Political parties on the blockchain could soon become a reality for the DeFi space. Meta-DeFi protocols are becoming increasingly popular following the success of Yearn.finance. The project is essentially a yield farming hedge fund that lets people participate in complex strategies to farm the governance tokens, or GTs, of other protocols. Yearn is just about […]
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The Chinese government is supporting a new global DeFi association. Amid the ongoing craze around decentralized finance, or DeFi, a blockchain startup in China is launching a global DeFi initiative. Conflux Network, a permissionless blockchain startup, has launched a new DeFi-focused association focused on international cooperation of major industry players. Called “Open DeFi,” the new […]
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John Bigatton has been barred from providing financial services in Australia for seven years for his involvement with the BitConnect Ponzi scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned John Louis Anthony Bigatton, the former ‘Australian National Representative’ of the multi-billion-dollar crypto Ponzi scheme BitConnect, from providing financial services for seven years. ASIC […]
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Following the latest ruling on the OneCoin class-action lawsuit, we look into the biggest Ponzi scheme in crypto. The latest ruling in the class-action lawsuit against OneCoin has dismissed Konstantin Ignatov, co-founder of OneCoin, as a defendant after he agreed to testify against his sister. Ignatov is the brother of Ruja Ignatova, the infamous leader […]
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Ever wondered what $1 billion worth of crypto looked like? CoinShares, a company that manages over $1 billion worth of crypto assets is opening up its reserves to a public audit. The service is provided by an accounting firm Armanino, which will be providing an updated state of reservers for various electronically traded products issued […]
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Crypto wallet app Klever will allow users to stake cryptos in Cred’s staking programs from within the wallet. Cryptocurrency wallet platform Klever will allow users to stake Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tron (TRX) and other cryptocurrencies in Cred’s staking programs from within the wallet. Cred is a cryptocurrency staking and lending platform that allows users […]
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Major crypto exchanges are consolidating smaller, niche services to expand their overall market reach. The past few months have seen a number of major crypto companies facilitate some serious big-money acquisitions. For example, on Aug. 25, blockchain software firm ConsenSys bought out JP Morgan’s enterprise-variant of the Ethereum blockchain Quorum. Similarly, earlier this year, global […]
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Demand for Wrapped Bitcoin is increasing along with the DeFi rally. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of market capitalization, is listing another token to support the growth of decentralized finance, or DeFi. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC), a new ERC-20 token pegged to the price of Bitcoin (BTC), is now tradeable on Binance, according […]
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Developers on RSK no longer need to create their own oracle to build their DApps. Bitcoin (BTC) sidechain RSK will soon be equipped with Chainlink (LINK) oracles, enabling developers on the smart contract-enabled blockchain to tap into market price feeds and other off-chain data to build their applications. The integration is being developed by IOVLabs, […]
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Hybrid offerings to suit different needs. Two exchanges will offer both decentralized and centralized financial options. Both Bitrue and OKEx separately announced plans to provide hybrid services that cater both to the DeFi market and more mainstream centralized finance products. OKEx CEO Jay Hao tweeted on August 30 that the exchange launched its hybrid lending […]
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