Justin Sun says removing 12K Bitcoin from USDD is just ‘DeFi 101’

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem had quite an eventful week with several new developments and price action. The week started with DeFi “Godfather” Andre Cronje announcing his departure from most of his projects, leading to a massive drop in prices of projects that Cronje was associated with.CAKE DeFi launched a new $100 million venture fund…

A former Steem witness, who is also a prominent member of Korea’s crypto community, spoke to Cointelegraph and shared proof that he received death threats from a Hive user ahead of Steem’s 0.23 hard fork.The former witness, who has requested to remain anonymous, told Cointelegraph that he stepped down shortly before the 0.23 hard fork…

ETF analyst Nate Geraci says there’s no “good reason” for spot Ethereum ETFs not to launch this week.

Venezuela’s government reportedly accepts Bitcoin as a payment method for some passport applications. 779 Total views 12 Total shares Venezuela's Administrative Service for Identification, Migration and Foreigners, known as SAIME, plans to accept bitcoin (BTC) as a new payment method for citizens seeking a Venezuelan passport. The information was originally leaked via a Reddit post…

Major crypto exchange Binance announced that their fiat on-ramp for Turkish Lira is live thanks to a partnership with major Turkish bank Akbank, Cointelegraph Turkey reported on March 2.Binance users from Turkey can now deposit and withdraw directly through money order or EFT, whether they have an Akbank account or not.“As one of the biggest…

Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain and major crypto exchange Huobi have reportedly confirmed plans to lay off staff amid the 2018 price rout of the crypto markets. Hong Kong English-language newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported on the layoffs on Dec. 26.Beijing-based Bitmain Technology, which has dominated the mining hardware manufacturing horizon this year, is…

The high court will now decide whether to declare the 'crypto bill' unenforceable or to approve it with modifications. 272 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTPanama's crypto bill saga has reached a new chapter, with the country's Supreme Court deciding the future of the local…

Poloniex has launched support for Binance Coin and Binance USD, despite CZ’s recent vocal criticism of Justin Sun over his handling of Steem. 1153 Total views 38 Total shares Poloniex, a veteran exchange that was recently purchased by a consortium including Tron founder Justin Sun, has launched Binance Coin (BNB) and Binance USD (BUSD) pairings.As…

Qatar’s central bank governor believes that the framework will bring opportunities to the country’s financial sector.