Showing posts from July, 2020
A total of $4 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets, according to DefiPulse.com.

Total Value Locked in DeFi Hits New ATH of $4B

Despite the pullback from the Monday highs, Bitcoin remains above key resistance levels. As of this article’s writing, the leading cryptocu...

Derivatives Data: Investors Think Bitcoin Will Continue Higher After 20% Surge

Bitcoin closed the month of July at $11,351, its highest monthly close since the bellwether cryptocurrency’s all-time high nearly two-and...

Bitcoin Ends July at Highest Monthly Close Since 2017 Peak

Crypto venture capital firm Polychain Capital and fund manager Three Arrows Capital have backed liquidity protocol KeeperDAO in a seed fu...

KeeperDAO Raises Seven-Figure Seed Investment From Polychain, Three Arrows

Publicly-backed VC firms are stepping in where private investors retreat, according to a new report on Central and Eastern European tech in...

As Private Seed Funds Dry Up, European Blockchain Firms Seek Public Backing

The lead plaintiff in an ongoing class-action lawsuit accusing Ripple of securities fraud has not demonstrated that statements made by CE...

Ripple Says XRP Lawsuit Based on ‘Unsupported Leaps of Logic’

The Apple stock price surpassed $409 in after-hours trading after record revenues in the tablet and services markets. The firm’s strong...

Here’s 3 Reasons Why We’re Seeing Apple’s $2 Trillion Stock Rally

Australian experts suggest blockchain is an integral part to protecting Australia’s business and government from cyber attacks.

Blockchain Is Part of Australia’s Cyber Security Solution, Say Experts

Messari estimates that 20% of Ethereum-based DEX volume is driven by DeFi aggregators.

Aggregators Now Drive 20% of Ethereum DEX Volume

A crypto consortium including Bittrex Global, Ledger, CertiK, and Uphold, has launched a gold token backed by the world’s largest refiner o...

Government-Backed Tokenized Gold With ‘Killer Features’

MyEtherWallet’s founder believes ETH 2.0’s beacon chain will launch this year but says the ‘full reality’ is still some way off.

MEW Founder: ‘The Full Reality of ETH 2.0 Is Still Years Away’

Lawyers for Brad Garlinghouse haven’t argued the Ripple CEO’s statements in extolling XRP were true, simply that they can’t be proven false...

Lawsuit: Investors Can't Prove Ripple Knew XRP Had ‘No Utility’

Despite early hype, real estate tokenization has failed to garner significant momentum, leading some to question its future viability.

Tokenized Real Estate Hasn’t Lived Up to the Hype: Property Researcher

Thirty new whales are gobbling up XRP in a sign some big investors are rethinking the cryptocurrency.

XRP Is Up 30% and Has 30 New Whales

Twitter Says ‘Phone Spear Phishing’ Let Hackers Gain Employee Credentials Jul 31, 2020 at 04:00 UTC

Twitter Says ‘Phone Spear Phishing’ Let Hackers Gain Employee Credentials

The Federal Reserve’s money printer has cranked up to ridiculous levels — but will it really lead to inflation?

US Printed More Money in One Month Than in Two Centuries

Five years ago this week, the first general-purpose blockchain went live on mainnet. Ethereum paved the way for a whole new use case for...

Ethereum History in 5 Charts

Longfin, a blockchain-related firm that conducted a $27 million IPO in 2017, has been ordered to repay $223 million to investors.

Longfin Ordered to Repay $223M to Investors

Even after a slight pullback from the local highs of $330, Ethereum remains one of the best-performing cryptos of the past week. Accordin...

Analyst Is Predicting a “Deepish Pullback” For Ethereum as Price Fails at $325

Cash App is paying Joe Rogan big bucks to talk up Bitcoin according to his scripted spiel on his most recent podcast.

Cash App for Comment: Joe Rogan Tells 200M Listeners to Buy Bitcoin

Paxful has released data showing growing usage of its peer-to-peer trading platform in Russia.

Russian Interest in Paxful’s P2P Platform Surges 350%

The PlusToken Ponzi Scheme has long been a thorn in the side of the crypto market It now appears that the ring leaders behind the now-defu...

A Major Source of Bitcoin Selling Pressure Just Disappeared, Boosting the Bull Case

Ampleforth is currently caught in the throes of an intense downtrend that has caused it to decline significantly This comes as its economi...

Ampleforth (AMPL) Freefalls After Breaking Below $1; Will it Continue Dropping?

Riot Games reverses its controversial decision to partner with the Saudi government. The developer had announced Saudi city-state devel...

Riot Reverses Saudi Partnership, But Employees Expose Bigger Failure

Fans bought 125,000 non-fungible token trading cards featuring Star Trek’s William Shatner on the WAX Blockchain.

William Shatner’s NFT Collectibles Sell Out at Warp Speed

The correlation between Bitcoin and gold daily returns is increasing, leading investors to expect further upside from BTC price.

Is the Growing Correlation Between Bitcoin and Gold a Bullish Sign?

Laundering money with Bitcoin is actually an ineffective strategy because of its complexity and high risk.

Comparing Money Laundering With Cryptocurrencies and Fiat

Malaysia’s national stock exchange will explore the digitization of the country’s bond market through a proof-of-concept blockchain proje...

Malaysia’s Stock Exchange Eyes Blockchain for Bond Market Digitization

It's alive! Cardano has successfully hard forked to its major upgrade, Shelley, which introduced proof-of-stake to the network

Cardano Introduces Proof-of-Stake With ‘Shelley’ Hard Fork

Hong Kong and Vietnam brace for new outbreaks as new coronavirus cases emerge. The WHO warns the second wave might not exist. Some scie...

Asia’s Unlikely Coronavirus Outbreaks Back ‘One Big Wave’ Theory

Digital assets issued on Ethereum appear to comprise the strongest asset class of 2020 with an average year-to-date gain of 130%.

Ethereum Is the Best-Performing Asset Class of 2020

Bitcoin plunged by more than 4 percent following its explosive upside move towards $11,500 on Monday. The cryptocurrency’s uptrend also st...

Bitcoin Exposed to Correction on Easing Risk Sentiment; Here’s Why

The token-powered Esports streaming platform Theta has expanded into Korea, partnering with the popular gaming-centric social platform Lude...

Theta Partners With Korean Gaming Platform to Reward Its 3M Users

For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Co...

CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next

According to Iranian authorities, power plants can mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but will not be able to take advantage of subsidies.

Iranian Authorities Greenlight Power Plants Mining Bitcoin

Decentralized exchange Curve has attracted record volumes after revealing plans for the retroactive distribution of its forthcoming governa...

Curve’s Daily Volume Increases 50x in Two Months

XRP has seen even more explosive price action since our previous market updates. As of this article’s writing, the altcoin has begun flirti...

Despite Surge, XRP Is Still Facing Down “Hugely Significant” Resistance

Mine Digital CEO Grant Colthup said Australia’s recent success in the crypto space could be extended to Asia.

Could Australia Become Asia’s Crypto Derivatives Hub?

The DAO exploit of 2016 was a $55 million heist that forever altered Ethereum’s trajectory. On Tuesday, CoinDesk Live gathered a handf...

CoinDesk Live Recap: The DAO Hack Is Still a Mystery

Polyient Games is launching a decentralized exchange for NFTs hosted on the Avalanche blockchain.

Polyient Games Launches Avalanche-Based DEX for Collectibles

Multiple users of Crypto Twitter, with thousands of followers, received offers from Zeus Capital to post information on Chainlink.

Zeus Capital Reportedly Offers Influencers 5 BTC for LINK FUD

An upcoming merger is slated to see Diginex’s newly launched Equos exchange become the first crypto trading platform listed in the United S...

Diginex’s Equos Set To Become First Crypto Exchange Listed in US

Bitcoin is an aspirational store of value according to Fidelity Digital Assets.

Fidelity Calls Bitcoin an ‘Aspirational’ Store of Value and an ‘Insurance Policy’

Ethereum addresses in profit now exceed the total number of addresses with a Bitcoin balance.

More Ether Holders Are in Profit Than There Are BTC Addresses in Total

Newly launched derivatives platform EQUOS.io is set to become the United States’ first publicly-traded crypto exchange later this year t...

A Crypto Derivatives Exchange Is Getting a Nasdaq Listing in Q3

Enjoying a stronger negative correlation with the U.S. dollar than gold, Bitcoin may start to present a more attractive alternative to both...

Bitcoin Is a Better Hedge Against USD Than Gold

Kaspersky Labs and other malware labs have identified a sharp rise in crypto-related scams in Russia during the first half of 2020.

Russian Crypto Scams Triple in First Half of 2020

Bitcoin is currently flashing overt signs of strength as it consolidates above $11,000 Bears attempted to catalyze a selloff yesterday, bu...

Trader: Bitcoin Could Be Forming a Massive “Bull Trap” as Bearish Signs Emerge

Coinbase is offering crypto customers 2% interest for their Dai holdings.

Coinbase Offers DAI Holders 2% Interest

Ethereum has attracted the attention of large companies for almost as long as it has been around. But it wasn’t until early 2017 that a ...

How the EEA Made Ethereum Palatable to Big Business

U.S. online brokerage TradeStation will soon launch its own cryptocurrency lending service.

Monex's US Subsidiary TradeStation to Launch Crypto Lending Service

Aave is climbing the DeFi and market cap rankings as its flash loans see daily volume exceeding $100 million.

Aave Ascends Market Rankings as Flash Loans Explode

An unknown hacker gained access to the wallet maker's marketing database, stealing a million email addresses as well as personal informa...

Crypto Wallet Ledger Loses 1M Email Addresses in Data Theft

Hardware wallet provider Ledger said its marketing database was breached between June and July.

Data Breach at Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Exposes User's Personal Info