Big name games and developers donate prizes to cross-promote titles while encouraging players to load test Taurion’s alpha release. Upcoming blockchain-enabled gaming experience Taurion launches its Treasure Hunt III event on Aug 28. Participants will be competing for over $10,000 in prizes, including major cryptocurrencies, in-game currencies and rare nonfungible tokens (NFTs) from a whole […]
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DJ PLS&TY has launched 30 limited edition vinyls of his latest EP on an Ethereum-based art and culture platform. Tommy Leas, professionally known as DJ PLS&TY in the electronic dance music industry, has launched the vinyl record of his “Very Special” EP record on the Ethereum-based art and culture exchange platform, Foundation. Foundation allows artists […]
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CELO is up more than 50% in less than one day after Coinbase Pro listed it. Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, has announced it will list the native token of blockchain platform Celo (CELO). Other Celo markets have responded enthusiastically, with the coin gaining roughly 55% over both USD and BTC over the past […]
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Fair Launch Capital’s business model may help prevent future YAM DeFi debacles. A new project called Fair Launch Capital claims to be offering a new way for founders to fund crypto networks. According to an Aug. 26 tweet from Fair Launch Capital (FLC), the project will provide access to capital for founders to fund their […]
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Boa, a new Uniswap token created by the well-known pseudonymous Ether whale Bill Drummond, briefly hit $100,000. On Aug. 25, the creator of the well-known Uniswap tokens Antiample (XAMP) and Tokens of Babel (TOB) launched Boa. The Ether whale’s projects have seen growing interest within the niche Uniswap market. A common theme among the projects […]
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The SEC has relaxed rules that once prioritized net worth over financial sophistication. The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, is now amending its definition of an “accredited investor” to relax the purely wealth-based requirements, after announcing such plans in December 2019. Accredited investors in the U.S. enjoy special privileges with the SEC — namely […]
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The Libra association member will enable secure Solana staking. Blockchain infrastructure provider Bison Trails has expanded its integration with Coinbase Custody to allow the staking of Solana tokens. In an Aug. 27 announcement, Bison Trails stated that Coinbase Custody users would be allowed to delegate Solana (SOL) tokens to Bison Trails’ enterprise-grade validators. Bison Trails […]
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Police claim that wash trading and market manipulation by the owner and management team of the Coinbit exchange netted over 100 billion won. South Korea’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbit, has been seized by police following fraud allegations. According to an Aug. 26 report by the Seoul Shinmun, 99% of transaction volume on the exchange was […]
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A Compound proposal could put a major dent in the profits for all yield farmers. A new Compound governance proposal from Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra would see all future COMP token distributions locked in a vesting schedule. The proposal was submitted on Wednesday and outlines several ways that the vesting could be implemented. One would […]
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How do Compound and Kava differ from other popular DeFi projects, and why did Binance select them as its first DeFi integration protocols? Compound Finance and Kava Labs were chosen as Binance’s two integration partners for the leading cryptocurrency exchange taking its first step into decentralized finance by launching DeFi staking. Time will tell if […]
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