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About 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of over-the-counter cryptocurrency traders were allegedly frozen by law enforcement. 3307 Total views 51 Total shares Around 4,000 Chinese bank accounts of cryptocurrency traders have reportedly been frozen by local law enforcement.According to a June 8 report by 8BTC, police froze the bank accounts of thousands of  over-the-counter (OTC) traders…

A “next-generation” mobile payment platform has unveiled two products that are designed to help users smartly manage money matters and enjoy “greater financial empowerment.”Crypto.com’s first new offering, Crypto Earn, gives the public “the freedom to grow their assets.” Available through the platform’s flagship app, the service allows users to deposit virtual currencies and accrue incentives,…

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Aave’s TVL has soared past $20 billion, with one-third of capital coming from its deployment on layer-two, Polygon. 1916 Total views 6 Total shares Aave has surged to the top of the DeFi ranking by total value locked (TVL) amid its recent embrace of layer-two for scaling.According to Aave’s website, the v2 and Polygon deployments…

Only with increasing difficulty can one recall a time when the majority of the world was yet to adopt the internet. In 1995, user adoption of the internet had​ ​only reached​ 10% of American households, five years after the very first web browser was launched. Another five years later, in the year 2000, 50% of…

The Ethereum mainnet briefly stopped finalizing transactions but recovered after 25 minutes. 235 Total views 2 Total shares An unidentified issue on Ethereum’s Beacon Chain led to a halt in transactions for nearly half an hour on May 11. Around 8:15pm on Thursday May 11, a number of Ethereum core developers announced that the Beacon Chain…

EigenLayer’s decision to ban U.S. and Canada-based airdrop participants could lead to a mass exodus to other restaking protocols. So will Karak become the next EigenLayer?

Bitcoin (BTC) wallet service Electrum is facing an ongoing Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack on its servers, the company reported on Twitter on April 7.According to tech news website The Next Web, the new attack has caused users to lose estimatedly millions of dollars to date, with a single person alone reportedly losing about $140,000.The ongoing DoS…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance reported $78 million in profits in Q1 2019, up 66% compared to the previous quarter, cryptocurrency news outlet The Block reports on April 16.The claims have been extrapolated by The Block from Binance’s seventh quarterly binance coin (BNB) burn data. Per the report, the 830,000 BNB burned represent 20% of the…