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CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Jonathan Leong, the CEO and co-founder of cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BTSE. BTSE was recently in the news for announcing it will move its operations from Dubai to the British Virgin Islands because of ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Additionally, BTSE also recently announced a compelling new feature to its […]

Cryptocurrency exchanges represent one of the most diverse service offerings within the crypto industry. You only have to stack a handful of exchanges up, side by side, to see the differences between them. These differences can be found in a multitude of areas.  Some differences relate to the actual user interface (UX) experience of the […]

The Bitcoin price just dropped below the $9,000 level, hitting $8,964 on BitMEX. The sentiment around the cryptocurrency market noticeably declined after BTC rejected the $10,000 resistance level three times in a span of 15 days. What’s triggering the trend reversal? Within a span of minutes, BitMEX recorded around $83 million worth of long liquidations […]

The crypto industry was given a warning in July of last year when U.S. President Donald Trump professed his disdain for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in a tweet thread, which was closely followed by comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who declared the lack of regulations surrounding crypto a matter of “national security.” Immediately following these […]

XRP, like many other major altcoins, has caught the brunt of Bitcoin’s recent downturn, with the embattled crypto plummeting from its recent highs of $0.35 all the way down to its current price of under $0.25. This intense selloff has led to a degradation of nearly all the technical strength that had come about as […]

The EOS community recently proposed and approved a change in the protocol that significantly reduces the network’s inflation rate. The power of true decentralization Brendan Blumer, the co-founder and CEO of Block.one, announced that on Feb. 25 that the EOS community quietly voted to approve the reduction of the network’s inflation from 5 percent to […]

Bitcoin has had a rough day, with the benchmark cryptocurrency plummeting towards the low-$9,000 region as bears gain full control of BTC’s price action. This intense downwards pressure seems to mark an extension of the selling pressure that was first incurred when Bitcoin faced a sharp rejection at $10,000 this past Sunday. In spite of […]

Ever since Tron founder Justin Sun made his infamous $4.58 million winning bid to lunch with Warren Buffett, the event has been surrounded by hype. From a 12 percent pump on TRX to a last-minute cancelation and reschedule, what has to be one of the most expensive meals on record grabbed the headlines — a […]

According to crypto analytics firm IntoTheBlock, 43 percent of ETH addresses are in profit with the Ethereum spot and derivatives markets seeing explosive growth in key metrics, making the second-largest crypto one of the top-10’s biggest showstoppers this year. The first two months of 2020 have seen Ether rally nearly 110 percent against the dollar, […]

Despite the short-term volatility Bitcoin has faced, the cryptocurrency has held up surprisingly well, holding the crucial $9,500 support on a daily and weekly basis as if its life depended on it. A number of prominent analysts, such as Filb Filb, have argued that BTC’s ability to maintain a price above $9,500 is a clear-as-day […]