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Steem Soft Forks to Freeze 17.6M Tokens Held by Former Witnesses
6.4.2020
Citing a perceived threat to its blockchain, Steem has frozen 17.6 million tokens held by its former witnesses
The New Land of Crypto Fundraising Is in Asia and Europe, Says PwC
6.4.2020
The funds involved in crypto fundraises and acquisitions in 2019 decreased sharply bringing the EMEA and APAC regions to the forefront of the industry
The World Might See CBDCs Sooner Than Expected
6.4.2020
The “central bank of central banks” and multiple analysts think that the fear of the coronavirus transmission via cash and banking cards may shorten the road to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
People are afraid of using cash, says the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in their...
Top 5 Cryptos Other Than Bitcoin This Week (Mar 29): XMR, BNB, HT, CRO, BSV
5.4.2020
After a strong week, the majority of the top performing cryptos could correct or consolidate in the next few days, possibly providing a buying opportunity for traders
Sophisticated Mining Botnet Identified After 2 Years
5.4.2020
The sophisticated attack systematically destroys any competing malware before deploying multiple crypto miners and remote-access tools
Price Analysis April 3: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, LEO
3.4.2020
Bitcoin needs to sustain above $7,000 to reduce the possibility of a double-dip to the recent lows
Ripple Co-Founder Says He Recovered from COVID-19 + More News
3.4.2020
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.
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Nik Bougalis, a Ripple engineer responsible for XRP's server software, said in a GitHub submission that...
Amid Widespread Privacy Coin Delistings, Bitstamp Considers Zcash Support
3.4.2020
Bitstamp is considering supporting seven new crypto assets including two stablecoins and one privacy coin
Maker Foundation To Start Its Dissolution in Two Years
3.4.2020
The Maker Foundation will start transferring the governance power and risk management capacity to the community in the next few years. As the first step, it will release an initial draft of the new governance paradigm for the community to vote on.
Following the delivery of multi-collateral...
As Hospital's Crumble, Venezuela's President Airdrops Petros to Doctors
3.4.2020
Venezuelan doctors will receive one Petro each as a bonus, even as hospitals face widespread shortages of vital resources
Stellar Will Give 2.5 Million Lumens To Charities to Help During Crisis
3.4.2020
The Stellar Development Foundation will donate up to 2.5 million Lumens to Tor, UNICEF and four other projects to help out during the Coronavirus pandemic
New Tron Partnership Lets Gamers Earn Crypto for Streaming
2.4.2020
Video game streamers can now earn TRX and BTT — the result of Tron and Refereum teaming up
Prosecutors Charge Two Men over Coincheck Hack, But Not For Hacking
2.4.2020
Tokyo prosecutors have formally charged two men with handling stolen cryptoassets as part of the investigation into the January 2018 hack on crypto exchange Coincheck – still the biggest crypto heist in human history.
Per media outlet Nikkei, the two men, an Osaka-based 39-year-old and a doctor...
Top Ripple Dev Publishes Method to Increase Privacy Using ‘Blinded Tags’
2.4.2020
Nik Bougalis, the software engineer that leads the C++ team at Ripple, published a proposed method for using “blinded tags” to heighten privacy on the XRP ledger
Will New P2P Legislation Hurt South Korean DeFi Industry?
1.4.2020
South Korean decentralized finance (DeFi) players have called for calm after some experts claimed that forthcoming legislation could effectively hamstring the nation’s fledgling DeFi market.
Many industry insiders have expressed alarm over a recent amendment made to a digital finance act pertaining...
Coin Race: Top Winners & Losers of March and 1st Quarter of 2020
1.4.2020
Though the month of March, the last of the year's first quarter, started promising, it witnessed a major plunge of the market. The number one coin by market capitalization, bitcoin (BTC), took a swift dive to the USD 4,000 level and despite it recovered around 50% of its losses it dropped for...
Litecoin Under Pressure Again as "Death Cross" Appears in Chart
1.4.2020
Source: iStock/Albert_Karimov
Litecoin (LTC) is again facing pressure from traders who wonder if the price will be able to pick up the momentum necessary to recover the losses from the major market crash on March 12.
As of press time on Wednesday (10:22 UTC), litecoin was down almost 1% over...
French Soccer Star Claims Crypto Scam Impersonated Him
31.3.2020
Soccer star Kylian Mbappé claims to have been impersonated by a cryptocurrency scam network in France
Today’s N95 Facemask Market Is Crazy, But It Helps Us Understand Crypto
31.3.2020
In the midst of fear, hype, demand and supply drivers, the current N95 face mask market looks like the Wild West of crypto
Coinbase Migrates Tezos Bakery From US to Ireland With 60 Seconds of Downtime
31.3.2020
Coinbase’s XTZ baking migration responded to the regulatory needs of a Tezos ETP provider