Tagged: ethereum

April 14, 2021 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform providing “next-gen” risk management solutions, notes that Bitcoin (BTC) is up by around $8,000 since their last crypto market commentary on April 8, 2021. The BitOoda team adds that “more importantly,” Bitcoin… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inal Kardanov, Co-founder and CTO of Billy, notes in a blog post published by the Waves Protocol developers that NFTs’ “second coming” is set to be even “more successful.” Kardanov, a software engineer focused on blockchain, AI, and machine learning, writes in a blog post… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 12:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList has announced that beginning on April 20, 2021, eligible or qualified CoinList users will have the option to take part in the Clover (CLV) token sale (via CoinList). Clover, which is an alumni of CoinList Seed, aims to serve as a… Read More

April 11, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A recent post on Raidforums, a marketplace for purchasing and selling stolen data, has claimed that it has the personal details from millions of users on Paxful, a leading peer to peer Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange. However, Paxful‘s management stated that they’re false… Read More

April 10, 2021 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After six months of double digit returns for Bitcoin (BTC) investors, some traders might be wondering whether this is the beginning of another 2017-type cryptocurrency market rally, the Kraken team writes in a blog post. The digital assets firm pointed out that Ethereum (ETH) and… Read More

April 9, 2021 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YIELD App, a decentralized finance (DeFi) wealth management platform, has revealed that they’ve seen “strong” growth during their first quarter of trading, with the total number of users reaching almost 26,000 as assets under management (AUM) surged to around $46 million “between week one and… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billionaire Mark Cuban-backed Nifty’s has reportedly hired Olta Andoni, an NFT copyright legal expert as its new Chief Legal Officer. Andoni will notably be the first CLO of the nascent non-fungible token or NFT-focused social media platform. Nifty’s is a fairly new online network for… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 8:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Suterusu, which claims to be the first-ever layer-2 privacy protection protocol that doesn’t need a “trusted setup,” has reportedly acquired a strategic investment from Fundamental Labs. As mentioned in the announcement, Fundamental Labs will be focused on expanding Suterusu’s ecosystem and will be deploying Suterusu’s… Read More

April 4, 2021 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Elaine Sun, Compliance Director of digital assets firm Huobi Technology, recently noted that the traditional financial infrastructure and the idea or concept of money are “changing before our eyes.” Sun adds that the concept of “store of value” has mostly been associated or tied to… Read More

April 4, 2021 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European digital asset manager CoinShares reports that the inflows of $21 million last week (from a March 29, 2021 report) were the lowest since October of last year. CoinShares added that flows into digital asset investments “remained positive last week (as reported on March 29)… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sasha Ivanov, the Founder of the Waves Platform, an open blockchain protocol and development toolset for Web 3.0 apps and decentralized finance (DeFi), notes that while facing the different challenges of mass adoption, Waves, as an ecosystem, “must step it up a notch, working on… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, HENI Group, and Heyday Films launched Palm NFT Studio on March 30, 2021. It’s described as an “innovation” lab that’s been set up to “collaborate with artists, marketplaces, and rights holders to bring projects and platforms into the Palm ecosystem.” As mentioned in a… Read More

March 30, 2021 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, trading platform and block explorer service that recently acquired an additional $300 million in capital, notes that in the crypto space, “one month can feel like an entire quarter — a lot happens.” Blockchain.com points out… Read More

March 30, 2021 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFiChain, a blockchain platform on the Bitcoin network that is focused on “decentralized monetary applications,” has revealed the launch of an ERC-20 standard token called DFI on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the new ERC-20 token aims to… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Last week, the developers of Uniswap, a leading non-custodial Ethereum token exchange, announced that they had officially launched Version 3.0 of the platform. The Uniswap team reminded users that Version 1.0 was introduced back in November 2018 as a proof of concept for automated market… Read More

March 29, 2021 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

 Visa (NYSE:V)  is “bridging digital and fiat” currency by integrating the USDC stablecoin. Visa said that by enabling USDC it is creating the ability to one day support Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). In a blog post, Visa explained that after months of planning the… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, a crypto lending platform and exchange, recently commented on how Morgan Stanley became the first major bank to offer Bitcoin (BTC) to its wealthy clients. The Nexo team also revealed how a public software firm now has $50 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) on… Read More

March 28, 2021 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset marketplace Coinbase recently added several cryptocurrencies including Ankr (ANKR), Curve DAO Token (CRV), and Storj (STORJ) to Coinbase Pro, the platform for professional traders. Coinbase confirmed earlier this week that beginning on Tuesday (March 23, 2021), platform users will be able to transfer… Read More

March 27, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Vladimir Zhuravlev recently commented on why we should consider using the Waves protocol for building decentralized finance or DeFi apps. Zhuravlev, who’s a Waves developer advocate, has discussed in a blog post what the advantages might be of using the Waves protocol for creating… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of YIELD App, which allows users to deposit various crypto-assets and earn competitive returns, have published a blog post that covers the controversial Ethereum Improvement Proposal or EIP 1559, the ongoing Ethereum “miner revolt” and “what it all means” for decentralized finance (DeFi)…. Read More