Surprise Binance listings have led to a sudden 25% spike in the price of Compound’s Governance Token. The price of the Compound Governance Token (COMP) has jumped by one-quarter on news of a surprise listing on leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance. COMP tokens began trading approximately one week ago, quickly making triple-figure gains and attracting millions […]
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After a Coinbase Pro listing drove Compound Governance Token prices up more than 100%, the market is now crashing back to Earth. Compound Governance Token (COMP), the native token to the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound, has suffered heavy losses after its meteoric first day of trading on Coinbase. After trading as high as […]
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While a minimum stake of 32 ETH is needed to become a validator on Ethereum 2.0, staking pools and services make the participation possible for everyone. As the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade approaches, users have been showing an increasing interest in the staking process, which would allow them to make a passive income by validating the […]
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Blockfolio, one of the most popular cryptocurrency portfolio tracking applications, could be a highly desirable target for hackers’ attacks. As of April 22, there are approximately 5,400 cryptocurrencies being traded with a market value of $201 billion United States dollars. The 24-hour daily trading volume has recently been hovering around $100 billion, a key indicator […]
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Poloniex has launched support for Binance Coin and Binance USD, despite CZ’s recent vocal criticism of Justin Sun over his handling of Steem. Poloniex, a veteran exchange that was recently purchased by a consortium including Tron founder Justin Sun, has launched Binance Coin (BNB) and Binance USD (BUSD) pairings. As of June 6, BNB and […]
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As protests rage throughout the United States, this week’s biggest moves in crypto law were behind the scenes. Cointelegraph’s weekly newsletter on the latest in law, policy and regulation for the crypto and fintech industry. Editor’s note A lockdown spring is giving way to a protest summer in the U.S., and this will be an […]
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Bitfinex and Tether have addressed the updated lawsuit which accuses them of market manipulation. Bitfinex and Tether have denied all allegations featured in an amended class action lawsuit filed against their parent company, iFinex Inc, according to a blog post published today by Bitfinex. The updated lawsuit, filed on June 3 in the Southern District […]
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Bittrex and Poloniex have become embroiled in a class-action lawsuit that alleges USDT created out of thin air drove the 2017 bull run. The plaintiffs behind a class-action alleging that Bittrex and Tether drove the 2017 bull run through market manipulation have requested the issuance of summons to exchanges Bittrex and Poloniex. The lawsuit, first […]
Continue ReadingMessari adds 10 new exchanges to its ‘real volume’ metric and overhauls methodology. Crypto data and research platform Messari has added 10 new exchanges to its “real volume” metric as part of a revamp of the methodology. The ranking is an attempt to rank exchanges without including any wash trading — which came about following […]
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange Poloniex experienced unscheduled downtime before resuming trading for all its pairs but GRIN/BTC. Cryptocurrency exchange, Poloniex, experienced unscheduled downtime on April 24 before resuming trading for all pairs except GRIN/BTC. Poloniex announced in a tweet sent that the exchange had to halt its activity due to an unexpected issue. Interestingly, the exchange warns […]
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