Does Binance’s venture into mining threaten the integrity of blockchain systems? This week marked the launch of Binance Pool, a mining platform powered by one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. Coming less than a month after Binance’s CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed rumors of this forthcoming addition to his brainchild company’s product family, the announcement […]
Continue ReadingOne week after Justin Sun’s hostile takeover of Steem, Huobi launched trading for the community hard fork Sun sought to suppress. The price of Hive (HIVE), a hard-fork of Steem (STEEM), has skyrocketed following its listing on Huobi. The listing comes one month after Huobi and Binance mobilized customer funds to vote against the Steem […]
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Liechtenstein-based international crypto exchange Bittrex Global has rolled out credit and debit card support for 125 more countries. Liechtenstein-based international cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex Global has rolled out credit and debit card support for 125 more countries. Following an earlier introduction of the service for residents in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, the […]
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Steem has again taken aim at the blockchain’s former validators, executing a soft fork to freeze 17.6 million tokens associated with its previous witnesses. Tensions between Steem (STEEM) and the Hive (HIVE) community continue to escalate, with Steem executing a soft fork to freeze up to 20 accounts owned by the network’s former witnesses. The […]
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The Crypto Rating Council brings more regulatory clarity to crypto by analyzing whether certain coins constitute securities. The question of whether certain cryptocurrencies constitute securities is becoming increasingly relevant within the blockchain industry. As such, some core players in the space are upping their efforts to bring more understanding to the issue. The Crypto Rating […]
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Once the go-to place for crypto and blockchain firms, is the “blockchain island” of Malta being hollowed out? It seems that Malta is becoming both less popular among and less populated with crypto firms. The European Union country attracted dozens of industry players in 2018 on the back of the “blockchain island” agenda championed by […]
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The ex-Steem community continues to battle Justin Sun with the Hive hard fork — stakeholders seemingly migrating to the new network. Over the past few days, the ex-Steem blockchain community has gained an upper hand over Justin Sun and his recently acquired Steemit startup. After blaming Sun for attempting to centralize their network, a substantial […]
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Huobi sits in second place. Binance has more than $1 billion in ERC-20-based stablecoins as of March 24. This figure surpasses a milestone that quite far ahead of second-place Huobi. Binance holds $1,007,585,549 of these stablecoins as of press time, a balance that has grown some $105,583,132 over the past seven days, according to the […]
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Canadian mining firm Hive Blockchain is pressuring the newly forked Steem blockchain not to operate under the brand of ‘Hive’. Canada-based company firm Hive Blockchain has announced that its legal representation is issuing a cease and desist request to the Hive community, which recently forked from the Steem (STEEM) network. According to a March 23 […]
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After forking off the Steem blockchain on March 20, Hive is now trading at a 20% premium over Steem. After successfully forking from the Steem blockchain, Hive (HIVE) secured a listing on Bittrex — where it is trading for a 20% premium over Steem (STEEM). In a blow to Justin Sun, the cryptocurrency market appears […]
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