Founder and CEO of Filecoin, Juan Benet, took to Twitter to clarify that Justin Sun’s accusations of a Filecoin exit scam were completely false. On this Justin Sun bullshit — these accusations are completely FALSE. Neither PL nor any team member sold FIL as he accuses. & the ridiculous magnitude of trade he claims we...Read More
BitTorrent Inc., the firm behind the massively popular BitTorrent protocol and app, has announced its acquisition of blockchain-powered live streaming platform DLive. DLive will now form part of the newly established BitTorrent X ecosystem, which also includes the BitTorrent File System (BTFS), a service used for distributed file storage and retrieval, as well as the...Read More
Amid talks of forking Filecoin because of miner unrest, Juan Benet, the entrepreneur behind the decentralized storage network, dismissed the claims and said their storage network was “just fine.” In a tweet, Benet called the miner strike “nonsense” and that there has been no “power loss” as such on the network. Benet said in a...Read More
Yesterday The Verge published an elaborate article portraying a picture of Justin Sun’s leadership at BitTorrent post the peer-to-peer file-sharing site’s acquisition by the TRON foundation. Sun later responded to the ‘false-claims’ made by TRON/BitTorrent’s ex-employees in the article with ‘An Open Letter to Anyone Who Cares to Read’ on Medium. Claim: Megalomaniac Leader; Response:...Read More
Yes, Tron’s Justin Sun just named a meme coin after himself CEO of Tron Foundation, Justin Sun announced the launch of $SUN, Tron Network’s first meme coin that will be mined to fund Sun Genesis Mining, a community-driven decentralized (DeFi) potential of TRON that runs on open-source smart contracts. (1/5) I am glad to announce...Read More
Tron has partnered with Waves to connect the two respective blockchain networks called Solidity and Ride to push mass adoption in the decentralized finance (DeFi) field. All TRC-20 tokens will be available on the Waves blockchain and vice-versa with the assistance of the cross-chain communication network – Gravity. TRON Partners With Waves According to a...Read More
The leading decentralized peer-to-peer network BitTorrent has reached a significant milestone in its development after surpassing two billion installations of its torrent client software on Windows, Mac, and Android. BitTorrent Passes 2 Billion Installations Founded in 2004, BitTorrent Inc has become one of the most utilized software products for downloading torrents with its two brands...Read More
It’s not often the tech, crypto, political, and celebrity worlds converge, but that’s exactly what happened on July 15 after a bitcoin giveaway scam replicated across dozens of major Twitter accounts. From billionaires to entrepreneurs, and from crypto traders to exchanges, high-profile accounts of all kinds were targeted in an audacious hack that’s left Twitter...Read More
An ongoing scam is being promoted on Twitter through some of the biggest accounts of major cryptocurrency companies and proponents. These include the world’s leading exchange, Binance, the US-based exchange Coinbase, as well as the account of one of the best-known Bitcoin proponents, AngeloBTC, and even Winklevoss’ Gemini. Ongoing Crypto Scam In the past few...Read More
BitTorrent Inc users can now purchase goods and memberships on the platform with the USD-backed stablecoin of the leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance – BUSD. BUSD And BNB Changes On BitTorrent In a press release shared with CryptoPotato earlier today, the popular decentralized peer-to-peer company announced the introduction of the newest cryptocurrency asset on its platform...Read More
The tentacles of the TRON ecosystem continue to extend their reach across the globe. The latest endeavor has seen TRON join forces with MeconCash, making TRX and JST exchangeable for Korean Won at cash points across the country. More than 13,000 ATMs will support the crypto-fiat swaps as TRON seeks to seal its status as...Read More
The TRON Foundation is entering a new phase of its development with the upcoming launch of the fourth network version named TRON 4.0. Merely weeks before the project says goodbye to the current Odyssey consensus and welcomes the “Great Voyage era,” TRON will also celebrate its second “independence day” at the end of the month....Read More
Scammers are impersonating Tron founder Justin Sun in an attempt to steal money from unsuspecting victims. The scammers target cryptocurrency projects under the guise of forming partnerships with Tron. They even go so far as to invite victims to a “live” Skype call with Tron CEO Justin Sun himself. But when invitees launch the Skype...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has refused to return the 23 million Steem coins it received during the fantastical Steem hard fork saga. During May 20’s Hardfork 0.23, the accounts of 64 Steem stakeholders were to be “seized,” as was revealed by an examination of the code. However, at the last minute, someone from inside Steem managed...Read More
Twitter saw the return of Vitalik Buterin vs. Justin Sun on May 19. The respective founders of Ethereum and TRON exchanged barbs over the matter of an imminent Steem hard fork, which will seize the funds of some of its users. If Steem Hardfork 0.23 goes ahead on May 20, over 23.6 million STEEM coins...Read More
In brief: In a recent tweet, the team at BitTorrent (BTT) has highlighted why the BTFS file system is better than Filecoin (FIL). The teams behind both projects have been throwing jabs at each other ranging from accusations of plagiarism and going as far as claiming the other is ‘vaporware’. Filecoin’s (FIL) Mainnet is set...Read More
The partnership between TRON and the technology giant Samsung continues to reap benefits. As of today, the popular blockchain company with have a dedicated section in the Samsung Galaxy Store, featuring applications built on top of the TRON network. TRON Apps On Samsung Galaxy Store Back in 2019, both firms announced the initial partnership agreement...Read More
In brief: On the 19th of April, the Tron network recorded its highest daily increase in new accounts. This feat was noticed by a senior Tron Community member. Justin Sun was baffled by the sudden increase. However, it could be due to the Just (JST) token scale next month and the allure of staking TRX....Read More
In summary: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has blossomed in the last year as more projects utilize the Ethereum blockchain due to its smart-contract capabilities. Currently, there is over 2.7 Million ETH locked up in DeFi DApps. Maker DAO transactions take up 49.36% of the ETH locked up in DeFi platforms. Can Tron (TRX) exceed this with...Read More
In brief: The team at Tron had been working on a DeFi platform known as Djed. The Mainnet was launched today, April 4th. The DApp has been rebranded to JUST. Decentralized Finance, or simply DeFi, has been one of 2020’s highly anticipated use cases of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. As the name suggests, DeFi plans to...Read More
In brief: Tron bought DLive in December 2019. DLive was soon integrated into the BitTorrent ecosystem. Bitcoin (BTC) has now been removed as a payment option on the Livestreaming platform and has been replaced by TRX, BTT and TRC-20 USDT. Back in December 2019, the Tron Foundation acquired the popular livestreaming platform of DLive and...Read More
The situation between TRON and Steem continues to raise controversy in the cryptocurrency community. The famous crypto proponent John McAfee recently shared his opinion on the matter, saying that Justin Sun is trying “to collect water with a sieve.” McAfee: Communities Cannot Be Purchased The former anti-virus software tycoon, John McAfee, has been a regular...Read More
Starting tomorrow, March 5th, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will be adding Tron’s native currency – TRX. The platform will initially provide four trading pairs, and trading will begin shortly after enabling deposits and withdrawals. Kraken Adds TRX The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the news earlier today. At approximately 14:30 UTC on March 5th,...Read More
Over the past few months, news of the coronavirus-caused illness COVID-19 has spread around the world. Unsurprisingly, it has affected crypto and the broader tech industry due to how widespread the illness has become. Coronavirus Affects Crypto Events; Tron Conference Latest to Fall While COVID-19 began in China, the illness has rapidly spread around the world,...Read More
The recent volatility in the cryptocurrency markets hasn’t done much to fend off Bitcoin bulls. In fact, in two recent interviews with mainstream media, two of the industry’s most powerful executives and investors separately confirmed that they think the price of BTC will surpass $100,000 in the coming years. As crazy as they may sound...Read More
If you’ve read the most popular “Bitcoin” and “crypto” headlines, you likely know that for the first time in what must be a year, legendary investor Warren Buffett decided to weigh in on this nascent market. the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate with major stakes (and some ownership stakes) in some of America’s most...Read More
Not long ago, the much anticipated Justin Sun’s million-dollar launch with the business tycoon, Warren Buffet, was held. Following the event, Justin Sun informed the community of a successful launch with Buffet and some of the gifts exchanged was revealed. Among those gifts that Buffet received from Sun were top cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and TRX. ...Read More
The world’s largest decentralized and blockchain-based social media, as well as a blogging platform, Steemit, announced a strategic partnership with the TRON foundation. Steemit Joining TRON Ecosystem The largest decentralized blockchain-based social media and popular blogging platform, Steemit, announced in a shared press release with Cryptopotato, a strategic partnership with the TRON foundation. The development...Read More
One of the most heavily commented meetings in the cryptocurrency community finally took place. According to a recent report, Tron CEO Justin Sun had dinner with the legendary American investor – Warren Buffett, where they discussed digital assets and blockchain technology. Justin Sun Meets Warren Buffett In the summer of 2019, one of the hottest...Read More
The Tron Foundation is printing more TRX but Justin Sun is deflecting responsibility for the hard-cap removal. | Image: YouTube Justin Sun deflected responsibility for the recent TRX hard cap removal onto TRON’s Super Representatives. But an online paper trail shows that Sun and his team were the ones who proposed the change. The change...Read More
