Category: Altcoins

Jed McCaleb Sells $22 Million Worth of XRP, Ripple Cofounder’s Stash Could Run Dry by May

During the last few weeks, the former Ripple executive Jed McCaleb has reportedly been selling millions of XRP tokens and every sale has been monitored by the public. On Sunday, McCaleb dumped another 38 million XRP worth $22 million after selling 95 million XRP last week worth $56 million today. Ripple Cofounder Sells 38 million…

February 14, 2021
Here’s why altcoins are dropping as Bitcoin price inches closer to $50,000

The altcoin market crashed as Bitcoin achieved a new all-time high and made its way towards $50,000.

February 14, 2021
Mysterious Address With $3 Billion in Dogecoin Sends Cryptic Binary Messages to Elon Musk

Ever since the infatuation between Elon Musk and the meme-based cryptocurrency dogecoin, a number of people have looked at the asset critically. News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on the mysterious dogecoin wallet that absorbed more than 27% of the coin’s supply since February 6, 2019. This week, the dogecoin wallet with $3 billion worth of the crypto…

February 11, 2021
Ben Goertzel’s SingularityNET begins second phase of migration from Ethereum to Cardano

SingularityNET, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution built on Ethereum, has begun the second phase of its migration to Cardano. The company’s AGI cryptocurrency will be the first major token release on the Cardano Native Assets platform and the largest democratic exercise in the history of decentralized AI. A major decentralized AI network is coming to…

February 11, 2021
Other DeFi-focused networks are surging as Ethereum congestion narrative spurs up

Ethereum has been facing extreme network congestion once again, which has been made worse by the cryptocurrency’s rapidly increasing price. At one point over the past week, it cost over $100 to trade on Uniswap, which caused even larger players—some that you could call “whales”—to lament about the extremely high transaction fees. This has caused…

February 11, 2021
Bitcoin-focused DeFi protocol Badger joins hands with Yearn.finance (YFI)

Badger DAO, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on absorbing bitcoin liquidity on Ethereum, recently announced a partnership with Yearn.finance. Badger DAO launched in December as a project looking to drive the adoption of Bitcoin (namely tokenized Bitcoin iterations such as WBTC and renBTC) on Ethereum. The project has seen immense traction thus far, garnering over…

February 10, 2021
DeFi thrives on Binance Smart Chain as users flee exorbitant ETH fees

The prices and market capitalization of tokens in the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) ecosystem are booming as the whole sector is up 135% over the past week, according to CryptoSlate’s data. The top 10 Binance Smart Chain tokens. Image: CryptoSlate Binance Coin (BNB) is leading the charge. Just yesterday, the coin broke a new all-time…

February 10, 2021
Litecoin Hits 3-Year High as Prices Surge Across Altcoin Markets

Alternative cryptocurrencies are surging as bitcoin consolidates after its recent record-breaking rally.

February 10, 2021
Beijing’s $1.5 Million Digital Yuan Giveaway: China to Airdrop Digital Currency for Chinese New Year

China is giving away 10 million yuan in its central bank digital currency in Beijing. Recipients can spend the digital yuan during the Chinese New Year festival. Beijing has become the third major city in China to test the central bank digital currency. 50,000 People to Receive Free Digital Yuan China is actively testing its…

February 9, 2021
Etoro’s Gooddollar Basic Income Initiative Aims to Fund 1 Million New Users With New Referral Program

An incentive of 100G$ will be given to registered users for new referrals, and 50G$ to new users as a ‘welcome bonus.’ Etoro, one of the world’s leading social trading platforms, has announced that it’s funding rewards for the next one million users of its Gooddollar project, following the launch of a brand new referral…

February 8, 2021