Police in Seoul has forayed the offices of one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea, Coinbit. Allegedly the firm has faked more than 99% of its trading volume.Coinbit Banks Over $85MAccording to a recent news report, authorities stormed the offices of the company early today. The suspicion is that Coinbit has manipulated users, faking a large portion of its trading volume. This has allegedly earned the exchange $85 million in illegal income during the process.The Seoul Metropolitan...
Read More »Dark Side of DeFi: Millions USD Worth of ETH Lost to Uniswap Rug Pulls
DeFi tokens continue to flood the markets as developers are minting new coins and listing them on Uniswap every day.While this might present an earning opportunity for some, the number of the so-called ‘rug pulls’ is also on the rise. Investors need to be extremely careful and selective when it comes to the tokens they put their money into.Rug Pulls: The Plague of UniswapUniswap is a protocol that allows buyers and sellers to swap ERC20 tokens without the use of an exchange or order book. It...
Read More »Market Watch: Polkadot (DOT) Enters Top 7 After 80% Explosion, Bitcoin’s Bottom In?
The cryptocurrency market has lost $20 billion from its market capitalization, as the majority of cryptos in the red over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin’s current weekly low is at $11,100, while Ethereum reached the target of $370 as predicted by CryptoPotato.The giant blockchain, Polkadot, is trading around $5.40 after the DOT token was added to major exchanges earlier this week at a price of $3. DOT is recording a fantastic ROI of more than 80% over the past four days of trading. Polkadot is...
Read More »ConsensSys Acquires JPMorgan’s Blockchain Platform Quorum
The American multinational giant bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has entered into a strategic partnership with the blockchain-based company ConsenSys. As part of the deal, ConsenSys will acquire the bank’s enterprise blockchain platform – Quorum.ConsenSys Acquires JPM’s QuorumAs reported earlier by Reuters, the New York-based blockchain startup has acquired Quorum and plans to merge the enterprise protocol engineering roadmaps and technology.Although neither party has disclosed the financial...
Read More »Ethereum’s Failure to Break $400 Might Soon Send ETH to $370 (Price Analysis)
Ethereum marked another failed attempt to overcome the $400 resistance. From there, the way to below $390 was quick.The cryptocurrency has been declining since ETH hit a 2-year High at $450 last week.Against Bitcoin, Ethereum attempted to break the 0.035 BTC resistance today but got was rejected and now facing a huge support zone.ETH/USD – Failure To Break Above $400Key Support Levels: $395, $380, $375Key Resistance Levels: $408, $420, $438Since hitting a 2-year high at $450 last week,...
Read More »Market Watch: Bitcoin Price Seeks To Overcome $11,800, Ethereum Eyes $400 Once Again
After a relatively calm weekend without any major price developments and following a retest of the $11,400 support on Friday, Bitcoin slowly recovers. It is currently trading around $11,700. Large-cap altcoins follow Bitcoin as ETH getting closer to $400 once again.After Friday’s crush, this is the day of the low-caps altcoins.Contrasting Altcoin MovesEthereum and Ripple display somewhat similar performances in the past few days lacking significant fluctuations, slightly up judging by the...
Read More »ETH Price Analysis: Ethereum Struggles To Maintain $380 Before Further Plunge
Ethereum dropped by a total of 9% over the past week as it breaks beneath $400, currently marking $380 – $382 as a critical defensive wall before a further downside price action.Despite this price decline, Ethereum remains mid-term bullish within the August trading range of $438 and $363.Against Bitcoin, Ethereum penetrated beneath the March 2019 support as it trades at 0.0334 BTC.ETH/USD – The Fight to Reclaim $400Key Support Levels: $382, $375, $363, $340.Key Resistance Levels: $400, $408,...
Read More »PolkaDot (DOT) Adds 40% Daily As Bitcoin Enjoys Calm Weekend (Market Watch)
Bitcoin and most large-cap altcoins have recovered from yesterday’s price dives. However, most altcoins are still far from their last week’s all-time highs.Bitcoin Back To $11,600The largest cryptocurrency by market cap dipped to the $11,400 support following another unsuccessful attempt to reclaim $12,000. The nosedive seemed somewhat steep, and speculations rose that BTC may be aiming to close a CME gap at $9,600.BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewAs CryptoPotato reported, Bitcoin futures...
Read More »Unraveling DeFi: An Interview With Synthetix About How Synths Work
Synthetix started as a stablecoin but soon pivoted to satisfy the needs of DeFi users. Nowadays, it serves as one of the leading DeFi projects offering the trading of currencies, commodities, stocks, and other assets.Trading stocks is still dominated by traditional financial centers, being heavily regulated, and hard to automate. The same applies to commodities such as gold and silver.There are platforms that offer a minimal online experience that allows you to buy and sell your commodities....
Read More »Participation in Ethereum 2.0’s Medalla Testnet Wobbly
The Ethereum community rejoiced after the first block of the Medalla test net was finalized. But the transition to ETH 2.0 isn’t turning out to be all that smooth.Despite the important updates, network participation on the test net remains wobbly. This is happening amid Medalla’s gnawing debacle last week.Medalla Testnet’s First BlockAs per the latest update on Ethereum 2.0, the Medalla test net finalized its first block.Medalla just finalized!#ethereum pic.twitter.com/1Fva2Kjf1v— Bitfly...
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