Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting major gains on the day, as bitcoin breaks over the $6,900 mark. Saturday, May 11 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting major gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin (BTC) breaks the $6,900 mark. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin is up […]
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Joseph Lubin, Vitalik Buterin, ConsenSys, and the Ethereum Foundation donate 1,000 ETH apiece to new Ethereum infrastructure development fund. Ethereum founders Joseph Lubin and Vitalik Buterin and their respective organizations ConsenSys and the Ethereum Foundation are each donating 1,000 ether (ETH) to the Moloch decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). This donation brings the organization’s total funds […]
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The Decentralized Autonomous Organization behind the DAI stablecoin announced a critical security update to its governance contract. MakerDAO, the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) behind the DAI stablecoin, announced a critical security update to its governance contract in a Reddit thread published on May 6. Per the announcement, during the second round of security audits part […]
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Andy Milenius is no longer the CTO at MakerDAO, the company behind the decentralized algorithmic Ethereum-based stablecoin DAI. Andy Milenius, formerly the chief technology officer at MakerDAO, published an open letter dated April 3 explaining his concerns over the project’s internal conflicts. MakerDAO is the company behind the decentralized algorithmic Ethereum-based stablecoin DAI as well […]
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Courts are beginning to modernize the Howey Test for blockchain tech and cryptocurrencies. If there’s anything to take away from this federal class-action suit, it’s that this new opinion on ATB Coin provides further guidance on when a token might be considered a security under securities law in the United States. For those with a […]
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Another vote about whether to raise the so-called stability fee for Maker’s ethereum-based DAI decentralized stablecoin by 3% has started. Another vote about whether to raise the so-called stability fee for Maker’s ethereum (ETH)-based DAI decentralized stablecoin by 3% has started on the governance portal of the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) on April 19. MakerDAO, […]
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Users of MakerDAO (MKR) look set to raise the stability fee for the DAI stablecoin by 4%. Users of Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) MakerDAO (MKR) look set to raise the stability fee for Maker’s DAI (DAI) stablecoin by a further 4%, in the fifth such vote this year. An ongoing governance poll, due to close […]
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Following a successful pilot in January, the Jamaica Stock Exchange will launch a limited live-trading pilot with BTC and ETH. The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) will soon carry out a limited pilot to trade Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), according to a press release on Apr. 3. The JSE has signed a master agreement with […]
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Blockchain and crypto tokens are changing how traditional assets are traded, which is a bullish sign for the asset class. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when […]
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Coinbase says increasing features will appear in its new offering, targeting Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrencies. The institutional asset custody arm of United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched staking for Tezos (XTZ), the company announced in a blog post on March 29. Coinbase Custody, which provides storage facilities for institutional investors, is seeking to expand its suite […]
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