DeFi
Crypto
Bitfinex fights back against NYAG, says it never served New York customers
iFinex, the company that owns and operates Tether and Bitfinex, said that the claims made by the New York Attorney General's office that the…
Exchanges
Circle and Poloniex moving from the US to Bermuda due to regulatory uncertainty
Crypto conglomerate Circle announced that it will be moving the majority of its operations offshore, as regulatory uncertainty has made servicing U.S. customers increasingly…
Adoption
Coinbase added 5 million new users in the last 10 months
Coinbase, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S., has on-boarded 5 million new users in the past 10 months and now claims…
Analysis
Bitfinex’s LEO token has a major liquidity problem
LEO, a token issued by Bitfinex's parent company, iFinex, was revealed to have a major liquidity problem. Bitfinex order books revealed that $500,000 buy…
People
TRON founder Justin Sun cancels lunch with Warren Buffett due to health complications
TRON and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun just canceled his lunch with Warren Buffett due to sudden health complications just three days ahead of the…
Investments
Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis joins Duolingo, Patreon on Forbes’ next billion-dollar startups list
Crypto compliance and investigation provider Chainalysis has become the only blockchain company to make Forbes' next billion-dollar startups list of 2019, joining the ranks…
Regulation
Congressman Brad Sherman calls for a complete ban on cryptocurrency, says Bitcoin only facilitates “nefarious transactions”
Congressman Brad Sherman, a vocal critic of the crypto industry, again called for a complete ban on cryptocurrencies. Sherman said Bitcoin had no real…
DeFi
Total amount of wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) in the Kyber Network triples after being added to Compound
The total amount of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) locked in the Kyber Network had almost tripled in a single day, DeFi Pulse reported. The sudden…
People
Nouriel Roubini accuses BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes of ‘systematic illegal activities’ in latest op-ed
Following a heated debate at the Asia Blockchain Summit, Dr. Nouriel Roubini ramped up his campaign against BitMEX and its CEO, Arthur Hayes. In…
Trading
Ethereum whale accumulates another 20,000 ETH in massive buy wall
Following a massive sell order of more than 15,000 ETH that triggered a noticeable Bitcoin slump, another Ethereum whale set a buy order for…
Partnerships
NEO and Ontology enter partnership to work on next-gen internet
China's leading public blockchain projects, NEO and Ontology, will be working together on establishing the foundation for next-gen internet. In a press release shared…
People
Vitalik Buterin proposes using Bitcoin Cash as Ethereum’s data layer
The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, proposed using Bitcoin Cash as a short-term solution for adding a data availability layer to Ethereum. However, Buterin's…