The price of Ether hits a 19-month high against Bitcoin as user activity on Ethereum spikes to multi-year highs. As the price of Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) surpassed $450, a huge buy wall on the major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex emerged. Shortly…
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Tether surpasses XRP by market cap again
But XRP isn’t competing with Tether. Tether (UDST), the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, has again surpassed major altcoin XRP. On Sept. 1, Tether surpassed XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, becoming the second-largest altcoin after Ether…
Three of Australia’s “big four” banks bring bank guarantees on blockchain
Blockchain tech could purportedly reduce the timeline of bank guarantees processes by days. Three of the “big four” Australian banks are forming a new company called Lygon to digitize bank guarantees using blockchain technology. Bank guarantees are an official contract…
Hacker behind 1,400 BTC Electrum wallet theft transacted on Binance
The hacker’s identity may not be a mystery for much longer. On Aug. 30, a Github user made a post about losing 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) via an elaborate hack that affected his Electrum wallet. N-chain analysis indicates that the hackers…
Class action lawsuit targeting Tezos ends in $25M settlement after 3 years
After three long years, the class-action lawsuit alleging that Tezos violated securities laws through its 2017 ICO has concluded. The three-year-long class action lawsuit targeting Tezos (XTZ) has come to a conclusion after Judge Seeborg approved Tezos’ $25 million settlement…
Blockchain platform connects Indian farmers to UAE food industry
Agriota E-Marketplace may give farmers in India more access to the UAE’s multi-billion dollar food industry. Food industry officials in the United Arab Emirates may soon have a blockchain-based supply chain to obtain agricultural products directly from India. According to…
Vitalik Buterin compares DeFi tokenomics to the Fed’s money printer
Ethereum’s co-founder has taken aim at coins designed to incentivise yield farming, comparing their underlying economics to irresponsible monetary policies Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), has again taken to Twitter to warn against naive bullishness in the decentralized…
Analysts predict Yearn Finance’s ETH vault could spark renewed Ether bull run
Excitement for Yearn Finance’s yETH vault has reached a fever pitch after rumors of the product’s release circulated on Twitter. Analysts predict that the imminent launch of yETH by Yearn Finance could trigger a renewed surge in buying pressure on…
Malaysian authorities arrest crypto miners for $600K power theft
The two crypto mining operations stole almost $20,000 in electricity monthly. Officials in the Malaysian state of Johor shut down two crypto operations which had stolen more than $600,000 worth of electricity over three years. According to a Sept. 1…
Major Swiss health insurance company now accepts crypto payments
Policyholders can pay in either Bitcoin or Ether through Bitcoin Suisse. A major health insurance provider in Switzerland has made Bitcoin and Ether payments available to its policyholders. According to an Aug. 31 announcement, Atupri Health Insurance is partnering with…