Category: Altcoin News

BitFlyer and Brave’s New Partnership to Finally Let Japanese Users Earn BAT

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Japanese users will soon be able to earn Basic Attention Token (BAT) by viewing Brave ads.  On July 30, major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange BitFlyer partnered with Brave Software International SEZC, a subsidiary of Brave Software — the maker of the crypto-enabled browser Brave. Within the partnership, the firms co-developed a crypto asset wallet in the Brave browser that allows Japanese users to receive BAT for viewing Brave ads. Japanese Brave users will also be able to buy or sell BAT on BitFlyer as well as tip BAT to publishers and…

Ethereum Is the Best-Performing Asset Class of 2020

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The average performance across Ethereum (ETH)-based assets has been a nearly 130% year-to-date (YTD) gain, according to data published by market data aggregator Messari. The data provides an overview of the 178 assets that currently exist on Ethereum, totaling a combined market capitalization of $63.7 billion — just shy of 20% of the entire crypto capitalization. Including stablecoins, 124 of the assets have posted a YTD gain, meaning that 70% of Ethereum-based tokens have increased in value despite the shocks felt across the global economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 70%…

Theta Partners With Korean Gaming Platform to Reward Its 3M Users

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The crypto-powered Esports streaming platform Theta has partnered with South Korean social gaming platform Ludena Protocol to reward its gamers for viewing or streaming content. The partnership will see Theta protocol integrated into GameTalkTalk, Ludena’s first decentralized application (DApp) — allowing the gaming-centric social platform’s more than three million users to access Theta’s streaming services through the platform. Ludena’s users will be rewarded for engagement in the form of Theta’s TFUEL token. Theta TV to integrate GameTalkTalk The agreement will see an exclusive GameTalkTalk channel added to Theta’s streaming platform,…

Iranian Authorities Greenlight Power Plants Mining Bitcoin

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Iran has announced that it will now allow industrial-scale power plants in the country to operate as Bitcoin miners —- provided they don’t use subsidized fuel. In a statement to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) on July 27, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, a Deputy Managing Director at Tavanir, Iran’s Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company, said power plants in the country could operate as Bitcoin mines “if they comply with approved tariffs” and have the necessary licenses. Mashhadi said that any power plant considering such a venture could not…

Curve’s Daily Volume Increases 50x in Two Months

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity pools continue to surge in popularity, with the Curve Finance decentralized exchange (DEX) consistently hosting more than $60 million in daily volume for the first time this past week, according to Dune Analytics. With daily volume closer to $1 million at the start of June, the explosive hype surrounding yield farming propelled an increase in trade activity of more than 50 times in just two months. Curve daily trade volume: Dune Analytics Curve’s growth has seen the platform emerge as the second-largest decentralized exchange by trade…

Diginex’s Equos Set To Become First Crypto Exchange Listed in US

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Blockchain-powered financial services company Diginex launched its new Equos digital asset exchange on July 30. The exchange will initially host crypto asset spot trading, with plans for “perpetual swaps, dated futures, options, and other derivatives products” to soon follow. The platform will support USD and the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin at launch.  The spot exchange is licensed under an exemption to the Singapore Payment Services Act, with Diginex having also applied to become a ‘Major Payment Institution’ with the country’s regulator. The platform will also facilitate interoperability with Diginex’s hot…

Bitcoin Is a Better Hedge Against USD Than Gold

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Since Black Thursday, Bitcoin (BTC) has become a better hedge against the U.S. dollar than gold. At the same time, its correlation with the S&P 500 Index reached unprecedented highs. Correlations chart. Source: Coinmetrics. Diverging paths after Black Thursday Since the disintegration of the Bretton Woods system in 1971, investors have looked to gold as a hedge against fiat. Gold has consistently exhibited a negative correlation with the dollar with some very rare exceptions, while Bitcoin and the dollar have been uncorrelated with each other until recently. U.S. Dollar Index…

Next Bitcoin Bull Run Will Be ‘Dramatically Different’

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Cameron Winklevoss, the billionaire founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, believes the next Bitcoin (BTC) bull run will be much different. When compared to previous bull markets, Winklevoss noted that there is substantially more capital, infrastructure, and better projects. Winklevoss said: “The next Bitcoin bull run will be dramatically different. Today, there’s exponentially more capital, human capital, infrastructure, and high-quality projects than in 2017. Not to mention the very real specter of inflation that all fiat regimes face going forward. Buckle up!” Various data points hint at a significant increase in…

Maturity of the Crypto Derivatives Market Attracting More Institutional Investors

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In a Cointelegraph China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on July 29, Ben Zhou, CEO of derivative exchange Bybit, argued that the maturity of the derivatives market is the main reason for institutions to enter the crypto space.  Biggest concerns for institutional investors   Zhou says that the biggest concern for any institution exploring crypto is the need for proper financial tools to run risk management. Risk management is out of reach without a functional, robust derivatives market. He stressed that:  “Derivatives markets serve a vital function by…

Trezor Takes a Shot at Ledger After the Hack

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Following Ledger’s confirmed data breach on June 17, competing hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor cheekily made their followers aware that they frequently purge their systems of all customer order data, including email addresses — apparently every 90 days. Ledger too published a tweet on the data breach incident: “This data breach has no link and no impact whatsoever with our hardware wallets nor Ledger Live security and your crypto assets, which are safe and have never been in peril.” This is a developing story and will be updated. Author: Cointelegraph By…

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