Tezos [XTZ] may have put itself and its native cryptocurrency, XTZ, in a problematic situation as per recent events. On 25 August, a group of contributors on its network (Baking Bad) accused crypto exchange Binance of freezing over $1 million of its assets without following due process. Furthermore, the authors advised the Tezos community, who […]
On the 22nd, Upbeat, ranked #1 in the popular app rankings on the Apple App Store (left) and Google Play (right).
[Blockchain Today Reporter Ji-hye Han] Upbit, a digital asset exchange, rose to the top of real-time popular apps on Google Play and Apple’s App Store.
As of 1pm on February 22nd, Upbit ranked first in real-time popular apps in Google Play and Apple App Store, the two major app markets in Korea. According to the mobile data and analytics platform AppAnnie, Upbit also rose to the top of the daily popular apps in the two major app markets on February 20th.
In the second place in the popular app ranking, K-Bank, a specialized internet bank, was named. K-Bank is also Upbit’s real name verification account issuing bank. The surge in popularity of Upbit and K-Bank seems to be the result of recent interests of users in investing in bitcoin and digital assets have led to leading domestic exchanges and affiliated banks. Upbit ranks first among domestic exchanges with an average of 1.12 million WAU of mobile weekly active users (WAU) in the second week of February (2021.02.08~2021.02.14) based on the aggregation of big data platform company IGAworks.
An official from Doona said, “Amid the recent record highs in bitcoin prices and proving potential value with new financial assets, it seems that investors who want to start investing in digital assets are choosing Upbit.” “We will continue to work to provide the best trading environment for investors to trade digital assets safely and without inconvenience.”
[Blockchain Today Reporter Seo-yeon Jang] BitPay US cardholders can now add prepaid MasterCard to their Apple Pay wallet.
Cardholders can register their cards with Apple Pay and use the cryptocurrency they have in their BitPay wallet online and offline.
BitPay supports payment through PAX and BUSD. According to the announcement, BitPay will also add Google Pay and Samsung Pay functions in the first quarter.
Mastercard said it plans to allow merchants to accept cryptocurrencies.
According to a recent report by securities firm RBC, Apple is also known to be willing to enter the cryptocurrency field. It has been confirmed that there are plans to offer cryptocurrency wallets to 1.5 billion Apple users.
Altcoin Buzz New Look and Logo! in this episode we look at Central Banks who are globally warming up to Bitcoin, altcoins and Crypto. Apple is also now accepting Bitcoin and Altcoin via BitPay. We look at updates from Chainlink, ETH 2.0, DeFi, FalconSwap, 1inch, PlasmaPay and the twitter sphere.
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⏰ Timestamps
0:00 Altcoin Buzz New Look and Logo!
0:53 Central Banks Warm to Bitcoin and Crypto
6:22 Apple to Accept Bitcoin and Altcoin payments?
8:42 Altcoin Updates: Chainlink, ETH 2.0, DeFi, FalconSwap, 1inch, PlasmaPay
13:41 Twitter Round-up
Firstly, #Bitcoin isn't waiting around for the European Central Bank and doesn't need it either. Secondly, the ECB and Lagarde will flip on its position towards holding #bitcoin, and that's not an "if," but rather a "when" question.https://t.co/IRBQl5JJ7K
#bitcoin is a referendum on central bankers. They don't like it because it's a foil of accountability to their behavior. A reminder to them of when they get it wrong, and ultimately a threat to their monopoly of power over money and their job security.
.@HakkaFinance is using #Chainlink Price Feeds on mainnet to settle positions in their Hakka Intelligence prediction market. Chainlink's decentralized infrastructure and wide market coverage ensure accurate outcomes with strong resistance to manipulation. https://t.co/WcH62tdjgl
On February 12, #1inch Foundation distributed additional $1INCH tokens to our beloved community! Moreover, the 1inch Foundation distributed 6M of $1INCH to @Uniswap’s non-relayed traders who have never used our aggregator before. R-r-round! 😈🦄❤️https://t.co/62d79ip5Nw#DeFipic.twitter.com/Gld1Yrxa7t
At the 37min mark of this video, @chamath says that NFT’s (nonfungible tokens most commonly built on #Ethereum) are the next frontier of crypto currencies, and that his firm is going to publicize their NFT and crypto holdings soon 😳https://t.co/WFB0E4BwvUpic.twitter.com/KYsyzZuJuT
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