Is DeFI unravelling, or are these just growing pains? The rapidly expanding DeFi space is becoming riddled with scams as another suspicious project has headed for the exits carrying speculators’ money. “A new liquidity mining pool DeFi project, Yfdexf.Finance has exited the market after defrauding investors of $20 million in total funds locked in its […]
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The price of Bitcoin is showing stability above $10,000, and traders explain where BTC’s next big move is headed. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been ranging between $9,800 and $10,500 for nearly a week after a short fall from almost $12,100 seen on Sept. 1. As BTC struggles to show any distinctive price movement, […]
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Cryptocurrency mining technology, Marina Abramovic and Bill Gates provide new fodder for far-right conspiratorial politics. Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the feverish climate in 2020 — a year in which the line between mainstream politics and an online morass of conspiratorial theories is becoming ever more blurred. Former CIA counterintelligence and staff investigator Kevin Shipp, […]
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The new partnership targets Bitmain’s end customers. China’s mining giant Bitmain has entered a new partnership to streamline its operations in North America. As Bitmain officially announced on Sept. 10, the company has officially partnered with Foundry, a wholly-owned crypto mining subsidiary of major cryptocurrency firm, Digital Currency Group, or DCG. Within the partnership, Foundry […]
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An NFT vault has emerged as the second-largest owner of virtual land in the crypto-powered game The Sandbox. The Whale non-fungible token vault has become the second-largest holder of virtual land in The Sandbox game — and its owner plans to become a virtual real estate developer. WHALE tokens represent fractional ownership in The Vault […]
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A new Bitcoin backed yield dollar from Ren and UMA enables liquidity mining for BTC holders. Trustless cross-chain bridge Ren and permissionless synthetic asset platform UMA have teamed up to launch a Bitcoin-backed yield dollar called uUSD, in addition to a joint liquidity mining reward program. The partnership will result in a product that allows […]
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Bitcoin dominance rate is a metric cited by many when forecasting altcoin and BTC rallies but is the indicator reliable? Bitcoin (BTC) dominance has always been one of the first pieces of information displayed on cryptocurrency ranking websites like Coin360 and CoinMarketCap. Although it seems a consolidated and straightforward metric, there’s an argument that the […]
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London Stock Exchange-listed miner Argo Blockchain is mining 545% more Bitcoin than last year, with profits up 280%. Publicly-listed mining firm Argo Blockchain has published bullish interim half year results for 2020, despite the recent Bitcoin (BTC) halving and a host of “challenging conditions.” Argo Blockchain PLC is headquartered in London, with its shares listed […]
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“In Bitcoin we trust”, say miners unfazed by the market. Bitcoin’s price decreased by $2,000 in the past few days, yet the network’s hashrate has set a new all-time high, breaking the 150 TH/s plateau for the first time in its history. Bitcoin hashrate. Source: Glassnode. Hashrate is a key indicator when determining the health […]
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As if 2020 didn’t already have folks on the edge of their seats. PlanB, the man behind the widely-referenced stock-to-flow Bitcoin (BTC) value charts, described exciting times ahead for the asset. “We’re four months after the halving, and it’s about to get very interesting,” anonymous Twitter analyst PlanB said in a Sept. 4 podcast interview with Peter McCormack. […]
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