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BitMEX enables lower withdrawal fees with native SegWit support

Technology 5 years ago

BitMEX, one of the largest crypto derivatives exchanges in the world, announced that it has added support for Bitcoin Bech32 addresses. According to the company’s announcement, users will now be able to withdraw to their SegWit addresses with lower fees and contribute to the reduction of block weight usage on the platform. BitMEX enables withdrawals […]

BitMEX enables lower withdrawal fees with native SegWit support

Stellar Lumens puts an end to its largest airdrop to date

Analysis 5 years ago

The Stellar Development Foundation is shutting down its $120 million airdrop program amid fraudulent account sign-ups. Stellar’s largest airdrop to date is canceled In September, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)—“a non-profit organization founded in 2014 to support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network”—partnered up with Keybase, a free group messaging community and […]

Stellar Lumens puts an end to its largest airdrop to date

Instilling trust in a decentralized financial infrastructure

Op-Ed 5 years ago

By Vincent Chok & Glenn Woo Trust, in the traditional finance context, used to lie in the hands of people. For instance, customers would have a personal relationship with a bank manager, who would be entrusted with their assets, and in turn, would be trusted to take out a loan. However, in the fast-paced global […]

Instilling trust in a decentralized financial infrastructure

Bitcoin miner capitulation may be too early to determine as hash rate recovers

Analysis 5 years ago

The threat of Bitcoin miner capitulation in the near-term has subsided, as the hash rate of the network recovered. Up until late November, the hash rate of the Bitcoin network was hovering at around 80 exahash. Since then, it has rebounded to around 100 exahash, reducing concerns regarding a potential sell-off by miners. What happens […]

Bitcoin miner capitulation may be too early to determine as hash rate recovers

Cardano’s founder supports Twitter’s ambition for decentralized social media

Adoption 5 years ago

Jack Dorsey, the founder and CEO of Twitter, revealed that the company will be spearheading an effort to create an open standard for decentralized social media. The company has created Blue Sky, a small independent team, to build the standard that will ultimately host Twitter, Dorsey said. Charles Hoskinson—Cardano’s founder and ex-Ethereum co-founder showed support […]

Cardano’s founder supports Twitter’s ambition for decentralized social media

Ethereum locked in DeFi hits all-time high, total deposits up 22,400 percent in two years

DeFi 5 years ago

The amount of Ethereum locked in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has hit an all-time-high after one of the most explosive months for deposits on record and is now up 22,400 percent since December 2017. More than a million Ether ($146 million) has been deposited into DeFi products in the last four weeks, pushing the total locked […]

Ethereum locked in DeFi hits all-time high, total deposits up 22,400 percent in two years

Bitcoin smoked Amazon and Apple in the last decade, can it do the same in the 2020s?

Analysis 5 years ago

Just ten years ago, Bitcoin was entirely irrelevant on a global scale, used by less than a few dozen individuals, who were transacting coins worth zilch on the open market in a peer-to-peer fashion. Sure, the idea of decentralized and digital cash was worth something, but there was little to zero adoption months after pseudonymous […]

Bitcoin smoked Amazon and Apple in the last decade, can it do the same in the 2020s?

With a 90% YTD loss, Algorand is the worst performing major crypto of the year

Analysis 5 years ago

Algorand (ALGO) is the worst-performing major crypto of the year, having dropped more than 90 percent since January 2019. The company’s token sales and ambitious decentralization goals drastically reduced the community’s confidence in the project, as many criticized its overvalued market capitalization. Ambitious Algorand soars too high Algorand, a Boston-based blockchain company created to improve […]

With a 90% YTD loss, Algorand is the worst performing major crypto of the year

WAX blockchain network activity explodes and can now be tracked on DappRadar

Adoption 5 years ago

DappRadar, a data provider of decentralized applications (dApps) running across multiple protocols, announced that it will be adding WAX into its platform. Tracking trends in the WAX protocol WAX stands for World Asset eXchange. This is a decentralized platform that enables anyone to operate a fully functioning virtual marketplace with zero investment in security, infrastructure, […]

WAX blockchain network activity explodes and can now be tracked on DappRadar

Developer says $340M of collateral in MakerDAO could have been easily wiped out

DeFi 5 years ago

The Maker Foundation is introducing a new security proposal after a well-known software engineer revealed that a malicious actor with enough Maker (MKR) could steal all of the collateral in MakerDAO, taking with him over $340 million. The art of the heist In a recent Medium post, freelance developer Micah Zoltu revealed that anyone with […]