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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Many DeFi smart contracts can withdraw unlimited amounts of money from user wallets, potentially spelling disaster. A vulnerability discovered on Bancor on June 18 would have allowed hackers to simply drain the funds of anyone who interacted with its smart contracts. The exploit relied on the concept of withdrawal authorization, introduced in the ERC-20 standard. […]
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Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) is taking advantage of Bitcoin rallying early this week and looks to break a key resistance level on the road to $300. Bitcoin (BTC) has been showing strength in recent days as the price rallied from $9,300 to as high as $9,800. However, more strength is seen from Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) — […]
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Sudden suggestions that Bitcoin support is coming to PayPal and Venmo is causing traders to reassess the likelihood of a BTC price bull run. Bitcoin (BTC) coming to PayPal and Venmo may be just a rumor, but some of the cryptocurrency’s best-known names are turning bullish. As the news hit that the payment processor was […]
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VeChain’s medical records blockchain platform in Cyprus lets people prove, and control, COVID-19 test results. Blockchain tracking platform VeChain announced on Twitter on June 20 that its blockchain-based medical data management platform co-developed with digital healthcare solution firm I-Dante has gone live and will store COVID-19 testing results. The platform, dubbed E-NewHealthLife, was deployed in […]
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Why Bitcoin hitting $9,600 could be a big deal, Robinhood vows to make improvements after customer’s suicide, and Wirecard’s missing billions. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — […]
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The second part of a series of articles on the advantages and challenges in the usage of blockchain technology for collecting and sharing information, without violating users’ privacy. From a technical viewpoint, blockchain is a growing records list that is cryptographically tied to and managed by a peer-to-peer network. At the same time, they join […]
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A new report on Japanese crypto regulation, an institutional crypto custody service, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included research company Xangle releasing a report on Japanese crypto regulation, Binance supporting Japan’s language but not its residents, SBI Holdings turning gift certificates digital with blockchain, and Nomura […]
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Bitcoin remains in good shape to retest $10K while a BTC price pullback to as low as $7Ks may provide a good opportunity for buyers. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is acting inside a narrowing range, still hovering around $9,000. Meanwhile, we’re also seeing a decrease in volume, alongside […]
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The Bitcoin price bulls and bears will be looking to tip the scales in their favor over the weekend as the bullish structure for BTC remains intact. Bitcoin (BTC), the biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is trading at $9,375 representing a 0.2% loss in value in the last 24 hours and the same for today’s […]
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