DeFi
Analysis
Analyst: unlike Litecoin, Bitcoin’s halving will have a significant effect on its price
Cryptocurrency analyst @100trillionUSD pointed out that the premise that Bitcoin's halving won't have a significant effect on its price because Litecoin didn't jump after…
Exchanges
Nobody seems to trust Roger Ver’s new cryptocurrency exchange
Roger Ver's newly announced cryptocurrency exchange wasn’t well-received by the crypto community. Bound to go live on Bitcoin.com next week, the exchange was heavily…
Stablecoins
Binance’s “regulatory-compliant” stablecoin Venus will learn from Libra’s mistakes
Binance said it will be learning from Facebook's mistakes with Libra, taking an even “more conservative” approach with its stablecoin, Venus. Besides compliance, it…
People
Craig Wright may face class-action lawsuit for forgery and fraud
After losing the Kleiman case, Craig Wright could face another major lawsuit. British podcaster Peter McCormack said he was considering a class-action lawsuit against…
Crypto
Dominican company La Estancia offering a $75 million, real-estate backed STO
A young Caribbean-based company is offering foreign investors a chance to buy $75 million worth of tokenized real-estate assets. The extended STO, which first…
Rumors
Telegram’s Gram token could go live in October (after $1.7 billion ICO)
After months of anticipation, messaging app Telegram is inching closer to launching its Gram token. The “first batches” of the cryptocurrency are set to…
People
A $10,000 bet Craig Wright can’t move Satoshi’s Bitcoin
Earlier this week, Wright lost the Kleiman case and was ordered by a judge to give away half of his Bitcoin holdings to the…
Adoption
Wikipedia verified as Brave publisher as browser’s market share grows
Wikipedia, the 7th most visited website in the world, is the latest website to join Brave Browser as a verified publisher. Wikipedia will now…
Trading
Bitcoin impulse liquidates $52 million in shorts on BitMEX
A 4.8 percent impulse in Bitcoin's price beginning Aug. 25 caused an unusual number of liquidations on BitMEX, wrecking $52 million in BTC short…
Exchanges
Earn up to 15% interest on BNB, Tether, and Ethereum Classic on Binance
Binance announced the launch of a lending platform, offering up to 15 percent annualized interest rate for 14-day fixed-term BNB, USDT, and ETC based…
Price Watch
Addresses sending funds to themselves cause total output value for Bitcoin to skyrocket
The past couple of days have seen the Bitcoin network go through a huge spike in transaction output activity, reaching almost 25 million BTC…
Mining
Each Bitcoin bull market started with miner capitulation, says researcher
Mining difficulty could be an indicator for predicting BTC prices. All three of the major bull runs in Bitcoin's history started after mining difficulty…