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Within the last week, bitcoin has seen strong upward price movement, rising by 19 percent. However, much of that increase was within the last hour, with a massive amount of purchasing activity pushing the price of BTC from $4,190 to $5,000 on Coinbase Pro, a 19 percent jump. Within the last hour, several large green candles […]

Vkontakte, a Russian social media platform and subsidiary of Mail.ru Group, is reportedly working on a cryptocurrency. According to RNS, a Russian news outlet, Vkontakte’s plan involves the creation of cryptocurrency wallets for its 50 million users on the social media platform. The project, if approved, will enable users to store and transfer Vkontakte’s native […]

A design flaw in Augur allows ambiguous prediction markets to be gamed for profit, according to Binance Research. Furthermore, the report detailed other issues that “plagued” the Augur platform, including prediction market wash trading, low liquidity, and limited participation rates. In an Apr. 1st report, Binance Research has uncovered a myriad of issues with Augur, […]

The price of Dash (DASH) has seen a sustained month of growth, up from $84.0 to $111.2—a 32.4 percent increase. The upwards movement may be attributed to a variety of positive news around the project, including a line-up of technical innovations slated for the protocol’s next update. This compares to growth in the overall cryptocurrency markets […]

Bitcoin is sometimes cited as a potential competitor to leading payments processing service VISA. However, data from the Bitcoin blockchain suggests the network has a long way to go before it can match the convenience, speed, and cost of VISA. Examining the VISA Network’s Capabilities According to its annual report, VISA processed over 120 billion […]

Brave browser recently launched a new community hub for Basic Attention Token (BAT) fans and online content creators. The hub features the latest BAT news, community forums, a knowledge-base, and a global meetups directory. On Mar. 29th, Basic Attention Token launched a new community hub for the cryptocurrency: Thrilled to launch https://t.co/uExE3UHaur today, the new […]

Weiss Ratings, an investment rating agency, published their first list of cryptocurrency ratings in Jan. 2018. A little over a year later, CryptoSlate interviewed Dr. Martin Weiss, founder and chairman of Weiss Group, on the importance of a rating system for cryptocurrencies, as well as the future of payments, cryptocurrency adoption, and the challenges currently faced […]

Billionaire Calvin Ayre is claiming that Craig Wright, the controversial figure who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto (in the face of substantial skepticism), is allegedly filing lawsuits against those “falsely denying he is Satoshi.” Calvin Ayre is the Canadian-Antiguan entrepreneur behind Ayre Group—a conglomerate including a large cryptocurrency mining operation, venture fund, and media business […]

Previously, institutional investors did not stake their cryptocurrency or participate in governance because of the need to use crypto-custodians. Coinbase Custody is changing that with support for Tezos staking and MakerDAO governance for its institutional clients. On Mar. 29th, Coinbase announced support for Tezos (XTZ) baking, the protocol’s equivalent to proof-of-stake staking. “We’re proud to […]

Bitmain announced its next-generation of mining ASICs for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and other SHA256 coins. The growing difficulty in manufacturing these computer chips raise concerns around network decentralization for these cryptocurrencies. Bitmain is China’s second-largest fabless chipmaker and the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer. The company also boasts a huge mining operation, commanding anywhere […]