In a recent interview, Andy Cheung, Head of Operations at OKEx, discussed the overall developments in the crypto-derivatives market and spoke about the resurgence of regulatory compliance within various digital asset exchanges. Over the past few months, the likes of Bakkt and CME have solidified themselves in the industry by competing with regulated institutional offerings....Read More
Recently, Matter Labs published a blog post which expanded on recent advances in zero-knowledge proofs, and their vision for ZK Sync, a trustless scaling and privacy solution based on ZK Rollup for Ethereum. The post mentioned how ZK Sync was designed to bring a VISA-scale throughput, enabling thousands of transactions per second while keeping funds...Read More
The last few months have been eventful for Binance, the Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange. From launching several new additions to its platform to expanding into several new countries, Binance has been setting a standard for other cryptocurrency exchanges. Recently, Changpeng Zhao aka CZ, Founder and CEO of Binance, appeared in an interview to discuss the many...Read More
Ethereum recently completed the Istanbul hard fork, at block number 9,069,000, and it followed the St. Petersburg and Constantinople hard forks. The upgrade included several protocol changes that included changes to gas costs. The change in gas costs was something the developers were apparently not prepared for, as the Etheruem contract calls ran out of...Read More
Cryptocurrency transactions tracker, Whale Alert, recently tweeted about how the tokenized bond on the Ethereum blockchain from the Spanish banking giant, Santander, had accrued $99,000 in interest for the first quarterly period. The $20 million bond, first settled in September, was represented by a custom Ethereum token, and settled with another token representing cash held...Read More
December 2019 has not been very welcoming to the bulls in the market. Many major cryptocurrencies have lost enormously under the market’s bearish pressure, including Bitcoin [BTC], which has lost about 4.55% of its value since the beginning of December. Following its lead, many cryptos have met a similar fate. This was reflected by Coin...Read More
Ripple’s investment and innovation arm, Xpring.io, has supported developers in the community by expanding the use cases of the third-largest cryptocurrency, XRP. Launched over a year ago, this developers’ platform is now adorning a different look via a single website that will include a wallet, new tools, and services, revealed the Senior Vice President of...Read More
Ethereum’s annual gathering, Devcon, announced the launch of MakerDao‘s MCD back in October. Since its launch on 18 November, the Maker Foundation’s newly collateralized asset has been at the end of some criticism from some quarters. Coinmonks, a crypto-educational platform, recently highlighted the Foundation’s governance system which allowed MKR token holders to be the deciding...Read More
Bitmain, the crypto-mining equipment manufacturing giant, has been in the news a lot recently. Over the past few months, the Beijing-based entity has had to deal with several internal turmoils, conflicts which eventually led to the departure of Micree Zhan as Jihan Wu took back control of the company. However, the firm’s prospects in other...Read More
Recently, Philip Gradwell, Chief Economist at Chainalysis, a blockchain data analytics company, spoke at a Meetup in London about token economics in on-chain analytics. During his talk, Gradwell spoke about both on and off-chain data, how they can be linked together, and gave some insights based on their analysis of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ data....Read More
The Bitcoin [BTC] market has lost 0.54% of its value in December 2019, with the king coin’s price movement recording recurring dips. A recent dip of 2.45% contributed to the price of the world’s largest crypto tumbling down from $7,450.62 to $7,268.03. Following the loss, Bitcoin tried to recover. However, it was stuck at $7,337.32,...Read More
After recently announcing its support for the introduction of Liquid network for Bitcoin and USDT transactions on its platform, BTSE exchange has now revealed its plans to facilitate a native exchange token sale on a Bitcoin sidechain with the help of Liquid. According to reports, the exchange is also planning to raise a total sum...Read More
Most millennials are burdened with student loans or debts. However, most millennials are also working towards achieving financial independence. Like many, even I’m working my way towards financial independence while trying to juggle my work and social life. Recently, I penned an article titled ‘How many Bitcoins should you own to stay a millionaire?‘ and...Read More
Switzerland has been the home for various cryptocurrency projects due to its sorted outlook towards it and its underlying technology, blockchain. However, the country’s financial regulators have warned against the risk emerging from blockchain and bank’s lower profit margins. The regulators also noted that Switzerland was “particularly exposed” to money laundering risks due to its...Read More
At a recent lecture on financial regulations at Harvard’s Kennedy School, CFTC chairman Heath Tarbert spoke about the role of the CFTC in digital asset regulations, how jurisdiction is divided between the CFTC and the SEC, as well as the regulatory risks involved with regard to cryptocurrencies. During his talk, Tarbert said that apart from...Read More
Following Facebook’s announcement of its digital currency project, Libra, many crypto-enthusiasts saw it as a challenge and began working on a derivation of the social media giant’s project. Similarly, Saga, a blockchain firm, has announced the launch of its new token, Saga [SGA], claiming that its project is an alternative to Facebook’s digital currency proposal....Read More
Switzerland’s premier Fintech firm, Amun AG, has been in the news lately for issuing several cryptocurrency exchange-traded products, more popularly known as ETPs. Despite the firm offering several cryptocurrency ETPs, these were previously limited to Switzerland and Germany. However, the latest news from the company reveals that it is eyeing expansion. According to a press...Read More
2019 is coming to an end but people in the Bitcoin community are still holding their breath, as the volatility has been off-the-charts lately for the largest digital asset. Since the start of November, Bitcoin has registered a change of over 30 percent in its valuation and the market witnessed several short-term hikes and detrimental...Read More
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development [CCID] released its 15th Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index that ranked multiple cryptocurrencies based on its tech, application, and creativity. The list placed Bitcoin on the ninth position while scoring highest in the field of creativity and least in terms of application. Bitcoin’s index total stood at...Read More
Despite a volatile year in terms of price activity, Bitcoin was up by 96 percent in 2019. On the other hand, the rest of the altcoin market did not record a similar trajectory. Dash, a digital asset that was worth around $75 at the start of the year, is one such crypto-asset. At press time,...Read More
Conceived as an alternative to traditional financial and banking solutions, cryptocurrencies have come a long way. However, despite mainstream recognition, there remain many, both in governments and mainstream financial institutions, who are still skeptical about the utility of these digital assets. Nigeria, one of Africa’s most powerful and fastest-growing economies, presents such a curious case....Read More
“Coming out of the 2008 financial crisis, the legit criticism of regulators was along the lines of: where were they during the expansion of the real estate mortgage bubble, why didn’t they take steps to pop that bubble when they could have?” ~ Former CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo aka Crypto Dad This statement was accompanied...Read More
The Malta-based spot and futures digital asset exchange, OKEx announced on 9 December that it will be adding cryptocurrency options. The service will be available on the platform from 27 December with a simulation beginning on 12 December. With options trading, OKEx will become the first crypto exchange to offer C2C, spot, futures, perpetual swap,...Read More
Bitcoin started 2019 with a valuation of $3,693, before climbing its way up. And while it peaked at $13,880 in June, Bitcoin has since been on a downward slope. Despite the fall, Bitcoin has still managed to record positive yields, unlike a few other cryptocurrencies. With the Bitcoin halving approaching in 2020, Bitcoin’s supply of...Read More
After announcing its support for a state-backed digital asset back in August, China‘s proposed CBDC is edging closer to becoming a reality and becoming a part of the country’s financial ecosystem. According to a recent report, the People’s Bank of China has revealed that its highly awaited digital currency electronic payment (DC/EP) would undergo testing...Read More
South Korea is today one of the foremost cryptocurrency markets in the world, a market perhaps superseded only by the likes of the United States and Japan. Home to over 200 crypto-exchanges, any development in the country’s crypto-space is speculated to have a significant influence on the prices of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The South Korean...Read More
While Ethereum‘s Istanbul upgrade was deemed successful, it was, however, not all smooth-sailing. The upgrade that went live on block 9,069,000, introduced six Etheruem Improvement Protocols, and all the major clients such as Geth, Parity, Aleth, Besu, Nethermind, and Aleth had released version that would be compatible with Istanbul, and the result of failing to...Read More
The cryptocurrency industry has immensely grown in terms of popularity over the years, along with which the regulations surrounding the same have also witnessed a change. Regulators from all around the world have been either regulating cryptocurrencies or completely banning them, while a few others are still in the process of figuring out how to...Read More
Monero recently upgraded its network, keeping in line with its constant efforts to steer clear of ASIC centralization. One of the major network upgrades included the shift of the mining algorithm from CryptoNightR to RandomX. The new algorithm not only puts ASIC miners at a disadvantage but also limits GPU mining to an extent. The...Read More
Last month, MakerDAO rolled out its Multi-Collateral DAI [MCD] which is supported not just by Ethereum but also Brave’s Basic Attention Token [BAT], as opposed to its Single-Collateral DAI [SAI] which restricted its support to Ethereum alone. While this seems to be successful as the total DAI in circulation surpassed 50 million, the possibility of...Read More
