Ethereum (ETH)

Compound Finance, a crypto lending and decentralized finance (DeFi) startup has recently raised a massive $25 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital Andreessen Horowitz. This is reportedly one of the largest investments in any DeFi startups to date.Andreessen Horowitz will be pouring money into Compound through its a16z crypto fund. Besides, other investing firms include Bain Capital Ventures, Paradigm, and Polychain Capital.Currently, Compound holds nearly $103 million...

Two men have been charged with carrying out a nationwide cyber scheme. The U.S. DOJ alleges the men stole, or tried to steal, more than $550,000 in cryptocurrencies. The case comes in the wake of an uptick in cybercrime. Two Massachusetts men were arrested on Thursday and charged with carrying out a nationwide scheme to steal people’s social media accounts and their cryptocurrency. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Eric Meiggs, 21, and Declan Harrington, 20, targeted at...

SEBA, a cryptocurrency bank based in Switzerland, has announced that it is now authorized to handle both traditional fiat currency as well as digital money like bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).SEBA Offers Both Traditional Money and CryptoCustomers can open accounts with the bank as a means of storing both their traditional funds and their cryptocurrencies. Clients of SEBA typically rank as asset managers, private investors and corporate businesses.Switzerland is one of the most prominent...

It seems like Ponzi schemes and fraud are a recurring event in the cryptocurrency space, and one exchange in South Korea known as Coin Up is the latest venture to allegedly try its hand at stealing people’s crypto.Coin Up: A Wolf In Sheep’s ClothingThe CEO of Coin Up, as well as several additional executives who worked with the company, have been found guilty in a Korean court of defrauding users out of nearly $385 million in digital currency funds. All those tried have been given sentences...

EOS gehört zu den aufregendsten Projekten des Cryptomarktes. Gelingt, was sich die Macher mit ihrem Projekt vorstellen, kreiert EOS ein eigenes Ökosystem, welches nicht nur den Cryptomarkt, sondern den gesamten Tech-Markt revolutionieren soll. Doch Weiss Crypto Ratings sieht das Konkurrenzprojekt Cardano derzeit vor EOS.Crypto News: Crypto Ratings sieht Cardano vor EOSCardano kann als Projekt mit Ethereum und eben EOS verglichen werden. Jedoch hat man bisher noch nicht den...

Overall, the cryptocurrency market is pressured and this includes Ethereum as majority lost steam for the upside zone. The bullish momentum eased out as buyers look to supply zones to make another entry. The total market capitalization of crypto as of Monday had lost a total value of $ 6.8 billion. Most of the important coins currently remain at supply levels over the last 24 hours, while ETHUSD ended Wednesday at 187.49, gaining $ 0.40 (0.21%).As at the time of composing, Ethereum (ETH) is...

In one sudden and swift move payments giant PayPal has cut off the thousands of performers on adult behemoth Pornhub that depended on the payment service to receive their payments. The pornographic platform indicated this in a blog post in the help section on the website. They wrote:“We are all devastated by PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to over a hundred thousand performers who rely on them for their livelihoods.”This, of course, has fundamentally changed the way and manner in which the...

Ethereum has been very stagnant this past week, moving only by a small 0.3%. The cryptocurrency now trades at a price of $189. Ethereum has been trapped within a short term consolidation pattern because of which it only increased by a small 4% over the past 30 days.Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency as it holds a market cap of $20.28 billion. Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our previous ETH/USD analysis, the cryptocurrency couldn’t break above the resistance at the...

A blockchain developer has created an appropriately titled sh*tcoin to track poop sightings in San Francisco. Despite its more humorous nature, the project may have some real-world applications. The city’s homelessness crisis remains grim. If ever there was a sh*tcoin that lived up to its name, SF Poop Token would be it. Blockchain developer Hart Lambur has created the first-ever crypto solution to track human poop sightings in San Francisco. The SF Poop Token was conceived at the recent...

PayPal suspends services for Pornhub. Over a hundred thousand pornographic actors are now cut off. Cryptocurrencies could thrive as a censorship-resistant payment method. In a drastic move, PayPal suspended its services to the world’s largest free pornographic site, Pornhub. Although the reasoning behind it is unknown, this could be an opportunity to show the intrinsic value that cryptocurrencies have. Traditional Services Without Censorship Resistance PayPal’s decision to stop payouts to...