Block.One has decided to vote with its stake of almost 10% of all EOS, but the block producers seem unfazed. In an unprecedented move, Block.One announced on April 8 that it would begin voting for block producers, or BPs. This marks a clear change in the company’s policies, which previously went to great lengths to […]
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A Singapore-based sports blockchain venture begins trading a token released by Italian soccer club, Juventus. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are not new to the sports industry. Some NBA teams began accepting BTC as payment for tickets as early as 2014. Since then, the relationship between sports and crypto has been rapidly evolving. Today, a firm […]
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Top Ethereum block explorer Etherscan has launched a machine-learning based system to blacklist tokens and wallets previously associated with illicit activities. Popular Ethereum (ETH) block explorer Etherscan has launched a machine-learning powered surveillance engine to flag ETH and wallets that are associated with illicit activity. Wallets that have originated from illegal sources will now be […]
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Multicoin Capital has lead a $1.5 million fundraising round in top Chinese DeFi “super-app” platform dForce. Blockchain and cryptocurrency venture capital firm Multicoin Capital has led a $1.5 million seed round for Chinese decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol dForce. Mable Jiang, the principal of crypto venture capital firm Multicoin Capital, told Cointelegraph that dForce’s plan to […]
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Huobi launches a tool to monitor illicit cryptocurrency transactions. Per an April 13 announcement, Huobi (HT) Global has launched Star Atlas, an on-chain analytics tool to monitor illicit cryptocurrency transactions that could work in tandem with similar tools. Past criticism The tool should help Huobi address some of the past criticism it had received. Chainalysis’ […]
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Major Steem stakeholder Dan Hensley accuses TRON founder Justin Sun of attempting to bribe him with “money, power and users.” Major Steem stakeholder Dan Hensley has levied heavy accusations at TRON founder and CEO Justin Sun. According to Hensley’s April 8 writeup, Sun “bribed” his way to the top of the Steem hierarchy with “money, […]
Continue ReadingThe cryptocurrency exchange made the decision in the midst of allegations that Monero transactions were used for criminal acts. Huobi Korea announced on April 8 that they would be ending support for Monero (XMR) trading starting on April 9, 2020. They stated that this was due to “low trading volumes and anonymity functions”. They did […]
Continue ReadingGiven the global coronavirus lockdown, some blockchain projects have found their business plans affected, others see no change. The coronavirus pandemic has been affecting more and more aspects of the blockchain and cryptocurrency market. As Cointelegraph previously reported, more than half of the 2020 crypto conferences were either canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 […]
Continue ReadingAnalysis from Coin Metrics suggests that a giant selloff sparked an immediate knock-on effect for BTC/USD, which shed hit lows of $6,850. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $7,000 minutes after an investor prepared to sell 1,000 BTC on a major exchange, data shows. Discovered by monitoring resource Coin Metrics, the deposit on Huobi Global on April […]
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Bithumb Global has announced support for up to 5x leverage trading for BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT citing a surge in customer demand. Major South Korean exchange Bithumb has launched leverage trading for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) on its global platform. While the exchange states that the move is in response to “a surge in demand […]
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