XRP Utility Fork receives support from Binance, Bitstamp

The XRP community has been eagerly waiting for the Flare network airdrop scheduled for December.

XRP Price Climbed 123% in 30 Days, Spark Token Airdrop Pushes Value Higher

During the course of the week digital currency markets have seen colossal gains and one crypto asset, in particular, XRP, has jumped significantly in value over the last seven days.

XRP Price Surges to 2-Year High as Airdrop Frenzy Builds

The December airdrop of 45 billion spark tokens may be fueling XRP's rapid climb to two-year highs, say analysts.

Slow and Empty Blocks With a Mysterious Message – ABC’s New Chain Off to a Rocky Start

On November 15, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain experienced a network upgrade and a bifurcation of the chain as well.

XRP Utility Fork Incoming – Here’s How to Prepare for the Highly Anticipated Flare Airdrop

Flare Networks’ airdrop is on the way, giving XRP investors a few more weeks to prepare for the opportunity to earn Spark, the smart contract platform’s new governance token.

Bitstamp still 'assessing support' for XRP Utility fork airdrop

With the Flare Network scheduled to carry out an airdrop of Spark Tokens almost a month from now, it has been receiving support from a host of exchanges including Bitrue, Cred, Uphold, and Bitbns.

Hash Watch: Kraken Announces BCH Fork Plans, Bitcoin ABC Reveals Two-Pronged Effort

A number of third party infrastructure providers have announced contingency plans for the upcoming Bitcoin Cash upgrade on November 15, 2020.

Crypto Trader Says This Airdrop Will Likely Be Bigger Than $610,000,000 Launch of Uniswap

Crypto analyst Tyler Swope says a future airdrop could be even bigger than Uniswap’s (UNI).

Uniswap’s Retroactive Airdrop Vote Put Free Money on the Campaign Trail

A detailed blow-by-blow of one of the most closely watched governance decisions in the history of DeFi.

Controversial Hex Airdrop Token Goes to Zero Inciting Crypto Conspiracy Allegations

The crypto community was stunned last night to learn of a minting exploit that had collapsed the value of Axion.

eToro Is First Major Exchange to Lend Support to the Flare Network

Today, multi-asset investment platform eToro announces its plans to participate in the highly anticipated Spark airdrop, making it the first major exchange to lend its support to the Flare project.

Uniswap’s Second UNI Airdrop Fails: Governance Proposal Defeated Again

The Uniswap community recently voted on its second-ever governance proposal, however, it has ended in defeat as less than 4 percent of UNI token holders voted.

Bitcoin hits $14K, UNI airdrop rejected, scammers target Trump: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 26–Nov. 1

The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week.

Uniswap Proposal to Airdrop More UNI Falls Short in Governance Vote

The votes were staggeringly in favor, but a quorum was not reached, and Uniswap’s second-ever governance proposal has been defeated.

eToro Is First Major Exchange to Lend Support to the Flare Network

Today, multi asset investment platform eToro announces its plans to participate in the highly anticipated Spark airdrop, making it the first major exchange to lend its support to the Flare project.

Uniswap Retroactive Proxy Contract Airdrop Proposal Receives 28 Million Votes

Apart from the election process for the next US President, voting is on for Uniswap's governance proposal.

Uniswap Anticipates Voting Outcome on Second Governance Proposal of a 5 million UNI Airdrop

The Uniswap community is currently voting on its second governance proposal for distributing 5 million UNI governance tokens to the DEX's users.

Uniswap moves closer to a new five million UNI airdrop

The Uniswap community is voting on its second-ever governance proposal to distribute 5 million governance tokens to users who interacted with the DEX via a third-party platform. The second-ever governance proposal for the Uniswap decentralized exchange (DEX) is more than halfway to reaching a quorum with a little over 30 hours to go. If passed, the proposal will see 12,619 wallet addresses that interacted with Uniswap via a proxy contract receive 400 UNI tokens each.

Hash Watch: 73% of Bitcoin Cash Blocks Mined With BCHN, Poloniex Launches Fork Futures

The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) upgrade is 21 days away and there’s a possibility the blockchain may bifurcate on November 15.

Inside China's $1.5 million Digital Currency Airdrop

Nearly $1.5 million worth China's DCEP was airdropped to 50,000 citizens in Shenzhen last week.

Bitcoin rallies, McAfee compares prison to Hilton, digital yuan airdrop: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 5–11

The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest tracks every important crypto news story from the previous week.

Digital Yuan Giveaway: China’s Shenzhen City Hands Out 10 Million Yuan in Central Bank Digital Currency

A major Chinese city is giving away 10 million yuan in the country’s central bank digital currency this weekend.

SEC Commissioner Peirce Weighs in Defi Token Regulation Debate: Panel Predicts Defi Will Self Correct in Twelve Months

The US Securities and Exchange Commissioner, Hester Peirce says while defi tokens carry some equity-like benefits, she believes that giving something away is distinct from selling something.

Court tosses out short-sellers’ lawsuit targeting Overstock’s 'digital dividend'

The lawsuit, accusing Overstock of market manipulation through its security token airdrop, has been turfed by a federal judge. A Utah federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit that accused Overstock ($OSTK) of market manipulation by distributing a ‘digital dividend’ of security tokens to shareholders and repeatedly revising retail earnings guidance upward to punish short-sellers. US district judge Dale Kimball granted two motions to dismiss the suit on September 28, finding that the digital dividend did not manipulate the market, and that the revised earnings statements were protected by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

Defi Token Exposed as Pump and Dump Scam in Leaked Telegram Chat 

A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the back off unsuspecting defi investors.

Rise of DeFi wars? Uniswap’s UNI token airdrop starts a crypto rivalry

Uniswap’s response to SushiSwap’s vampire mining attack is one of the most important moves in the DeFi space.

SBTC Plummets by 99% as Devs Announce Dissolution of Token

The price of SBTC plunged by nearly 98% in just over an hour on September 21 as devs announced the dissolution of the token.

Free DeFi Money: MEME Airdrop Now Worth $700,000

MEME token's price has skyrocketed to a high of almost $2,000, bringing the total value of the airdropped tokens to almost $700,000 in free DeFi money.

Joke MEME coin airdrop is now worth $600K

The MEME crypto asset has blasted into new all-time highs of $1,775 after being listed on Poloniex. MEME, a community-driven project inspired by a ConsenSys developer’s satire of the yield farming bubble, has gained nearly 100% in 24-hours to post an all-time high of $1,775 after listing on Poloniex. Since the start of September, MEME has gained more than 900%, despite its supporters promoting the project through the slogan ‘don’t buy MEME.’ MEME is currently the 254th-ranked crypto asset with a $48 million market cap, with more than $17 million worth of MEME changing hands in the past 24 hours. MEME/USD: CoinGeckoThe project’s unlikely rise began when ConsenSys’ DeFi product lead Jordan Lyall created a mock-advertisement for a yield farming protocol generator dubbed ‘The Degenerator.’ Within hours of the post circulating across crypto-Twitter, someone had created an ERC-20 under the same name, and listed it on Uniswap under the ticker ‘MEME.’ The 28,000 token supply was distributed via airdrop in batches of 250 to Telegram users within 30 minutes of the token’s creation. The project now comprises an “experimental protocol” that “mash[es] up some of the most exciting innovations in DeFi” by offering yield farming rewards in the form of meme-inspired non-fungible token collectibles. 11 days ago the Meme Team was born just minutes after my degenerator tweet mocked YOLO DeFi developmentNow: against all odds, and irony, it's a passionate community experimenting with DeFi and artMeme is an NFT farming protocolThe LP Pool is live!https://t.co/etBA1cmr1P pic.twitter.com/5v9dt2jc2t— Jordan Lyall (@JordanLyall) August 26, 2020 Poloniex is the sixth exchange to list the token, following Uniswap, Balancer, 1inch, Hoo, Mooniswap.

Sunday Price Watch: Bitcoin Amid $11K, Uniswap’s Token Airdrop Value Reached $3500

Despite surging to a new 2-week high, Bitcoin has retraced and trades beneath $11,000 once more, while large-cap alts display a lack of volatility. The post Sunday Price Watch: Bitcoin Amid $11K, Uniswap’s Token Airdrop Value Reached $3500 appeared first on CryptoPotato.

Uniswap’s Token UNI Stable Above $5.50 as Negative Funding Rates Soar

Uniswap’s recently released token – called UNI – has seen massive inflows of investments throughout the past day, with the large buy-side orders far outweighing the relatively small sell orders from users who received 400 tokens via an airdrop.

Coinbase Pro lists Uniswap token hours after $1,500 airdrop

The regulated US exchange was quick to list UNI after Uniswap surprised users with an airdrop on Thursday morning.

eToro Launches GoodDollar and Begins Delivering Universal Basic Income

GoodDollar global basic income With enforced shutdowns driving governments to enact emergency stimulus measures and airdrop funds into citizens’ accounts, universal basic income (UBI), also known as basic income, has attracted renewed interest.

1.1 Billion XRP Set to Receive New Cryptocurrency Spark in December Airdrop

Crypto investors have registered more than a billion XRP to receive free Spark governance tokens from the crypto startup Flare.

eToro Launches GoodDollar And Begins Delivering Universal Basic Income

With enforced shutdowns driving governments to enact emergency stimulus measures and airdrop funds into citizens’ accounts, Universal Basic Income (UBI), also known as Basic Income has attracted renewed interest.

Sushiswap’s 2 Million Token Airdrop: Founders Face Accusations of ‘Making Defi a Joke Again’

Sushiswap’s new leader and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted on September 12 that the promised 2 million token airdrop would go on as scheduled.

980,000,000 XRP Sent to Claim Spark Tokens As Four Exchanges Announce Support for Upcoming Airdrop

Holders of Ripple’s native token are lining up in a big way as they set up nearly a billion XRP to claim free Spark tokens.

Yield farming satire MEME turns into multi-million dollar crypto project

A fake advertisement intended to send up the yield farming frenzy has turned into a genuine NFT farming DAO with a $3 million market cap. Degenerator, or MEME, an obscure project that began life as an airdrop to Telegram users, has managed to garner a $3 million market cap and is seeking to carve a niche for itself as a non-fungible token (NFT) farming protocol. MEME emerged from a joke posted by ConsenSys’ DeFi product lead Jordan Lyall, who created a joke advertisement ‘The Degenerator’ — a fictitious tool for creating ponzinomics-inspired yield farming tokens. The joke quickly struck a chord with the crypto community, receiving significant engagement on Twitter.

Crypto Platform Uphold Announces Support for Highly Anticipated XRP-Spark Airdrop

Cypto trading platform Uphold is one of the first major exchanges to announce support for the XRP-Spark airdrop.

Roger Ver to Bitcoin ABC: Stick a fork in it, you're done

With Bitcoin Cash poised to fork again in November, the BCH community is gearing up to do battle over the Bitcoin Cash brand. Bitcoin Cash figurehead Roger Ver has dramatically announced that Bitcoin ABC and its lead developer Amaury Sechet are “forking away from #BitcoinCash on Nov 15th”. Bitcoin ABC and @deadalnix have announced that they are forking away from #BitcoinCash on Nov 15th.We wish them good luck with their new coin and thank them for the free airdrop to all BCH holders.— Roger Ver (@rogerkver) September 1, 2020 That’s not quite what’s happening.

Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell 

On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and a week later explained it was also initiating a “governance council.” Despite the recent announcements, Bitcoin ABC has lost considerable support and it appears the project will separate from Bitcoin Cash come […] The post Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell  appeared first on Bitcoin News.

BEN Global Airdrop to Help Thousands of Students

The Blockchain Education Network (BEN) has announced an airdrop – an educational campaign and event for students and blockchain clubs around the globe.

Monero's Fluffypony to Speak at 7th Hacker Congress in Prague

The renowned annual cypherpunk event will be televised this year, and play host to a real-life airdrop.

Another XRP giveaway scam goes live - YouTube, where art thou?

Ripple Foundation with CEO Brad Garlinghouse believe in the future of cryptocurrency, so we make the largest airdrop on history for 100,00,000 XRP - Visit: www.xrpgirft.org  Yeah, that's how the l The post Another XRP giveaway scam goes live - YouTube, where art thou? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

China’s TON Spin-Off Launches Testnet and Token Airdrop

As the official Telegram Open Network is being prepared to shut down on Aug.

38,000 People Are Watching a Fraudulent VeChain YouTube Scam Right Now

38,000 viewers are reportedly tuning in to a YouTube live-stream promoting the classic “double your money” scam targeted at users of VeChain VET tokens. VeChain is clearly going up in the crypto world, as it is the latest target of the classic fake livestream airdrop on YouTube.

Charles Hoskinson to Airdrop Kanye Coin and Pierce Coin to Demonstrate Cardano’s Multi-Asset Standard

With just one more day to go with the availability of participants being able to interact with the Shelley mainnet launched on June, 30; Charles Hoskinson, the founder, and CEO of Input Output (IOHK), the blockchain engineering firm behind the Cardano blockchain, took it to his “Ask me anything” (AMA) session on Youtube, addressing the recent news on the US Presidential candidates, Kanye West and Brock Pierce.

Compound Reward 'Farming' Results in Six-Fold Increase of Lending Activity

Compound’s controversial COMP reward scheme triggered a gold rush of yield arbitrage, sending its assets under management and price to new heights. A user reward scheme to distribute the new Compound governance token (COMP) has resulted in a dramatic rise of the value locked in the decentralized finance protocol as traders sought to “farm” the token, as fans affectionately call the practice. According to data from Defi Pulse, the Compound protocol’s total locked value soared from about $100 million to a high exceeding $600 million since June 15, the start of the COMP token distribution. Source: Defi Pulse Cashback on loans The COMP reward scheme works by periodically depositing the token to all balances interacting with Compound.