DeFi
Trading
This upcoming 45 billion token airdrop is one of the reasons why retail is pumping XRP
XRP has surged over 133% in the past week, and over 150% in the past month alone. But what’s driving up interest in the…
Privacy
US Fed: Privacy concerns in “Big Tech” are good for state-backed digital currencies
Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York suggest that privacy concerns at “Big Tech” firms like Facebook—which are developing their own digital…
Regulation
U.S. feds forget to seize $400k in Bitcoin forks
Crypto research firm Coinfirm has found that US authorities have left “substantial funds” left on various cryptocurrency wallets seized from criminals over the years,…
Adoption
“Bitcoin shortage”: PayPal bought 70% of all mined BTC last month
Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital revealed global payments processor PayPal purchased over 70% of all Bitcoin mined in the past month, as per an…
Price Watch
Golem, one of Ethereum’s first ICOs, just announced its migration to ERC20
Golem announced its token migration earlier this week. The blockchain was one of the first ICOs on Ethereum, raising $8.6 million in 29 minutes…
Investments
Softbank CEO sold Bitcoin at a $130m loss after getting “too distracted”
Masayoshi Son’s not having the greatest of years in recent times. His storied $50 billion venture fund saw massive losses in 2019, with budding…
Scams
U.S. regulators crackdown on 15 Bitcoin and forex scammers in “sweeping action”
Texan regulators filed charges against 15 illicit investment platforms advertising false crypto, forex, and binary options investments, as per a Texas State Securities Board…
Adoption
Here’s everything you must know about Verizon’s new blockchain product that battles fake news
Verizon announced the launch of Full Transparency, a blockchain-based, open-source newsroom product last month as per a release shared with CryptoSlate. It is designed…
DeFi
Crypto.com unveils 5% rewards on Uniswap and Polkadot staking
Hong Kong-based Crypto.com unveiled its rewards program for Uniswap and Polkadot, two premier DeFi projects, in an announcement earlier this week. Staking and passive…
DeFi
Uniswap (UNI) liquidity falls 50% as incentives end, funds flow to Sushiswap (SUSHI)
Customer loyalty is a myth in the decentralized finance (DeFi), at least in current times. As liquidity incentives ended on decentralized exchange protocol Uniswap,…
Mining
Bitcoin (BTC) pump to $18k pushes miner revenues to pre-halving levels
The recent BTC run has borne good news for two important parts of the Bitcoin ecosystem — investors and miners. Data from on-chain tracking…
Utrust CEO discusses why crypto payments reign in an uncertain economy
While the crypto market is currently chasing DeFi pumps and swap projects, much of the theme of the past five years was centered on…