Alternatives To The Bankrupt Cryptopia Exchange

Following a major hack in January 2019 which cost Cryptopia and its users over $16 million in Ether and ERC-20 tokens, the exchange has filed for bankruptcy. The exchange, which is based in New Zealand went into liquidation even though it restarted trading shortly after the hack. With millions of dollars in debt and unpaid […]

Bitfinex Subsidiary Launch OTC

Ethfinex Trustless, which is owned by popular exchange platform Bitfinex, has now launched over the counter services. The OTC is on-chain but has no centralised order book or matching engine and financial instruments are restricted from the platform. While the service has already launched, the service remains limited to just Ethereum transactions at the moment. […]

Earn EOS While You Learn at Coinbase

Following news that you can now trade EOS at Coinbase, they have taken that one step further and will allow users to earn EOS while learning about the world of EOS. In a news post uploaded yesterday, the scheme was announced on the company’s website. It outlined the concept which couldn’t be easier for users […]

Increase In SIM Swap Attacks Raises Concern

In what is still a developing story, is turning out to be of great concern for crypto traders and exchanges alike. Over the past couple of weeks, an increasing number of members of the crypto community have become victims of SIM swapping attacks. What looks like a coordinated attack is targetting SIM cards in order […]

EOS Parent Company Announce Crypto Social Media Platform

Block.one the company behind EOS, have revealed their intention to launch a social media platform, specifically targeted at members of the cryptocurrency and blockchain community. The project which has the title, The Voice, will operate on the EOS blockchain and will aim to remedy the issues that many social media have shown in the past, […]

Only 1.3% of Bitcoin Transactions Are Payments

According to a new report, the majority of bitcoins trading remains exclusively on trading platforms. The report from blockchain analysis company, ChainAnalysis, revealed that 98.7% of all bitcoin transactions remain for trading alone. As such, that leaves just 1.3% that are actually used for purchasing goods and service. Thus, very few people are using the […]

Coinbase President Latest to Leave Company

There has been a changing of the guard at leading cryptocurrency exchange platform, Coinbase after it was announced their current President and Chief Operating Officer, Asiff Hirji, will be departing his tenor at the company. Hirij joined the company 18 months ago in December 2017, right in the midst of the bitcoin bull rush. As […]