DeFi
Adoption
Ripple (XRP) wants to target less treasury, more SMEs after experiencing record on-demand liquidity volumes
Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) corridors have witnessed major growth and facilitated instant, cross-border fund transfers. The protocol saw triple the usual transaction volumes compared…
Mining
Bitcoin’s hashrate is nearing ATHs, most blocks mined in a day since 2019 as “weak” Bitcoin miners return
Bitcoin miners are having a field day; if they are taking advantage of the negative adjusted difficulty, that is. The network’s protocol jumped over…
Mining
As data shows Bitcoin miners are done selling BTC, crypto fund manager calls it a bullish sign
Weeks after Bitcoin’s now-concluded halving event, data collated by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows “weaker” miners might have sold all their digital holdings. Meanwhile,…
Adoption
Former People’s Bank of China deputy governor calls Bitcoin a “commercial success”
Despite China’s reluctance to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country, many anecdotes suggest higher officials both understand and acknowledge the potential of a digital currency-based…
People
“Patoshi” Bitcoin dev believes Satoshi may never touch his BTC, speaks on ETH 2.0 and RSK
Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonym for the unknown, mysterious creator of Bitcoin continues to baffle most with two aspects; one, his well-kept identity, and two,…
DeFi
Chainlink’s price oracles power derivatives and crypto-finance products running on new DeFi exchange
One year after launching its mainnet, Chainlink is forging ahead with partnerships and industry collaborations. The project partnered with a decentralized exchange, the Opium…
Technology
Building on Bitcoin? Blockstream is connecting investors with Liquid Network fanatics
Bitcoin-focused entrepreneurs have a reason to rejoice. Earlier this week, Blockstream announced its “Liquid Ventures Initiative,” targeting developers working on the firm’s Lightning Network…
Privacy
Hong Kong’s Crypto.com receives privacy-based security certification, MCO Visa card and exchange users to benefit
Security in the cryptocurrency market, and its related products, is a long-revered feature by both users and long-term investors. While digital asset businesses firms…
Technology
ConsenSys-backed Starkware is powering 9,000 transactions/second on this Ethereum-based DEX
Decentralized trading applications are closing the gap on their centralized counterparts. The former were regarded as slow, clunky, and even “boring” in 2018, but…
Exchanges
This crypto research firm’s new metric calculates “genuine” volume to tackle wash trading on Bitcoin and other digital assets
Cryptocurrency markets are like none other — high leverage, massive volatility, and the introduction of products like options, swaps, and perpetual futures make the…
Scams
Crypto scams are alive and well; CipherTrace reveals $1.4 billion in crypto stolen in 2020
Cryptocurrency scams were a hot topic in 2018, courtesy money-grabbing ICOs, Twitter impersonations, and ever outright disappearances. But a prominent research firm believes scammer…
Mining
Bitmain launches new Antminer T19, but is it better than the S17 debacle?
Bitmain’s launched its new T19 mining rig yesterday, featuring improved software and efficiency. The move comes follows last month’s incident when miners alleged Bitmain…