Cryptocurrency exchange Currency.com has been hit by a massive DDoS attack after it announced that it had stopped serving users from the Russian Federation. The owner of the company Viktor Prokopenya said The Sunday Times that Russian hackers were behind the incident. "You don't have to be a scientist [чтобы понять это]. We have experienced attacks...
Crypto exchange Poloniex announced championship on futures trading. The event will last 20 days - from April 19 to May 9. Traders will compete in four categories: Referral Contest, Team Battle, and Absolute Profit and PnL Trading Contests. Referral contest, prize pool — 25,000 USDT Conditions: invite friends and collect points for their activities. One referral can bring...
There was little activity in the cryptocurrency market on April 15 as traders in the United States took the weekend to celebrate Good Friday. However, several altcoins have managed to post double-digit gains due to recent protocol developments. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that Quantstamp ( QSP ), DigitalBits ( XDB ) and...
The American cinema chain AMC Theaters has integrated the ability to pay in Dogecoin (DOGE), Shiba Inu (SHIB) and other cryptocurrencies into its mobile application. Exactly as promised, the AMC mobile app for AMC’s U.S. theatres now accepts online payments using Doge Coin, Shiba Inu, and other crypto currencies — thanks to Bitpay. Also Apple Pay,...
The Lido Finance staking service will implement distributed validator technology.< Lido will adopt Distributed Validator Technology and start researching a scoring system that allow anyone to become a validator in Lido without permission and empower stETH holders to veto any decision that will be made. https://t.co/jqYVyrX29w — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 15, 2022 There are also plans to...
Digital asset trading platform Fasset raises $22M Series A funding round, reports Bloomberg. The round was led by venture capital firms Liberty City Ventures and Fatima Gobi Ventures. The latter is focused on Pakistani startups. Funding was also provided by Soma Capital, MyAsiaVC and others. Investments will be directed to the development of new products, as well...
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced the launch of a customer service center in Turkey. This is written by the local branch Cointelegraph with a link to the press release. According to the publication, the company will provide round-the-clock support in Turkish through the application. The goal of the initiative is to reduce the number of cases...
The integration of the Bitcoin Lightning Network has begun to gain momentum among cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. However, some of the world's largest crypto trading platforms seem to be in no hurry to integrate the protocol. Last week, cryptocurrency trading app Robinhood was another major industry player to announce its Lightning integration. Earlier, such a...
The community waits in bated breath for what’s to come once Ethereum’s “The Merge,” which will see the blockchain shift from proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS), happens despite the transition being delayed, according to one of its developers. Ethereum, the most-used blockchain, could send shockwaves to the entire digital asset ecosystem through the Merge. Currently, the...
The non-profit organization Luna Foundation Guard (LFG) has reduced the pace of purchases of bitcoin after an active recovery in the market. This is stated in a report by Arcane Research . According to experts, after the final conversion of the stablecoins allocated for this purpose, LFG reserves will reach 65,000 BTC-70,000 BTC. The specific value...
