In the Daily: Kucoin Rebrand, Binance DEX, The Tie Adds Trading View
In Tuesday’s installment of The Daily, we begin by checking in with a couple of the leading exchanges in the cryptosphere. Kucoin has unveiled a new look and a slew…
BCH-Based Openswap Client Will Feature Trustless Atomic Swaps
On Friday, Dec. 14, Bitcoin Cash developer Mark Lundeberg announced his new project Openswap, a fork of the Electron Cash client that features atomic swap functionality. Lundeberg’s been working on…
Smart Contract Developers May Be Held Liable by the SEC
Nick Szabo invented them but has reservations about what they’ve become. Vitalik Buterin adopted them but now regrets using their name. Dangerous when coded badly, and powerful when used intelligently,…
‘Decentralized’ Exchange IDEX to Introduce Full KYC
IDEX, the world’s most popular decentralized exchange, is to transition to a full verification model. The move comes days after the platform began excluding residents of New York State as…
Wrapped Bitcoin Is Coming to Ethereum
BTC is poised to make its Ethereum debut. An initiative involving several decentralized exchanges (DEXs) as well as crypto-custodians Bitgo will introduce ”BTC-backed” WBTC, with the W standing for “wrapped.”…
IDEX Blacklists New York Residents, Setting a Worrying Precedent
IDEX, the supposedly decentralized exchange, plans to start blocking traders who reside in the state of New York. The decision sets an alarming precedent for decentralized exchanges (DEX), which have…