DeFi
People
Charles Hoskinson describes the future of Cardano, “100 times more decentralized than Bitcoin” after Shelley
Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum and current CEO of IOHK, recently appeared as a guest on the Ivan on Tech podcast and revealed…
Exchanges
Coinbase Card will allow UK in-store payments using Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin
Coinbase, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange and one of the largest in the world, announced the launch of Coinbase Card. The Visa debit card will enable…
Exchanges
Binance partners with CipherTrace to enhance anti-money laundering compliance
Binance announced a partnership with CipherTrace, a blockchain security company, with the aim of enhancing the exchange’s anti-money laundering (AML) compliance program. World's Largest…
Exchanges
Bitfinex removes minimum equity requirement from its professional crypto trading platform
Bitfinex, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has opened its professional trading platform for everyone. The company announced the news in a Medium…
Adoption
Opera’s newest update brings Ethereum crypto wallet and Web 3 support
Opera Software announced the release of its 60.0 desktop browser “Reborn 3.” The highly-anticipated update includes Web 3 support and a crypto wallet, as…
Adoption
Bitcoin network surpasses 400M transactions, community celebrates major milestone
The number of transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain ledger has surpassed 400 million with block 570,761. These transactions were made during bitcoin's ten years…
People
Justin Sun reveals launch date for second-layer scaling, “100X scalability” for TRON
Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of blockchain DApp platform Tron, revealed the company's plans for the Sun Network, Tron's second layer scalability solution.…
Hacks
Popular bitcoin wallet Electrum faces sophisticated denial-of-service attack
The servers of Electrum, a popular Bitcoin wallet, were under heavy denial-of-service (DoS) attacks Sunday night; The total amount stolen could be in the…
Exchanges
Crypto exchange Kraken sued by former trading desk manager for $900,000
Kraken, a popular cryptocurrency exchange based in the US, is facing a lawsuit from former employee Jonathan Silverman. The former trading desk manager alleges the…
Price Watch
YTD performance report: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash
The first quarter of 2019 has brought much-needed optimism into the crypto industry, with data showing the first Q1 increase since 2017. While bitcoin…
Price Watch
Data shows bitcoin most overbought since 2017: parabolic phase or impending crash?
Bitcoin is currently at its most expensive levels in 2019. According to the GTI Global Strength Indicator—a technical analysis tool that gauges intraday crypto…
Derivatives
Wall Street trades a significant portion of the market’s bitcoin futures
Data shows that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s (CME) Bitcoin futures traded $563 million in volume on Apr. 4th while the top 10 crypto exchanges…