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On Wednesday, December 30, Binance US became the latest cryptocurrency exchange to announce that U.S. customers will not be able to buy or sell XRP effective January 13th, 2021. Other cryptocurrency exchange to delist include: Beaxy Bittrex Bitwise Coinbase Crosstower Crypto.com Galaxy Digital Jump Trading OKCoin OSL Swipe Wallet Wirex Ziglu The SEC lawsuit The […]

It’s been quite a turbulent year for the crypto market. In March, Bitcoin was trading below $4,000 and many thought that another bear market was on the horizon due to the pandemic. Just nine months later, the market is euphoric, with many thinking that the cryptocurrency market will take over the global financial markets. Investors […]

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez publicly said he is considering purchasing Bitcoin for the city’s treasury. On December 29, Anthony Pompliano, the co-founder and partner at Morgan Creek, asked if Mayor Suarez should allocate the city’s treasury into Bitcoin. In response, the Mayor said he is “definitely open to exploring it.” Definitely open to exploring it. […]

The CEO of IOHK said XRP remains clean—as of today in its current form—from the SEC despite troubles mounting for Ripple, its issuing company. XRP’s controversial past In an ask-me-anything session on YouTube last week, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson spoke about ADA, upcoming Cardano developments, and about the ruckus surrounding the alleged unlicensed securities sale […]

Bitcoin casually breached $28,500 this morning, setting a new all-time high after breaking its previous $19,800 ATH level last month. The move came amidst new narratives spinning for the volatile asset, such as its further positioning as a “digital gold” and an American bank stating it was “too big to fail.” casual new ATH, nbd$BTC […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Jonathan Squires, the CEO of Currency.com, a top platform for digital asset trading with a broad spectrum of fiat and crypto on-ramps. Squires was previously CEO of iBus Media, part of the Stars Group. With his traditional MBA background, he is one of the new bunch of […]

In a recent YouTube video, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, looked back at 2020 and how it helped shape Cardano into a future-proof, third-generation blockchain. With 2021 right around the corner, Hoskinson also laid out what next year will have in store for the blockchain, with governance being the central point of the project’s […]

Bitcoin has seen an influx of institutional adoption over recent months. As has been covered extensively by this outlet, the past few months have seen prominent institutional investors allocate capital to cryptocurrencies to hedge their portfolios against the current macroeconomic inflation taking place. Further, many believe that Bitcoin will play an increasingly important role in […]

DeFi altcoins have been hammered hard over the past few weeks despite immense strength in Bitcoin, which has subsequently been reflected in Ethereum’s price action. Top coins such as Yearn.finance (YFI), Aave (AAVE), Balancer (BAL), 0x (ZRX), and more, are down by a handful of percent over the past seven days. For context, Bitcoin has […]

The XRP price increased by 35% within 45 minutes subsequent to a large correction after Coinbase suspended XRP trading. The main catalyst behind the sudden spike in the XRP price seems to be a short squeeze. According to data from Bybt.com, $96 million worth of XRP futures contracts were liquidated in the last 12 hours. […]