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BitMEX Ether Futures Trading Contracts Fall by Half in Wake of U.S. Charges

6.10.2020
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1

US: New bill would legally recognize digital signatures on a blockchain

5.10.2020
Congressman and Blockchain Caucus Co-Chair David Schweikert has advanced a bill to make good on the crypto adage, "code is law."

Smart Contract Protocol RSK Attempts to Bring Defi to the Bitcoin Network

2.10.2020
During the last year, Ethereum has dominated the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem but a number of other blockchain projects plan to join the fray. The second layer, smart contract protocol RSK aims to bring the defi demand to the Bitcoin blockchain and there’s already a few RSK-based...

A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience

2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...

Blockstack’s Clarity Smart Contracts Will Source Data From Chainlink Oracles

30.9.2020
Blockstack and Algorand's Clarity smart contracts will source their data from Chainlink's oracle network

Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization

29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...

Bitfinex Launches Tether-Settled Perpetual Contracts Based on European Equities

28.9.2020
The perpetual contracts will be open for trading 24/7, unlike equity exchanges which are open for business for a limited number of hours, five days a week

Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1 Raises Community Funding

27.9.2020
On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community funding, the supporting services like seed nodes and the API wallet will shut down. The firm behind the project, OB1 is also removing the Haven app from the iOS...

Spikes in gas prices slowing growth of new NFT marketplaces

27.9.2020
New NFT marketplaces may even leave Ethereum altogether to deal with high gas fees

VIDYA’s Public Sale Marks the Dawn of a New Blockchain Gaming Era

23.9.2020
In 2017, the gaming world was revolutionized by the massive success of a simple blockchain game called CryptoKitties. It enabled players to breed and trade unique digital cats via a series of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. That simple concept led to a game that now boasts millions...

Survey: Large Number of Yield Farmers Can’t Read Smart Contracts Despite High Risk

23.9.2020
A new Coingecko survey has found that a large number of yield farmers do not know how to read smart contracts despite claiming they understand the risks that come with such investments. According to the survey, which polled 1,347 people, around 40% of decentralized finance (defi) users cannot...

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Clings to $10.4K; Ether in Smart Contracts Highest Since 2016

22.9.2020
Bitcoin price holds steady while ether in smart contracts reach a level not seen in four years

Yield farmers make 500% returns but most can't read smart contracts

22.9.2020
A CoinGecko survey has found that the majority of yield farmers do not understand the smart contracts underpinning the DeFi protocols they use

Party at Vitalik’s House? For DeFi, it’s Do-or-Die

20.9.2020
Ethereum gas prices have set new records, with single DeFi transactions costing over $10 in fees. High fees are the result of congestion, as users pay ever higher fees to ensure their transaction gets into a block. As DeFi takes off, the price of gas on Ethereum threatens its future. Or does it?...

MCS, First Exchange to list TRON’s SUN and Klaytn’s KLAY Futures Contracts

19.9.2020
Singapore, September 20, 2020 — For the first time in the industry, MCS (MyCoinStory), a global cryptocurrency derivatives exchange announced the listing of SUNUSDT futures contract on September 18, 2020. Just a day prior to this launch, KLAYUSDT futures contract was released on September...

What Is DeFi?

18.9.2020
DeFi is short for "decentralized finance," an umbrella term for Ethereum and blockchain applications geared toward disrupting financial intermediaries

Over 15% of ETH Supply Locked in Smart Contracts, BTC Dominance Declining

17.9.2020
The rapid growth of decentralized finance (defi) protocols is contributing to the increasing proportion of ETH supply that is now locked in smart contracts. More than 15% of the total ETH supply is now locked, compared to 11.5% from a year ago. This growth led to the inevitable decline of...