The Mt. Gox trustee rehabilitation plan is purportedly coming in mid-December. The trustee of the now-defunct Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox has obtained another approval to extend the deadline for submitting a rehabilitation plan. Following a motion by Mt. Gox rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi, the Tokyo District Court issued another order to extend the deadline […]
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Despite $4B worth of BTC and ETH being locked in DeFi over the past five months, the two top coins still account for less than half of the sector’s TVL The recent explosive growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) has seen the sector lock nearly $4 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) in less […]
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Algorand taps Europe as the second region for its blockchain accelerator program after Asia. The Algorand Foundation, the governance and research organization behind major blockchain platform Algorand, is launching a new accelerator program in Europe. Known as “Algorand Europe Accelerator,” the new program intends to support European developers and entrepreneurs looking to build applications on […]
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The CEO of Twitter and Square has urged Bitcoiners to join the fight to end the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria The CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey, has urged his followers to donate Bitcoin to the #endSARS cause, which aims to end police brutality in Nigeria. Donate via #Bitcoin to help #EndSARS […]
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Multi-year Ether accumulation has been growing in 2020 but things may soon change with the launch of staking. More than half of Ethereum’s circulating supply has not moved in more than a year, with only 39.6% of Ether (ETH) changing hands over the past 12 months. According to Glassnode’s ‘hodlwaves,’ which offers a chronological breakdown […]
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This mythologized take on the cryptocurrency industry is part holy scripture, part gonzo journalism and 100% recommended. The first hint that Blockland – 21 Stories of Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency is perhaps not quite the same as the average book on the subject of crypto is splashed bold, right across its cover. Eschewing the usual […]
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A crypto mining botnet called Lemon Duck is spreading through Windows 10 computers, infecting users through fake Covid-19 emails. Since the end of August, cybersecurity researchers have identified increased activity on a crypto mining botnet called “Lemon Duck”. The botnet has been around since December 2018, however a big jump in activity over the past […]
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A billion ZIL have been staked in a few hours as Zilliqa embraces staking rewards, governance tokens, and a new DEX . The official launch of Zilliqa’s non-custodial staking platform on its mainnet has seen more than a billion tokens staked within a few hours. Zilliqa is a high-performance and secure blockchain platform for enterprises […]
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Crypto.com’s five million user milestone has been overshadowed by 70% reduction in staking rewards for its native CRO token. Prominent crypto exchange and debit-card provider, Crypto.com, has surpassed five million users for the first time. The milestone comes only three months after the platform first exceeded three million users. Crypto.com has seen accelerated growth since […]
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The Bitcoin ecosystem continues to be dominated by a handful of platforms and companies. Roughly 10.6% of Bitcoin’s (BTC) circulating supply is currently held on just five centralized exchanges, according to data published by Chain.info. More than 1.96 million BTC is currently held between the major exchanges Coinbase, Huobi, Binance, OKEx, and Kraken. Likely owing […]
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