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8 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Facebook could face a lawsuit from London-based startup Diem over the use of the name 'Diem', according to a report from business outlet Sifted published on Dec. 7. Diem, also a fintech company, told the outlet that it was prepared to sue Facebook...
8 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
On Dec. 7, Microstrategy announced that it was planning to invest more into Bitcoin, this time up to $400 million in convertible bonds. The $400 million from the bonds will be used to buy Bitcoin “pending the identification of working capital needs”...
8 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
BBVA, Spain’s second largest bank, will begin offering cryptocurrency trading and custody services, according to a report from CoinDesk on Dec. 8. Sources told CoinDesk that the bank would offer crypto services out of Switzerland, where regulation f...
7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan
Genesis Block Ventures, a subsidiary of Hong Kong based over-the-counter firm Genesis Block, has purchased OMG Network (OMG) for an undisclosed amount, according to an official announcement published on Dec. 3. GBV made the purchase with DeFi in min...
7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
In the first week of December, Compound Finance and Uniswap both began working towards the inclusion of grants programs to support ecosystem development on their respective platforms. The two platforms are among the DeFi market’s most popular servi...
7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
The Solana blockchain experienced an outage lasting roughly 6 hours on Dec. 4, as revealed by the team in a blog post. The Solana mainnet beta cluster stopped producing blocks at approximately 13:46 UTC, which stopped new transactions from being con...
7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor on Dec. 5 tweeted that the company had invested another $50 million in bitcoin, bringing its total BTC holdings to $784 million. Saylor said that Microstrategy had purchased another 2,574 BTC worth $50 million, brin...
7 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
JD.com, one of China’s largest online retailers, will accept the country’s digital yuan CBDC as a means of payment, according to a Reuters report published on Dec. 5. JD.com, an online mall, will support the CBDC as China prepare for its shopping se...
4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 3 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
The Aave (AAVE) protocol launched its V2 upgrade on the mainnet, the team announced in a blog post published on Dec. 3. Aave V2 brings several new features, including yield and collateral swaps, upgrades to flash loans, collateral repayments, native...
4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan
Chainlink has launched an incentivized developer program called Chainlink Builders Program, according to an announcement made on Dec. 3. The Chainlink Builders Program has been designed to “recognize and thank” network developers for their creations...
