OKEx CEO Arrested, Withdrawals Halted.
OKEx founder arrested! OKEx founder arrested and users couldn’t cash their tokens early Friday. Mingxing Xu, aka Star Xu, was reportedly being questioned by police. Star Xu was reportedly being questioned by police, according to Chinese news agency Caixin. ...
Coinbase to Fund 2 BTC Developers.
Coinbase sponsors Bitcoin Core developers! Coinbase sponsors Bitcoin Core developers under a new grant program, the San-Francisco based exchange announced today. “We believe helping to connect and grow the cryptoeconomy is essential to building an open financial...
Tether Marketcap on Pace to Pass Ethereum in 2021
Tether overtaking Ether by end of next year? According to Bloomberg’s Crypto Outlook report for Q4 2020, Tether overtaking Ether to take the number two position by market capitalization could happen! The report was written by Mike McClone, and Tether could pave...
Ethereum 2.0 Targeted for 2020 Launch
Ethereum successfully launches dress-rehearsal testnet! Ethereum successfully launched dress-rehearsal testnet for Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0, dubbed Zinken. The launch occurred on Monday at 12 PM UTC And was relatively smooth with enough participation and did not...
Crypto Community Anticipate PayPal to Make a Move to Bitcoin
PayPal offers Crypto? Experts think so. Experts believe that soon, PayPal offers Crypto options to their customers will be trending soon. PayPal has stated already in a public letter to the European Commission that they are developing “Crypto Capabilities”. In...
BitMex CEO, Arthur Hayes, Resigns
BitMEX founders step down! BitMEX founders step down from their executive roles after being charged by US authorities. In a blog post Thursday, 100x – the holding group for BitMEX operator HDR Holdings – announced founders Arthur Hayes and Samuel Reed have...
Square Buys $50m in Bitcoin
Square bets big on Bitcoin! Square bets big on Bitcoin by buying 4,709 Bitcoins at the price of $50 million dollars. The announcement was made by co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey. This purchase represents nearly 1% of the company’s total assets. "We believe...
Crypto and Stocks Fall as Trump Halts Stimulus Packages
Stimulus talks fail as Trump pulls out of negotiations. Back and forth stimulus talks fail after months of negotiations between democrats and republicans. President Trump announced today that he was pushing the matter until after the 2020 presidential elections. ...
John McAfee Arrested For Tax Evasion and Securities Violations.
John McAfee arrested and charged! John McAfee arrested and charged by the United States Justice Department. He’s indicted for tax evasion, and was arrested in Spain. The tax division unsealed an indictment from June 15th claiming that he failed to file tax...
Crypto Stablecoin Market Doubled Over the Past 3 Months
Stablecoins double in just three months! Stablecoins double in value as they capture a $20 billion dollar market share! All fiat-pegged tokens are worth more than 6% of the total $328 billion market capitalization of cryptocurrency. USDT has captured just over 4%...