A problem with Redsys, a third-party platform used in all of Spain, caused a meltdown for almost all of the digital payment options in the country, leaving citizens without means of payment for hours. The incident left stores without the possibility of using credit and debit cards for receiving payments, and users had to turn […]
On Thursday, the analytics firm Peckshield alerted the community to another transfer of crypto assets from FTX wallets to centralized exchanges. Nearly $ 20 million in digital currencies were moved after the estate transferred $ 8.6 million in cryptocurrencies to Binance earlier in the day. FTX Mobilizes Millions in Crypto to Centralized Exchanges …
The apparent centralization in both proof-of-work and proof-of-stake protocols is “tragic because it’s antithetical to the cypherpunk ideals” that birthed the the bitcoin and blockchain movement, Tomer Afek, the CEO at the crypto platform Spacemesh, has argued. To back this assertion, Afek told Bitcoin.com News that only two Bitcoin mining pools control more than 50% […]
In a report by the crypto market aggregation web portal Coingecko, Binance retains its crown in the centralized cryptocurrency exchange arena, but not without facing fierce competition and challenges. Binance Leads But Not Without Contenders, Says Coingecko’s Mid-Year Crypto Study According to the Coingecko research report, Binance continues to dominate the centralized cryptocurrency exchange market […]
Spot and futures trading volumes on centralized crypto exchanges (CEXs) have increased in June, a new report shows. At the same time, website traffic to major trading platforms for digital assets continued to decline, according to the study which also tracks its geographical distribution. Spot Volume on Leading Exchanges Jumped by Over 10% in a […]