Winklevoss-backed DeFi platform launches after $6.9M investment round

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has issued a report arguing in favor of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and digital payments amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The bulletin published by the BIS, a 600-member international financial institution representing the central banks of 60 countries, urges central banks to consider developing CBDCs in light of concerns regarding the…

What’s the secret behind expert traders’ decision making? Find out now with CryptoBirb and Bigo Chonis on this week’s Crypto Markets Live! 1557 Total views 19 Total shares Welcome all traders to this week’s Crypto Markets Live show featuring traders CryptoBirb and Big Chonis. Whether you’re just getting started or have been trading for years,…

A proposal to deploy the third version of lending protocol Aave has recently passed a “temperate check” with an overwhelming favorable majority. 131 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTA "temperature check" proposal to deploy the decentralized exchange (DEX) Aave on the zkSync Era Mainnet has…

A third of the world’s ether (ETH) is owned by just 376 people, according to Chainalysis research published on May 15.Despite controlling a large portion of ETH’s circulating supply, the study found these “whales” are responsible for just 7% of all transaction activity.Chainalysis concluded that while these individuals don’t necessarily have a meaningful impact on ETH’s…

Bakkt plans to roll out testing for bitcoin futures trading in early July 2019, Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler announced in a Medium post on May 13.First announced in August 2018, institutional crypto exchange Bakkt now announced that it will soon introduce bitcoin futures trading testing on a federally regulated futures exchange in collaboration with its…

The founder of Io.net will host a livestream on April 28 to demonstrate live cluster creation and rest the fear, uncertainty and doubt.

French crypto hardware firm Ledger will provide its technology to American payments startup Uphold to improve security, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 13.Formerly known as Bitreserve, Uphold will reportedly incorporate Ledger’s institutional custody platform Ledger Vault to boost its anti-hack protection by adding an additional layer of security.J. P. Thieriot,…

On March 5, Polkadot (DOT) experienced a flash crash at Binance perpetual futures which resulted in the contract trading as low at $0.20. While this could have been an honest fat-finger trading mistake, a number of indicators point to a planned-attack.While no hard evidence will likely ever emerge, the open interest increase just 24 hours…