Zhao Dong, one of China’s biggest OTC traders, recently published a marketing document detailing iFinex Inc. plans to conduct an initial exchange offering (IEO), aiming to raise $1 billion. The move follows a probe... 5 min read →
The next version of Ethereum, which uses Casper proof-of-stake, is live on the Prysm testnet. The public release marks another major step towards Ethereum 2.0, which its developers say will bring greater security, scalability,... 2 min read →
Cardano has operated with a relatively small marketing profile, especially in contrast to projects like TRON. Although some of the reasons may be ideological, part of it may have to do with internal conflicts... 2 min read →
Binance, the world’s largest crypto asset exchange in daily volume, has experienced a security breach involving some 7,000 bitcoin valued at around $40 million. In an official update released by, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO... 2 min read →
Microsoft has announced the release of a new Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum. The new set of tools will enable clients, mostly developers, to built Ethereum-based apps on the Azure cloud computing platform,... 2 min read →
One of the largest social media platforms in the world, Chinese-based WeChat, has banned cryptocurrency trading on its platform. According to the company’s updated payment policy, merchants and users who engage in crypto trading... 2 min read →
Futures contracts of the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, could soon be approved by the CFTC, a senior official at the regulatory body revealed. The rumors about the contracts triggered a 9.8 percent spike, making... 2 min read →
Among mobile web browsers downloads, Brave has pushed its way into third, narrowly behind Google Chrome by Play Store rankings. Through a combination of innovative features including a native cryptocurrency, built-in privacy, and a... 3 min read →
A high severity bug on the TRON network could have allowed an attacker with a single computer to crash the network, as first reported by TNW. The fault stems from a vulnerability related to... 2 min read →
After a dramatic week surrounding Bitfinex and Tether, bitcoin shrugged off news-related losses and rose 11 percent. Now it’s fighting strong resistance around the $5,950 level. If it is able to break above resistance,... 4 min read →
EOS is considering dropping its current 5 percent inflation rate all the way down to 1 percent in order to avoid unnecessary funds being accumulated in the network’s savings account. EOS holders are currently... 3 min read →
Fidelity Investments, the fifth-largest asset manager with $2.5 trillion in assets under management, will offer bitcoin trading for institutional clients “within a few weeks,” according to Bloomberg. In early March, the division announced that... 2 min read →
Interest rates for MakerDAO have exploded to 19.5 percent over the course of three months to combat its stablecoin Dai from trading below its $1 peg. However, the gap has narrowed over the last... 2 min read →
After a week of drama surrounding iFinex Inc., which operates Bitfinex and owns Tether Ltd., CoinMarketCap has decided to remove Bitfinex’s price data from its calculations. Bitfinex data excluded from CoinMarketCap A report by TIE on... 2 min read →
Bitcoin has more full nodes than XRP has active addresses, observed one crypto commentator. The conversation is part of a larger debate around centralization and other fundamental differences between BTC and XRP which make... 2 min read →
A Reddit user may have found some margin trading features on Binance API that could be pointing out that the exchange will soon allow margin trading on the platform. Margin Trading on Binance Binance,... 2 min read →
Joseph Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum and one of the crypto titans, accurately called the bottom of the 2018 bear market. Amidst the mass layoffs and restructuring of ConsenSys, and contrary to the “epic... 3 min read →
Balaji Srinivasan appears to be leaving Coinbase after serving one year as chief technology officer. In a tweet on May 3rd, Balaji Srinivasan announced he “taking a bit of time off” from his role... 2 min read →
In the past 24 hours, the bitcoin price spiked from around $5,374 to $5,778 on regulated fiat crypto exchanges like Coinbase in the U.S., surging past $5,800 in several other markets. The 5 percent... 3 min read →
Institutional investment in cryptocurrency is likely to increase over the next five years, according to research from Fidelity Investments. The firm surveyed 441 institutional investors—including pensions, hedge funds, and endowments—to determine the investment outlook... 3 min read →
