US-based major crypto exchange Coinbase said it is exploring an additional list of 19 cryptoassets that might be offered to their clients in an unspecified future. These assets include: Ampleforth (AMPL) Band Protocol (BAND) Balancer (BAL) Blockstack (STX) Curve Fetch.ai (FET) Flexacoin (FXC) Helium (HLM) Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) Kava (KAVA) Melon (MLN) Ocean Protocol Read…
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In its battle against a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of securities fraud, California-based crypto firm Ripple has filed court documents attempting to clear its name. In the documents, the firm stated that Bradley Sostack, the plaintiff in the case, had failed to prove that the Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, had made false bullish statements…
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Charles Hoskinson. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Real Vision Finance Despite Cardano carrying out a hard fork last night that launched Shelley – the next version of the network – the successful upgrade failed to excite ADA traders, who are selling the news in the crypto market that is in the red today. As of…
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LEND, the native token of Aave, the fourth biggest DeFi (decentralized finance) platform by total value locked (TVL), has rallied in the last 24 hours, following the news of the platforms decentralization milestone via a governance token and LEND’s migration. At pixel time (7:52 UTC), the 32nd coin by market capitalization, trades at USD 3…
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Despite only slight gains seen in bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins today, the Ripple-affiliated XRP token continued its surge higher in the market, while technical analysis shows several bullish signals. At pixel time (10:59 UTC), XRP was up by almost 9% over the past 24 hours, with the majority of the gains seen late…
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Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. CBDC news The Bank of Japan (BoJ), the nation’s central bank, has called central bank digital currency (CBDC) issuance one of its “top priority issues.” Takeshi Kimura, the BoJ’s department director-general of Read…
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Another day, another central bank said it (conditionally) wants to issue a digital currency. This week it is the turn of the Philippines, whose central bank has created a committee that will examine the feasibility and policy implications of issuing a digital version of the fiat peso. The committee will report its initial findings in…
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A relationship – or lack thereof – between bitcoin (BTC) and litecoin (LTC) has been a recurring topic in the crypto community for years. In this rally, an early move by litecoin seemingly confirmed a theory that “LTC has a habit of leading BTC” once again. As of press time on Tuesday (13:42 UTC), litecoin…
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Statue of the Lying Buddha of Miamsa Temple in Naesan-myeon, Buyeo-gun, South Korea. A quiet South Korean county with a high proportion of elderly residents said its blockchain-powered local stablecoin is booming, with USD 48.5 million worth of tokens used since the coin was issued last year. Buyeo County, in the relatively rural South Chungcheong…
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In the past 2-3 days, bitcoin price started a strong increase above USD 9,500. BTC gained more than 5% and broke a few key hurdles near USD 9,800 and USD 10,000. It even spiked above USD 10,200 and currently consolidating gains well above USD 10,000. Similarly, ethereum surged and broke many hurdles near USD 300…
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