Tron’s stablecoin USDD has remained below the $1 parity for well over 24 hours and around 3:00 a.m. (ET), USDD hit a low of $0.958 per unit. The Tron DAO Reserve has deployed more tron tokens and USDC to defend the peg and the DAO’s reserve web page shows the coin is overcollaterized by 314% at the time of writing.…
Tether dismissed what it labeled as “false rumors” regarding the reserves that back its USDT stablecoin in a statement released Wednesday morning. It said in a blog post the notion its “commercial paper portfolio is 85% backed by Chinese or Asian” unsecured, short-term debt issued by companies and traded at a 30% discount is “completely false” and speculated the assertions…
MATIC fell to a one-year low on Wednesday, as crypto markets continue to crash this week. The decline sees MATIC almost 10% lower, and comes as LINK rebounded on Wednesday, hitting a four-day high in the process. Polygon (MATIC) MATIC was a notable mover on hump-day, as prices of the world’s 20th-largest cryptocurrency fell by almost 10%. Following a peak…
Cybersecurity in crypto is a mess right now—there’s another big hack nearly every week. Cybersecurity firm Forta aims to take this on by attempting to build a crypto-first version of centralized cyber firms like CrowdStrike or Palo Alto Networks. And to do it, Forta is releasing its own FORT token, intended to increase the incentives for security researchers to monitor blockchain…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Elrond (EGLD), Harvest Finance (FARM), Stafi Protocol (FIS), Ampleforth Governance Token (FORTH), Gitcoin (GTC), Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX), MXC (MXC), NEAR Protocol (NEAR) and Swipe (SXP)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on June 16 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates.…
Bitcoin (BTC) spared hodlers the pain of losing $20,000 on June 15 after BTC/USD came dangerously close to last cycle’s high. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin “bottom” fools nobody Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD surging higher after reaching $20,079 on Bitstamp. In a pause from its sell-off, the pair followed United States equities higher…
“I like to call myself a future, or aspiring, cult leader,” Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares — a publicly listed investment firm managing around $5 billion in assets — told Cointelegraph. Demirors, who first entered the Bitcoin (BTC) space in late 2012, further mentioned that it has been “fun to see how big the crypto sector has become,”…
Decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) has integrated its service called Chainlink Price Feeds to Moonbeam, a smart contract parachain on Polkadot (DOT), to provide data to developers in the platform. In a release sent to Cointelegraph, Chainlink’s team noted that going live on Moonbeam will allow those who build within the platform to access price information that’s compiled and aggregated…
On Monday, June 15, 2022, the price of bitcoin tapped a low not seen since mid-December 2020 as the price hit $20,080 per unit. A large number of crypto supporters are debating whether or not the drop is the market’s bottom or if the fall could lead to deeper losses. At the time of writing, bitcoin is 70% down from…
Russian banking giant Sber — formerly known as Sberbank — is preparing to soon complete its first digital currency deal involving the bank’s proprietary digital asset platform. The bank will conduct its first transaction involving digital financial assets (DFA) on its digital asset issuance platform by mid-July. Anatoly Popov, deputy chairman of Sber’s executive board, disclosed Sber’s plans to complete…
