Decentralized finance (DeFi) is becoming even more mobile friendly. Crypto exchange giant Coinbase announced on Wednesday the integration of DeFi apps directly in the Coinbase wallet on both iOS and Android. With the integration of DeFi apps built on the Ethereum blockchain, users can now lend and borrow crypto with Read more…
In an up-and-down day for Ethereum Classic (ETC), the coin traded as high as $5.29 this morning before settling at just below $5.00. Nonetheless, its current mark represents a 30% gain since March 13—when most cryptocurrencies bottomed out. Further, ETC has more or less held its price since a March Read more…
Quick Take CoinJoins are incredibly useful, but are often detectable on-chain CoinJoinXT and CoinJoin Unlimited are privacy techniques derived from CoinJoin CoinJoinXT and CoinJoin Unlimited simplify the construction of CoinJoins that are harder to detect on-chain CoinJoin Unlimited extends CoinJoinXT in a manner that breaks subset sum analysis. This research Read more…
Quick Take CoinJoins are incredibly useful, but are often detectable on-chain CoinJoinXT and CoinJoin Unlimited are privacy techniques derived from CoinJoin CoinJoinXT and CoinJoin Unlimited simplify the construction of CoinJoins that are harder to detect on-chain CoinJoin Unlimited extends CoinJoinXT in a manner that breaks subset sum analysis. This research Read more…
On March 24, the Mt Gox creditors’ trustee from Tokyo, Nobuaki Kobayashi, disclosed a newly written rehabilitation plan for claimants looking to access some of the funds they lost in 2013. According to the new plan, Mt Gox claimants will get BTC and BCH assets alongside the possibility of receiving Read more…
Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey went on to found Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) in 2010. It’s a payment processing company that made a credit card reader merchants could use with their smartphone to accept payments. But in 2015, Square took it a step further with the creation of Square Read more…
The SEC, in its request for a halt, said once the tokens were delivered, billions of Grams would be sold into US markets. Source Author: Aziz Abdel-Qader
Quick Take In the early 2000s, a group of researchers and technologists worked to create a prediction market for geopolitical events in the Middle East The project was funded by the U.S. military to aid intelligence gathering The project was ultimately cancelled when politicians and the media accused it of Read more…
Quick Take In the early 2000s, a group of researchers and technologists worked to create a prediction market for geopolitical events in the Middle East The project was funded by the U.S. military to aid intelligence gathering The project was ultimately cancelled when politicians and the media accused it of Read more…
Blockchain project Solana has collected $1.76 million from its launch auction on CoinList, bringing its total raised to $25.6 million. The San Francisco-based startup has built a layer 1 blockchain that aims to achieve scalability without exposing itself to the security risk associated with sharding. Utilizing a solution called “Proof of Read more…
Blockchain project Solana has collected $1.76 million from its launch auction on CoinList, bringing its total raised to $25.6 million. The San Francisco-based startup has built a layer 1 blockchain that aims to achieve scalability without exposing itself to the security risk associated with sharding. Utilizing a solution called “Proof of Read more…
Blockchain firm Tron has taken another step to encourage cryptocurrency adoption. This time, it has partnered with Digital money transfer company Metal Pay to enable instant buying of TRX in the United States. Henceforth, U.S based TRX fans can easily buy the token on the Metal Pay mobile app using Read more…
Quick Take As gold enjoys a historic rally, companies and traders are reporting issues sourcing the precious metal That has put pressure on Tether, which operates a gold stablecoin, to find new sources of gold Paxos, meanwhile, is reporting record interest in its PAX Gold product. This feature story is Read more…
Quick Take As gold enjoys a historic rally, companies and traders are reporting issues sourcing the precious metal That has put pressure on Tether, which operates a gold stablecoin, to find new sources of gold Paxos, meanwhile, is reporting record interest in its PAX Gold product. This feature story is Read more…
An audit of the ETH 2.0 specifications highlighted the need to address potential vulnerabilities with the protocol’s peer-to-peer (P2P) networking layer and block proposer system, according to the published findings. At the Ethereum Foundation’s request, technology security firm Least Authority started its review of ETH 2.0 specs in January and Read more…
Here we go again. When you’re a cryptocurrency that has seen 99% of its value vanish since the crypto bubble of 2017 to early 2018, getting an article—or even a mention in Wikipedia—can feel like an insurmountable task. Or it can feel like censorship. To Charles Hoskinson, it feels like Read more…
Quick Take Some crypto miners felt the financial burn during the recent bitcoin price crash – at one Chinese lending desk, as many as 90% of miner clients got margin called As some miners were forced to shut down their equipment, network hashrate has dropped, triggering a 15% to 16% Read more…
The official launch of the XRP ledger-based banking app XUMM has been announced. As related in an announcement by Fiatleak, the beta version of the application is now live. XUMM helps eliminate third party interference, as it launches a beta version which provides customers with the chance of obtaining services Read more…
The Maker Foundation, a body charged with getting the MakerDAO network up and running, today announced that it has relinquished all control of its governance token, MKR, to the governance community. That means that MKR holders are the only ones who can vote on the fate of the network. Today’s Read more…
The crypto market rally ignited last week has failed to convince this week. Though there have been numerous triggers, including today’s FED announcement for a $2 trillion bailout, the market is still stalled. One of the top coins that set market trends is Ethereum. Today, its failure to react has Read more…
The city of Ashburn, Virginia has more cryptocurrency users per capita than anywhere else in the United States, but users in San Francisco are the wealthiest according to new research published last week by tax software startup CoinTracker. The startup said it examined tens of thousands of anonymized user accounts Read more…
Coinbase Wallet has integrated with decentralized finance (DeFi) apps to let users lend out crypto assets and track interest growth directly on their wallet. According to the company’s Wednesday announcement, users of Coinbase Wallet are already placing millions of dollars into DeFi platforms via the wallet’s built-in DApp browser and Read more…
Yesterday (March 24), the Whitehouse unveiled a new emergency stimulus package to cushion the US economy against the coronavirus pandemic. According to White House’s top economic advisor Larry Kudlow, the bailout package is expected to come to roughly $6 trillion. Ultimately, it will be “the largest Main Street financial package” Read more…
On Wednesday, U.S. Congressional leaders had seemingly come up with a stimulus deal at around 1 a.m. EST. The package will cost upwards of $2 trillion and politicians are promising direct payments of $1,200 per American if they make $75,000 or less. The dollar injection will be the largest financial Read more…
In brief: Tron bought DLive in December 2019. DLive was soon integrated into the BitTorrent ecosystem. Bitcoin (BTC) has now been removed as a payment option on the Livestreaming platform and has been replaced by TRX, BTT and TRC-20 USDT. Back in December 2019, the Tron Foundation acquired the popular Read more…
Blockchain gaming startup Forte yesterday announced partnerships with five additional video game developers, each of which has agreed to implement the technology in an upcoming game. Forte’s platform provides the tools and services for developers to add blockchain technology to their games, allowing creators to develop player-owned economies that can Read more…
Today, Binance Charity, the blockchain-powered donation platform launched by major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has launched a Coronavirus Relief Campaign. It aims to collect $5 million in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, XRP, Binance Coin and Binance USD, to give to coronavirus relief efforts. #Binance Charity Initiates $5 Million USD Coronavirus Relief Campaign Read more…
Crypto tax company Lukka today launched Lukka Library, a database of expert opinions on open tax, accounting, and legal issues for the crypto industry. Lukka Library is the brainchild of one of the IRS’s foremost tax experts and comprises legal papers from prominent legal institutions. Authors can contribute short-form papers Read more…
This post is co-written by Arte Merritt, co-founder and CEO of Dashbot. In their own words, “Dashbot is an analytics platform for chatbots and voice skills that enables enterprises to increase engagement, satisfaction, and conversions through actionable insights and tools.” After you have deployed a bot, it is critical to Read more…
This post is co-written by Arte Merritt, co-founder and CEO of Dashbot. In their own words, “Dashbot is an analytics platform for chatbots and voice skills that enables enterprises to increase engagement, satisfaction, and conversions through actionable insights and tools.” After you have deployed a bot, it is critical to Read more…