A decrease to fees on stablecoin DAI failed to activate over the weekend due to a lack of voter turnout.
MakerDAO Votes to Decrease Stablecoin Fees for First Time in 5 Months
Dollar-backed stablecoin DAI is trading above a dollar for the first time in a long-time. MakerDAO token holders have voted to decrease fees on the stablecoin in order to address high market demand for DAI.
Ava Labs Exits Stealth, Launches Blockchain Testnet Based on ‘Avalanche’ Protocol
Ava Labs is out of stealth, revealing a past $6 million funding round and a new blockchain testnet backed by the Avalanche consensus protocol.
Bitcoin Cash’s Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug
The bitcoin cash network forks after a bug emerged in the cryptocurrency’s code during an upgrade, leading developers to put together a hotfix.
Blockchain Project Thundercore Releases Code for ‘Pala’ Consensus Protocol
Blockchain provider platform ThunderCore announced the open-sourcing of a new consensus protocol called Pala.
Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali: ‘You Don’t Need a Blockchain’ for All Dapps
Apps across the space are putting too much reliance (and data) on blockchains, argued Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali at Consensus 2019.
Up $1,200: Bitcoin Price Surges Above $8K
The price of bitcoin (BTC) rose above $8,000 after surging more $1200 today alone,
Kadena Blockchain to Launch This October With $3 Billion Asset Manager Onboard
Multi-million dollar enterprise blockchain startup Kadena announced today it would be launching its own public blockchain network in October.
$7,900: Bitcoin’s Price Extends Gains to Hit 9-Month High
Bitcoin (BTC) extended its recent gains today, jumping 16 percent to its highest price since July 31, 2018.
Ethereum Stablecoin DAI Has Returned to Its Highly Sought Dollar Value
For the first time in months, the dollar-pegged stablecoin DAI is trading on major cryptocurrency exchanges actually at $1.
Halving Rally: Litecoin’s Price Logs Biggest Monthly Winning Streak Since 2017
Litecoin’s next block reward halving is now less than 90 days away, but the world’s sixth largest cryptocurrency may still have room to run before investors “sell the news.”
‘Critical’ MakerDAO Vulnerability Could Have Frozen Voter Funds, Auditors Say
The vulnerability that was disclosed by the MakerDAO Foundation this week could have put user funds in jeopardy by preventing withdrawals of MKR tokens.
Florincoin – the 2014 Altcoin You Don’t Remember – Is Attracting Real Users
An obscure cryptocurrency that first started getting noticed during the 2014 altcoin boom is showing itself a true diamond in the rough.
Privacy Cryptocurrency Grin Receives Mysterious $300K Bitcoin Donation
The developers behind the cryptocurrency project Grin are reporting that they have received an anonymous donation of 50 BTC.
A Visual Guide to the Hot, New Crypto Fundraising Mechanism – the IEO
The ICO market might have cooled, but there’s still fundraising going on in the blockchain space – it’s now being done through the IEO, or initial exchange offering, and we break down how this mechanism is different our latest explainer video.
DAI Stablecoin’s Stability Fee Nears 20% After Latest MakerDAO Vote
The MakerDAO lending platform will be increasing fees by 3 percent in an effort to retract stablecoin DAI supply and push token prices up to dollar valuation.
Qtum Lets Users Deploy a Full Blockchain Node on Google’s Cloud Platform
Qtum releases a new instant virtual machine service on Google’s Cloud Platform.
MakerDAO Demos Tech to Back Stablecoin DAI With Any Crypto Asset
A highly anticipated upgrade to the programmatic lending platform MakerDAO will also feature a brand new webpage design for users.
TechStars-Backed Alkemi Enters DeFi Race With $16 Million Liquidity Pool
This new startup wants to plug exchanges, funds and other traditional players into the broader DeFi movement.
MakerDAO Set to Increase DAI Fees Above 15% in Bid to Stabilize Stablecoin
MakerDAO token holders have voted again to increase issuance fees on dollar-backed stablecoin DAI.