A journalist, with experience in web journalism and marketing. Ali holds a master's degree in finance and enjoys writing about cryptocurrencies and fintech. Ali’s work has been published on a number of cryptocurrency publications.
XRP has been on a losing streak ever since the US SEC filed a lawsuit against it in late 2020. The coin has since lost its third spot to Tether (USDT), and then also its fourth spot. After a short-term rebound during which it regained its fourth position, XRP…
The price of Chainlink (LINK) recently skyrocketed to a brand-new all-time high at $22.06. The coin — currently the 9th-largest crypto by market cap — surged by as much as 22.77% in the last 24 hours, while going up by 43.44% in the last week. LINK price up by…
Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has been talking about the decentralization of social platforms for quite some time now. He became even more convinced that this is the right way to go after social networks recently decided to block Donald Trump’s accounts. However, he is not the only one to…
Nexo, a blockchain-based lending platform that offers instant crypto-backed loans, saw major price growth in the first few months following the launch of its new initiative. The project recently announced the interim results of its tokenomics overhaul, revealing some rather interesting data. NEXO price surges by 440% thanks to…
WAX (Worldwide Asset eXchange) has come up with a way to allow its token holders to benefit from the project’s major success. According to its recent announcement, it has a new tokenomics model that will let its users earn from WAX’s NFT sales. WAX’s success in the NFT space…
IOS Foundation recently published a Medium post in which it announced that the IOST blockchain plans to support stablecoin HUSD. To celebrate the stablecoin’s launch, IOST and HUSD teams will distribute 35,000 HUSD tokens to IOST holders. Users will be able to use HUSD in a variety…
A leading crypto derivatives exchange, OKEx, recently decided to extend its feature that ensures real-time settlements. The feature will now support up to 22 more perpetual swaps, including ATOMUSD, ALGOUSD, as well as THETA, XLM, and more, from 8 am to 9 am UTC yesterday, January 13th.
The so-called “joke cryptocurrency,” Dogecoin (DOGE) has somehow manage to remain popular for almost eight years now, after being created in 2013, based on a meme. Interestingly, its popularity does not seem to be passing, as the coin was just added on three major exchanges in only 24 hours. DOGE…
DeFi project THORChain (RUNE) recently saw a major price surge that took it up by 35%. The surge came soon after the project was listed on SushiSwap, taking RUNE to its brand new all-time high (ATH). THORChain sees a 35% price increase The DeFi sector continues to grow in 2021,…
Decentralized finance (DeFi) staking protocol StaFi has announced the launch of the synthetic Ethereum token, which will go live in the first quarter of the year. The announcement is coming after the company has failed to meet the deadline for some projects. When the project goes live, users can be…
Charles Hoskinson, Cardano’s founder, has given an update on the upcoming Cardano Mary hard fork. In the latest update, he says the project will offer multi-asset support when it eventually goes live next month. He made this announcement during his latest AMA, as the Cardano (ADA) community is…
Holders of the Stellar (XLM) token have cause to smile, as the cryptocurrency surged by 30% and outperformed other tokens in the market. As a result of the performance, it made its way back to the top-ten position in the market, overtaking both Binance Coin (BNB) and Chainlink…
Last year, when coronavirus started spreading across the world, there was a great need for privacy-friendly ways to keep track of the pandemic’s progression. The so-called biosurveillance was achieved through the use of numerous means, including emerging technologies, such as blockchain. As it turns out, Frankfurt Airport had…
A controversial political activist, Kim Dotcom, best known for being the founder of a now-defunct file hosting service MegaUpload, recently announced that he has joined the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community. MegaUpload founder switches sides to support BCH instead of BTC Kim Dotcom made the announcement in a tweet on…
Decentralized project Hermez Network revealed recently that it has integrated the Tether (USDT) token into its platform. According to the network, the idea is to ensure scalable and less expensive transactions. With the integration, the USDT has become the first to be offered live on the Hermez layer-two…
The DeFi sector saw a new wave of growth in the early days of 2021. However, the new surge in interest also brought a greater need for scalability and speed — something that Ethereum’s network cannot provide as of yet. In order to replace it, DeFi participants started turning to…
The UK’s financial regulator has recently issued a warning against crypto trading and investing. The country’s financial watchdog stressed the high risks and dangers of using cryptocurrencies, and particularly seeking to profit from the recent crypto rally, which brought increased volatility. FCA warns that crypto traders could lose all of…
Blockchain project Cosmos (ATOM) recently released a new software development kit, known as Stargate. The arrival of the SDK is a major milestone for the project, as it indicates the arrival of the IBC (Inter Blockchain Communication) protocol. In essence, it is the first major step towards creating…
Ripple Labs’ coin, XRP, recently started seeing a major price surge. The coin grew by over 45% on a weekly basis, even managing to overtake the fourth spot on the list of largest cryptos by market cap from Litecoin (LTC). The interesting part is that all of this…
Maker (MKR), the largest DeFi token by total value locked (TVL), has hit its two-year high today, January 9th. The token’s growth is fueled by the development of the DeFi sector, whose TVL reached $22.28 billion earlier today. Maker’s price performance Maker is an Ethereum-based governance token, and…
Crypto project Algorand (ALGO) recently announced on Twitter that it entered into a partnership with a fintech firm Instimatch. The two have a common goal of ’embracing the vision of decentralized and frictionless finance,’ and they aim to pursue it by leveraging the Algorand blockchain to advance settlement and…
Binance is known for being the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, but in addition to that — it is also always among the first to jump on a new trend. The exchange made several moves to enter DeFi when the sector first started to become popular, one of which…
The recent Bitcoin rally has stirred up the entire altcoin market, allowing the entire crypto industry to see significant price growth. Enjin Coin (ENJ) emerged as the best daily performer in the last 24 hours after seeing its price skyrocket by 60%. Enjin coin price performance Enjin is no…
Smart advertising token SaTT has seen quite a bit of activity recently. It was listed on the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX), Uniswap, and soon after that, Binance DEX decided to add support for it, as well. SaTT emerges on Binance DEX With the Binance DEX listing, SaTT is…
A new independent report regarding the blockchain project Elrond and its network has brought some rather interesting conclusions. The report claims that Elrond’s native coin, EGLD, is significantly undervalued, and that the asset could grow by 212%. A new report says EGLD could go up by 212%…
