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Litecoin Rallies, Binance Announces LTC/USDT Perpetual Contract
8.1.2020
Source: iStock/Ja'Crispy
While there is no clear reason why did litecoin (LTC) rally in the past 24 hours, it is now the best performing coin among the top 10 coins by market capitalization.
After lagging behind bitcoin (BTC), LTC has now increased by almost 6% in a day (BTC is up 5%). The coin...
ICO Project That Ditched Blockchain Finalizes its Token Buy Back
8.1.2020
Source: iStock/Viktor_Gladkov
The small blockchain project known for its unusual announcement that it would buy back all of its native tokens and then shut down, is now in the final stages of the process, according to the founder.
Colu DLT, the Gibraltar-based company of the Colu Group,...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Remain in Positive Area Despite Correction
8.1.2020
Bitcoin price remained in a strong uptrend and it was able to climb above the USD 8,000 and USD 8,200 resistance levels. As a result, there was a solid rise towards USD 8,500 resistance before the price started a downside correction. On the downside, there are many supports near USD 8,200 and...
XRP Correcting Gains After Rallying on Good News
7.1.2020
On Tuesday, XRP, the native token of the Ripple Ledger and the third most valuable coin by market capitalization, is correcting its gains after a strong rally on Monday, prompted by positive news.
At pixel time (10:07 UTC), XRP trades at c. USD 0.215 after almost touching USD 0.225 earlier today...
Telegram News is a 'Massive Blow' to TON Investors
6.1.2020
Instant messaging giant Telegram confirmed that its TON Wallet will not be integrated with their messenger service, prompting comments that this is a "massive blow to TON investors."
"At the time of the anticipated launch of the TON Blockchain, Telegram’s TON Wallet application is expected to...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 1
6.1.2020
Source: iStock/BrAt_PiKaChU
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...
G7 Member Issues Warning of Digital Yuan ‘Dangers’
6.1.2020
Taro Aso. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Milken Institute
Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso has warned bankers in the country of potential problems caused by China’s forthcoming digital yuan launch – hinting that a Beijing-issued digital fiat could cause a rift between Tokyo...
Tezos is The Worst Performer in The Top 50 Today
3.1.2020
Tezos (XTZ), one of the best performing digital assets in 2019, is moving out and back into the list of the top 10 coins by market capitalization today after less than a month in this club.
At pixel time (12:57 PM UTC), XTZ trades at c. USD 1.28 and is the worst performing digital asset among...
Coin Race: Top 10 Winners & Losers of December, Q4, and 2019
2.1.2020
2019 was most certainly an interesting year for crypto, with both bulls and bears coming and going quite often. We’ve seen the prices rally, including Bitcoin (BTC) making a historical jump, and we’ve seen those same prices fall quickly, leaving the market bloody. That said, much of the year behind...
Justin Sun Fails to Impress Market With DLive and BitTorrent Partnership
31.12.2019
Justin Sun. Source: Twitter, @justinsuntron
The crypto market doesn’t seem to be impressed with blockchain-based content sharing platform DLive becoming a part of the BitTorrent ecosystem.
In order to do so, DLive, that has "over five million monthly active users," will be migrating to the Tron...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 52
30.12.2019
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 is Back in Green
30.12.2019
The cryptocurrency market sentiment continues giving us less activity than we’re accustomed to seeing, showing very slight movements up and down. As a short recap: the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins went up a bit two weeks ago to 4.68, then it fell...
Lines Form Outside Petro-accepting Stores in Venezuela + More News
27.12.2019
An associative picture. 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.
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Long lines are reportedly forming at Venezuelan stores that accept Petro (PTR) pay, reports...
Hunt for XEM 526m Coincheck Hackers Intensifies, Several Men Suspected
24.12.2019
Source: iStock/Marco_Piunti
Japanese police appear to be close to a breakthrough in the ongoing search for hackers who made off with NEM (XEM) 526 million (around USD 400 million at the time and USD 17 million today) from the Coincheck crypto exchange in January 2018.
The hack, the biggest...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 51
23.12.2019
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...
Disappointing IEOs, Up To USD 150M IPO, Bitcoin ETF Battles + More News
23.12.2019
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.
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BitMEX Research says that all 11 Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) they looked into in their May report have seen...
Ripple Raises USD 200M From Tetragon, SBI Holdings & Route 66 Ventures
20.12.2019
Ripple, a San Francisco-based blockchain startup focusing on the payments technologies, announced that is raised USD 200 million in Series C funding from a group of notable investors.
The funding round was led by global investment firm Tetragon, with participation from SBI Holdings and Route...
FTX Token Rallies on Binance and Derivatives Exchange FTX Deal News
20.12.2019
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, and Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX. Source: Twitter, @SBF_Alameda
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance invested in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, and FTX Token (FTT) rallied.
The unspecified "strategic equity investment" into the company that...
IOTA Pledges a ‘Bright 2020’ in New Roadmap but Market Is Unimpressed
19.12.2019
IOTA (MIOTA) prices have fallen in the past 24 hours – despite upward trends in most altcoin prices and the release of a new roadmap.
At the time of writing (11:46 UTC), IOTA, ranked 23rd by market capitalization, is down almost 2% on the past 24 hours, at a time when tokens like Ethereum (ETH)...
MoneyGram's Success Depends on Ripple's Success - CEO
19.12.2019
While major money transfer company MoneyGram has already pushed more than USD 100 million through Ripple's platform, the blockchain-based startup's capability to lure more clients will be crucial to the partnership’s future, according to Alex Holmes, CEO and Chairman of MoneyGram.
As reported...