Unstoppable Scams? Ethereum’s Gambling Problem Is Only Getting Worse

Alameda Research, the owner of the Binance-backed derivatives exchange FTX, has invested more than $1 million into crypto quant trading firm Folkvang – which is one of Alameda's competitors. Alameda confirmed Monday it had made a seven-figure investment into Folkvang, a new quant trading and liquidity provider based in Hong Kong. The first from an…

Jul 13, 2020 at 11:55 UTC(Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, e.g., LC-B2-1234])First Mover: Twelve-Fold Gains for Aave’s LEND Token Might Be More Than DeFi HypeThere’s one thing that all investors like: doubling, tripling, or even quadrupling their money. How about a 12-fold increase?  That’s what traders have reaped this year from…

Celestia, the modular blockchain that claims to scale with more users, has struggled to wrangle much of a market share in its first week, with less than 350,000 transactions registered in the four days following its release.Data from Mintscan shows that current transactions per second (TPS) on Celestia is 0.19. This doesn't necessarily translate to

Got your skis on? If not, clip in and try to have some fun because this is going to be our very last crypto winter. We’ve had two or three, depending on how you count and this one has certainly been the worst and the most frustrating, but fortunately, it’s going to be the final…

"Bitcoin is loving the BNY Mellon news. It's a very big deal," trader and analyst Alex Kruger tweeted.Feb 11, 2021 at 1:49 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 11, 2021 at 1:51 p.m. UTCBitcoin Hits New All-Time High as BNY Mellon Announces Crypto CustodyBitcoin set a new record highs on Thursday after BNY Mellon, America’s oldest bank, announced…

BTC dips 3% on renewed movement of coins by defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox. One observer said the movement of coins was likely a part of the exchange's creditor reimbursement plan. Bitcoin (BTC) faced renewed selling pressure on Tuesday after blockchain data showed defunct exchange Mt. Gox started moving coins internally for potential repayments to

Bitcoin (BTC) is all set to end August with double digit-losses, but a closer look at the price action suggest better times lie ahead for the leading cryptocurrency. At time of writing, BTC is trading at $6,940 – down 10.7 percent from the month's opening price of $7,727, according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index. However,…

Bitcoin has passed the $30,000 mark this week, with many speculating that the trading activity is due to an impending U.S. bitcoin spot ETF approval after the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it would not pursue an appeal in the case against Grayscale.With our eyes on US ETF approvals, Roxanna Islam from VettaFi provides insights

Apr 13, 2020 at 16:25 UTCUpdated Apr 13, 2020 at 16:29 UTCDeFi and traditional finance may be less like oil and water than once thought. Image via ShutterstockCrypto Long & Short: DeFi and Traditional Finance Are Forming an Unlikely FriendshipDecentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional finance are perhaps not as oil-and-water as most think.There are few…