Tagged: ethereum

November 27, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

A report claims that the US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe has contacted SEC Chairman Jay Clayton regarding China’s influence in the crypto market including mining. According to the Washington Examiner, the DNI is worried that China has too much control when it… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ahead of the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, ETH has been experiencing “significant momentum,” according to a report from OKCoin. The digital asset exchange notes that during the past week, the Ethereum price surged 30% to a high of over $600, but it has corrected sharply… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, is approaching its all-time of nearly $20,000 which it set back in December 2017 during the historic crypto market bull run. Bitcoin peaked at $18,950 this past week, and has begun to move higher toward its new year-to-date highs at… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at Loopring, which allows anyone to create “high-throughput,” non-custodial, orderbook-based exchanges on Ethereum by leveraging Zero-Knowledge Proofs or ZKPs (for financial privacy), have introduced a beta version of the Loopring Wallet – which is notably the first Ethereum smart wallet with built-in zkRollup… Read More

November 25, 2020 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage, a company that aims to help institutional investors with adopting digital assets, has partnered with Tokensoft to bring wrapped Filecoin (wFIL) to the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage, states that his organization is looking forward to welcoming wrapped Filecoin… Read More

November 21, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is reportedly leading the MENA region’s Fintech sector with a projected valuation of around $2.5 billion by 2022 (which is still not significant compared to international standards). Regional and multinational financial services providers have been launching digital platforms in order… Read More

November 20, 2020 @ 7:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Ethereum (ETH) price is up around 25% during the month of November 2020. ETH, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and adoption, is trading at a little over $500 at the time of writing. During this past week, Ethereum managed to reach a… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

China-based Nervos, a major public blockchain-based network, has reportedly launched its own token standard, sUDT (Simple User-Defined Token), in order to compete with Ethereum’s widely-adopted ERC-20 standard. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the sUDT standard will allow blockchain or distributed ledger… Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, notes that between October 15 and November 15, 2020, the total market cap for crypto-assets surged from $359 billion to as high as $468 billion toward the end of the latest week – which represents a 34-month high…. Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 3:00 pm By Emma Channing and Chris Tse  |  

  2020 has been an interesting year for Ethereum and its programming language Solidity. While much of the news regarding Ethereum has been about high gas fees and 2.0’s imminent arrival, there is a shiny new kid on the block that has received most of… Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based ConsenSys, a company that supports Ethereum (ETH) development and various other blockchain-focused initiatives, has reportedly acquired the team and technology of Truffle. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, Truffle Suite is one of the most widely used blockchain or distributed… Read More

November 15, 2020 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, says it hasn’t seen Bitcoin (BTC) this “expensive” since December 2017. The leading blockchain firm along with the rest of the crypto industry is now wondering whether Bitcoin will be setting another all-time high (after trading for nearly… Read More

November 14, 2020 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After experiencing a strong correction earlier this month, leading decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens have been able to recover strongly, OKCoin reports. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange notes that DeFi tokens crashed in late-October 2020 and were performing poorly earlier this month as investors appeared to… Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price continued to increase this past week. Bitcoin had been trading above the $15,500 mark, however, its price has now dropped to around $15,000 at the time of writing. Ethereum is also down over 5% during the past 24… Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has noted in its weekly crypto market report that for most of the past week, Bitcoin (BTC) had been trading between the relatively tight $13,300 and $13,900 range. But then, over the span of just 48 hours, the… Read More

November 5, 2020 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finoa has partnered with Skale Labs in order to offer institutional-grade custody support for SKALE, which is the native token that’s used to power the SKALE Network. The SKALE Network is an Ethereum-as-a-service platform that has been developed to support the “exponential” growth of the… Read More

November 4, 2020 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) fundamentals continue to remain strong, however, uncertainty in the crypto and traditional financial markets due to the US elections appear to have positioned BTC in “a consolidation phase,” according to a report from OKCoin. The digital asset exchange notes that the Bitcoin price… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital currency exchange, notes in its latest Crypto Market Overview report that Bitcoin (BTC) almost managed to break past the $14K mark, as it “massively outperformed” altcoins (alternative coins or all coins besides Bitcoin). Binance points out that Bitcoin began moving… Read More

October 31, 2020 @ 7:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aleph.im, a “decentralized” network that aims to offer secure storage and computing power to decentralized applications (dApps), will be running an Automated Price Reserve for the ALEPH token on Kyber Network, a protocol that facilitates automated, “decentralized,” instant, and low-cost exchanges of Ethereum-based digital assets…. Read More

October 31, 2020 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several major decentralized finance (DeFi) assets have experienced correction as Bitcoin (BTC) surged this past week. However, the “fundamental” developments continued, “pointing to long-term momentum,” according to a report from OKCoin. The crypto exchange notes that Bitcoin continued its ascent during the past week. The… Read More