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July 20, 2020

ERC-20 Tokens Make up About 50% of Entire ETH Blockchain

Ether now accounts for only half of the value on the ETH blockchain as DeFi tokens like LINK and stablecoins take its place. With the five-year anniversary of the Ethereum blockchain less than two weeks away, the market cap performance of ERC-20 tokens has skyrocketed to almost achieve parity with that of Ether.Ryan Selkis, CEO […]

Huobi Japan Opens Voting on Listing 6 New Tokens

Account holders at crypto exchange Huobi have the opportunity to vote this month on which of six new tokens they would like to see listed. Major Japanese exchange Huobi is asking its users to vote before August 16 on which new cryptocurrencies they would like to see listed. According to an update on the Huobi website […]

Improving AML/KYC Compliance Will Be a Differentiator Says Exec

Trulioo said improving compliance for AML and KYC can be a big differentiator for crypto companies. The ability to verify documents and comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) requirements is now a differentiator for crypto firms, said identity verification provider Trulioo.Anatoly Kvitnitsky, Trulioo’s vice president for growth, told Cointelegraph that as crypto crosses […]

July 19, 2020

Roger Ver Says Twitter Blocking His Tweets About BCH

Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking tweets about non-state issued money. Bitcoin.com founder Roger Ver says Twitter seems to be blocking him from sending tweets about non-state issued money. Ver said he was trying to send tweets about instant near-field communication, or NFC, payments for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens […]

Bitcoin Price Predictions by Top Analysts Are Usually Wrong — Here’s Why

Top analysts often make wild Bitcoin price predictions, while BTC options implied volatility produces conservative estimates. Which group fared better? Since Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied above $19,000 in 2017, crypto analysts have issued an amazingly wide range of price predictions on the date and value of the next all-time high or low. Sometimes these predictions are […]

Twitter Hack Special: $120K Stolen, FBI Investigate, Calls to Ban BTC — Hodler’s Digest, July 13–19

Top celebrities, politicians and businesses are caught up in a “social engineering attack” on Twitter — with theories swirling around that it could have been an “inside job.” Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, […]

Second Lawsuit Filed Against Plaid

Another class action lawsuit against Plaid has been filed citing the company violated user data privacy. A new class action lawsuit complaint against fintech startup Plaid has been filed with more plaintiffs alleging the company violated the data privacy of users. The new complaint filed on behalf of four new plaintiffs alleged that Plaid—which was bought […]

Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ADA, LINK, XLM, VET, DGTX*

While Bitcoin’s range-bound action is likely to extend for a few more days, select altcoins continue to show promise. Bitcoin’s (BTC) tight range has put analysts in a fix, meaning, every bit of data is being analyzed to determine the direction of the impending breakout. Bitcoin options open interest data can provide some clues on […]

CZ Shares Thoughts on Judging Token’s Success

Binance CEO shed some light on how to judge the success of a project’s token economics. Top cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s CEO revealed his thoughts on token economics to explain how finance in the emerging new crypto industry works. According to Binance’s blog post on July 18, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao pointed out that it makes more sense […]

New Standard to Avoid Ethreum Contract Size Limitation Developed

Programmer suggests a standardized proxy contract will solve the Ethereum contract size limitation. As Ethereum contracts can hit the maximum contract size limit of 24KB when there are too many functions and too much code, a new standard has been developed to help combat it. Programmer Nick Mudge revealed in his blog post on July 10 […]