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New token listings resemble the stock market on steroids. Without the guardrails of traditional finance, prices swing wildly, making—and more often breaking—fortunes in days, if not hours. Binance exchange is often the listing destination of choice for many of these tokens, which offer traders high-risk bets and the chance to chase the next market sensation. 

The first phase of Japan's CBDC pilots will be completed by March 2022, the central bank states. 612 Total views 9 Total shares The Japanese central bank has launched a proof of concept for its central bank digital currency, or CBDC, according to an official announcement on Monday.Following initial preparations to test the technical feasibility…

Researchers at Coin Metrics found that investors who dollar-cost averaged into Bitcoin (BTC) since the $20,000 peak in 2017 would still be profitable. According to researchers, an investor who continuously bought BTC over the past three years would have a 61.8% return.Although the price of Bitcoin fell significantly from $20,000, there were extreme low points…

Bitcoin (BTC) starts a key week with a familiar cocktail of price spikes mixed with fear that the bear market will return.After sealing its highest weekly close in almost six months, BTC/USD remains over 40% up year-to-date with the monthly close just 48 hours away — can the gains hold?Against all odds, Bitcoin has rallied…

Laura K. Inamedinova is a marketing agency CEO from Lithuania who started early with ICOs, a journey that has led her to launch UkrainianPool, an initial staking pool offering raising money for the Ukrainian government.Inamedinova got into ICOs right out of university in 2016 and is shy to mention the name of the first crypto…

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes!This week, our 6 Questions go to Kain Warwick, the founder of Synthetix.Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix, a derivatives liquidity protocol on Ethereum. Synthetix…

To address the after-effects of the bushfires in Australia, the Binance Charity Foundation (BCF) is donating $1 million worth of BNB tokens to the Australia Bushfire Donations project.In a Jan. 7 blog post, BCF — the philanthropic arm of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance — announced the launch of a new charity project dubbed Australia Bushfire…

The study found abnormal levels of return in a sample of tokens just before their listing announcement on Coinbase. 171 Total views 5 Total shares According to a recent study conducted by the University of Technology Sydney, researchers estimated that insider trading occurs in 10% to 25% of cryptocurrency listings.In deriving the conclusion, researchers first…

DOGE, the native cryptocurrency of Dogecoin, rose 123% in the past seven days as the altcoin market saw a resurgence in momentum. 4977 Total views 31 Total shares The price of Dogecoin (DOGE) has rallied by more than 123% this week, hitting a new all-time high of $0.13 on strong technical momentum.DOGE/USDT 4-hour price chart…