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At the start of October, the crypto market was faced with extremely tumultuous financial conditions, thanks in large part to the recent filings against BitMEX, which saw the company’s top brass being indicted by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission on several charges. Not only that, but just a few days before the BitMEX…

Proof of reserves (PoR) has gone from a buzzword to a roar in recent weeks as the crypto world tries to recover from the shock and losses of the current crypto winter. After a flurry of discussion and work, criteria and rankings for adequate PoR are beginning to appear, but the fine points of how…

Gelato aims to simply DeFi by automating smart contract operations and helping users rebalance their portfolios. 528 Total views 3 Total shares Smart contract automation network Gelato has become the latest to receive big backing from crypto venture capital giants.Gelato has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Dragonfly Capital and…

Iranian bitcoin (BTC) miners are moving into mosques as the government launches an energy crackdown, social media users revealed on June 25.Iran, which offers free energy to mosques, now has around 100 miners occupying places of worship, generating much-needed income of around $260,000 a year. “This money goes a long way in Iran’s choked sanctioned economy,”…

Decentralized exchange platform Bancor plans to restrict United States residents from trading tokens on July 8, the company confirmed in a blog post on June 18.Citing a lack of clarity from regulators, executives said they took the decision to ban all users with a U.S. IP address from exchanging cryptocurrency.“This decision has been made in…

Bitcoin price descends to $60,000, but will traders buy the dip in BTC and altcoins?

Ethereum proponents and DeFi enthusiasts alike have panned plans by Compound Finance to launch its own blockchain in 2021. 284 Total views 4 Total shares DeFi lending protocol Compound published a white paper on Thursday introducing Compound Chain, a new blockchain aimed at providing cross-chain value transfer capability. Reactions to the news have been overwhelmingly…

An MEV bot took out a $11.9 million loan to sandwich attack a user, but barely made enough to cover lunch.

Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced that it will launch crypto options trading on Dec. 27.In a press release on Dec. 9, the exchange said that the addition of options makes OKEx the “first crypto exchange to offer C2C, spot, futures, perpetual swap, and options trading under the same roof.” The options will allow the platform’s users…