FTX exchange demonstrates retail expansion aspirations as it acquires the number one crypto app. Blockfolio is off the table, and with it goes the second — and arguably final — opportunity for a crypto exchange to add millions of existing retail users to its ecosystem. Following Binance’s acquisition of CoinMarketCap (CMC) earlier this year, crypto […]
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“You don’t have to be Dr Evil to scam someone via cryptocurrency. You can be a Mini Me.” The high-profile Twitter hack which saw malicious actors take over 130 verified accounts including Bill Gates and Elon Musk managed to be both technically brilliant and incomprehensibly stupid at the same time. It was a multi-person attack, […]
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Samsung and Gemini’s joint efforts may help to overcome some of the roadblocks facing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies. In a major new partnership, Samsung has announced that the Samsung Blockchain Wallet will be integrated with Gemini, a New York-based crypto exchange. This integration will allow owners of newer Samsung Galaxy phones to not only […]
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Paying more than $8,000 in fees, an unknown developer has prematurely deployed Curve’s tokens and contracts resulting in an unexpected launch. Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Curve has been forced to launch its DAO and governance token CRV prematurely after an anonymous developer deployed the contracts without the knowledge of the official team. The developer tweeted […]
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Industry observers say unchecked yield chasing may have negative consequences on the fledgling DeFi market. Three years on from the initial coin offering mania of 2017, decentralized finance is the new hype. Spurred on by the promise of high annual gains, traders appear to be sowing heavily in crypto’s latest yield-generating arena that is DeFi. […]
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Crypto exchange Poloniex adds another DeFi token to its innovation zone. Crypto exchange Poloniex announced it has added the DeFi token Decentr to its DeFi Innovations Zone. Decentr, an immutable platform that collects and secures user data, allows people to monetize their internet activity. Its native toke, DEC, is used to buy and sell data […]
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Poloniex has added crypto assets based on President Trump’s re-election. With the 2020 U.S. presidential election looming, crypto exchange Poloniex has added a way to bet on the outcome. “TRUMPWIN and TRUMPLOSE are the first new assets to join our Innovation Zone today,” Poloniex said in a recent statement. Assets valued according to election results […]
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Bittrex CEO Bill Shihara will expand his role at cashback rewards platform StormX from investor to board member. Bill Shihara, founder and CEO of Bittrex crypto exchange, is joining the Board of Directors for Seattle-based blockchain startup StormX. According to an announcement from StormX, the addition of Shihara to the board comes after the CEO […]
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Compound’s COMP token has been wildly successful in the initial period since launching. What’s behind it, and is it sustainable? When Compound launched its governance token, COMP, on June 16, few in the crypto space could have predicted how rapidly it would rise to the top. As Cointelegraph reported at the time, it only took […]
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Some analysts believe that Compound’s Governance Token’s dramatic rally and crash may have been engineered by derivatives traders. A number of analysts have suggested the meteoric price performance of the Compound Governance Token (COMP) may have been orchestrated using derivatives. After initially changing hands for approximately $80 each upon its June 18 listing on Poloniex, […]
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