Bitcoin sidechain creators tout new ‘permissionless’ version BitVM2

In a promising sign for the DeFi space, another project devotes itself to complete user compensation following an exploit 445 Total views 13 Total shares In a blog post on Saturday night, Warp Finance — the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to suffer a smart contract exploit — announced promising strides towards recompensating users following…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance has begun accepting fiat currencies through online payment service Alipay and mobile messaging and payment app WeChat, CEO Changpeng Zhao confirmed in a tweet on Oct. 9.Zhao was quick to clarify that Binance is not working directly with WeChat or Alipay, and users are still able to use them for peer-to-peer transactions. The…

The Empire State made two appearances on the regulatory stage last week, and neither was entirely reassuring. On April 25, bill S8839 was proposed in the New York State (NYS) Senate that would criminalize “rug pulls” and other crypto frauds, while two days later, the state’s Assembly passed a ban on non-green Bitcoin (BTC) mining. The…

The rise in the ETH/BTC pair is painting a bearish technical pattern, hinting at a potential correction. 1070 Total views 14 Total shares Ether (ETH), Ethereum's native toke, has been continuing its uptrend against Bitcoin (BTC) as euphoria around its upcoming network upgrade, "the Merge," grows.ETH at multi-month highs against BTCOn the daily chart, ETH/BTC…

A member of South Korea’s National Assembly has called on the state to “open up the road” to Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) by easing regulations, South Korean financial outlet Economy reports October 2.According to the article, Min Byung-doo, a Democratic Party lawmaker, will introduce a project of for ICO legislation at the next round of…

The UFC fighter’s manager, Majdi Shammas, said his client did not make the decision to promote the coin and the deal only allowed for a single promotional video.

Data shows that AAVE and Polygon (MATIC) traders are currently being paid up to 4.3% per week to long future contracts.In the crypto markets, traders are usually bullish, or at least the majority of retail investors are. This causes an interesting phenomenon as it incentives arbitrage desks and whales to sell futures contracts while simultaneously buying…

HBUS, the strategic partner of top crypto exchange Huobi, has hired a former executive of venture capital (VC) firm Draper Athena, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Nov. 13.The HBUS trading platform, which currently employs around 40 people in their headquarters in San Francisco, has officially announced the appointment of Jay Ryu, formerly…

Tuesday, Oct. 16: Crypto markets are seeing some stability today following yesterday’s market upsing, with virtually all of the major cryptocurrencies seeing only minor price changes, both red and green, as of press time.Tether (USDT) has meanwhile seen a recovery, having yesterday slipped from its U.S. dollar peg to trade well below its historical price…