The boost may come down to the popularity of one specific token. Data indicates that Coinone, a South Korean exchange, saw its user base rise by about 10,000 people per month after listing Kakao’s klaytn (KLAY) token in June. The token was listed after Kakao, a tech giant who runs the most popular chat app […]
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Although Bitcoin price is range-bound, a few altcoins have started a relief rally which could push them above key resistance levels. The President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde said that the coronavirus pandemic has acted as a catalyst in boosting the adoption of digital payments in the European Union. Lagarde expects the […]
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Centralized Decentralized Finance may not make a lot of sense, but it is coming. Crypto.com, a conglomerate dealing primarily with payments and the exchange of crypto assets, announced its foray into decentralized finance with a platform named DeFi Swap. According to its whitepaper, published on Friday, DeFi Swap is a fork of the popular Uniswap […]
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Who would have thought an alleged exit scam could have a happy ending? In a surprising turn of events, SushiSwap’s former head, anonymously known as Chef Nomi on Twitter, has apologized for their mistakes and returned $14M to the project’s development fund. Nomi said in a Sept. 11 Tweet thread: To everyone. I f***** up. […]
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Opinion: Binance ignored its own guidelines by listing SushiSwap’s anonymous and unaudited token. Chef Nomi has cooked up what appears to be the biggest exit scam of 2020, but should others be held accountable as well? Binance, like many other major exchanges, listed SUSHI raw and unaudited on Sept. 1. The token price doubled upon […]
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Opinion: Binance approving and listing SUSHI tokens says more about industry-wide standards rather than Binance’s policy. Binance’s Changpeng Zhao has received more than his fair share of criticism since Binance’s 2017 launch. As a high-profile crypto figure and the CEO of one of the sector’s largest companies, that is to be expected. But the denunciation […]
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Crypto businesses are unsure how to react to new regulations in the Russian Federation. Russia’s new cryptocurrency-related law, “On Digital Financial Assets,” or DFA, seems to have had little impact on the local cryptocurrency industry so far. In its current form, the DFA law essentially provides legal status to digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC), but […]
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Whether CZ is coming to the rescue or not remains to be seen. Eterbase, a Slovakia-based crypto exchange, was recently the victim of a $5M hack. According to an update from Eterbase, some of these funds appear to have ended up on a number of popular exchanges, including Binance, Huobi Global, and HitBTC. Binance CEO’s […]
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Recent on-chain data shows a spike in Bitcoin transfers, hinting that there may be a rise in over-the-counter BTC orders. According to CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young-Ju, over-the-counter (OTC) Bitcoin (BTC) deals might be occurring in a way that is similar to the pattern seen in February 2019. According to the on-chain analyst, this is historically […]
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New wire fraud charges against St. Petersburg trolls allege that they stole the identities of U.S. citizens to open crypto accounts. The U.S. filed criminal charges against Russian national Artem Lifshits for his management of an affiliate of the infamous Internet Research Agency, which U.S. authorities accuse of interfering in the 2016 election. The new complaint […]
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