OriginTrail, The Blockchain Socialist and CryptoHarlem update The Agenda on the state of crypto

Over 30 advocacy groups have appeared as signatories on a request that Congress and regulators implement an official moratorium on Libra development, as per the letter published on July 2.The letter was also addressed to Facebook, with Mark Zuckerberg himself cc’d, and asked that the social media giant wait until Congress and regulators have scrutinized…

Twitter users accuse Nexo Finance of being behind Zeus Capital, the firm who wanted to short Chainlink. 1296 Total views 18 Total shares Nexo Finance has been accused of being behind the suspicious asset management firm that sought to short Chainlink (LINK) after social media users saw Zeus Capital’s source code pointing to its website. Twitter…

Crypto exchange unicorn Binance will launch Binance Coin (BNB) futures trading on Feb. 10.As the 17th cryptocurrency available on Binance’s futures trading branch, BNB comes with 50x leverage, paired against Tether’s USDT stablecoin, Binance detailed in a Feb. 7 press release provided to Cointelegraph.BNB pumped with the rest of the marketBinance’s BNB coin has already…

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced in a blog post published on Sept. 30 that it is launching a market maker program.According to the announcement, users whose monthly trading volumes exceed 1,000 Bitcoins (BTC) — or can reach such volumes — and who also have quality market making strategies can immediately join the program. Binance explains…

Japan’s financial regulator has released Q4 2018 data on the number of enquiries about cryptocurrencies, showing further declines. The Financial Services Agency’s (FSA) report was published today, Feb. 8.The FSA, which is responsible for overseeing the country’s crypto ecosystem, published the latest data on enquiries from September to the end of December 2018. The Japanese…

Luxury car company Rolls Royce announced a line of cars hosting blockchain puzzles, shortly after Lamborghini revealed a yacht. 890 Total views 14 Total shares Crypto and blockchain experts now have something new to save up for — a line of techie-style Rolls Royce cars, each complete with a cryptographic puzzle. As crypto prices pop…

Everipedia price spiked to its highest level in years following the project's pivot toward NFT art. 4979 Total views 23 Total shares Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) continue to take the world by storm as evidenced by the March 16 announcement that Sotheby's would be entering the NFT game by facilitating the sale of tokenized art by the…

Bear markets are typically marked by a capitulation event where discouraged investors finally abandon their positions and asset prices either consolidate as inflows to the sector taper off or a bottoming process begins. According to a recent report from Glassnode, Bitcoin hodlers are now “the only ones left” and they appear to be “doubling down as…

Ether’s (ETH) DeFi activity has declined in the bear market and the sector faces further competition from Ethereum’s annual staking reward of 4%, according to Glassnode analysts. However, a DeFi narrative is building around liquid staking derivative (LSD) tokens that could revive Ethereum’s network activity.The percentage of gas consumed by DeFi protocols has dropped from…