• MakerDAO bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum
    MakerDAO adds WBTC, wrapping bitcoins in ERC-20 ethereum tokens (Photo: Pixabay)
    Alt coins,  Bitcoin,  Ethereum

    MakerDAO bringing Bitcoin to Ethereum blockchain

    It’s hoped the addition of ‘wrapped Bitcoin’ will give the DeFi sector a much-needed boost, but bridging the two blockchains is fiddly to say the least; tBTC pitched as a better alternative

    May 4, 2020 /

    Wrapped Bitcoin—an ERC-20 token that is backed on a 1:1 basis with BTC—is now being accepted as collateral for MakerDAO loans. It’s a significant development, not least because the crypto community has lamented the lack of a bridge between BTC and ETH for some time.

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  • Charts
    Here's a chart of GBP/USD but it looks like a chart of anything that can be charted (via Pixabay).
    Cryptocurrencies

    CryptoCompare starts ranking good, bad, and ugly exchanges

    Top 10 cryptocurrency exchanges announced after grading after the data and indices provider studied more than 100 trading platforms worldwide

    June 12, 2019 /

    Calling the cryptocurrency trading business ripe with fraud and manipulation, cryptocurrency data and indices provider CryptoCompare has begun rating the reliability of exchanges.

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  • CoinMarketCap (via Shutterstock).
    CoinMarketCap (via Shutterstock).
    Cryptocurrencies

    CoinMarketCap announces new reporting requirements

    The crypto price and volume tracker reacts to a report that suggested widespread fraud in the data it publishes

    May 1, 2019 /

    Less than one month after an analysis concluded that 95% of the trade volume reported on CoinMarketCap is fake, the cryptocurrency data tracking site announced that it will exclude exchanges that do not provide more live data from its price and volume calculations.

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