December 1, 2020 @ 11:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Justin Sun, the Founder of Tron (TRX), a major platform for building blockchain-based decentralized applications (dApps), has announced that TRON is planning to “adjust the incentive mechanism of the entire network with a focus on encouraging long-term holders who stake tokens for voting.” It’s worth… Read More

 Tagged dapps, Decentralized Applications, distributed ledger technology, dlt, justin sun, tron, trx

December 1, 2020 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coinrule, a cryptocurrency trading startup that recently secured over £410,000 in funding through its Seedrs round, notes in a blog post published by crypto futures and options exchange Deribit that Investors now have a new option they can add to their investment… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin investments, btc, bull market, coinrule, coronavirus, covid-19, crypto market, crypto-assets, digital assets

December 1, 2020 @ 7:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based CoinShares, a company that aims to expand access to the digital asset ecosystem while serving as a trusted partner for its clients, has noted that the Bitcoin (BTC) price has been closing-in on the “very psychological” all-time-high (of nearly $20,000) “coupled with momentary fears… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin investments, btc, coinshares, crypto investments, crypto-assets, digital asset flows, digital assets, gold, gold investments, london, uk, united kingdom

December 1, 2020 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform BlockFi will soon offer a credit card with Bitcoin rewards and 1.5% cypto-back in Bitcoin, according to a tweet by the firm. The credit card will be issued in partnership with Visa, Evolve Bank.   It’s here. Log in to your BlockFi… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, blockfi, credit card, visa

December 1, 2020 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Libra Association, the initiative launched by Facebook to create a global digital currency, has changed its name to Diem, according to a note from the group. Recently, there have been multiple reports that the Diem Association is gearing up to launch its digital currency…. Read More

 Tagged diem, facebook, finma, libra, stuart levey, switzerland

December 1, 2020 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cryptocurrency payments platform BitPay announced on Tuesday two new executive hires, Jagruti Solanki, CPA, MBA, CGMA as Chief Financial Officer, and Shaun Worley as Product Vice President.  BitPay reported that prior to joining its team, Solanki served as an Assurance Partner with Aprio, LLP, specializing in technology… Read More

 Tagged appointments, bitcoin, bitpay, cryptocurrency, digital currency

December 1, 2020 @ 8:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Prime Trust, a blockchain-driven trust company, announced on Tuesday it has launched Prime Liquidity, which is described as a turnkey API-based liquidity engine that enables any fintech app to buy, sell, and hold cryptocurrency. Prime Trust reported that Swan Bitcoin, an automated Bitcoin-only investing… Read More

December 1, 2020 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that with the launch of Ethereum 2.0 (a major system-wide update to Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency network), they’re planning to introduce staking rewards for customers. Staking allows users to deposit digital assets on a platform or exchange… Read More

 Tagged coinbase, crypto trading, crypto-assets, digital assets, eth, eth2, ethereum, ethereum 2.0, ryan watkins, staking, united states, us, vitalik buterin

November 30, 2020 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEO, which describes itself as a “rapidly growing and developing” blockchain ecosystem that aims to serve as the foundation for the next generation of the Internet (or Web 3.0), currently has a market cap of over $1.2 billion with each NEO token trading at over… Read More

 Tagged Blockchain Development, da hongfei, dapps, Decentralized Applications, distributed ledger technology, dlt, neo, neo3, open source, software development

November 30, 2020 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink (LINK), a “decentralized” Oracle network that securely connects various blockchain-based smart contracts with data from “the real world,” recently revealed that its platform has enabled 77 different smart contract use cases. LINK tokens are currently trading for around $13.70 and they have a market… Read More

 Tagged aave, chainlink, decentralized finance, decentralized oracles, defi, distributed ledger technoogy, dlt, link, link tokens, oracles, smart contract, smart contract security, stablecoins