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According to Dovey Wan, founder at Primitive Ventures, the Hong Kong Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to release a crypto exchange application guideline. Wan said: “Hong Kong SEC will announce detail in about an hour regarding cryptocurrency exchange application criteria. Considering Huobi has already backdoor listed on HKex, this will definitely play them […]

Stellar Lumens’ total supply got cut in half, triggering a nearly 30 percent price increase. Now, based on technical analysis, XLM could be signaling a further advance. On Nov. 4th, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) shook the entire crypto community by announcing the decision to burn 55 billion Lumens, equivalent to over $4 billion. Out […]

End-to-end encrypted, onion-routed, censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer chat messages have been built on top of the Lightning Network. Created by Lightning Labs engineer Joost Jager, the secure chat is currently still in the demo version but has the potential to become a service if no major changes to the Lightning protocol are made. Secure messages over Lightning […]

In another surprise AMA session, Charles Hoskinson shared the latest updates on Cardano. The CEO of IOHK said that October has been a month packed with action that could enable the first snapshot for the Shelley incentivized testnet to happen as early as Nov. 12. An action-packed month brings Cardano closer to launching Shelley’s incentivized […]

Several prominent blockchain company executives have said that a recent study claiming a single investor likely manipulated Bitcoin to its record high of $20,000 in December 2017 is misleading and that it is based on a misunderstanding. The study, done by John Griffin and Amin Shams from University of Texas and Ohio State University, noted […]

A cashless society is coming, and it’s only a matter of time. Perhaps you have noticed the steady trend aimed at eliminating cash as a means of exchange. Those who have recently attended a sporting event as Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium surely noticed that their cash is no longer accepted at concession stands. The same goes […]

The total supply of the tenth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Stellar Lumens (XLM) was literally just cut in half in an unprecedented move in the history of blockchain. This has resulted in a massive price surge for the altcoin, which is now trading up 20 percent in the past few hours. Stellar slices supply of […]

During the past week, the total volume of transactions larger than $100,000 in ADA surged exponentially. Data from IntoTheBlock also revealed that while the overall amount of Cardano transactions has been steady, the volume is increasing, which could be later reflected in its market value. Cardano’s transaction volume on the rise According to data from […]

At the end of October 2019, the blockchain-focused media company BLOCKTV announced the Nov. 21, 2019, launch of its native cryptocurrency on Bittrex Global. The BLTV token will reportedly be used by creators, advertisers, and creators to improve engagement on the platform. Since the announcement, some commentators have, however, picked apart the real utility of […]

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX hasn’t seen a major increase in withdrawals following the email leak it experienced last week. With 30,000 emails potentially compromised, the exchange prevented users from emptying their BitMEX balances by temporarily disabling Bitcoin withdrawals during the weekend. BitMEX users seemingly unmoved by email leak In what has now become the biggest […]