The ongoing tug of war between the Link Marines (fans on social media of the biggest DeFi coin Chainlink) and the mysterious actors behind Zeus Capital (an entity keen on destroying Chainlink and proving it is a pump and dump scam) face another chapter of battles as subpoena threats are flowing around the cryptosphere. Meanwhile […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged his fellow world leaders to discuss CBDCs. His speech of 21 November is quite remarkable as his country has a lead in launching its own digital currency and the Chinese authorities are currently cracking down on crypto miners within its borders.During a videoconference led by the Saudi authorities, the G20 […]
DeFi platform Pickle Finance lost approximately $20 million to hackers in the past 24 hours. The hack was announced in the early hours today and it is understood that the funds were stolen from one of their smart contracts. https://twitter.com/picklefinance/status/1330242051468910596?s=20 Complex and advanced Hack Process The hacker was able to access the funds by attacking […]
Vitalik Buterin is starting to work on his charisma as of late. Whereas he was seen as mostly intellectual and technical, in recent weeks and months there are sparkles of worldly knowledge and even interesting mocks to be found in his social media messages; Just yesterday he mocked Elon Musk for his use of a […]
When the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto wrote the now legendary whitepaper (in response to the 2008 financial crisis) that described the idea behind Bitcoin, he made an intrinsic point out of the fact that it’s supply would be limited to 21 million coins only. Few mysteries about Bitcoin remain, whilst others are being answered.The document was […]
One of the more surprising Bitcoin purchasers in these past few weeks have been gambling companies. That may sound strange, but if you know that online poker players are supposed to write up their winnings on their tax forms themselves, it becomes more understandable.The website Winning Poker Network (which claims to support “the best poker […]
Japan and South Korea share a troubled history together. Although they are both allies of the United States and form a front against China, the South Koreans see themselves as a true democratic superpower whilst Japan is still thought of as a colonial empire from the past. Because of the many scandals that the two […]
Popular altcoin, Ethereum has surpassed the $500 mark for the first time since January 2018. Ethereum is in the midst of a bullish run that has seen its price rise by more than 7% in the past week.The last 24 hours has been massive for Ether as it gained 7% within this period and surged […]
Swapzone review In the world of cryptocurrency exchanges, Swapzone is making waves. Swapzone is an exchange aggregator which helps you to find the best crypto exchange rate to swap your cryptocurrency. You can compare over 10 crypto exchanges and over 300 different crypto assets, based on their prices, rating and delivery time. In this Swapzone […]
The growing interest of worldwide business media in all things crypto has several causes and various effects. Causes range from Covid-19 (the pandemic meant that investors looked for inflation hedges) over China (which launched its own Digital Yuan earlier this year, meaning others had to follow) and of course FOMO whilst the effects are mostly […]
