The price of Bitcoin dropped 3% in just 30 minutes after the major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx suspended withdrawals. OKEx, one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced a temporary suspension of withdrawals on Oct. 16. Upon the news, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) abruptly plunged 3% in 30 minutes across major exchanges. The nervousness in […]
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Ripple continues its effort to bring financial inclusion to struggling markets. Ripple announced a contribution of $10 million to Mercy Corps to help it use digital assets in its work on financial inclusion in emerging markets during the annual Swell conference. Mercy Corps is a non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization that aims to create economic opportunities […]
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Power Finance, led by former PwC partner, plans to launch a New Zealand digital dollar stablecoin early next year. New Zealand-based financial services company Power Finance plans to launch what it’s calling a “world-first” digital version of the New Zealand dollar. Set to launch early next year, the digital currency will employ Distributed Ledger Technology. […]
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Reddit users have discovered they can farm memes for ERC-20 tokens and earn returns comparable to minimum wages in Sub-Saharan Africa A new form of crypto-agriculture appears to be taking shape, with Reddit’s “community points” tokens facilitating the emergence of spam-farming. Reddit’s community points are given to users based on their activity within a given […]
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More than 3 years after its ICO, Filecoin listed on major exchanges and rallied 118% but it’s too early to forecast an altseason. On Thursday Filecoin (FIL) began trading across major exchanges over three years after its initial coin offering. Upon listing, the token traded at wildly different prices across multiple exchanges and while the […]
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Crypto markets have been shaken after top Asian exchange OKEx suddenly suspended crypto withdrawals in order to cooperate with an investigation. Major crypto asset exchange OKEx has suspended cryptocurrency withdrawals, announcing that one of the holders of its private keys is “currently cooperating with a public security bureau” with regard to ongoing “investigations.” The exchange […]
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Tether accounts for a huge percentage of transactions and is taking on Bitcoin and Ethereum in a variety of ways The latest data from analytics providers suggest that cumulative Tether transaction volume has just surpassed $600 billion as it begins to dominate crypto exchange trading. On-chain analytics provider Glassnode has revealed that Tether transaction volume […]
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Law enforcement representing 16 different countries cooperated to arrest 20 members of a global crypto-powered money laundering cartel in just one of the cases. Law enforcement officials from around the world hav taken action against a major transnational money laundering operation involving cryptocurrency. On Oct. 15, Europol announced a successful operation across 16 countries that […]
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The long awaited EIP-1559 would have seen almost 1 million ETH burnt in the last 365 days if it had been implemented, but miners are yet to get on board. The controversial Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 would have burnt 970,000 Ether (ETH) — with a total value of $360 million — in the last […]
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Two massive companies have teamed to create a blockchain platform to manage the agriculture sector and its first test was in Brazil The world’s largest grains and oilseeds companies, American giants Bunge and Cargill, have joined together to create the joint venture Covantis, which will use blockchain technology in the agricultural sector in Brazil. The […]
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