Tron Blockchain Commits $100M in Grants to Artificial Intelligence-Focused Projects

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Vitalik Buterin Asks Twitter Followers Which Crypto They Prefer to Overtake Ethereum — Cardano, Tron Favorites – Altcoins Bitcoin News

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin set up a pair of polls on Twitter asking his followers if 80% of all transactions and savings in the year 2035 are in one currency and it is not ether, which currency they would prefer it to be. He asked them to choose from a number of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, cardano, solana, tron, and Binance coin. Vitalik Buterin’s Cryptocurrency Twitter Polls Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin set up a pair of polls on Twitter Thursday for the Ethereum community. “You wake up in 2035 and 80%…

Tron Obstructed Legitimate Attempts to Claim Its $1 Million Twitter Hack Bounty

There is more to Tron’s bounty on the Twitter hackers than the company is willing to talk about. An anonymous source contacted this Cointelegraph reporter, asking to be put in touch with Tron to collect the company’s $1 million bounty for identifying the people responsible for last week’s Twitter hack. Cointelegraph extended the courtesy of connecting this source with Tron after examining the highly credible evidence that was on offer. It was surprising to then observe Tron representatives make every excuse to avoid a source who had come forward with…

Tron to Set Foot Into DeFi but Fails to Impress Crypto Twitter

Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain protocol Tron, recently took to Twitter to announce his company’s foray into the decentralized finance space that will work in areas of decentralized loans and trades. Sun revealed that the project, JUST DeFi, plans to launch three new products for the decentralized finance ecosystem. The first is a lending and borrowing platform dubbed “JUST Lend.” It will allow Tron users to “earn interests and borrow against collateral.” The second product entails a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange platform named JUST SWAP while the third is a…

Tron (TRX) Price Jumps 5% And Showing Early Signs of A Fresh Rally

Tron price formed a strong support base above $0.0150 against the US Dollar. TRX is currently up over 5% and it seems like the bulls are aiming a larger rally in the near term. Tron price is gaining traction and it is trading nicely above $0.0168 against the US dollar. The price traded to a new weekly high at $0.0177 and it is showing positive signs. There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line with resistance near $0.0168 on the 4-hours chart of the TRX/USD pair (data source…

Tron is the Fourth Blockchain to Receive a Coveted Twitter Emoji

Tron (TRX) becomes the fourth blockchain project to receive a custom Twitter emoji hashtag.  Justin Sun, Tron’s founder, unveiled the new emoji in a tweet on Friday. As customary in Tron’s marketing campaigns, the new emoji comes with a giveaway requiring fans to put the emoji in their profile bio. Like with Binance’s anniversary, the hashtag appears to be tied to a specific event. In addition to “#TRX” and “#TRON”, the project acquired the hashtags “TRONGreatVoyage” and “TRONConference.” This is in reference to an upcoming Tron 4.0 launch event, held…

New Report Aims to Answer Whether Tron Is a ‘Scam’

The latest report from Flipside Crypto takes a deep look into Tron (TRX) with the hope of answering a question many critics in the cryptocurrency space have posed: “Is Tron a scam?”. Dubious past The report starts by rehashing the Tron’s compromised origins story — from the allegedly plagiarized white paper to the promise of the $20 million giveaway that was never fulfilled. However, the report comes an unexpected conclusion: “Turns out, looking at the active supply of TRX in the past 30 days reveals a very healthy and active…

Developer Activity Surrounding Eos, Tron, and Bitcoin Cash Plummets

A report published by blockchain and AI investment firm Outlier Ventures has found a decline in developer activity of roughly 20% on average across 12 leading blockchain and cryptocurrency projects. In Outlier Ventures’ Blockchain Developer Report for the second quarter of 2020, the firm notes that development fell by half for top markets Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Eos (EOS), and Tron Tron (TRX). Despite the retraction in building, the firm notes that some signs of strong developer activity surrounding various crypto projects, with Theta (THETA) and Cardano (ADA) seeing increases in…

Tron DApps Arrive on the Samsung App Store

The Tron (TRX) project announced on April 27 that apps built on its blockchain will be featured in the Samsung Galaxy Store. Owners of Samsung smartphones in specific countries will see Tron decentralized apps, or DApps, in an alternative app store. Tron and its tokens were already supported by Samsung’s Blockchain Keystore, which stores private keys in a secure memory compartment. The integration was announced alongside Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). As indicated by Tron, the Samsung store will feature “applications like Blockchain Cuties, Super Player, Meerkat Mining and Timeloop.”…

TRX Ledger Live Integration a Mutual Decision, Tron Says

Tron described its recent listing on Ledger wallet’s Ledger Live software as a move for both parties to continue the expansion of the crypto space.   “It was in our mutual interest, to further develop and promote the crypto ecosystem,” a Tron representative told Cointelegraph. “The rapid growth in the crypto and blockchain space is evident and the users demand more functions and creative solutions to advance the security, usability, and all-in-one stop.” The addition gives users more options Tron recently saw its proof-of-stake TRX coin added to Ledger Live, the desktop…