How Coinmarketcap Incentivizes Exchanges to Report Fake Volume

Bitforex, a cryptocurrency exchange that scarcely scraped the top 100 by trading volume until recently, has been accused of generating false trades on a mammoth scale. Crypto Exchange Ranks, which pulls in open source data from exchange APIs, has published a report in which it accuses Bitforex of creating fake volume and Coinmarketcap (CMC) of … Read more

PR: Changelly’s Partnered with Ledger Live App

Changelly, a prominent instant exchange, has announced its partnership with Ledger, one of the leading security and infrastructure providers in the crypto industry, to bring a new user experience. New Ledger App and Changelly Ledger has released Ledger Live, a multi-asset complimentary wallet application that allows storing and managing cryptocurrencies in one place. Ledger Live … Read more

New Platform Ranks Cryptocurrency Exchanges by Liquidity, Security, and Reliability

Hacken has launched a new website that provides an all-in-one tool for rating cryptocurrency exchanges. Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) allows for side by side comparisons of well over a dozen exchanges, including real-time arbitrage data and ratings for liquidity, compliance, reliability, and security. Also read: Hollywood Stars in Movie About Crypto Money Laundering CER Aims to … Read more

SEC Rules Ether not a Security, Markets Explode

Whether or not Ether is sanctioned as a currency under US jurisdiction has been a major point of speculation and uncertainty since the SEC first began its more active stance on cryptocurrencies and ICOs. As the Ethereum platform represents one of the first major ICOs, the future of platform rested majorly on the SEC’s interpretation … Read more

CoinMarketCap vs. LiveCoinWatch vs. Coinbuddy

There are many different websites which allow users to track the evolution of various cryptocurrency markets. Sites like CoinMarketCap and LiveCoinWatch offer such functionality already. Coinbuddy has begun doing the same, albeit in a slightly different fashion. So, how do these platforms stack up against each other? 3. Coinbuddy One of the new contenders on the block … Read more

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Are Drowning in Tokens

It’s hard to put a finger on the precise point at which token overload kicked in. Token fatigue has been brewing for some time, as the spate of new coins, mostly launched by ICOs, has  turned into an unstoppable torrent. Every day, cryptocurrency exchanges are barraged with listing applications by ICOs, and they do their … Read more