After missing its April 30 deadline to launch TON, Telegram has offered its investors an immediate 72% refund, or 110% in 12 months. Encrypted messaging platform Telegram appears to have accepted a United States court ruling that the company cannot distribute its Grams tokens or launch the Telegram Open Network (TON) until the dispute has […]
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Bitcoin price has soared from $7,700 to $9,500 in 24 hours, mainly driven by three key factors that triggered the short-term rally. The Bitcoin (BTC) price increased from $7,700 to $9,500 overnight, increasing by 23%, according to Coinmarketcap, in less than 24 hours. The three main factors that catalyzed Bitcoin’s recent rally are record-high spot […]
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At Virtual Blockchain Week, Binance’s CZ argued that stablecoins and charity initiatives are driving significant crypto adoption worldwide. Speaking at Virtual Blockchain Week (VBW), Binance founder and chief executive Changpeng Zhao (CZ) argued that stablecoins and charity initiatives can drive meaningful cryptocurrency adoption. CZ also discussed Binance Academy’s work with Chinese government institutions on blockchain […]
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Trading veteren Peter Brandt has taken aim at Tether, advising traders not to ‘hold it overnight’ as it was riskier than ‘the Nigerian Trinket’. Renowned veteran trader Peter Brandt has compared holding Tether (USDT) to the risk of holding ‘the Nigerian Trinket’. In a tweet earlier today, Brandt took aim at the controversial stablecoin, calling […]
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Waves is allowing users to place bets on whether the number of new weekly COVID-19 cases peaked earlier this month. Blockchain platform Waves has launched a new betting market allowing users to speculate on whether the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has passed its peak. Customers can now purchase ‘COVID-UP-SEP20’ and ‘COVID-DOWN-SEP20’ tokens to bet […]
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Binance hits an all time trading volume high during Bitcoin’s pump to nearly $9000. As the Bitcoin price skyrocketed close to $9000 on April 29, Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, announced that Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has hit $11 billion in trading volume over the past 24 hours. This number is considered an all-time […]
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Survey says the amount of Europeans who believe crypto will still exist in 10 years has edged up from 63% in 2019 to 66% in 2020. Europeans are getting more confident about the future of the cryptocurrency industry amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report. People in Europe are becoming more optimistic about […]
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Coinbase and Coinbase Pro faced platform stalls as Bitcoin’s price soared. Major U.S. crypto exchange, Coinbase, and its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro, recently went down for the count during a hectic pump day for Bitcoin (BTC). Coinbase and Coinbase Pro showed “partially degraded service” on April 29, as per a notice on Coinbase Pro. “Coinbase […]
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Blockstack PBC’s annual report with the SEC highlights payments made to other crypto firms for its marketing efforts. Blockstack PBC filed its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as part of its regulatory obligations resulting from project’s the initial coin offering, or ICO. The SEC report was published on April 29. […]
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OkEx joins ETH 2.0 Topaz testnet as a validator, as multiple companies race to develop a Phase 0 client before end of 2020. OkEx Pool, the staking arm of the OkEx conglomerate, announced that it has joined an Ethereum 2.0 testnet as a Proof-of-Stake validator. As revealed by its April 29 blog entry, OkEx is […]
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