Experts believe that BitMEX’s lack of transparency during the recent outage caused investors to lose some confidence in the exchange. On March 13, trading giant BitMEX was thrust into the middle of a controversy that saw the premier exchange face an operational outage that lasted for about 25 minutes. During the downtime, rumors spread throughout […]
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Major digital asset platform Bakkt has completed a new $300 million funding round, its second funding round after securing $182 million in late 2018. While cryptocurrency markets are experiencing another crash this Monday, major digital asset platform Bakkt has some good news. Referred to as one of the most promising crypto-related initiatives for its physically […]
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Blockchain-based social media startup Sapien unveiled a platform revamp and collaboration with Matic Network. Ethereum-based social network Sapien has unveiled updates to its platform, as well as a partnership with the initial exchange offering project, Matic Network. “After several months of development, we’re launching the next release of our platform, called Alpha Persei,” Sapien Network […]
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Amid a wind-down on coal and nuclear energy production in Germany, blockchain technology is being used to construct decentralized networks of clean energy producers. Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Sonnen Group announced a partnership with the Energy Web Foundation (EWF) to use EWF’s blockchain to create a virtual power plant (VPP) in Germany on March 12. […]
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The recent cryptocurrency crash has propelled many stablecoins up the market cap rankings, with six dollar-pegged crypto assets currently ranking in the top 50. While most cryptocurrencies have seen their market capitalization slashed over the past month, the market meltdown has seen stablecoins ascend the market cap rankings. As of press time, six stablecoins currently […]
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TEAMZ Blockchain Summit, the largest blockchain conference in Japan, has had to reschedule due to the coronavirus outbreak. Another gathering of cryptocurrency and blockchain professionals has been postponed as the global coronavirus crisis continues. The TEAMZ Blockchain Summit — the largest blockchain conference in Japan — was going to take place from April 22–23, but […]
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The digital asset marketplace will start offering XTZ, in-house cryptocurrency of blockchain project Tezos, for trading on Monday. On March 16th, digital asset marketplace Binance.US will list XTZ, the in-house cryptocurrency of blockchain project Tezos. According to an announcement on Binance’s website, trading for XTZ/USD and XTZ/BUSD trading pairs will be available on Monday, March […]
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The US-based crypto exchange announced in a Friday blog post they would finally be offering transaction batching on their platform. Major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently unveiled a new feature on its platform designed to save users money on transactions fees. According to a blog post released by the exchange on March 13, Coinbase would immediately […]
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Bitcoin suffers an epic 50% price crash, MakerDAO’s debt crisis, and a French bank blocks consumers from using Coinbase. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week […]
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Sita and ULD Care consider using blockchain to save $400M in costs for the air cargo industry. Sita, an air transport communications and information tech company, and ULD Care, a trade association, are exploring the possibility of using blockchain technology to save $400M a year in the air cargo industry, according to the March 12 […]
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