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Margin Trading is now Available on Coinbase Pro
Coinbase announced that it’s “margin trading” feature provides leverage up to three times or “3x” for individual investors in 23 U.S. states. The leverage is also available to institutional traders in 44 states and nine … Read More
ICYMI: Chinese Bitcoin Farms shut down amidst Coronavirus Panic
Chinese Bitcoin farms are under attack once again! Authorities in China are cracking down on cryptocurrency mining units especially BTC farms in a bid to control the novel Coronavirus. The question is, what’s the benefit … Read More
Coinbase: Bitcoin Will Become Closer to Digital Gold
Coinbase pushes the “Bitcoin as digital gold” narrative, in a blog post ahead of May’s upcoming halving event. After the May 2020 halving, mining rewards for each new block, mined approximately every ten minutes, will … Read More
Value locked into DeFi protocols hits $1 billion
The total amount of money locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and protocols has crossed a milestone of $1 billion. There has been a growth 50% since the start of this year as the amount … Read More
XRP Price spikes nearly 8% to $0.27
Despite the rest of the crypto market being in the red, a sudden burst in volume for XRP pushed its price up. The coin is now worth $0.264 pushed up from the $0.25 mark. After … Read More
China just revealed New Details on its Digital Currency
The main details of China’s central bank digital currency, also known as the digital renminbi, have been released. The currency will be, as expected, fully centralized and will be controlled by China’s central bank but … Read More
LocalBitcoins Shuts Down Accounts in Problematic Countries
LocalBitcoins, one of the oldest cryptocurrency exchanges out there, has reportedly begun to suspend accounts of long-term users without prior notifications. Forbes reported that users across at least three regions, including Asia, Africa, and the … Read More
Tether announces the Launch of Tether Gold, a gold-backed Crypto
Tether, the company behind the biggest stablecoin in the world, has launched Tether Gold, a digital asset providing exposure to physical gold. According to the company’s announcement, XAU₮ will be available both on Ethereum and … Read More
BitPay Now Supports XRP
Blockchain payments processor BitPay has added support for XRP, which has been integrated on BitPay’s platform via Ripple’s open developer platform, Xpring. With XRP’s addition, BitPay now supports a total of seven cryptocurrencies and stablecoins … Read More
Venezuelan Team working on a Bitcoin Mesh Network based on Offline Radios
A Venezuelan team is developing Locha, a decentralized mesh network that does not rely on the Internet to conduct transactions with Bitcoin (BTC). The radio wave based system was created because Venezuela often has to … Read More