Category: Altcoins

Zero crypto-assets in the top 100 are down today as Bitcoin bull run continues

After fears that Bitcoin would tank on the weekend (and it did), the crypto bull run seems to be back in full force as of Monday morning. According to CryptoSlate market data and CoinGecko market data, there is literally no crypto-asset in the top 100 by market capitalization that is down in the past 24…

November 23, 2020
2017-era altcoins IOTA, XRP and more surge 25% amid crypto bull run

Uncharacteristically, decentralized finance (DeFi) coins such as Yearn.finance’s YFI and AAVE have been on the sidelines over the past 24 hours as Ethereum surges higher along with a swath of other altcoins. CryptoSlate market data shows that the top-performing cryptocurrencies in the top 100 by market capitalizations are all 2017-era coins that rallied hard in…

November 21, 2020
Golem, one of Ethereum’s first ICOs, just announced its migration to ERC20

Golem announced its token migration earlier this week. The blockchain was one of the first ICOs on Ethereum, raising $8.6 million in 29 minutes and setting the precedent for thousands of other ICOs in the years since. Its token will now change from the current Golem Network Token (GNT) to GLM, an ERC20 compliant Ethereum…

November 21, 2020
DeFi tokens make triple-digit gains as Bitcoin price searches for support

As Bitcoin bulls attempt to flip $18K to support, DeFi investors are bagging hefty triple-digit sums.

November 19, 2020
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse wants bitcoin to succeed after all

He clarified that Ripple isn’t trying to compete with Bitcoin during a podcast appearance.

November 19, 2020
This shift in the k-parameter marks the next phase of Cardano’s decentralization

Cardano’s k-parameter is set to increase to 500 on Dec. 6, drastically diminishing rewards for large, oversaturated stake pools. The sharp rise in the parameter will mean that the top 100 stake pools on the network will all become saturated, with IOHK advising users to slowly begin re-delegating their stake to smaller pools to increase…

November 19, 2020
DeFi is coming to Qtum on Friday

Qtum is “one step closer” to realizing its DeFi ambitions.

November 19, 2020
BTC forks Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond mysteriously pump 25% each

For some reason, Bitcoin forks have been rallying extremely hard over recent days. Bitcoin Gold and Bitcoin Diamond have gained approximately 20 percent in the past two days alone, making them the best-performing digital assets in the top 100 coins by market capitalization. Litecoin, too, has performed well over recent days, actually outperforming Bitcoin over…

November 19, 2020
This crypto fund just bought $10m in Chainlink (LINK) during last night’s flash dip

What’s beautiful and kind of scary about DeFi is that everything is on-chain: if you know someone’s address, you can track their investments and their other interactions with the Ethereum ecosystem. Due to the fact that you can time announcements of investments with transactions, it becomes somewhat trivial sometimes to connect addresses and funds and…

November 18, 2020
Origin Defi Protocol Suffers Massive Flash Loan Attack- OUSD Stablecoin Value Plunges 85%

The OUSD stablecoin issuer, Origin Protocol is the latest Defi protocol to fall victim to a flash loan attack. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, on November 17, resulted in the disappearance of tokens worth millions of dollars. Confirming the attack, one of the project’s leaders say they are now working…

November 18, 2020