The popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has double-down on its DeFi-related endeavors by listing several new assets from the field. Company CEO Jay Hao promised that OKEx will continue to observe and act accordingly to the growing DeFi trend. OKEx Lists 8 DeFi Tokens The Malta-based spot and derivatives cryptocurrency exchange announced the addition of eight...Read More
Following a few days of adverse price movements, most of the cryptocurrency market is recovering and is in the green today. Bitcoin is up to $11,500, Ethereum is trading above $400 for the first time since Tuesday. Even more impressive gains are evident from the lower-cap alts. Bitcoin Back Above $11,500 The primary cryptocurrency saw...Read More
Yesterday, the United States’ Department of Justice filed a complaint to seize 280 cryptocurrency accounts operated by notorious North Korean hackers. They allegedly stole millions of dollars worth of crypto assets from two cryptocurrency exchanges and also sought the help of Chinese OTC traders to launder the funds. US DOJ Moves To Seize Cryptocurrency Accounts...Read More
Bitcoin had a rather unproductive week of trading as it declined from about $17,750 to where it’s currently at $11,500, losing about 2% in the process. However, the last seven days were not without their highlights. Just yesterday, the US Federal Reserve’s Chairman, Jerome Powell, announced a historic shift in the institution’s approach towards inflation...Read More
The last couple of weeks have been nothing short of intense on the cryptocurrency market. For the first time since 2016, an altcoin flipped Bitcoin’s price as YFI traded above 1 BTC. Polkadot (DOT) is currently all the rage as all eyes are turned on the project and its native cryptocurrency. Data from CoinGecko suggests...Read More
The leading decentralized exchange has recorded more volumes in August than it did in July. Uniswap saw more than $300 million in trading volume over the past 24 hours and $2.5 billion in the last seven days, according to data on Dune Analytics. Uniswap Spends The Most Gas Fee Uniswap’s impressive volume is also putting...Read More
Gold, oil, and even the US dollar, which have served as a reliable store of value for years, could soon lose that status, according to the Winklevoss twins. According to them, Bitcoin is the value to substitute and when this comes, it could facilitate a surge in its price to $500,000 and beyond. The Major...Read More
Despite Bitcoin’s tumultuous performance following an announcement of the US Federal Reserve regarding its new approach to average inflation targeting, the cryptocurrency has managed to stabilize around $11,400 where it’s currently trading at. Elsewhere, Chainlink and Polkadot are both in red but LINK has returned to the top 5 coins by market cap. Bitcoin Spikes...Read More
Centre Consortium members Circle and Coinbase have just launched an upgraded version of their popular USDC dollar-pegged stablecoin. Going live on August 27, USDC 2.0 aims to tackle high gas fees by allowing developers to delegate it to other wallets or take fees in USDC instead. Removing ETH From The Picture The official announcement explained...Read More
Money attracts money, and Barry Silbert, CEO of Digital Currency Group, knows it. His company has already established itself as one of the most influential corporations in the entire crypto ecosystem. Today, it announced a new venture that will expand its reach into a whole new frontier: the crypto mining industry. In a recently issued...Read More
In a statement released an hour ago, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, revealed a serious policy shift aimed at average inflation targeting. As a result, the prices for gold, silver, and Bitcoin pumped collectively immediately after the announcement. However, all three assets have also decreased in a similar manner minutes after...Read More
Police have reportedly arrested a Russian man for an attempt to recruit an employee in Nevada to plant malware on a Company’s network. In return, he promised him up to $1 million in cash and Bitcoin. The Offstage Attacker Was Reportedly Part Of A Larger Organisation As per the published court documents, Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov has...Read More
Polkadot is growing in popularity, and this has been thoroughly reflected in its price. In a matter of days, the project managed to occupy the 6th spot of the top 10 largest cryptocurrencies, boasting a total market cap upwards of $1.05 billion. Now, a team of developers has announced that it’s building a trustless general-purpose...Read More
Seven US-based giant companies, namely Facebook Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Tesla Inc, and Salesforce.com Inc, gained nearly $300 billion in total market cap during yesterday’s trading session on Wall Street. This only goes to show how small the digital asset field is compared to the giants, as their one-day combined...Read More
Empire Market, the largest crypto darknet marketplace, has abruptly shut down. No communication was issued from the admins who seem to have siphoned away with user funds amounting to around $30 million in BTC. From the looks of it, this appears to be a pretty massive exit scam. Empire Market Exit Scams With 2638 BTC...Read More
The Libra Association, the entity behind Facebook’s future Libra cryptocurrency, has appointed its second general counsel in three months. Previously acting as the general counsel at the Homeland Security Department, Stevan Bunnell has replaced Robert Werner as the new Chief Legal Officer. Libra Appoints A New CLO According to the Bloomberg Law report, Robert Werner,...Read More
Fidelity Investments, an asset management company with about $2.7 trillion of assets under management, will reportedly launch its first Bitcoin-only fund. The product is oriented toward family offices, registered investment advisers, as well as other institutions and will require a minimum investment of $100,000. Fidelity Puts Its Name to a Bitcoin Fund Fidelity Investments is...Read More
Even though Russia has had an unstable relationship with crypto, this has not stopped other industries from giving blockchain technologies a chance. The country’s largest state-owned bank has partnered with a major airline in a push to sell passenger tickets for tokens. Sberbank Partners with S7 Airlines S7 – Russia’s largest airline after Aeroflot –...Read More
Police in Seoul has forayed the offices of one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea, Coinbit. Allegedly the firm has faked more than 99% of its trading volume. Coinbit Banks Over $85M According to a recent news report, authorities stormed the offices of the company early today. The suspicion is that Coinbit has...Read More
House democrats Josh Gottheimer and Emanuel Cleaver have reportedly asked the Trump administration to provide further details on the recent seizure of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency assets from three terrorist organizations, namely al-Qaeda, Hamas, and ISIS. Further Information Asked For A BTC Seizure CryptoPotato recently reported that the US Department of Justice had seized over...Read More
DeFi tokens continue to flood the markets as developers are minting new coins and listing them on Uniswap every day. While this might present an earning opportunity for some, the number of the so-called ‘rug pulls’ is also on the rise. Investors need to be extremely careful and selective when it comes to the tokens...Read More
The cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has purchased one of the most utilized cryptocurrency applications – Blockfolio for $150 million. As a result, Blockfolio will add a retail trading experience for its over 6 million users. FTX Buys Blockfolio After recently launching a DEX focused on DeFi trading called Serum, FTX continues expanding, acquiring the popular app...Read More
A newly-detected scam has been luring users into a Bitcoin scam, Abnormal Security reports. The cybersecurity firm informs that cybercriminals have been impersonating the popular Bitcoin Era trading platform to attract investors, while actually infecting their online devices with malware. Emails, Mimicking BTC Era Platform The automated scam emails, which many users have reportedly received,...Read More
A brief glimpse at the Bitcoin price chart over the past decade clearly shows that we are in what appears to be the early days of the fourth bull market cycle. The asset has experienced multiple boom-and-bust cycles in its brief history, and three can be clearly identified with tops and bottoms. 600 Days Into...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has lost $20 billion from its market capitalization, as the majority of cryptos in the red over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin’s current weekly low is at $11,100, while Ethereum reached the target of $370 as predicted by CryptoPotato. The giant blockchain, Polkadot, is trading around $5.40 after the DOT token was...Read More
Data from popular cryptocurrency monitoring firm reveals that institutional investors had a record-breaking number of leveraged short positions in Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). While this might imply a lot of things, it appears that smart money is leaning toward bearish developments in the market. Of course, there’s always the possibility...Read More
The UK Financial Conduct Authority, responsible for financial regulations in the country, is looking to introduce further legislation that includes cryptocurrency firms. Such companies operating on the island may need to submit annual reports on how they deal with financial threats and crimes. UK FCA Explores Further Crypto Regulations In its latest consultation report, the...Read More
The cryptocurrency derivatives trading exchange FTX has launched a Uniswap futures index combining the top 100 pools on the Uniswap platform. At the same time, the company’s recently released DEX dubbed Serum focused on the growing DeFi trend, continues with new developments. FTX Lists a Uniswap Index FTX announced the launch of the Uniswap futures...Read More
The American multinational giant bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has entered into a strategic partnership with the blockchain-based company ConsenSys. As part of the deal, ConsenSys will acquire the bank’s enterprise blockchain platform – Quorum. ConsenSys Acquires JPM’s Quorum As reported earlier by Reuters, the New York-based blockchain startup has acquired Quorum and plans to...Read More
Binance, Houbi, and OKEx have revealed that they will support Qtum’s new offline staking feature, enabling users of the world’s largest exchange to earn QTUM rewards simply for hodling. Binance’s decision to support Qtum staking is a significant boost for the smart contract network as it embarks on a new phase in its development. In...Read More
