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On December 17, it became known that the founder of the Tron project, Chinese billionaire Justin Sun, was appointed the representative of Grenada in the World Trade Organization and intends to withdraw from active participation in the project. Amid the news, TRX fell 1.4% in an hour and 5% in a day.
However, Sun clarified that he will not leave the Tron Foundation, but will stop performing leadership functions. At the same time, he intends to continue to interact with the community, contributing to the further development of the blockchain and the promotion of the brand.
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I&rsquo;m not retiring from <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TRON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TRON</a>, but rather stepping down from an active involvement to serve as leader and supporter role now that the TRON network has been truly decentralized. I will still be engaged with the TRON community and push for further advancement of the TRON blockchain. <a href="https://t.co/kMcnZ18flK">https://t.co/kMcnZ18flK</a>
&mdash; Justin Sun 🅣🌞 (@justinsuntron) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1471804609987756032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote>
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What caused this step? Inspired by the example of El Salvador, which recently legalized Bitcoin as a means of payment, Sun considers the legitimization of cryptocurrencies in Latin America as an urgent task. Sun is convinced that you cannot focus solely on the United States. 
He noted that the American market cannot "decide for everyone", since there are almost 8 billion people in the world, and pointed to the slow progress of crypto legitimation and the conservative approaches of regulators in this country. Sun is very optimistic about the Caribbean, in particular the Bahamas, Grenada and Panama. 
He especially appreciates the prospects for Grenada. This country is adjacent to the United States, English is recognized there as the official language, one of the best universities in the region is located in Grenada.
The entrepreneur is convinced that if blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies "take root" on the soil of Grenada, this success will affect the situation in China, where mining and cryptocurrencies are prohibited, and in the United States, where progress is still irrelevant.&nbsp;
Sun wrote on Twitter that the next milestone for the crypto industry is to achieve harmonious relations with international regulators, and the recognition of blockchain technology by sovereign states will create a global decentralized financial infrastructure. The billionaire noted that he intends to work with the leadership of the WTO to promote the blockchain and create a digital economy on a global scale.
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(1/2) A truly inclusive <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/financialinfrastructure?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#financialinfrastructure</a> that belongs to all mankind should be <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unlimited?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#unlimited</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/decentralized?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#decentralized</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/thresholdless?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#thresholdless</a>. The next milestone for the industry is to establish a more harmonized relationship with international regulatory jurisdictions. <a href="https://t.co/KGVIcRGSeW">https://t.co/KGVIcRGSeW</a>
&mdash; Justin Sun 🅣🌞 (@justinsuntron) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1471800416895926273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Sun's decision is expected to help decentralize the Tron network, which will be abandoned by three supernodes associated with the entrepreneur. In the future, 27 selected supernodes will be in charge of the network. Earlier, the Tron Foundation and BitTorrent stopped serving as supernodes. The Tron Foundation will be disbanded next year.

On December 17, it became known that the founder of the Tron project, Chinese billionaire Justin Sun, was appointed the representative of Grenada in the World Trade Organization and intends to withdraw from active participation in the project.

Founder of the Tron Justin Sun was appointed the representative of Grenada in the WTO and intends to withdraw from active participation in the project.

TRX Price Falls Amid News Of Sun's Departure From Tron CEO

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Let's take a look at the Shiba Inu Coin News. Today, Twitter, Reddit, and other sources may mention some dog-related coins. But are they worth our attention? Let's find out if Shiba Inu Coin has got any useful features, And what does this have to do with Elon Musk?
Just recently Shiba Inu Token became 1 year older. Quite humble even by crypto norms. But the history of this undertaking is full of ups and unexpected plot twists, which we will tell you about now.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: What Is SHIB Really is?</h2>
The coin was launched in August 2020, when the crypto winter was followed by a real cryptocurrency summer.
The mysterious creator of Shiba Inu Coin, Ryoshi, decided to attract attention using the name of another famous project, Dogecoin.&nbsp;
This and other attempts of hype on loud names, again and again, prove their effectiveness among wide masses to the delight of investors.
The new token was positioned as a "Dogecoin killer," although in fact, they have little in common. Its main goal is to surpass Dogecoin, the favorite coin of Elon Musk's, in terms of capitalization. 
The developers of Shiba Inu claim to have been encouraged by the example of the Reddit community WallStreetBets, which artificially inflated the value of shares of GameStop, AMC, and other loss-making companies.
Shiba Inu aimed to become Ethereum (Ethash algorithm) counterpart to Dogecoin. Dogecoin is based on the Sсrypt algorithm. 
Shiba Inu and SHIB token are part of a pack of dog cryptocurrencies, along with Baby Dogecoin, Jindo Inu, Alaska Inu, Akita Inu, Dogeswap, DogeFi, and Alaskan Malamute Token. These low-value tokens (that's what people really call shitcoins for a reason) attracted investors who missed Dogecoin's temporary jump from 0.0002 to nearly 0.75 USD.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: What's Special About This Coin?</h2>
The Shiba Inu website invites dog-inspired artists from around the world to contribute to the "Shiba art movement" as they bring the Shiba Inu community to the NFT marketplace.
The SHIB's authors have also created a campaign using Amazon Smile to collect donations to save real, live Shiba Inu dogs with the Shiba Inu Rescue Association.
But the most important news regarding Shiba Inu is not its creation or X's from the coin pumps, but Vitalik Buterin's decisive act regarding this one.
The Ethereum co-founder got rid of significant amounts of Shiba Inu, AKITA) and Dogelon Mars donated to him. He donated the funds to charitable organizations.
At first, he sent almost 50 trillion AKITA (which roughly equaled more than $400 million) to Gitcoin.
Buterin's next step was to donate over 50 trillion SHIB (over $1 billion) to the COVID-19 pandemic fund in India (founded by the creator of the Polygon project). On April 26, Buterin donated $600,000 in cryptocurrencies to the fund.
GiveWell, the Methuselah Foundation, and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute were also recipients of the funds. Buterin transferred the proceeds from the sale of meme-tokens to them. He did this by pooling these assets on Uniswap. He also used a wallet he owned on Coinbase.
The creators of the meme-tokens indicated in the white paper that they had partially "burned" them, sending Buterin half of the issue. In particular, his public wallet held 505 trillion SHIB (more than $13 billion at that moment), which is more than half of the quadrillion coins intended.
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Source: Etherscan
As a consequence of Buterin's decisions, the prices of Dogecoin meme tokens crashed. The lesser-known ones among them almost or completely collapsed in price.
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Source: <a href="https://cryptopotato.com/vitalik-buterin-sells-off-dogecoin-clones-shib-akita-and-others-face-massive-dump/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Cryptopotato</a>
It is possible that Buterin by his actions decided to normalize the situation with commissions (gas), which reached new anti-record levels due to the hype around meme-tokens.&nbsp;
Because Shiba Inu is an ERC-20 token, the hype in the network around it and its likes has led to the rapid growth of commissions in the blockchain of the second most capitalized cryptocurrency. The protocol has become one of the top 4 gas consumers.
A regular transaction on the ether network may reach $85, for a swap on Uniswap - $250. And that's not the limit.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: The New Life of the Token</h2>
In June 2021, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro launched trading of Shiba Inu (SHIB).
Following the announcement of the listing on Coinbase Pro, the price of Shiba Inu soared 22%.&nbsp;
In September, trading, transferring, receiving, and storing SHIB became available on Coinbase.com and on the platform's Android and iOS apps. Following the news, the price of Shiba Inu jumped 35%.
The creators of the meme token aren't focusing only on it. They also created Shibaswap, the decentralized exchange (DEX). It raised $1.5 billion in a week, with the volume of blocked funds (TVL) at the platform reaching $1 billion in just the first day of operation on July 6.
The growth of funds on Shibaswap was due to the high annual interest rates (APR) from yield farming. It works in the following way: a user transfers his funds to a specialized platform and opens a deposit. On this deposit, the platform pays interest in its own tokens. In this way, the traders gather their yield.
Initially, in some pairs on this DEX, the annual yield reached 50,000%. This is due to the low liquidity of the service at the start and the high issue of tokens that users earn as rewards. Over time, this value dropped below 700%. It is highly likely that yields will continue to fall.
The reliability of the Shibaswap service remains in doubt. Users of the media platform Reddit questioned the technical quality of DEX. Service DeFiSafety rated the reliability of this exchange at 35% (a required rating should not be lower than 70%). Also, low reliability can embody in a scam when all funds of users of some decentralized exchanges can be withdrawn to one address.
To prove their good intentions, the managers of Shiba's DEX project have partially solved the problem and also reported that in the future they will block the withdrawal of funds for a certain period of time.
Nevertheless, not everything is so poor with this coin.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: Technology and Ecosystem</h2>
Many people remember Shiba Inu as a fun token based on Ethereum. But the developers skillfully used the hype and turned their brainchild into a powerful ecosystem.
Well, first, at the moment, Shiba Inu is not one token, but three. In addition to SHIB, there are LEASH and BONE.
BONE is used as a management token, by voting with a coin, users can support or reject suggestions to improve the network on Doggy DAO.
LEASH allows users to earn rewards by supplying liquidity to ShibaSwap.
That's the difference between SHIB and DOGE (the last one is classic crypto for low-cost and fast payments, which vaguely reminds some of Bitcoin features).
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News and Elon Musk: What's the Connection?</h2>
A walking source of hype, Elon Musk pretty much accidentally raised this cryptocurrency in the spring of 2021. It seems that the billionaire was quite sincerely trying to add a few cents to the DOGE price when he posted a tweet about buying a Shiba Inu dog. The businessman did not specify whether he was referring to a puppy of this breed or the Dogecoin with the image of a meme dog.
But many traders rushed to buy everything associated with that "hint". Legions of investors soon rushed to the market thinking that Musk was buying up SHIB, which was about to go up in price.
In general, it did go up in price, but due to the efforts of those who invested. That's just when sneaky developers of other coins will take note of it. Shiba Inu will be followed by Baby Shiba, Mini Shiba, Red Shiba, Green Shiba, and dozens of others mentioned above.
SHIB rose 21.1% in one day and 6,750% in two weeks. The daily trading volume of the coin exceeded the values of Polkadot's test network token, Kusama, amounting to $549 million.
But, by the way, there's also a literal fascination with Elon Musk's Shiba Inu. Not a token, but an actual dog.
Thanks to his love of dogs, Elon Musk once again pushed Shiba Floki coin prices up 1309% and Floki Inu prices up 139% in September. He shared the news of a Shiba Inu puppy named Floki in his house. Shiba Inu's price went up 17% that day.
So much for the bubble. By the way, Charles Hoskinson, CEO of IOHK, the company behind Cardano, called the Dogecoin bubble and predicted its collapse, which will lead to tighter regulation of the market. In fact, the same applies to the other dog-related coins of the crypto market.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: Price Prediction</h2>
The Shiba Inu coin has fallen hard recently, failing to capitalize on any new excitement. On May 10, 2021, the price of SHIB renewed its all-time high, approaching the $0.000033 mark. This was facilitated by the listing of the asset on Binance and Crypto.com.
Shiba Inu's price fell more than 40% from a high of $0.00000986 on June 15 to a low of $0.00000560 on June 22 after the token was crushed by sales that swept the cryptocurrency market. Then was September, 7 low&nbsp; $0,00000604 with all the crypto market.
Additionally, CertiK, DeFi auditor, announced earlier that the company will be auditing the SHIB token. This move provides SHIB with legitimacy (needed for listing on the exchange), and crypto investors seem to like this news. This appears to be another driver of the temporary price increasing.&nbsp;
The only revival for the coin was the 2 listings on Coinbase. But as you can see, overall they don't look like really strong jumps.&nbsp;
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That's the main answer for questions like "Will Shiba Inu Coin reach $1?" Regarding how low <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/ru/currencies/shiba-inu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Shiba Inu Coin's price is today</a>, it's quite doubtful.
In the nearest future, there is no reason to hope for a significant strengthening of SHIB positions, the coin has no fundamental power. The only factor is Shiba Inu-related crypto news contributes to SHIB volatility. But this rule works both ways. It is possible both to earn and to lose tangibly. So don't consider this content piece as financial advice.
But that's not all the facts about SHIB. Anthony Sassano, the founder of The Daily Gwei, noted that back on August 7, 2020, a certain user invested 10 ETH in SHIB. According to Etherscan, Ethereum was trading at $379.57 at the time of the transaction. In total, the user purchased 15.3 trillion SHIBs, which at the actual price is valued at $528 million.
According to Sassano, the wallet owner was selling tokens but held a significant position in SHIB for a long time.
In response to Sassano's post, a researcher from "The Block", Igor Igamberdiev, wrote that he was "not impressed" and attached a screenshot with data about another wallet. Its owner accumulated SHIB during August-October on the Uniswap exchange. That user purchased 70 trillion SHIB for 37.65 ETH. At the time of writing, the unrealized gain was estimated at $2.4 billion. And then the price collapsed.
<h2>Shiba Inu Coin News: Prospects</h2>
Shiba Inu appeared as one of the major discoveries of the crypto investor in 2021. The joke project has evolved into an alive ecosystem that continues to expand.
An additional driver is the existence of its own incubator, which helps to solidify startups focused on "Sibanomics".
<h2>Bottom line</h2>
Shiba Inu is a meme coin with a very controversial history and a mix of dubious and promising prospects.
Whether or not to get involved with it is solely up to you to decide at your own risk (DYOR). We are only interested in it in terms of a vivid story.

Let's take a look at the Shiba Inu Coin News. Today, Twitter, Reddit, and other sources may mention some dog-related coins. But are they worth our attention? Let's find out if Shiba Inu Coin has got any useful features, And what does this have to do with Elon Musk?

Let's take a look at the Shiba Inu Coin News. Today, Twitter or Reddit may tell you a lot about some dog-related coins. But are they worth it?

Shiba Inu Coin News and Its Controversial Backstory

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Studying cryptocurrencies and blockchain and never hearing the name Polkadot is almost impossible. But the project is actually much deeper than it may seem at first glance. Let's take a look at the Polkadot News, its unique features and differences, its development history, business position, and forecasts for the coming months.
<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: What is the project based on?</h2>
It's a platform within which new blockchains can be built and to which existing blockchains can be connected. This system can run cross-registries and cross-computing. It will also allow blockchain systems to process and transfer data quickly and securely while avoiding system-wide updates or hard forks.
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In doing so, the Polkadot coin is not distributed by a regular blockchain system, but by a multiplatform whose main purpose is to combine a variety of blockchains within a common Web3 network.
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<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: Why it is Called Ethereum's Killer</h2>
Just as Ethereum is declared the killer of Bitcoin, the Polkadot is described as the killer of Ethereum itself (among all other killers). Unlike the Bitcoin system, which only transmits transactional information and the quantity of coins, the Ethereum net can be used to create arbitrary smart programmable contracts and make tokens in the ERC-20 standard.
Polkadot has gone even further and implemented the toolset for generating and deploying networks of other projects based on the Polkadot tech basis. Such derivative networks are called parachains.
A parachain is an independent blockchain with its own token designed to improve functionality for specific tasks and project needs. Parachains not only have all the benefits of Polkadot but also can interact with other systems. The quantity of Polkadot parachain spots is limited and will be allocated by auctions.
Speaking of Polkadot News: Gavin Wood (co-creator) has repeatedly stated that Polkadot is not a direct competitor to ETH and will take its own, new niche in the crypto industry.
<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: What Is the Difference Between Cardano and Polkadot?</h2>
To put it simply, what they have in common. Both systems have a serious scientific basis and many people believe in them. Especially since the Cardano token (ADA) has already shown good growth. To some extent, DOT has also shown it.
Nevertheless, the difference is significant. If Cardano is a multi-layered blockchain system based on the Proof of Stake consensus algorithm, written in Haskell and designed to build decentralized applications.
Then Polkadot, as you have understood from everything described above, is, figuratively speaking, a whole universe of different external third-party blockchains (see the title image), and a system of hi-tech bridges and "portals" that will connect and produce internal and external blockchains. And among those blockchains could be Cardano, why not?
<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: Polkadot as a Cryptocurrency</h2>
Polkadot token was implemented in 2017 with a ticker symbol DOT. It serves three different purposes.
In addition to the value transmission function, Polkadot native tokens can be used for:
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<li>Voting in parachain related auctions</li>
<li>Validators nomination</li>
<li>Voting on project development</li>
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Also, we can group DOT's tasks as follows:
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<li>Control by all the DOT holders (they called Relay Chain members).</li>
<li>Functionality: the Math and Game Theory encourages token holders to act fairly.</li>
<li>Connectivity: adding, connecting, or even deleting chains and tokens.</li>
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<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: Funding of the Project</h2>
One of the most <a href="https://coinjoy.io/?search=polkadot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">exciting Polkadot News</a> mentioned that it allocated $145 million in its 2017 1st token sale. But there weren't enough funds for expansion. So the founders conducted a couple of new token sales, boosting the global cap.
<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: News of its Business Position</h2>
At the time of writing, DOT coin occupies a ninth place on CoinMarketCap, with an overall market capitalization of $27 billion and its price is around $28. The maximum Polkadot price (ATH) was almost $48, May 14th, 2021.
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<h2>Project evolution: Key Events and 2018-2021 Polkadot News</h2>
Fortunately, Polkadot founders are not at war with the SEC like Ripple, so the news about this project is exceptionally calm and related to its workflow and development. But this is no less exciting.
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<li>November 2018 was the start of Substrate, a blockchain system, built to accelerate Polkadot's growth and provide business users with the chance to speedily drive distributed registries.</li>
<li>In August 2019, the Polkadot started a test version of the Kusama (which is pretty similar to the Polkadot protocols and rules). The Kusama has its own KSM token, which performs the same role as the DOT token. </li>
<li>Late February 2020, Chainlink finalized its first level of combining its decentralized oracle chain into Polkadot/Substate main ecosystem. </li>
<li>On March 5, 2020, new awards were granted for evolving an Interlay-based interconnecting system between Bitcoin and Polkadot. </li>
<li>After 3+ years of development., on May 26, 2020, the initial key phase of the Polkadot core net was successfully started. </li>
<li>June 2020, &mdash; Polkadot migrated to the sophisticated NPoS consensus. Not only that, Interlay introduced again a new kind of bridge between Bitcoin and Polkadot, still in the PoC consensus. </li>
<li>July 2020, Polkadot announced a collaboration with other interesting startups: Terra and Cosmos. The subject was the Anchor DeFi protocol. It's meant to be fully declared by Q3/2020. </li>
<li>August 2020 - Analyst service CoinGecko added a cap metric for the DOT token. Its cap value at that moment was noted as $3.75 billion, and DOT was immediately ranked 10th. </li>
<li>August 2020 - Polkadot-based Acala DeFi-Protocol raised $7 million through the sale of SAFT contracts in a Series A funding round. </li>
<li>September - October 2020 - According to PolkaProject, there are already 267 projects deployed on the Polkadot network, ranging from stabelcoins to social networks. </li>
<li>October 2020 - Great Polkadot news comes from Bloomberg. It writes about the project. It mentions a report by Outlier Ventures, which reflected a 44% boost in the DApps devs quantity, who was supporting Polkadot in theQ2/2020. This is the best result among 11 competitors. Bitcoin and Ethereum saw a decline in their numbers. </li>
<li>November 2020 - China Blockchain Infrastructure Platform (BSN) integrated Polkadot crosschain protocol into its network, along with cloud computing service Oasis Network and project Bityuan. </li>
<li>The DOT price rose from a price point of $4.77 as of December 24 to a high of $7.65 on December, 30. The asset's growth was stimulated by financial and informational support for Polkadot from cryptocurrency exchange Binance. </li>
<li>Next, the project attracts the attention of asset management company Grayscale Investments. On January 27, 2021, Grayscale Investments applied for the registration of six new trusts: based on Polkadot, Polkadot, Aave, Monero, EOS, and so on. </li>
<li>February 2021 - The venture capital firm Digital Finance Group (DFG) announced a new financial support pool. It's a special $20 million fund to support projects on the Polkadot network. </li>
<li>April 2021 - The list of Polkadot-based products proceeds to evolve with newfangled projects. Blockchain company Enjin has raised $18.9 million to create a Polkadot-based NFT platform. </li>
<li>April 2021 - Tether is going to power its USDT stabelcoin with Polkadot and Kusama base. </li>
<li>May 2021 - Another crucial Polkadot news: the project entered the last and the most important phase of the mainnet Polkadot and Kusama deploying and starting. This was announced by Gavin Wood himself. </li>
<li>June 2021 - The Polkadot platform team announced another key Polkadot news that it is ready to begin auctioning parachain launch Kusama-based slots. </li>
<li>June 14, 2021 - Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro announced the listing of the Polkadot project token (DOT). On this background, its price has increased by 16% within a day. </li>
<li>August 2021 - Polkadot-powered DeFi project Parallel Finance, closed a $22 million Series A round, reached finally $150 million. </li>
<li>September 2, 2021 - It is announced that the Cream DeFi Protocol will integrate with the Moonbeam smart contract system on a Polkadot basis. </li>
<li>And the freshest Polkadot news at the time of writing is dated September 14. The Polkadot-powered DEX dTrade raised almost $23 million.</li>
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<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: Price Prediction</h2>
Will Polkadot rise? Many believe it will.
Although at the time of writing, their system combining various projects and blockchains is still in active development (pretty successful, as we described above). Moreover, the benefit and credibility of the project are quite high. As you can see from the plethora of activities described and the increasing expansion of the project's scope of influence, its prospects are more than solid.
You do remember that in less than a year (since August 2020), through May, the Polkadot token rose in value by more than 1,200%, reaching ATH on May 14 at nearly $48.
It's obvious that the technological success of any project doesn't always correlate strongly with the coin exchange valued price. It's often more influenced by the news than by the invisible but serious work of developers. Still, the financial and crypto markets are so unpredictable.
<h2>Polkadot Crypto News: Bottom line</h2>
Every day in the crypto industry new projects are created, but only a few of them deserve attention, and Polkadot, as well as Cardano, Solana, NEAR, and some others are such solid projects, which will show themselves in the future.
But remember the main thing: neither this article nor any other articles, can be considered by you as a financial or investment recommendation. You make all investment decisions on your own and must understand all the risks of crypto projects.

Studying cryptocurrencies and blockchain and never hearing the name Polkadot is almost impossible.

Let's take a look at the Polkadot News, unique features and differences, its development history, business position, and forecasts for the coming months.

Polkadot News: Crypto Phenomena Is Arising?

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It's been quite some time since crypto people have been worried about the fate of Ripple. It's a good time to take some stock of what has happened since Ripple went to war with the SEC. So, what's the Ripple News?
Notably, the Ripple technological project itself is not as closely tied to the fate of the XRP token, which is traded on exchanges.
Yes, the SEC has a grip on it, but the Ripple project itself is working closely on payment sector breakthroughs and so its successes or failures will not influence the price of the token any more as much as you might think. We are going to talk about the reason for this below.
At first, let's briefly recap the most significant things, and see what was going on through the year with this crypto asset. The events developed in a very interesting way.
<h2>Brief Reminder: What is Ripple really is?</h2>
Bookmark this collection of key information on <a href="https://coinjoy.io/media/38/ripple-xrp-price-analysis" target="_self" rel="external noopener">Ripple / XRP News and Price Analysis</a>. Here is a collection of basic and important information.
Ripple Labs is a technology company that has created the distributed XRP Ledger and Interledger Protocol, the crypto platform and enterprise blockchain of the same name, the XRP cryptocurrency, and the RippleNet product for financial institutions.
This product helps banks to send money to any country in just seconds and at a minimal cost. Also, the company is actively developing advanced payment and liquidity service (ODL) mechanisms for currency exchange
Ripple digital currency was founded in 2012. Now, despite battles with the SEC, it is expanding (it is quite a good indication), opening a division in Japan and Korea (SBI Ripple Asia), as well as a research and training center - the University Blockchain Initiative (UBRI).
Ripple's customers are represented by banks and payment systems, including MoneyGram, Santander, Azimo, Siam Commercial Bank, etc.&nbsp; Clients' network includes more than 300 banks, but most of them do not use XRP cryptocurrency XRP is Ripple's token for so-called "cross-border payments". At the time of writing, according to <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/xrp/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CoinMarketCap</a>, the XRP token is the 6th most capitalized (nearly $50.5 billion) at about $1.
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<h2>XRP / Ripple News: Dispute with U.S. Authorities</h2>
The lawsuit between fintech company Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) began back in 2020 and looks set to drag on until at least 2022.&nbsp;
<h2>XRP / Ripple News - 2020</h2>
On December 22, 2020, the SEC accused Ripple management of violating U.S. securities laws, citing the fact that XRP tokens are not registered under U.S. laws. According to the SEC, XRP is a security and its circulation in the market is illegal. The total amount of the issue that went to the SEC's teeth was $1.3 billion. As a backdrop, XRP plummeted, more than threefold, from $0.63 to $0.22 in December 2020.
The parties were given the opportunity to settle out of court, but they declined because they found it impossible.
<h2>XRP / Ripple News - 2021</h2>
<ul>
<li>Coinbase, like a number of other exchanges, suspended XRP trading because of an SEC lawsuit in January. In the summer of 2021, there were rumors of XRP returning to this platform, but the company denied it.</li>
<li>In February 2021, a pre-trial hearing began, through which the facts on the SEC's contacts with crypto exchanges regarding XRP surfaced. It turned out that the commission had not alerted the trading venues to the situation. This played in XRP's favor, and the XRP price jumped to $1.5 -&nbsp; $1.8 by April. In fact, XRP gained more than 750 percent in three months after the response.</li>
</ul>
However, the SEC claimed that Ripple knew about the state of the XRP prior to its initial release. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse described the SEC's charges as unfounded and said that the Commission's actions posed a serious threat to the whole US crypto market
<ul>
<li>In March, Ripple accused the SEC of abuse of its authority. It noted the XRP token is essentially ordinary money, so it is not under the SEC's jurisdiction.</li>
<li>The case was litigated all through March. The SEC requested access to the banking info of Ripple's executives, and they asked the court to deny the SEC access. In the end, Ripple's request was granted with finding the SEC's request inappropriate.</li>
<li>In April, Ripple had requested a report from the SEC about how it classifies Bitcoin and Ethereum and whether it considers their securities.</li>
<li>From April to June, the market experienced a strong decline of XRP - more than twofold: from $1.54 to $0.71. The reason also was the overall negative dynamics of the crypto market, which collapsed from the ATH reached earlier.</li>
<li>On August 27, Ripple submitted a filing to force the SEC to uncover its inside crypto trading rules.</li>
</ul>
Why? To find out if the SEC has permitted its employees to trade XRP, which the Commission itself alleges is unregistered security. Also, an adequate response to the SEC's demand for huge volumes of Slack messages from Ripple is needed.
<ul>
<li>The SEC suspects Ripple's administration of making illegal profits. And in May, a court granted the commission's request to consult with foreign financial regulators about the token.</li>
<li>And in June, the SEC requested a two-month delay in reviewing the case, which the court granted. It also ordered the SEC to disclose how it classifies other cryptocurrencies and distinguishes XRP from similar digital assets.</li>
</ul>
XRP nearly doubled in value from $0.68 to $1.26 in June and August amid a judicial lull. They considered the absence of Ripple News as good news.
<ul>
<li>In September, nearly 120 million XRP tokens were moved by Binance, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, BitGo and several other exchanges and platforms (according to Whale Alert). The nature, causes and consequences of this will not be fully known.</li>
<li>On September 14, new findings surfaced in this dispute. The SEC issued a paper that describes negotiations with reps from SBI Holdings (Ripple's main partner), and some other companies. The meetings during 2017 - 2019 and discussed the XRP.</li>
</ul>
However, there is a suggestion that it doesn't have much impact. Although somebody at these gatherings mentioned that XRP tokens should be registered, this can't be considered as an officially stated SEC's position, but rather as a matter of an individual's judgment.
<ul>
<li>On September 15, Charles Gasparino (FOX Business Network) <a href="https://twitter.com/CGasparino/status/1438188130432176128" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tweeted</a> about the regulator's logic for recognizing or not recognizing a token as a security (he was referring to his sources).</li>
</ul>
The SEC considers the XRP token security because Ripple's infrastructure is still building with it. And the Ethereum blockchain development is complete and has been running for years, so the SEC recognizes that it is a security. Ripple is still using XRP to fund businesses, so the SEC considers it unregistered security, Gasparino wrote.
Twitter crypto community criticized the SEC, noting the inconsequential position of the regulator. They noted, for example, that Ethereum recently launched an update, so it's still under development, too.
What does all this say? That the SEC itself apparently doesn't yet fully know how or what to base its charges on. As we can see, Ripple has good lawyers, and probably they will be able to defend the company against such vague wording.
On the other hand, the CEO of Ripple Labs, Brad Garlinghouse, admitted to financing Ripple's business with the sale of XRP. So for now, the position is ambiguous. One thing we can say with certainty is that it will be fascinating to observe it further.
<h2>Basics of United Resistance to the Regulator (Or Did It Just Seem to Us?)</h2>
In general, we can note that Ripple news, kind of we described above, is enjoying all the crypto community and industry not only with its proactive stance and unwillingness to tolerate injustice and fight for its ideas, but also the openness of its leadership and desire to support the market in general.
For example, the head of Ripple said that the warning Coinbase received from the SEC about one of their products put the exchange in a similar situation to his company. He highlighted that the Commission "continues the war on cryptocurrencies," and hinted at a possible collaboration between the two organizations. Which Coinbase, as we noted above, has not been confirmed.
Ripple's general counsel Stuart Alderoti also <a href="https://twitter.com/s_alderoty/status/1435712934060118018" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spoke out</a> in support of the Coinbase exchange. He noted the clear regulatory frameworks of jurisdictions such as the U.K., Singapore, and Japan that encourage innovations. The situation in the U.S. is diametrically opposed, he said.
Interesting trend. If players like Ripple would join together, instead of disassociating from each other and unite in some associations to protect the rights of market players, perhaps they would not be so vulnerable to the ultimatum actions of the regulators.
However, such organizations are already emerging. For example, Coin Center - an organization to promote and protect the interests of the crypto industry. Coin Center director Jerry Brito <a href="https://twitter.com/jerrybrito/status/1435557430910459906" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">called</a> the SEC's action against Coinbase underhanded. He thinks, that Coinbase should release the product and confront the regulator directly.
He added that the alternative is for the Commission to initiate a case against a small player, settle with it pre-trial, and then use its scalp as a trophy. Brito pointed out that the industry needs court settlements to clarify the situation.
<h2>XRP / Ripple News: What's next for Ripple?</h2>
As you know, globally, much of the result of this situation will rely on an outcome of XRP tokens passing the Howey Test.
The final decision and really crucial XRP / Ripple News is not expected until January 2022 at the earliest. Right now, XRP price is dependent on rumors, news, and the general market situation. Just like all other tokens, unless they are artificially held against the market (pump or dump). If the crypto market continues to grow and Ripple wins the case, the coin may show significant growth.
But in general, you should not be guided by publications in this question and should not consider them as financial advice. It is important to remember that all investing and trading is done at the risk of each individual.
<h2>Bottom line</h2>
Before Ripple's case, the actions of the SEC usually meant the end of a particular crypto-project. That's what happened with <a href="https://coinjoy.io/media/45/ton-explained-what-was-ton-and-is-it-really-over" target="_self" rel="external noopener">Pavel Durov's TON / GRAM</a>, for example. But the instance of Ripple is indicative because it refuses to give up and tries to "strike back at the empire". 
And if the SEC does not win this time, it will create an interesting and extremely useful precedent for the cryptocurrency market. This means it will help the crypto industry become even stronger. Whether it will reduce volatility is unknown, but the positive effect of reversing the trend of super control and strict bans is hard to overestimate. Stay tuned, we intend to monitor events as they unfold.
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It's been quite some time since crypto people have been worried about the fate of Ripple. It's a good time to take some stock of what has happened since Ripple went to war with the SEC. So, what's the Ripple News?

Let's take a look at XRP / Ripple News, Recap and Predictions for 2021/2022. What has happened since Ripple went to war with the SEC (aka XRP SEC lawsuit).

Time Machine: The Most Significant Ripple News for the Past Two Years

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Significant price surges are amusing. Everyone wants to hop on and have a ride to the moon: some people are driven by FOMO, some HODL for the blind faith, the others believe in DYOR. In the &ldquo;Rolling Stocks'' series, we overview the hottest outbreaks and find out the reasons for such successes.
This time we&rsquo;ll dive into VeChain News and explore its basics, key features, and recent updates!
<h2>What Is VeChain?</h2>
VeChain is a blockchain platform for creating and managing product and merchandise data in supply chains. VeChain is already used by several well-known companies and brands in the logistics, pharmaceuticals, automotive, luxury, fashion, and wine and spirits industries. The project has established partnerships with such enterprises as Walmart China, Bayer China, BMW Group, BYD Auto, PICC, Shanghai Gas, LVMH, D.I.G, ASI Group, etc.
<h2>Who Created VeChain And When?&nbsp;</h2>
The Chinese and Singaporean blockchain company VeChain was founded in 2015 by Sunny Lu, ex-CIO of Louis Vuitton China, and Jen Zhang, former financial manager of Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The eponymous decentralized platform VeChain was launched in 2016.
<h2>What Problems Does VeChain solve?</h2>
VeChain's mission is to help companies solve problems with the supply of goods and optimize logistics processes, reduce costs, and speed up delivery to destinations.&nbsp;
<h2>How Does VeChain Function?</h2>
On the VeChain platform, a product is assigned a unique identifier, which is simultaneously stored in the blockchain and placed on the product with an NFC chip, RFID tag, or QR code. Through these devices, VeChain allows you to manage supply chains and track goods at any stage of their life cycle, solving the problem of counterfeiting.
The VeChainThor decentralized network is based on the Proof-of-Authority consensus mechanism. PoA is an advanced Proof-of-Stake (PoS) algorithm. The mainnet VechainThor was launched on June 30, 2018.
The PoA algorithm provides that every node in the VechainThor network is validated. The Vechain Foundation assigns nodes that will then extract new blocks and add them to the VeChainThor blockchain. This approach eliminates the risks arising from the presence of anonymous block producers in the blockchain network, which serves as an obstacle to the use of blockchain technology by companies. The Vechain Foundation acts as a supernode that has enhanced masternode powers.&nbsp;
<h2>VeChain (VET) And VTHO</h2>
The native coin of the VeChainThor blockchain is VET (VeChain Token), but due to the peculiarities of this blockchain, the network commission is paid not by the native coin, but by the native VeChainThor Token (VTHO). Therefore, to pay the commission when making transactions, VTHO tokens must be available at your address.
Although the name VET contains the word &ldquo;token&rdquo;, it is a cryptocurrency as it uses its own blockchain. VET is used for transfers, payment for goods and services, exchange, voting, and staking. Staking calculations can be made through the <a href="https://vechainstats.com/vtho-calculator/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VeChain VTHO calculator</a>.&nbsp;
<h2>What Wallets Can You Store VeChain In?</h2>
Storage and management of VET and VTHO cryptocurrencies are supported by the official VeChainThor Walle, and such mobile and hardware wallets as Atomic Wallet, Exodus, MyEtherWallet, MetaMask, Ledger Nano S, Trezor. You can also store VeChain in a paper wallet, which involves printing private keys on paper and storing them offline in a secure physical place.
<h2>Where To Buy VET Cryptocurrency</h2>
VET and VTHO coins are traded on many major crypto exchanges. A complete list of platforms where you can buy Vechain cryptocurrencies can be found on the CoinMarketCap website. Also, you can buy VeChain with credit cards &ndash; MasterCard and Visa.
<h2>Latest Vechain News</h2>
In May 2021, officials from three of the most important areas in China visited the company's offices in Singapore. During the meeting, they praised the VeChain technology. Official approval from the Chinese government may be of great value for the future development of VeChain.
Currently, VeChain wants to make use of its NFT tracking for the Chinese pet food industry which faces problems with counterfeits, the inability to track and source ingredients This would allow VeChain to enter a billion-dollar industry and help companies, cutting down on the number of counterfeit ingredients in this market.
The same NFT tracking could also have a use for vaccine passports. VeChain could enter the space to provide those services.
Recent VeChain News tells us that it has launched a $1 million grant program that provides developers with funds to create projects for its VeChainThor platform. Companies that the crypto has teamed up with include Walmart (NYSE:WMT) China, Bayer (OTCMKTS:BAYRY) China, and more.
You can find out about the latest news of the project via <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Vechain/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">VeChain Reddit</a>.
<h2>VeChain Price Prediction</h2>
The Longoforecast service made a forecast of the VeChain cryptocurrency for 2021: analysts believe that in December the VeChain cryptocurrency rate will be $0.70, and at the end of the month &ndash; $0.56.
Capital publishers also adhere to the positive scenario. In their opinion, the price of the VeChain coin by the end of 2021 could reach $0.62, and in 2025 &ndash; $ 0.99. The most positive VeChain forecast for 2025 was given by Paybis experts, who believe that the cryptocurrency rate by that time may reach $10, and in 2021 the price will reach $1.
The prospects for the VeChain cryptocurrency in 2021 depending on the situation in the crypto market, the activity of developers, the regularity of updates, and the availability of new partnerships.
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VeChain is a blockchain platform for creating and managing product and merchandise data in supply chains.

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Every week we make a digest about the most significant news in crypto with bloggers and crypto community members, but this week we decided to check out what our friends from the media find interesting in the world of crypto.
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<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/224736318/vitalik-buterin-comments-on-barriers-on-roadmap-to-eth2" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Vitalik Buterin Comments on Barriers on Roadmap to ETH 2.0</a></h3>
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum has told about the obstacles on the way to ETH2, which is going to move on the Proof-of-Stake and will make the network more scalable, more sustainable and more secure. Though, he admitted that the process might take much longer than the team expected &ndash; up to six years instead of one as it was planned from the beginning. Buterin also acknowledged that the biggest issue on the way to improvements related to people not to technology. He explained that the current version of Ethereum became the victim of improvements with the high gas fees, making many transactions too expensive for the average users. So the coming update isn&rsquo;t going to be a completely new one, it&rsquo;s more of a very much improved version of its first iteration that will consume almost 94% less energy.
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/220094363/coinbase-raised-usd6m-fund-supporting-indonesian-crypto-exchange" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Coinbase raised $6M fund supporting Indonesian Crypto Exchange</a></h3>
Pitu, an Indonesia-based crypto exchange created in 2020 got $6 million funds from Coinbase on June 1 in the terms of the &ldquo;Coinbase ventures&rdquo; mission that aims to support small crypto exchanges and blockchain startups. It completed a &ldquo;Series A&rdquo; funding round supporting the rapidly growing crypto industry in Indonesia and was followed by the major global investors including Pantera Capital and Intudo Ventures. Indonesian public is still very new to the cryptocurrency market and the founder of Pitu, Andrew Adjiputro says that the project is also a chance to attract more people to the digital assets investments.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;Pintu is a bit different from major Indonesian crypto exchanges like Indodax and Tokocrypto as Pintu is focused on the mass market to reach mainly first-time crypto users.&rdquo; &mdash; Andrew Adjiputro, CEO of Pintu
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/220119730/canadian-securities-commission-takes-action-against-poloniex" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Canadian Securities Commission Takes Action Against Poloniex</a></h3>
Canadian Security Commission has fined cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex for breaking the security laws requiring it to pay 1 million Canadian dollars and to stop any trading procedures completely or temporarily. The Ontario Security Commission has already warned Poloniex before that the actions will follow unless the exchange complies with the local securities before April 19. As Poloniex didn&rsquo;t take a step towards clarifying its status on the Canadian trading market, the regulation body had no choice but to take action. Additionally to the penalty and restriction on the trading activity, the regulation body insists Poloniex not be registered as investment fund manager and not to be able to acquire any securities.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;Poloniex has never filed a prospectus with the Commission or obtained a prospectus exemption.&rdquo; &mdash; Ontario Securities Commission
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/220142922/mike-novogratz-opinion-on-dogecoin" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Mike Novogratz Opinion on Dogecoin</a></h3>
Michael Novogratz, CEO of Digital Holdings Ltd said he doesn&rsquo;t see a long future for Dogecoin and that its growth until today was caused by the investors' tribalism. Continuing, he compared it to Gamestop and expressed the concern that it&rsquo;s just a matter of time when DOGE will also disappear, even though it has a short-term potential, but when it comes to the real utility and credibility, there is no asset more successful than Bitcoin as now lots of companies and individuals recognize it&rsquo;s potential. According to Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, Doge is just a great example of how easy it became to create a digital asset.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;Furthermore, TheNewsCrypto&rsquo;s Senior Analyst advises against investing in Dogecoin and instead recommends digital assets such as ADA, TRX, and VET.&rdquo;
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/220856973/crypto-firms-struggles-to-meet-aml-standards-in-uk" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Crypto Firms Struggles To Meet AML Standards in US</a></h3>
After the FCA became an official anti-money-laundering supervisor in the UK in January 2020, only 5 crypto firms managed to meet its standards. The regulation body increased the control on the industry and they&rsquo;re having plans on making crypto companies submit early financial crime reports. According to John Glen, the member of the UK parliament and Treasury&rsquo;s economic secretary the main problem is that most of the firms failed to implement appropriately secure control frameworks and to hire proper employees, thus FCA couldn&rsquo;t process their applications in time. &ldquo;Temporary Registration Regime&rdquo; was launched to allow trading for those companies until July 9th, when the decision is to be made on the hanging applications. By the time of publishing, 90% of the firms withdrew their applications after submitting and for the time being there are 167 crypto assets with outstanding applications and 77 applications that are not yet reviewed.
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/221585970/google-cloud-integrates-blockchain-datasets-of-polygon" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Google Cloud Integrates Blockchain Datasets of Polygon</a></h3>
Polygon has integrated blockchain datasets with Google Cloud Platform, so the datasets can be tracked using BigQuery tool, which is available under the public financial sector category, to get a better understanding of the network. BigQuery Is a multi-cloud serverless, highly-scalable data warehouse. By using it, developers can monitor gas fees; smart contracts and multi-chain analysis for SDK that are supposed to accelerate the network's growth. This integration is a part of the bigger initiative of listing cryptocurrency data in Google Big Query via GCP that includes several real time cryptocurrency datasets with the potential to grow services with distributed ledgers.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;According to Polygon, the ability to gain insights from more than 6 million daily transactions on its blockchain, &ldquo;will go a long way towards growing and building the Polygon and Ethereum ecosystems.&rdquo;
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/221814290/paypal-bitcoin-volume-reached-over-usd300m" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">PayPal Bitcoin Volume Reached Over $300M</a></h3>
Last week Bitcoin volume reached a new-time-high of over $300 million as a payment method on PayPal, exceeding its previous top of January, 2020 by 80 million. It seems like such a result pushed the competitors, Apple Pay in particular, to look for providing similar services. The company is looking for an employee with at least 5+ years of prior experience with alternative payment methods, cryptocurrencies, digital wallets etc., that might indicate the company&rsquo;s interests to finally enter the crypto market.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;In last week, bitcoin widely reached $30,000, this shows that retail bought the loss in price with bitcoin currently ranging.&rdquo;
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/222575491/cosimo-x-partners-with-privacy-blockchain-dusk-network" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">COSIMO X Partners With Privacy Blockchain Dusk Network</a></h3>
Dusk Network, privacy blockchain project has announced partnering with the first ever tokenized fund COSIMO X that invests in emerging, next generation technologies such as Ethereum competitors Caper Labs and cryptocurrency NDAU. This partnership comes along with the trend of blockchain adoption by many traditional institutions. Dusk Network Protocol aims to bring privacy into security tokens making them a great commodity for the DeFi market. Both Dusk Network and COSIMO X are interested in integration of traditional and decentralized finance.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;The team behind Dusk is very impressive. At COSIMO, we certainly share their emphasis on privacy as a force for good and their vision for Dusk as a key bridge as DeFi and traditional fianc&eacute; morph together in the coming years from their separate streams today.&rdquo; &mdash; Connor Cantwell, Managing Partner at COSIMO X
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/224359735/predictions-speculate-shiba-inu-shib-to-reach-usd1" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Predictions Speculate Shiba Inu (SHIB) To Reach $1</a></h3>
Despite the fact that the SHIB coin had dropped 5% of its worth last week, it still looks attractive for investors and the attention from famous U.K rapper DJ JY only proves it. Launched less than a year ago Shibu Inu seems to be following the path of DOGE and with the famous artist talking about it, the popularity of another meme coin will definitely grow. It had already shown significant growth entering top-20 altcoins within a short period of time and it has a space for going more as Binance recently added it. Though its price isn&rsquo;t reaching even 1 cent, it gained momentum of more than $3,4 billion, making most analysts predict its price to double up massively in a short term. Latest gossip in the community suppose that Shibu Inu is developing its own decentralized exchange, and if this goes well SHIB might hit the $1 target faster than anyone would expect.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;The attention received upon SHIB from DJ JY will set his 43,000 plus followers on twitter to go and seek themselves regarding SHIB. Being priced not even a penny, investors will be pouring in for sure.&rdquo;
</blockquote>
<h3>📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/224947981/rok-capital-and-solana-launches-fund-for-solana-ecosystem" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">ROK Capital and Solana Launches Fund for Solana Ecosystem</a></h3>
Korea&rsquo;s leading blockchain accelerator ROK Capital partners with Solana Foundation to establish a $20 million Solana Eco Fund focused on developing infrastructure DeFi, Deb3 and NFT projects, but also on expanding Solana&rsquo;s presence on Korean&rsquo;s market.&nbsp; The partnership also includes blockchain consulting firm FactBlock and a community-based accelerator DeSpread. Throughout the newly established fund ROK Capital has already invested in Mercurial Finance, Synthetify, Symmetry, and Parrot. The company also bootstrapped Solana-based permissionless decentralized exchange Serum that offers fast speed and low transaction fees.
<blockquote>
&ldquo;ROK Capital has been a valuable partner to ecosystem companies, assisting with project launch and capitalization. We are excited to collaborate with the new fund to help more entrepreneurs and teams build on Solana.&rdquo; &mdash;&nbsp; Anatoly Yakovenko, The President of Solana Foundation.
</blockquote>
<h2>Prices</h2>
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What important crypto events happened last week?
<h2>Cryptocurrencies</h2>
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📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131811878/bitcoin-explodes-above-usd23-000-what-s-behind-the-massive-spike" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Bitcoin Explodes Above $23,000 &ndash; What&rsquo;s Behind The Massive Spike?</a>
Bitcoin continues to grow at an enormous pace. On December 16, it rose above the $20,000 level, and the very next day, it hit another all-time high: the leading cryptocurrency rose above $23,000 on exchanges. One of the main reasons for such growth is the news about the Federal Reserve's intentions to continue its quantitative easing policy. Along with this, more and more large financial institutions are using Bitcoin to save their assets from devaluation.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131774192/ether-futures-is-coming-on-cme-next-year" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ether Futures Is Coming On CME Next Year</a>
CME announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency derivative from February 2021. Ethereum futures are currently awaiting regulatory review. The named reason for adding this tool is the growing demand for crypto-derivatives. The price of Ethereum, along with the growth of Bitcoin, also increased sharply above $600. Analysts predict further growth associated with Ethereum's turn to Proof-of-Stake Protocol.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131309288/total-value-staked-in-ethereum-2-0-has-surpassed-1-5-million-eth" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Total Value Staked In Ethereum 2.0 Has Surpassed 1.5 Million ETH</a>
The amount of assets in the Ethereum 2.0 stack is now over 1.5 million ETH worth more than $1 billion at the current exchange rate. These numbers clearly indicate the growing interest of investors and the community in the new Ethereum model and developing ecosystem.
<h2>Projects And Updates</h2>
<img src="../files/5f64dcc0452c1457d61e2885-projects.png" alt="Projects" width="347" height="149" />
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130434390/ethereum-2-0-11-of-deposits-come-from-kraken" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ethereum 2.0: 11% Of Deposits Come From Kraken</a>
Kraken crypto exchange users deposited more than 166,624 ETH on Ethereum 2.0. According to the leading Ethereum developer Justin Drake, 10.7% of funds locked on the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract are from the Kraken exchange. In terms of the number of ETH on users' wallets, Kraken is second only to the Coinbase and Bitfinex platforms, which together could control a third of validators.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130403374/ripple-xrp-news-update-on-spark-airdrop-flare-finance-launches-beta-program" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ripple (XRP) News: Update On Spark Airdrop, Flare Finance Launches Beta Program</a>
A snapshot of the XPR ledger for the airdrop Spark token (FLR) of the Flare Network protocol took place on December 12 as planned. To celebrate the successful snapshot, the developers presented a beta version of Flare Finance and a beta testing program, which allows 200 people to participate in UX and performance tryouts.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130872775/coinbase-pro-adds-support-for-3-more-defi-tokens" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Coinbase Pro Adds Support For 3 More DeFi Tokens</a>
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro, a platform aimed at professional traders, has announced the listing of three DeFi tokens: AAVE, BNT, and SNX. Coinbase emphasized that AVE, BNT, and SNX are not yet available on Coinbase.com or in mobile apps. If this support is added, it will be announced later.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130855800/first-public-alpha-testnet-for-iota-chrysalis-phase-2-released" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">First Public Alpha Testnet For IOTA Chrysalis Phase 2 Released</a>
On December 14, the IOTA Foundation announced the launch of the Chrysalis 1.5 public test network. The update is an in-between step before turning to IOTA 2.0, which is due to be released in 2021. The current strategy of IOTA is to run Chrysalis 1.5 through a series of alpha tests. If everything goes as planned, the main Chrysalis network will launch in the first half of 2021.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131261260/a-new-dex-polkastarter-launched-on-polkadot" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">A New DEX Polkastarter Launched On Polkadot</a>
Ethereum's Competitor, Polkadot cryptocurrency (DOT) has launched its own decentralized exchange, called Polkastarter Dex. It will provide a token exchange between networks and cross-chain auctions. Later the project will have its own stablecoin. The launch of Polkastarter was announced back in September, its native POLS tokens are already listed on another decentralized exchange, Uniswap. Polkastarter Dex is already operating and offering rewards for swapping Ethereum tokens into POLS.
<h2>Regulations</h2>
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📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/129160671/putin-orders-russia-s-public-officials-to-report-crypto-holdings" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Putin Orders Russia&rsquo;s Public Officials To Report Crypto Holdings</a>
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that until June 30 next year, federal public officials and candidates for these positions will have to provide information about digital assets belonging to them, their spouses, and underage children.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131322888/uk-crypto-firms-awaiting-recognition-get-temporary-relief" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">UK Crypto Firms Awaiting Recognition Get Temporary Relief</a>
British regulator has offered temporary registration for those cryptocurrency firms that have applied for licenses, until July 2021, while the agency is working to eliminate flaws in the registration procedure. Previously, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) required all existing and new cryptocurrency companies operating in the country to register before January 10, 2021. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency companies that failed to submit applications before December 15, 2020, must return all funds to customers and cease their operations by the beginning of 2021.
<h2>Mass Adoption</h2>
<img src="../files/5f64ec2e452c1457d61e288a-Massadoption.png" alt="Mass adoption" width="347" height="149" />
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130434143/cryptocurrency-wallet-lumi-launches-new-payment-method-apple-pay" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Cryptocurrency Wallet Lumi launches New Payment Method Apple Pay</a>
The developers of the Lumi multi-currency crypto wallet announced the update of the service's functionality by integration with Apple Pay. Lumi supports BTC, ETH, BCH, Tether USDT, Binance USD, Celsius, Dai, EOS, and more than 1200 ERC-20 tokens. This payment method will simplify the purchase process, as it does not require KYC verification for those users who already have an account in the Apple Pay wallet. The new feature is already available to users from 60 countries.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131434700/germany-fastracks-all-digital-security-strategy-with-blockchain" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Germany Fastracks All-Digital Security Strategy With Blockchain</a>
German regulators have decided to transfer some securities to digital format, with their subsequent movement for storage on the blockchain. The law simplifies the rules that required issuers and holders of securities to document transactions using paper certificates. According to Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection Christine Lambrecht, the law will provide legal clarity and increase the potential of new technologies. Furthermore, this move will reduce the cost of administrative work with documents.
<h2>Hacking</h2>
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📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130871965/defi-founder-targeted-in-usd8m-hack-says-he-has-his-hacker-s-ip" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">DeFi Founder Targeted In $8m Hack Says He Has His Hacker&rsquo;s IP</a>
Nexus Mutual CEO Hugh Karp lost 370,000 NXM or approximately $8 million due to a hack of his personal wallet. The hacker managed to remotely install a compromised version of the MetaMask extension and transfer NXM tokens to their address. Analysts in Nexus Mutual found out that 11 days before the attack, the hacker went through the KYC procedure on the platform. However, most likely, they used stolen personal data, so the investigation continues.
<h2>People</h2>
<img src="../files/5f64e82f452c1457d61e2889-people.png" alt="Peolple" width="347" height="149" />
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/131348926/centra-tech-co-founder-handed-prison-term-for-usd25m-crypto-fraud" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Centra Tech Co-Founder Handed Prison Term For $25M Crypto Fraud</a>
Co-founder of the Centra Tech startup Robert Farkas was sentenced to one year in prison for organizing and conducting a fraudulent ICO for $25 million. Centra Tech purportedly meant to offer crypto-based financial products, such as debit cards. According to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Farkas and his associates put up a fictitious executive team and fabricated licenses and business relationships with Visa and Mastercard. Earlier, in summer 2020, in order to diminish his prison term, Farkas pleaded guilty to the fraud conspiracy. The confiscated proceeds from the scheme, which is about $33.4 million in ETH, will be distributed among the victims of the Centra Tech fraud.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/130447562/ukrainian-oligarch-mining-bitcoins-in-a-closed-kentucky-steel-plant" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Ukrainian Oligarch Mining Bitcoins In A Closed Kentucky Steel Plant</a>
The 70-year-old steel plant owned by Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky shut down its profile operations in July and dismissed part of its workers. Now it is engaged in Bitcoin mining for alternative income. Employees of the plant told that the entire warehouse of the enterprise was converted into a data center.&nbsp; In August 2020, the US Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit against Kolomoisky and his partner Gennadiy Bogolyubov. They are accused of funneling billions of dollars into the State's economy they got through falsified loans between 2008 and 2016.
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A short improved survey of 0x open convention and its local token ZRX is given beneath. It incorporates a portrayal of the convention's plan and clarification of ZRX reason and capacity. Additionally, a study supplies information on the venture's turn of events, ZRX coin current worth, and conceivable value activity.
<h2>What are the 0x convention and its local token ZRX coin?</h2>
0x is a decentralized convention with its local cryptographic money ZRX. 0x empowers distributed low-rubbing trade of ERC20 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain. Exchanges are executed through an arrangement of openly open savvy contracts. They can be utilized free of charge; any dApp can take advantage of them. The 0x convention doesn't force any expenses on its clients. 0x's decentralized administration can be utilized constant and updates can be coordinated into the base convention without intruding on dApps or end-clients. The undertaking was established in October 2016 by Amir Bandeali and Will Warren. The organizers imagine a future where everything of significant worth has exchanged the type of tokens. Anything possible, from stocks to masterpieces, can be given its token and afterward exchanged on a decentralized organization.
<h2>What role does ZRX coin play?</h2>
Modern blockchains are not yet scalable enough to handle a large transaction volume. 0x offers a solution for this: it uses P2P networks, with which orders can be processed outside the blockchain. The only thing that happens on the blockchain is the actual value transfers. All other transactions and the like are kept outside the blockchain. This lowers the transaction costs and reduces the congestion on the network.
P2P network, known as a relayer, facilitates orders&rsquo; execution by submitting signatures to 0x's smart contract. For a successful transaction, both the signature of the maker and the taker is required. As compensation for facilitating this exchange, a relayer is awarded some ZRX, 0x's native currency, for each transaction.
The ZRX token, in addition to compensating relays for sending order books, is used to facilitate decentralized governance on 0x's platform. The currency can be used to vote on decisions affecting the blockchain. This allows protocol integrations and upgrades to be performed without interrupting the entire network.
The ZRX token is an ERC-20 token, so it can be easily and safely stored in an Ethereum wallet that supports ERC-20. The best options are Ledger Nano S, Trezor, Exodus, MetaMask, and MyEtherWallet.&nbsp;
There are many different platforms where you can buy and sell 0x (ZRX), including Binance, Huobi, HitBTC, OKEx, and Bittrex. The complete list of all places to buy and exchange 0x (ZRX) can be found <a href="https://digitalcoinprice.com/coins/0x/exchanges" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.&nbsp;
<h2>The price of ZRX coin</h2>
On October 7 the ZRX <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/0x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">price</a> was $0.352564. A 24-hour trading volume is $30,746,316. In the last 24 hours, the ZRX price is up by 1.9%.
A circulating supply equals 720 mil coins; a max supply &ndash; 1 bln coins. Coinbase Pro is the most active market for trading ZRX. <a href="https://blockchair.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blockchair.com</a>, <a href="https://ethplorer.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ethplorer.io</a>, <a href="https://etherscan.io/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">etherscan.io</a>, and <a href="https://0xtracker.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">0xtracker.com</a> can be useful for exploring transactions and addresses. You can find more information at <a href="https://0x.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">0x.org</a>.
<h2>News</h2>
In February 2020, 0x protocol launched a new API to provide for cost-efficient token swaps.&nbsp;
In February 2020, 0x and ChainLink collaboration was <a href="https://twitter.com/chainlink/status/1227999845182558210" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">announced</a>, aimed at bringing new DEX functionality to users.
In June 2020, 0x <a href="https://coincodex.com/article/8466/0x-price-analysis-zrx-surges-6-after-partnership/">announced</a> its collaboration with MakerDAO. It gave Maker&rsquo;s community exclusive access to <a href="https://matcha.xyz/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Matcha</a>, a simple crypto trading platform, powered by 0x Labs.&nbsp;
0x is also competing to be ranked among the top cryptocurrencies of 2020. It is a common trend in the crypto market for prices to get a healthy boost when the team hits a major milestone. With that in mind, ZRX is looking pretty good right now.
Looking ahead, the 0x development team is <a href="https://blog.0xproject.com/0x-the-community-owned-liquidity-api-26da5732447e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">working</a> on new features and projects, such as protocol upgrades and various 0x improvement proposals. 0x is trying to bring the power of both decentralized and central exchanges to the crypto market.
If you want to know what's on the ZRX team's schedule, including any current improvements they want to make, we recommend taking a look at the ZRX <a href="https://blog.0xproject.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">blog</a> and the 0x <a href="https://github.com/0xProject" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">project</a> on Github.
<h2>ZRX coin&rsquo;s price prediction</h2>
<img src="../files/5f7ddeadc380fb179cdf0494-image2.png" alt="0x price prediction" width="347" height="129" /> Source: <a href="https://walletinvestor.com/forecast/0x-prediction" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://walletinvestor.com/forecast/0x-prediction</a>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">According to an algorithm provided by <a href="https://digitalcoinprice.com/forecast/0x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digitalcoin</a>, the 0x (ZRX) price can be up to 0.37463628 USD by tomorrow.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">The lowest price of 0x (ZRX) will be up to 1.77 USD and the highest price &ndash; up to 2.06 USD in the future.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">According to <a href="https://digitalcoinprice.com/forecast/0x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digitalcoin</a> estimated prediction 0x (ZRX) price will not be downward.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Broadly speaking ZRX is a profitable investment based on <a href="https://digitalcoinprice.com/forecast/0x" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Digitalcoin</a> forecasting.
Disclaimer: The content of this article can be used for informational purposes only and shouldn&rsquo;t be considered as investment advice.

A short simplified review of 0x open protocol and its native token ZRX is provided below.

A short improved on audit of 0x open convention and its local token ZRX: 0x plan; the job of ZRX coin; the current cost of ZRX; ZRX coin value forecast.

0x Cryptocurrency: News, Price, Pros & Cons - Full Review

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What significant crypto occasions happened last week?&nbsp;
<h3>Digital currencies&nbsp;</h3>
📌 Ethereum 2.0 Testnet 'Spadina' Goes Live Ahead Of The Mainnet Release&nbsp;
The arrangement of the Ethereum network for the go to the new calculation, gradually, yet definitely, is going to the end goal. The designers dispatched the Spadina test organization, whose primary undertaking was to test the way toward making the main square.&nbsp;
📌 Nexo And Litecoin Partnership To Change The Crypto Ecosystem&nbsp;
Nexo, the biggest crypto-credit stage, is currently an authority credit accomplice of the Litecoin Foundation. Together, they intend to give their clients better admittance to monetary administrations and a more attractive monetary market.&nbsp;
📌 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Hints More Investments And Acquisitions Coming Soon&nbsp;
Wave's CEO Brad Garlinghouse implied that the organization intends to utilize its accessible money to foster its business and make new arrangements in the following not many months.&nbsp;
📌 Chainlink (LINK) Arrives On Travala&nbsp;
Travel booking administration Travala has incorporated Chainlink as an installment technique on its foundation. Presently clients can book their excursions utilizing LINK tokens.
<h3>Projects and Updates </h3>
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/99254666/crypto-exchange-bitfinex-announces-margin-trading-facility-for-uniswap-uni" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Announces Margin Trading Facility for Uniswap (UNI)</a>
Bitfinex started margin trading for Uniswap's governance token UNI. Uniswap, a popular decentralized platform based on Ethereum, launched UNI on September 17 and instantly created a great commotion in the DeFi market. Trading is now available in pairs with the US dollar (USD) and the Tether stablecoin (USDT).
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/99211172/bitflyer-launches-cross-border-platform-connecting-eu-with-japan" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">BitFlyer Launches Cross-Border Platform, Connecting EU With Japan</a>&nbsp;
The bitFlyer Europe cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it will provide direct access to the BTC markets in Japan, becoming the first cross-border regulated cryptocurrency trading platform.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98831258/gemini-now-supports-shielded-zcash-withdrawals-for-added-privacy" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Gemini Now Supports &lsquo;Shielded&rsquo; Zcash Withdrawals For Added Privacy</a>&nbsp;
The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange has added "shielded" Zcash (ZEC) withdrawals to provide its users with better privacy protection. According to a press release, Gemini became the first regulated crypto exchange supporting such transactions.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98832611/coda-protocol-changes-name-after-trademark-dispute-with-r3" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Coda Protocol Changes Name After Trademark Dispute With R3</a>
The developer of the "simplified" Coda blockchain, O(1) Labs, has relaunched a project now-called Mina after a legal dispute over the similarity of trademarks to the R3 Corda platform.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98776908/coinbase-announces-company-first-policy-banning-controversial-workplace-discussions" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Coinbase Announces &lsquo;Company-First&rsquo; Policy Banning Controversial Workplace Discussions</a>&nbsp;
In a blog post published on September 27, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that his company would seek a neutral or apolitical workplace. Armstrong said that social activism of employees hinders the company on its mission. Employees' discussion of unrelated global issues during the working day benefits neither the company nor its shareholders.
📌 <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98394212/bitfinex-launches-europe-50-derivatives" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Bitfinex Launches Europe 50 Derivatives</a>
The Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange has moved beyond the cryptocurrency space and made a step into the territory of traditional markets launching derivatives &mdash; Europe 50 and Germany 30 &mdash; perpetual contracts, settled in Tether (USDT) stablecoins.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98325896/another-epoch-awaits-cardano-as-bittrex-finally-updates-usdada-wallet" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Another Epoch Awaits Cardano As Bittrex Finally Updates $ADA Wallet</a>&nbsp;
Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange has resumed depositing and withdrawing Cardano ($ADA) funds to its users' wallets. Problems started in July when the Cardano's Shelley mainnet was launched, and since then, $ADA deposits and withdrawals on the exchange have been deactivated. Richie Lai, Co-founder, and CEO of Bitrix apologized for the long delay and thanked the Cardano team for their cooperation.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/96595946/visa-reveals-that-it-builds-blockchain-integrated-solution" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">VISA Reveals That It Builds Blockchain-Integrated Solution</a>
Visa is considering creating an offline payment system based on digital currency, the head of the company's cryptocurrency division, Cuy Sheffield, told Forbes. He added that research in this area is continuing, and more details will be known within the next year.
<h3> Hacking</h3>
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/99226824/kucoin-hacker-exposes-decentralization-theater-among-defi-projects" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">KuCoin Hacker Exposes Decentralization Theater Among DeFi Projects</a>&nbsp;
Over the weekend, the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin reported a hack. Unknown attackers have emptied the resource's hot wallets. KuCoin's total losses are estimated at approximately $150,000,000.
<h3>People</h3>
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/98768120/binance-ceo-says-he-fully-expects-defi-to-cannibalize-his-crypto-exchange" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi To Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange</a>
Сryptocommunity is becoming more and more involved in DeFi. Binance CEO Changpeng &ldquo;CZ&rdquo; Zhao sees prospects of decentralized finances and does not exclude the possibility that in the future the company will start working in this area. He spoke about this in one of his recent interviews.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/media/136/exclusive-interview-with-rudy-bouwman-from-digibyte" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Exclusive Interview With Rudy Bouwman From DigiByte</a>
Rudy Bouwman, one of the creators of DigiByte Foundation gave an exclusive interview to CoinJoy and discussed many things, including the plans on the project, the company's goals, work process in the DeFi organization, and more.
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The preparation of the Ethereum network for the turn to the new algorithm, slowly, but surely, is coming to the finish line.

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What significant crypto occasions happened last week?&nbsp;
Cryptographic forms of money&nbsp;
📌 Monero Presents New Legal Framework In Defense Of Privacy Coins&nbsp;
Riccardo Spagni introduced the consequence of over a year's work. A whitepaper named "Hostile to Money Laundering Regulation of Privacy-Enabling Cryptocurrencies" has been distributed. The report was imagined as another legitimate system to ensure secret coins like Monero, Zcash, Dash, Komodo, and others.&nbsp;
📌 Tether Is Moving 1 Billion More USDT Coins From TRON To Ethereum Blockchain&nbsp;
The complete inventory of coins won't change. The organization completed the trade on September 15, planning its activities "with an outsider". As of late, this is the second such stablecoin move between blockchains &mdash; on August 20, the guarantor likewise moved USDT 1 billion from Tron to Ethereum. Another piece of information about Tether: USDT capitalization surpassed $15 billion, having expanded by $3 billion in a month.
<h2 dir="auto">Projects and Updates</h2>
<img src="../files/5f64dcc0452c1457d61e2885-projects.png" alt="Projects" width="347" height="149" />
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93424745/kraken-receives-licence-to-establish-first-u-s-digital-assets-bank" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Kraken Receives Licence To Establish First U.S Digital Assets Bank</a>
The <a href="https://coinjoy.io/news?search=kraken" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Kraken</a> Bitcoin exchange was the first in the United States to receive the status of a special purpose depository institution (SPDI), giving it the functions of a traditional financial institution. The corresponding application of the Californian company was approved by the Wyoming Banking Council. This will allow Kraken to opt-out of third-party vendors to perform certain banking functions on its own.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93520357/official-ethereum-proof-of-stake-algorithm-proposal-published" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Official Ethereum Proof-of-Stake Algorithm Proposal Published</a>
Ethereum Foundation Lead Developer Danny Ryan has published the official proposal EIP-2982, which suggests the launch of Ethereum 2.0 and the transition from the Proof-of-Work consensus algorithm to Proof-of-Stake. If approved by other leading developers, it will be possible to launch Serenity, Ethereum 2.0 phase zero. Within its framework, the Beacon Chain will be activated, which will use Proof-of-Stake.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93445475/uniswap-provides-all-its-users-with-usd1-200" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Uniswap Provides All Its Users With $1.200</a>
Leading decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has released the UNI governance token. It was listed on the Binance exchange almost immediately. About 13000 Uniswap users have already requested tokens.
<h2 dir="auto">Regulations</h2>
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/90802149/new-draft-law-suggests-the-european-union-is-set-to-regulate-cryptocurrencies" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">New Draft Law Suggests The European Union Is Set To Regulate Cryptocurrencies</a>
The European Commission proposed to establish a legal framework for cryptocurrencies, security tokens, and stablecoins by analogy with the requirements for traditional financial instruments. This is stated in the Cryptocurrency Asset Markets Bill. The bill proposes to treat cryptocurrency assets like any other financial instrument. According to the European Commission, this will provide legal clarity.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93290967/digital-assets-recognized-as-securities-in-nigeria-regulator-confirms" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Digital Assets Recognized As Securities In Nigeria</a>
The regulator clarified that cryptocurrencies offer public alternative investment opportunities. Digital assets can be used as a medium of exchange, settlement, and accumulation. In order to protect investors from risks and not violate the integrity of the market, crypto assets must be controlled on an equal basis with securities. The main task of regulation is not to discourage the development of new technologies, but to ensure fair market competition and adherence to ethical standards.
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/92915767/japanese-crypto-exchange-sues-binance-for-role-in-usd63-million-bitcoin-hack" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Japanese Crypto Exchange Sues Binance for Role in $63 Million Bitcoin Hack</a>
The Japanese company Fisco Cryptocurrency Exchange, Inc has filed a US lawsuit against Binance Holdings Ltd., accusing it of providing a service to launder cryptocurrency stolen from the Zaif exchange in 2018. Fisco acquired Zaif in 2018 shortly after the hack. Over $9 million in stolen assets could have been funneled through Binance. The company notes that analysts were able to track the movement of all stolen $63 million to one bitcoin address. Subsequently, 1,451.7 BTC were sent from it to Binance addresses.
📌 New Virus Attacks Microsoft SQL Database Servers For Monero Mining
Tencent's cybersecurity division has discovered a new miner virus called MrbMiner. The tactics of the virus are quite simple &mdash; the botnet scans the available IP addresses in search of Microsoft SQL servers, and if it detects such, it tries to log in under the administrator account using a brute-force password. If successful, the virus downloads the assm.exe file, which implements a reboot mechanism and creates a special account for hackers to access the server. After that, MrbMiner downloads a miner for mining the anonymous cryptocurrency Monero (XMR).
<h2 dir="auto">Mass adoption</h2>
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📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93114717/bahamas-geared-to-launch-central-bank-digital-currency-sand-dollar" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Bahamas Geared to Launch Central Bank Digital Currency</a>
The Bahamas wants to be the first country in the world to roll out a government-backed virtual currency nationwide and announced they will launch a central bank-issued cryptocurrency (CBDC) in October. The digital currency, dubbed "sand dollar", is designed to increase the financial availability of remote islands within the archipelago state.
📌&nbsp;<a href="https://coinjoy.io/news/93518025/alibaba-on-track-to-be-the-largest-blockchain-patent-holder-by-end-of-2020-study" target="_blank" rel="external noopener">Alibaba On Track To Be The Largest Blockchain Patent Holder By End Of 2020</a>
Computer giant IBM risks losing the title of the largest blockchain patent holder to the Chinese corporation Alibaba. Since the beginning of the year, Alibaba has published ten times more patents than its closest competitor, IBM. According to analysts, if the pace is maintained, the Chinese corporation will become the largest patent holder by the end of the year.
📌 France Begins Central Bank Digital Currency Testing
Soci&eacute;t&eacute; G&eacute;n&eacute;rale &mdash; one of the largest financial conglomerates in Europe &mdash; will test the central bank digital currency (CBDC) on the Tezos blockchain. The Bank of France, as a result of the selection of partners, chose the Forge blockchain platform to test CBDC for interbank settlements. As part of the experiment, the feasibility of digitizing financial securities and the possibility of settlements on them using CBDC will be studied. In addition to Nomadic Labs, several technology service providers and consultants will participate in the testing.
📌 Kazakhstan Will Develop A Blockchain Service For Ensuring The Security Of Personal Data
It will allow citizens of the country to control the use of their personal data. The service is planned to be introduced by the end of this year.
<h2 dir="auto">People</h2>
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📌 Kiss Rock Group Member Is Ready To Buy Bitcoin
Gene Simmons supported Cameron Winklevoss's request to use bank accounts to buy Bitcoin and Ether. The co-founder of Gemini tweeted that people who do not have access to banking services find it difficult to become the owners of cryptocurrency and that they need to take advantage of the benefits. The musician commented as follows: "I will. I am." For this moment, the most common opinion on Twitter is that Simmons is already buying cryptocurrency and will continue to increase the amount of Bitcoin he owns.
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Started from the Ethereum disagreeable hard fork in 2016, Ethereum Classic has become a solid digital money. In this article, we will disclose to you all you require to think about it.&nbsp;
<h3>What is Ethereum Classic?&nbsp;</h3>
Ethereum Classic (ETC) addresses itself as an open-source shrewd agreement stage dependent on blockchain for running decentralized applications. Ethereum Classic is the first chain of the Ethereum innovation stack dispatched in 2015. It is a versatile and adaptable blockchain stage created to construct and utilize applications that sudden spike in demand for blockchain innovation.&nbsp;
The organization incorporates a blockchain record, local digital money (ETC), and a powerful biological system of on-chain applications and administrations. Individuals can subsidize the undertaking advancement utilizing any money and following a straightforward and decentralized crowdfunding convention.&nbsp;
<h3>How the Ethereum Classic stage functions&nbsp;</h3>
<ul>
<li>Here are the vital standards of the ETC people group:&nbsp;</li>
<li>The stage can be utilized by anybody for various purposes like structure applications, holding swarm deals, making self-ruling associations, and so forth&nbsp;</li>
<li>Code is the law, all exchanges are conclusive and irreversible.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Forks are just allowed to refresh the innovation on which Ethereum Classic works.</li>
</ul>
<h2>How and where to buy Ethereum Classic cryptocurrency &ndash; ETC&nbsp;</h2>
Ethereum Classic exchange is carried out by some of the largest cryptocurrency exchange platforms, such as:
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Coinbase Pro;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Bitfinex;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Binance;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">OKex;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">CoinEx.</li>
</ul>
The full list of platforms is presented on the <a href="https://ethereumclassic.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">official website</a> of Ethereum Classic.&nbsp;
On<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/price/ethereum-classic" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> 10 Sept 2020</a>, 1 ETC can be exchanged for $5,09.
The first step to buy Ethereum Classic is to get your own Ethereum Classic wallet, for instance, ClassicEtherWallet, MyEtherWallet, or Emerald-Wallet. Then, you should locate your ETC address and choose an ETC exchange. Finally, you can buy and withdraw your ETC following the instructions on the website of the chosen exchange.

Started from the Ethereum disagreeable hard fork in 2016, Ethereum Classic has become a solid digital money. In this article, we will disclose to you all you require to think about it. 

Ethereum Classic is a blockchain-based dispersed stage that elements prearranging usefulness. It's utilized for running dapps and executing savvy contracts.

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