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CrossTower Joins the Crypto Rating Council
10.6.2020
The Crypto Rating Council announced the addition of NY-based CrossTower as its newest member
Botnet Exploits SQL Servers to Install Crypto Mining App
10.6.2020
Sophos revealed recent botnet attacks breach Microsoft SQL server databases to install a well-known Monero mining app
Ethereum 2.0 Charges Ahead With New ‘Onyx’ Testnet Launch
10.6.2020
Blockchain firm Prysmatic Labs announced the launch of a new test network of the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain
Maker Soars Higher on Exchange Listing, Successful Community Vote
10.6.2020
The popular decentralized finance (DeFi) project Maker (MKR) is seeing strong gains in the crypto market today, after a community vote showed support for expanding the range of collateral assets on the platform, and crypto exchange Coinbase Pro appears to have changed its mind about the token.
As...
Research Points to ‘Strong Signal’ That Altseason Has Arrived
10.6.2020
A recent increase in trading on exchanges that are more geared towards speculative altcoins may be a sign that it is once again time for altcoins to shine, according to crypto research firm Coin Metrics.
In their recent report, the firm said that exchanges that typically offer trading in coins that...
South Korean Merchants ‘May Accept Digital Yuan from Chinese Tourists’
10.6.2020
Countries with a large influx of Chinese tourists could be among the first outside the Middle Kingdom to accept the forthcoming digital yuan, claims a South Korean report – although it comes with warnings of “Big Brother’s” creeping influence over Chinese finance.
Per South Korean news agency...
Illegal Crypto Miner Caught After Stealing More Than $400K of Electricity
9.6.2020
Russian police arrested a 30-year-old crypto miner who they accuse of stealing over $494,000 in electricity from the state power network
South Korea Edges Closer to CBDC Rollout Without Any Comitment
9.6.2020
The Gwangandaegyo or Diamond Bridge in Busan, South Korea. The South Korean central bank has reaffirmed its digital currency plans – but continues to add disclaimers, refusing to commit to launching a digital version of its won fiat currency.
Per newspaper Hankyoreh, the central Bank of Korea (BOK)...
Brave Apologizes, Crypto Scammers Get Smarter + More News
9.6.2020
Source: Twitter, @brave
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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Blockchain-based decentralized browser Brave (BAT) has issued an apology for the error made...
Ethereum-Based Tether Better Distributed Than Other Stablecoins - Report
9.6.2020
Among the explored stablecoins, Tether (USDT)'s ERC20 version is "particularly well-distributed," crypto market analysis firm Coin Metrics said, stressing that only a few accounts own a large majority of five other stablecoins' supply.
Since its creation six years ago, the dollar-pegged...
Zilliqa (ZIL) Beats Bitcoin With 950% Gains Since March, What’s Next?
9.6.2020
Zilliqa may be due for a correction after monstrous gains as (ZIL) price is running into some considerable resistance levels on the charts
Dash Sees 100% Rise in Commercial Payments Through Latin American Partnerships
9.6.2020
Dash has announced a 104% rise in commercial payments through Q1 2020, along with increased adoption, trading volume and price performance
Optional Zcash and Dash Features Prompt Debate on Privacy & Compliance
9.6.2020
Two privacy coins, Zcash (ZEC) and Dash (DASH), are now supported by blockchain and analytics specialist Chainalysis - but it's the addition of the former that caused discussions online about privacy and responsibility.
Chainalysis launched support for Dash and Zcash in their investigation...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 23
8.6.2020
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...
Chainalysis Can Now Track Your 'Privacy Coins' Zcash & Dash
8.6.2020
Chainalysis calls the ‘privacy coin’ bluff — adds support for Zcash and Dash, calling Dash a ‘privacy coin’ is a ‘misnomer.’
Overstock's 'Digital Dividend' Dominates Security Token Rankings
8.6.2020
Less than three months after its ‘digital dividend’ airdrop, Overstock’s OSTKO is dominating the security token rankings for both market cap and volume
Crypto Market Sentiment Nears Positive Zone; Four Coins There Already
8.6.2020
Compared to recent drops in market sentiment score (sentscore), as well as the subsequent smaller rise, itself followed by a stronger move upwards a week ago, this week is seeing another jump towards the positive zone. Per crypto market sentiment analysis tool Omenics, the combined moving 7-day...
Most Exchange Tokens Are ‘Undervalued’ - Research
8.6.2020
Given the current trend of increased activity in both the spot and derivatives market for crypto trading, a number of exchange tokens may represent good investment opportunities at current prices, according to token data and rating agency TokenInsight.
In its latest Exchange Token Valuation Report...
TRX Takes the Lead Among Top 25 Coins On Tron 4.0 News
8.6.2020
Following the news that the next version of the Tron network should launch on July 7, the platform's native coin, TRX, has seen the biggest rise in the last 24 hours among the top 25 coins by market capitalization.
Tron's founder Justin Sun announced this Sunday via an open letter to the community...
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETH, LINK, ADA, ETC
7.6.2020
If Bitcoin can break above the overhead resistance, a few altcoins are likely to pick up momentum and provide short-term trading opportunities