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[Featured content]Cryptocurrency derivatives are becoming more and more popular as the market continues to enjoy increased retail attention.Back in June, CryptoPotato reported that the monthly trading volume for cryptocurrency derivatives hit a new all-time high (ATH) with over $602 billion traded in a month. In the first quarter of 2020, Bitcoin-oriented products accounted for 78% of the entire derivatives market.One of the more exciting things to consider is the increasing interest in...

Less than a week ago, the influential legacy markets day trader Dave Portnoy, had a meeting with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – the founders of Gemini and well-known Bitcoin proponents.Even though he supposedly bought Bitcoin during their meeting, his enthusiasm for the primary cryptocurrency was shortlived.Now, Portnoy openly solicits cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes, shilling low-cap altcoin to his 1.7 million followers. Industry experts were quick to observe the similarities between...

[Featured Content]This year has been nothing short of tumultuous. Back in March, legacy and cryptocurrency markets went through a massive crash caused by the spreading coronavirus.As part of the remedies, the US Government started printing trillions of dollars and pumping them into the economy. And while global indices have recovered and even paint fresh all-time highs, experts believe that this will have serious long-term consequences. Some even believe hyperinflation is in play.CryptoPotato...

[Featured content]Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that comes with a lot of inherent benefits compared to traditional fiat currencies.Right off the bat, the transactions are peer-to-peer as they require no intermediaries in the face of banks or other institutions. Not only does this make them considerably cheaper, but they are also almost instant. Needless, to say, there are more macroeconomic benefits of a scarce digital asset compared to inflationary currency controlled by a selected group of...

Ab sofort kann der Token der beliebten japanischen Messaging-App LINE an der Kryptobörse BitMax, die in Singapur ansässig ist, gehandelt werden. Mit einer Firmenmitteilung vom 06. August kündigte LINE erst kürzlich an, dass der eigene Token LINK (LN-Token) in Zukunft zum Handel an der Kryptobörse BitMax freigegeben wird. Der Messaging Dienst kann aktuell rund 84 aktive Nutzer in Japan vorweisen. Damit...

For people out there that don’t believe in karma, perhaps the following story will change their minds. Reginald Middleton – a man who was charged with crypto fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2019 and forced to pay a $1 million fine – had his phone hacked and much of his crypto stash stolen by cyberthieves.Reginald Middleton Is the Latest SIM-Swapping VictimMiddleton was accused of stealing millions of dollars from investors after they pledged money to his company...

[Featured Content]If Dr. Julian Hosp and U-Zyn Chua, co-founders of the DeFiChain Foundation, were to tell others their unlikely story around co-founding a company together, many would shake their heads in disbelief at the unlikeliness of the sequence of events. DeFiChain started as a fated project from the friendship of two people – U-Zyn, an early pioneer in Bitcoin and an exchange founder and Julian, a medical doctor and serial entrepreneur.U-Zyn was exposed to Bitcoin in early 2011 while...

The decentralized, peer-to-peer nature of digital currencies has long made them an attractive proposition for people in economically-challenged countries. This isn’t mere speculation. From Venezuela to Turkey, India, and Iran, citizens have flocked to cryptocurrencies as their national currencies have proven volatile in the face of economic turmoil.Now, the co-founder and CEO of IOV Labs, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, has penned the possibility that they could help the Latin American accelerate...

It looks like Bakkt is experiencing a sudden surge in business.Bakkt Is Pulling a Few Unexpected PunchesRecently, it was reported that the institutional crypto trading platform owned and governed by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICO) was doing rather poorly as of late, having traded zero bitcoin options since mid-June. Now, more than 30 days later, that still hasn’t changed.However, the platform has witnessed a surge in bitcoin futures trading. Just last Monday alone, Coin Market Cap...

[Featured Content] The DeFi space continues to boom. In fact, the total value locked in decentralized lending protocols is currently over $3.5 billion, according to data from DeFiPulse. This has created a tremendous demand for various solutions, including cross-chain swap protocols. Introducing Anyswap To fulfill this demand, Anyswap, a fully decentralized cross-chain swap protocol, was launched earlier this month. In the five short days since its inception, Anyswap got over $4.5 million in...