Korean Blockchain Groups Blast Plan to Strip Crypto Exchange Benefits

feature Token-funded blockchain project Tron is not only hiring while others cut staff, it’s recruiting an entourage for its founder. Among the 10 open positions that Tron Group, the company behind the namesake cryptocurrency, posted on Wednesday, two were for aides to the 28-year-old CEO, Justin Sun. These hires would supplement the personal assistant he…

Jan 7, 2021 at 8:59 p.m. UTCAn AirdropVenezuela event(AirTM)Bull Run Democracy, RevisitedThe maddest and most poetic experiment of the 2017 bull run was seeding Venezuela with cryptocurrency, expecting it would topple the government. At the time, the Venezuelan state was teetering, squeezed by embargoes, falling oil prices, hyperinflation and hunger. The hope was that a massive…

news The European arm of Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer has launched a bitcoin buying and selling service aimed to be easier to use than spot trading exchanges. BitFlyer Europe announced the news on Tuesday, saying the new trading platform targets people wanting “a simple way to buy and sell bitcoin, from total beginners to experienced…

Early efforts on the Solana blockchain to develop a framework for "restaking" – a way of securing new protocols and applications without having to spin up additional validator networks – appear to be gaining traction. Jito Labs, a developer of infrastructure tools for Solana, has yet to launch its planned restaking effort on mainnet. But

This article originally appeared in First Mover , CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day . Latest Prices Latest crypto prices. (CoinDesk) (CoinDesk) Top Stories Bitcoin, after a brief surge above $62,000 in the early Asian session, retreated to $61,400. The

The probability of a bullish move in bitcoin (BTC) has gone up in the last 24 hours. To start with, the leading cryptocurrency has remained well above the key support of $6,230 (Aug. 20 low) despite the ETF rejection, adding credence to our assessment that the cryptomarkets had already priced in the bad news. Further, the…

Aug 20, 2020 at 20:28 UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Breaks $11.8K; BTC in DeFi Doubles in AugustBitcoin’s price is trending up while August has been a hot month for the cryptocurrency in decentralized finance. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,857 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 1.3% over the previous 24…

Mar 2, 2020 at 13:45 UTCUpdated Mar 2, 2020 at 13:46 UTCCredit: Shutterstock/Simon VayroInsurance giant Lloyd's of London is backing a new policy protecting cryptocurrency held in online wallets against theft from hacks.Provided by Coincover, a crypto "lifestyle" service provider, the insurance is underwritten by Lloyd's insurance syndicate Atrium, Coincover announced on Sunday. The liability…

Dec 15, 2019 at 10:00 UTCUpdated Dec 15, 2019 at 09:55 UTCYousif Mohammed Nor Aldeen image via Hello FutureAt a Refugee Camp in Iraq, a 16-Year-Old Syrian Is Teaching Cryptocurrency BasicsHow do you explain ethereum to someone who doesn’t know how to use email? What’s the best way to convey how many satoshis add up…