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One of the largest social media platforms in the world, Chinese-based WeChat, has banned cryptocurrency trading on its platform. According to the company’s updated payment policy, merchants and users who engage in crypto trading will have their accounts terminated from the platform. No more cryptocurrency transactions on WeChat WeChat, the largest messaging and social media […]

Futures contracts of the second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, could soon be approved by the CFTC, a senior official at the regulatory body revealed. The rumors about the contracts triggered a 9.8 percent spike, making ETH one of the best performers of the week. Inside sources confirm regulators ‘comfortable’ with ETH futures Futures contracts have long […]

Among mobile web browsers downloads, Brave has pushed its way into third, narrowly behind Google Chrome by Play Store rankings. Through a combination of innovative features including a native cryptocurrency, built-in privacy, and a streamlined experience, the app has been able to make headway in a well-entrenched industry. Brave Browser Shows Impressive Traction Data from […]

A high severity bug on the TRON network could have allowed an attacker with a single computer to crash the network, as first reported by TNW. The fault stems from a vulnerability related to spamming smart contracts. On Jan. 13th, software engineer Danish Shrestha reported a bug to TRON that would have allowed an attacker […]

After a dramatic week surrounding Bitfinex and Tether, bitcoin shrugged off news-related losses and rose 11 percent. Now it’s fighting strong resistance around the $5,950 level. If it is able to break above resistance, new highs may follow. Bitcoin Technical Analysis On Apr. 23, 2019, bitcoin reached a high of $5,650, which has been the […]

EOS is considering dropping its current 5 percent inflation rate all the way down to 1 percent in order to avoid unnecessary funds being accumulated in the network’s savings account. EOS holders are currently participating in an official poll to decide on the matter, with all participants voting in favor of the drop. EOS Authority […]

Fidelity Investments, the fifth-largest asset manager with $2.5 trillion in assets under management, will offer bitcoin trading for institutional clients “within a few weeks,” according to Bloomberg. In early March, the division announced that their trading services are live with select clients. Now, A full launch of institutional trading and custodial services is expected “within […]

Interest rates for MakerDAO have exploded to 19.5 percent over the course of three months to combat its stablecoin Dai from trading below its $1 peg. However, the gap has narrowed over the last three weeks, partially from factors entirely outside of Maker. Maker is one of the first crypto projects that gained meaningful traction […]

After a week of drama surrounding iFinex Inc., which operates Bitfinex and owns Tether Ltd., CoinMarketCap has decided to remove Bitfinex’s price data from its calculations. Bitfinex data excluded from CoinMarketCap A report by TIE on Mar. 20, 2019, exposed that almost 60 percent of the top 100 cryptocurrency exchanges were reporting fake volumes. As a result, […]

Bitcoin has more full nodes than XRP has active addresses, observed one crypto commentator. The conversation is part of a larger debate around centralization and other fundamental differences between BTC and XRP which make them difficult to compare. As stated by crypto commentator Kevin Rooke on Apr. 5th, Bitcoin nodes exceed the number of active […]