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Finance

With Token Uptick and Israeli Election Work, It's Been a Busy Year for Bancor's Founders

Bancor, the decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol, has seen a number of interesting developments in the first half of 2020.

A voting ballot from the March 2020 election in Israel. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Compound’s Approach to DeFi Governance Starts With Giving Away COMP Tokens

Users of the Compound lending platform will begin earning COMP governance tokens in mid-June.

DEMOCRACY: Ancient Greeks on a 1955 drachma banknote. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Videos

Joining Forces on Token Standardization – Hosted by IEEE

This session brings perspectives from enterprises, startups, governments, and opensource projects on the current challenges faced by their efforts towards token standardization and market adoption.

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Markets

Why Kyber Network Tokens Tripled to $100M Despite the Coronavirus Recession

Here's why Kyber Network's KNC is this season's hottest token across decentralized cryptocurrency markets.

Kyber Network CEO Loi Luu

Markets

Amun Launches Token Tracking the Inverse of Bitcoin's Price

The Swiss ETP provider's new token lets traders make gains whenever bitcoin's price falls.

Options show a striking divergence in sentiment for major tokens. (Bankrx/Shutterstock)

Markets

With Kik and Telegram Cases, the SEC Tries to Kill the SAFT

Invented by white shoe New York City law firms, the two-step Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) was supposed to keep crypto companies out of trouble. Now, the SEC is coming full bore for startups like Kik and Telegram.

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Finance

CasperLabs Pivots Away From Ethereum to Fundraise With Its Own Blockchain

CasperLabs is partnering with the Singapore-registered exchange BitMax to conduct a token sale kicking off on March 30.

CasperLabs team

Markets

Wave Financial to Tokenize $20M Worth of Bourbon for New Whiskey Fund

Like fine wine, whiskey increases in value as it ages. Now investors can buy a piece of the growing U.S. thirst for bourbon.

Whisky barrels

Tech

ConsenSys Project Launches 'Proof-of-Use' Network to Discourage Speculation

The Activate network requires tokens to reach maturity within three years of the first token sale.

SKALE CEO Jack O'Holleran. (Courtesy photo)