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Cardano Price Fails to Respond as New Scaling Solution Reintroduced
26.3.2020
Source: Adobe/Skórzewiak
The price of cardano (ADA) remained largely unchanged along with the broader crypto market on Thursday morning (UTC time), despite the unveiling of a new scaling solution that is to be implemented on the Cardano blockchain.
Earlier today (10:30 UTC), ADA traded up by a mere...
China May Ramp up Digital Currency Progress to ‘Fend off Risk’ from US
25.3.2020
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted China’s economy, but not its digital currency plans. And amid reports that the country is nearing a major breakthrough in its plans to launch a digital fiat, one of the project’s key figures is urging caution lest American rivals steal a march on the Middle...
Monero, Zcash, Dash Outperform Bitcoin Year-to-Date
25.3.2020
As privacy becomes a new battlefield in the fight against the coronavirus, and new centralized digital fiat initiatives are starting to appear, how have the most popular privacy coins performed after the March 12-13 market crash?
Among the privacy coins that have seen optimistic trading in recent...
S Korean Province to Fight COVID-19 Recession with Stablecoin Handout
25.3.2020
Suwon, the capital of Gyeonggi Province. South Korea was one of the first nations after China to be hit with a major coronavirus outbreak. But as the health crisis slowly abates in the East Asian nation, government authorities are now looking at ways to deal with COVID-19’s economic fallout.
But...
Telegram Loses Latest Round With the SEC; Kik Begins the Next Round
25.3.2020
Instant messaging giant Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have just finished another round in their court fight, with the judge declaring the SEC the winner. Meanwhile, Kik continued its battle against the SEC, denying the accusations the regulator raised against...
Another US Digital Dollar and Wallet Proposed as Stimulus During Pandemic
24.3.2020
In the midst of rising business shutdowns and unemployment rates in the U.S., which may lead to a nationwide, as well as a global recession, House Democrats have put a draft stimulus on the table - and it includes the creation of a "digital dollar" and a "digital dollar wallet"...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Gaining Bullish Momentum
24.3.2020
After testing the USD 6,000 support area, bitcoin price started a fresh increase. BTC/USD gained bullish momentum and surged above the USD 6,400 and USD 6,500 resistance levels. The current (08:30 UTC) price action is positive and it could continue to rise towards the USD 6,800 and USD 7,000...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 12
23.3.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Crypto Market Sentiment Shows Gradual Improvement
23.3.2020
It has been 10 days since the market went for a dive, and the market sentiment situation has improved ever so slightly. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins by market capitalization, went up from last Monday's score of 4.21 to today's 4.33/10...
Tezos Settles Legal Dispute, But It’s Not The End
23.3.2020
After a lengthy battle in the California court system, the Tezos Foundation has announced that it has settled a lawsuit outside of court, thus avoiding any legal scrutiny of the Tezos (XTZ) 2017 initial coin offering (ICO). However, while the parties have agreed on the settlement, it’s still up...
Hive Blockchain Launched, HIVE Coin Listed - Is Steem-Sun Battle Over?
23.3.2020
The Hive blockchain, a hard fork of the Steem (STEEM) blockchain, has officially launched last Friday, as the new home for the Steem community, while the new coin has been listed by two exchanges so far. However, it's yet to be seen if this will put a full stop on the Steem - Justin Sun battle.
As...
MakerDAO Raises USD 2m in MKR Debt Auction + More News
20.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Stablecoin news
USD 2 million in DAI has been raised in the MakerDAO MKR debt auction. The debt auction was launched with a goal...
This Crypto Firm Turns its Hand to Mask Manufacture to Fight Virus
20.3.2020
A South Korean crypto outfit has come up with an entrepreneurial response to the coronavirus pandemic – by setting up a face mask factory and offering customers discounts if they buy using the company’s native token.
Per media outlet ZDNet Korea, Pandagram, which operates a crypto pay platform...
Justin Sun vs. Steem Community Case Just Got Even More Complicated
20.3.2020
In an expected counter-move to the Steem (STEEM) community's move, which itself was a move to counter a move, Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation have allegedly decided to censor all posts on the platform related to the community's soon-to-be launched new home, Hive.
This has been a complicated...
Steem Doubled in Price After Justin Sun Controversy
19.3.2020
Steem (STEEM), the social media-like blockchain platform launched in 2016, has seen a massive surge over the past two days, after it decided to evade a hostile takeover by Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation by moving the entire platform over to a new blockchain called Hive. The new blockchain...
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Ready Compliance Measures as Clock Ticks
19.3.2020
South Korea’s landmark Special Financial Transactions Information Act amendment was promulgated earlier this week, a fortnight after the country’s parliament voted unanimously in its favor.
Although many industry players have been galvanized by it, others have warned that its stipulations – which...
Ethereum and XRP Test Supports
18.3.2020
The broader crypto market once again saw some selling on Wednesday, although the pace of the sell-off has certainly slowed and the market appears to be searching for firm support. For major coins like ethereum (ETH) and Ripple’s XRP, that means looking for chart levels from as far back...
Steem Moving to Hive to Evade Justin Sun's Control
18.3.2020
Source: @SolitudeAU, Twitter
The Steem (STEEM) community has decided to end the battle with Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation, but in a way that no one saw coming. In order to escape Sun's grasp, the leaders of this Medium alternative are packing their bags and moving Steem altogether.
The Steem...
Maker Accepts USDC as a Collateral, Becomes 'Less Trustless' + More News
17.3.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
DeFi news
As a result of an Executive Vote held today, MKR holders have accepted USD Coin (USDC) as a new collateral asset in...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 11
16.3.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...