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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2020 has been one of BTC’s most volatile periods, but why do cryptocurrency exchanges keep crashing under high demand? Nobody can really predict Bitcoin’s (BTC) price volatility. But one thing is becoming painfully predictable when the price of Bitcoin suddenly lurches in one direction or another: One or more of the major cryptocurrency exchanges simply […]
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We selectively analyzed six stablecoins — USDT, GUSD, HUSD, PAX, TUSD and USDC — to uncover their minting and burning activities so far in 2020. As of June 4, six stablecoins — Tether (USDT), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), HUSD (HUSD), PAX Gold (PAXG), TrueUSD (TUSD) and USD Coin (USDC) — have had a total of more […]
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The popular DeFi app Celsius Network has publicly launched a $15 million equity offering, selling out over two-thirds of its target in less than six hours. Pioneering decentralized finance (DeFi) application Celsius Network has launched an equity offering through Bnktothefuture. As of this writing, the campaign has raised over $10.7 million of the $15 million […]
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Estonia is withdrawing permits from hundreds of crypto companies following Europe’s biggest money laundering scandal. Estonia, one of the European Union’s most crypto-friendly countries, is cracking down on hundreds of licensed crypto companies in response to a $220 billion money laundering scandal, according to Bloomberg. Estonia was among the first EU countries to license crypto […]
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Tesla stock rallied to $1,027 and it’s market cap surged above Bitcoin’s to $188 billion. Today the value of Tesla stock set a new record high at $1,027, bringing the market capitalization to $188 billion, and also surpassing the total market cap of Bitcoin (BTC), which hovers at $181 billion. While the value of Tesla […]
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Kroll’s Cyber Risk team detected a growing trend in the use of banking trojans to launch ransomware attacks. A study by risk solutions provider, Kroll, identified a growing trend in the use of Qakbot trojan, or Qbot, to launch email thread hijacking campaigns and to deploy ransomware attacks. According to the findings in conjunction with […]
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Now, more than ever, the economic efficiency and transparency is omnipresent, and emerging technologies such as blockchain have highlighted the dire need for such solutions. We are currently living in an unprecedented time, with the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world and taking far too many precious lives. Markets are being decimated and economies are on […]
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A report by CoinMetrics has found at least 80% of the entire capitalization of five top stablecoin projects is held in less than six accounts on each respective network. A report published by CoinMetrics has found extreme wealth centralization among many top stablecoins, with at least 80% of the total capitalization for five top stable […]
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A survey published by Fidelity has found that more than one-third of institutional investors globally are exposed to crypto assets. A Fidelity survey of 774 institutional investors found that more than one-third of firms worldwide have invested in digital assets or derivatives. While 36% of institutions own crypto globally, multinational financial services company Fidelity found […]
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