumes since the start of 2020. Daily transactions for Monero have hit a new...
Misery for bulls as Bitcoin flops to $11,100, again
Overnight sell-off pushed Bitcoin to lows of $11,150 as altcoins post similar losses. A miserable Wednesday for crypto saw widespread...
Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Twitter Account Hacked, Bitcoin Donations Requested
The verified Twitter account for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website and mobile app has been hacked, Twitter has...
Why Fusion’s DCRM is The Best Option for DeFi Users
The race for blockchain interoperability was very much a trending topic during the bull market of 2017. Back then, we witnessed the birth...
Major South Korean Crypto Exchange Raided by Police in Alleged $25.2M Fraud Case
South Korean police raided the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb on September 2 as part of an investigation of...
Canaan Cuts Losses for Second Successive Quarter, Down To $2.4M in Q2; Demand Remains Weak
Canaan Creative, the Chinese maker of bitcoin mining hardware, reported a net loss of $2.4 million during the second quarter of 2020, down...
US Hopes to Confiscate $400M: DoJ Files Forfeiture Judgment Against Onecoin Launderer
Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) court have submitted a “forfeiture money judgment” against the...
$1 Trillion in Housing Bonds: US Real Estate Crisis Held Back by Fed’s Mortgage Purchases
The U.S. real estate market is facing a conundrum, as there’s now a tidal wave of renters who can’t pay rent and a massive...
Pornhub Accepts Bitcoin: Top Adult Site Expands Cryptocurrency Payment Options
Pornhub now accepts bitcoin as the platform expands its cryptocurrency payment options. The leading adult video streaming website has over...
Microstrategy’s $250 Million Bitcoin Buy Consequential
When a publicly owned company decides to invest about $250 million in an asset that was widely attacked more than a decade ago, it says a...
ChainLink (LINK) flashes red pattern breakout
ChainLink traded at around $17.00 on Tuesday, September 1 The price of ChainLink has declined 4.15% in the past 24 hours and is trading...
TRON price analysis: TRX/USD focused on $0.40 as major trend reversal underway
TRX/USD could be priced at $0.40 soon if bulls sustain momentum above its multi-year high price of $0.37. TRON’s partnership with...
Fees Bonanza: Ethereum Miners Pocket a Record $113 Million From Fees in August
Ethereum miners are making a killing from transaction fees. In August alone, the miners raked in a total of $113 million in profit, up...
Nigeria Foreign Exchange Crisis: Worsening US Dollar Shortages Point to Further Devaluation
Pressure on Nigeria’s current exchange rate is likely to get worse in 2021, when the expected recovery of imports is set to force...
Sichuan’s Blockchain Park: Chengdu Government Officials Welcome Bitcoin Miners
In mid-August officials from the Chinese province of Sichuan approved a number of enterprises that mine bitcoin for legal hydropower...
LZ Lending Innovates and Integrates Peer2Peer Into Platform
LZ Lending, London’s premier cryptocurrency Peer 2 Peer lending solutions, announces the official launch of their new fully...
Major Swiss Insurer Adds Bitcoin and Ether Payments
Atupri, a Swiss health insurance provider, said Monday that its 200,000 customers will now be able to make payments using bitcoin and...
Money Market Protocol Aave Settles $300 Million in Defi Flash Loans
This weekend the decentralized money market protocol Aave broke records as the community witnessed a massive flash loan of $14 million...
Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell
On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure...
Multiplier DeFi (Beta Release) Targets Tokenized Bonds
1st September 2020, Hong Kong – Multiplier DeFi protocol has successfully completed a full audit by leading blockchain-based form...
Akon Unveils Major Details of $6 Billion Cryptocurrency City: Real-Life Wakanda
Akon has released detailed plans of Akon City, his $6 billion futuristic cryptocurrency city, which he calls a “real-life...
Warren Buffett Shifts Funds From US Amid Inflation Fears, Bitcoin’s New All-Time High Expected
Warren Buffett has made another major investment shift, one that reduces Berkshire Hathaway’s dependence on the U.S. economy. This...
Leading Stock Exchanges in Switzerland, Germany, Austria Now List Bitcoin ETP
A bitcoin exchange-traded product by 21Shares is now listed on leading stock exchanges in three countries: Switzerland, Germany, and...
Sushi (SUSHI) token rockets 946% in two days
Decentralized finance continues its seemingly unstoppable rise with new token SUSHI jumping 946% in 48 hours. The wild world of DeFi...
Next target for BTC/USD is $13,880 after highest monthly close since 2017
BTC/USD monthly close of $11,655 is second-highest in history, and bulls have pushed to $11,920 during the Asian session Bitcoin traded...
Revolut Adds Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Support for US Customers
Following the launch of Revolut’s new crypto exchange in the U.S. the company has added bitcoin cash and litecoin support. Alongside...
Suspected North Korean Hackers Move Bitcoin Worth $140K From Forfeited Account
Suspected North Korean hackers on Monday moved 12 bitcoin, worth about $140,000, from one of 280 accounts the U.S. Department of Justice...
Tesla Foils Ransomware Attack After Employee Rejects Bitcoin Bribe Worth $1 Million
Tesla’s Elon Musk has said the company recently foiled attempts to infect its computer network with malicious software, after an...
Defi Platform Uniswap Outpaces Coinbase Pro in Global Trade Volume
The decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap has seen a massive amount of trade volume during the last seven days. Following Uniswap’s...
Ciphertace Allegedly Builds Monero-Tracing Tools, XMR Proponents Disagree
The blockchain surveillance firm Ciphertrace claims to have created the “world’s first” monero tracing tools for law...
Venezuela’s Bitcoin Use Soars Amid Hyperinflation: 3rd on Global Crypto Adoption Index
Venezuelans have become increasingly interested in cryptocurrency as their country faces dire economic crisis and hyperinflation, a new...
Ethereum options data is bullish following two-year high
ETH/USD trades above $420 as data by Skew shows traders expect a short term price surge While Bitcoin aims to hold above $11,600 going...
YF Link (YFL) surges to $745 — DeFi boom still ongoing
YFL has risen by 1,677% in just two weeks. Can it trace some of YFI/USD’s 100,000% rally since July? YFL is up 36% in the past 24...
Chainlink Doomsday Predictions: Zeus Capital Warns Investors Not To ‘Get Fooled’
Zeus Capital has doubled down on its doomsday predictions on Chainlink (Link). It is now warning investors: “don’t get...
Total Value Locked in Defi Jumped 85% in August, $8 Billion in Assets Held
A lot has changed during the last month, as the popular decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has swelled considerably in value. Since...
Nigerian Crypto Startup Yellow Card Raises $1.5 Million For Expansion in Africa
Yellow Card has raised $1.5 million in a seed round. The Nigerian crypto startup said it will use the money to expand its operations in...
Bitcoin Will Break Out This Year, Says Devere CEO
The CEO of financial advisory firm Devere Group believes that 2020 will be a breakout year for bitcoin, fueled by the U.S. presidential...
Russia Blocks Cryptocurrency Websites Ahead of Regulation
Russian authorities have blocked a number of websites related to cryptocurrency ahead of the country’s crypto regulation taking...
Ethereum Classic Suffers 51% Attack Again: Delisting Risk Amplified
Beleaguered Ethereum Classic (ETC) blockchain suffered yet another 51% attack on August 29. The latest attack caused the reorganization of...
Polkadot Top 10 Redenomination Shot: Is the Token Now Bigger Than Chainlink?
The Polkadot token, which recently underwent a redenomination, has seen its value more than double in less than seven days. Now with a...
Lysander Spooner: Natural Law – The Science of Justice
The science of mine and thine – the science of justice – is the science of all human rights; of all a man’s rights of...
Defi Project Yearn Finance Smashes Records as Native Token Surpasses $30K
The decentralized finance (defi) crypto asset tied to the Yearn Finance project has smashed records this week, as the coin touched a high...
Major Chinese Bank Launches Central Bank Digital Currency Wallet Briefly
One of China’s biggest banks recently opened up registration for wallets using the country’s central bank-backed digital...
After Empire’s Exit Scam, Darknet Market Patrons Scramble to Find Alternatives
Ever since the darknet market (DNM) Empire went under, DNM patrons have been scrambling to find reliable marketplaces on the deep web. On...
3.5 Million Crypto Wallets Downloaded in July, Active Users up 110% in the Year
A record 3.5 million crypto wallet app downloads were recorded in July 2020, representing an increase of 81% when compared to the same...