Are you missing out on the latest features from crypto wallet services?As global investors get more familiar with cryptocurrencies, the focus of related investor news has begun to change.In the beginning, a lot of the focus was on the assets themselves – what to buy, when to buy it, and most importantly, how these digital…
One of the biggest crypto narratives over the past few months has been decentralized finance — better known as “DeFi.” Coins pertaining to this segment of the blockchain space have gone parabolic and users of DeFi protocols have shot up. Coinbase, seemingly, is taking notice. The leading crypto-asset exchange announced that it is looking to…
Matic Network, the Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum, revealed the results of their Counter Stake testnet stress testing. Over an uninterrupted two month period, the team claims the network achieved speeds of up to 7,200 transactions per second (TPS). What’s more, this occurred under decentralized conditions. “During stress testing, 122 validators were active and…
You can download crypto-related applications from Apple’s App Store — be that Coinbase, Binance, Blockchain, or otherwise. But even with this support, the chief executive of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, says that the technology giant still isn’t entirely friendly towards cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Crypto Tidbits: MicroStrategy’s $250m Bitcoin Purchase, Ethereum DeFi Boom, BitMEX KYC Coinbase CEO: Apple…
The leading crypto spot trading and derivatives exchange platform, OKEx has followed up with its recent listing of Polkadot’s DOT token with another listing. This time, it is Mantra DAO (OM) — the first DeFi project built on Parity Substrate for the Polkadot ecosystem. Spot trading of OM against USDT and ETH went live on…
DeFi lending protocol bZx suffered another attack last night, the second in seven months. This time, faulty code was blamed for an exploit that allowed hackers to duplicate assets, or increase their iTokens balance without the appropriate collateral. Reports are circulating that hackers stole cryptocurrencies worth $8 million. But Anton Burkov, Co-founder of 1inch Exchange,…
The Cardano Foundation has unveiled a new-look website as part of its brand repositioning. This forms part of a company-wide initiative, called Project Renovare, to rebrand Cardano as it moves into the smart contract phase of development. In a blog post, PR and Communications team member Elliot Hill said the move was more than just…
The cryptocurrency derivatives and spot exchange giant, OKEx has introduced two new products to further expand its perpetual swaps portfolio. The platform has recently announced the launch of THETA/USD and THETA/USDT perpetual swaps with increased maker rebates to meet the rising demand for new trading instruments among its trader community.According to the announcement, the THETA/USD…
It’s been quite the day for the Bitcoin and crypto-asset market, with the price of BTC breaking above $12,000 after a strong rejection around two weeks ago. Ethereum also saw an extremely strong day, rallying as high as $490 as buying pressure spiked. Altcoins have seen extreme price action as well, with certain market participants…
Binance first announced plans for a UK crypto trading platform in mid-June. The company has now confirmed an Autumn 2020 rollout.Source: binance.comThe UK platform will provide GBP and Euro on/off ramps via bank transfer through the UK’s Faster Payments service, as well as the equivalent function in Europe, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) network.Payments…