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Monero

Privacy Crypto Monero Celebrates Its 5th Birthday

The privacy coin Monero celebrated yesterday five years of existence.

Tech  ·  19 April 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Voters Divided on How Much to Hike Fee for DAI Stablecoin

MakerDAO token holders approved a 3 percent fee increase on the programmatic loan system issuing DAI tokens. Yet token holders appear to be more divided on how high of an increase is warranted for the MakerDAO system.

Tech  ·  18 April 2019
Algorand

Turing Award Winner’s Blockchain Opens Test Network to Public

The test network for the Algorand blockchain platform – co-founded by MIT professor Silvio Micali – has been opened to the public.

Tech  ·  16 April 2019
Governance

Zooko Wilcox Envisions ‘Ambitious’ Changes for Zcash Cryptocurrency

Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company Zooko Wilcox envisions zcash to change radically over the next five years, starting with "an ambitious scalability improvement."

Tech  ·  12 April 2019
MakerDAO

MakerDAO to Increase Fees Above 10% in Bid to Stabilize DAI Stablecoin

MakerDAO appears set to approve a fifth fee increase that would further raise the cost of platform's US dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.

Tech  ·  11 April 2019
MakerDAO

Tensions Flare in MakerDAO Community Call Over Transparency Issues

Tough questions were asked Tuesday during a MakerDAO community call about who controls the overseeing organization's finances.

Tech  ·  10 April 2019
Bitcoin

The Biggest Winners from April’s Early Crypto Market Rebound

Cryptocurrencies across the board are flashing significant growth in the first few days of April.

Markets  ·  4 April 2019
Bitcoin

Alt Season? Over 100 Crypto Assets Outperform Bitcoin in Q1 Surge

More than 100 cryptocurrencies outperformed bitcoin in what was the most bullish quarter the cryptocurrency market has seen since Q4 of 2017.

Markets  ·  1 April 2019
Exchanges

Coinbase Leads Wall Street to Brave New World of Crypto Staking

Coinbase Custody has launched staking services for institutional clients, starting with Tezos and touting 6.6 percent yields.

Markets  ·  29 March 2019
MakerDAO

$5 Million in MakerDAO Loans Have Been Liquidated, But Help Is on the Way

A new tool called CDP Saver is being tested that could soon make MakerDAO loans less risky.

Tech  ·  28 March 2019
Mining

Grin Cryptocurrency to Discuss Change to Mining Difficulty Schedule

Grin developers are discussing potential changes to the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency's difficulty schedule.

Tech  ·  26 March 2019
Bitcoin Cash

‘A Sad Joke’: Bitcoin Cash’s Lead Coder Quits Bitcoin Unlimited Project

Amaury Séchet, a leading developer of bitcoin cash, is leaving one of the projects that paved the way for the controversial cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  25 March 2019
Governance

MakerDAO Votes to Increase Fees 4% on Ethereum Stablecoin DAI

Users of the dollar-backed stablecoin DAI have staked MakerDAO governance tokens in favor of supporting a 4 percent raise to stablecoin fees.

Tech  ·  21 March 2019
Exchanges

Not Just BNB: Up 120%, Huobi’s Crypto Exchange Coin Is Breaking Out

Huobi Token (HT) is the latest native exchange cryptocurrency to flash more than 100 percent price growth year to date.

Markets  ·  21 March 2019
Governance

Welcome to Athens: Tezos Completes ‘Historic’ First Blockchain Vote

Tezos – one of the 25 ranking cryptocurrencies by market capitalization – has just concluded its first round of on-chain governance voting.

Tech  ·  20 March 2019