The latest Binance Research, while showcasing China’s CBDC initiative, highlighted its possibility of being a renminbi (RMB) replacement. Creating a buzz in the context, the report read, “The People’s Bank of China plans to replace China’s M0 money supply with its CBDC. Several potential improvement areas were discussed as reasons to justify this move including...Read More
China’s aggressive push towards cryptocurrency has forced global economies to ensure a common-ground for crypto-innovations within their jurisdictions. Taking a closer into the Chinese government’s crypto initiative, Binance Research released a report that details on the People’s Bank of China’s (PBoC) proposed digital legal tender. Highlighting the primary concern, the report stated, “Following Facebook’s recent...Read More
Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt recently took the lead in terms of delivering substantial innovation for the crypto community. As per the company’s latest announcement over Twitter, “On Sept 6, our Warehouse will begin offering secure storage of customer bitcoin to prepare for the launch of Bakkt Bitcoin Daily & Monthly Futures when they launch on...Read More
The latest XRP wealth distribution statistics showed interesting insights into rising trends by the XRP holders over a period of three months. According to the latest XRP Richlist Stats, which monitors the trend line for the XRP wealth distribution, only 0.01% of the total XRP accounts have a balance of more than 14,231,299 XRP, which,...Read More
A plethora of advances made by the XRPL developers in terms of solidifying XRP’s usage have enhanced the coin’s adoption rates. The creator of popular XRPTipBot, a platform that enables sending and receiving of XRP tokens on social media platforms like Discord, Twitter and Reddit, XRPL Labs’ Lead Developer Wietse Wind was on the forefront...Read More
The Ethereum Foundation has unveiled over $2 million of funding for the development of Serenity or ETH2.0. The official announcement read, “We are today unveiling over $2M USD in Foundation-led and co-funded grant funding aimed at furthering Serenity (Eth2.0) development as we move nearer to the launch of the Beacon Chain.” The update is primarily...Read More
As crypto businesses have started to make the move into crypto-friendly geographies to avoid risk of shutting down, Switzerland made headlines on the other side of this spectrum by announcing banking licenses to two cryptocurrency-focused banks. According to the official report, “For the first time, FINMA has issued banking and securities dealers’ licences to two...Read More
Tron Foundation’s Justin Sun hasn’t steered away from the spotlight. In a recent interview with Freewallet, Sun shared his thoughts on ongoing ventures in the ecosystem. Sun began the segment by talking about potential partnerships in the industry. He suggested that the conglomeration of resources and ideas influences growth of the space. He also assured...Read More
Binance announced the launch of a platform termed as Binance Lending, which would allow users to acquire and lend their virtual assets, while asset holders would also be able to gain interest and improve their token balances. It was revealed that Lending products would be available for Binance Coin and Tether (USDT) on a subscription...Read More
OKEx, a Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange which is responsible for $1.5 billion of volume per day on BTC futures trade, announced on Twitter that their Daily Settlement for Bitcoin SV and Ethereum Classic futures contract would be launched on 26th August, at 10 am [CEST, UTC+2]. The exchange had recently revealed its plans of launching Futures...Read More
Early Bitcoin investors and founders of Gemini, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were making news even before they entered the crypto space. They were famous for suing Mark Zuckerberg over Facebook, and their journey was documented in the movie ‘Social Network’. The Winklevoss twins were interviewed by Today, where they were asked about their opinion on...Read More
Software developers Rosco Kalis and Gabriel Cardona have been steadily working on Cashscript, a high-level programming language for Bitcoin Cash. When the language is tied to certain opcodes, specific schemes can be built that allow for autonomous and decision-based transactions. While testing Cashscript’s capabilities, the two engineers recently deployed an oracle, forfeits, an onchain wager,...Read More
Bitcoin’s raison d’etre has often been questioned as some consider it a peer-to-peer currency while others look at it as a store of value. The list did not end there as the community now debates if Bitcoin is currently a “safe haven” or a hedge. Bitcoin’s role as a hedge against the potential financial crisis...Read More
The rise of cryptocurrency is changing the philanthropic world by causing the redistribution of wealth from old money to visionary innovators and early tech adopters. The new crypto rich invest their donations by supporting scientific research in groundbreaking fields that may one day enable humanity to cure aging, reverse death and completely change the relationship...Read More
The Tron Foundation has been under the crypto spotlight for its dominance in the DApp space. The Foundation and its CEO Justin Sun have constantly worked on developments in order to retain their supremacy over decentralized applications [DApp]. The recently launched Sun Network stands as a perfect example. Even though Tron is fairly new to...Read More
On August 23, Bitcoin.com released a new application called the SLP Dividend Calculator. The new platform allows users to build a transaction to make dividend payments to any Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token holder. Also read: How to Create Non-Fungible Assets and Collectible Tokens With Bitcoin Cash Testing the New SLP Dividend Calculator From Bitcoin.com...Read More
Telecommunications company Telx Technologies has announced the launch of a SIM card which can be used to transact cryptocurrencies via SMS. The agenda behind the project is to enable people to send money internationally without the need for a smartphone, Internet connection or wallet app/address. According to Telx, its launch will be the world’s first...Read More
Binance is no stranger to cryptocurrency hacks and scams, with $40.7 million (700 BTC) being stolen from the exchange just recently. While Changpeng Zhao, the exchange’s CEO managed to alleviate concerns with informed communication, the exchange was also targetted by a leak of KYC documents. Today, Binance released an official blog post titled “Update &...Read More
According to a recent update on the Chinese social media network WeChat, a source close to the chip-manufacturing firm, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, revealed that Bitmain has reportedly placed an order for 600,000 mining chips. If true, this hige bid is likely to bring in huge profits for Bitmain. Interestingly, this batch includes the latest...Read More
While the road to replace traditional financial models with a decentralized counterpart may seem far fetched for many, the crypto-community has done a great job of initiating the crypto-adoption drive. Numerous projects towards this effort have been launched, but DeFi’s (Decentralized Finance) presence stands as the biggest disruptor, with Huobi the latest catalyst for the...Read More
On August 21, James Cramer, the developer behind the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP), announced the launch of the Electron Cash SLP version 3.5. The latest release allows people to create a new type of SLP token called NFT1, a non-fungible token that can be grouped together by a single ID. The advanced form of SLP...Read More
“Our view was that RMB was going to grow in the world”, said Jeremy Allaire, the CEO and founder of the digital currency company Circle, as China geared up for its first-ever government-backed digital currency. Recent reports revealed that the central bank digital currency is “almost ready” after five years of work. In a recent...Read More
In an official statement from, Xinxi Wang, a board director at the Litecoin Foundation addressed the Github issue, and said “Github was updated frequently but not in the main repo”. In a recent interview published on XCong.com, Wang revealed Adrian Gallagher, the Litecoin core developer, was testing the latest 0.18.1 version. He further said that...Read More
Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace established back in 2015, has decided to expand its services in East Africa after seeing significant growth in the region over the years. The expansion plan is part of Paxful’s long-term goal of providing financial services to the unbanked and underbanked across Africa. Paxful has established itself as one of...Read More
We are on our phones a whole lot. And for good reason because lots of business and personal activities are done on a mobile device – which explains why there are very nearly 1.3 billion more mobile connections than there are people in the entire world. Smartphones have become a huge part of our lives...Read More
Tech Bureau is going out of business and Zaif will see an operational shift. The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, Zaif, will see its operator switch from Tech Bureau to FISCO virtual currency exchange, according to an announcement made on August 22. As per a report from Crypto Watch Japan, Tech Bureau operated the exchange until November...Read More
Beating the general narrative of crypto resistance from the U.S. government, Everex, the payments and trading platform just announced the issuance of “full Money Transmitter (MSB) License” from the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. The information was brought to light through Everex official Twitter handle, which read, “We’re excited to announce that New...Read More
The ‘IAMAI Vs RBI’ case took an unexpected turn, as the Supreme Court was met with several arguments from the petitioners’ end about the RBI’s jurisdiction where the petitioner presented the court with the exchanges’ plea asking a reconsideration of the ban. Justice Nariman said Exchanges are not asking to uplift the ban, but they...Read More
Amid the roller-coaster market, Ethereum remained the best performing altcoin since inception, signaling strong support from the skeptical community. While efforts to improve ETH’s use cases are primary attributed as one of the reasons for the crypto’s sluggish trading value, Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin announced an update regarding the soon to expected “Istanbul hard fork.” He...Read More
In an ongoing race to ensure sustainability, crypto businesses are hiring the best brains in the crypto market. In this light, Blockstream co-founder Matt Corallo recently joined Square Crypto, the crypto arm of payments company Square. The information was made public through an official tweet from Square Crypto, which read, “BIG NEWS: Please welcome @TheBlueMatt...Read More
