Yesterday, after years of waiting, Filecoin (FIL) finally launched, Funded by legendary venture capital companies like Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures, the project is a blockchain-based data storage and data recovery network. Users can pay FIL to store their files on secure storage miners, which facilitate the network. The project, like many other hyped-up coins, launched at absurd valuations. The cryptocurrency quickly spiked above $100 on the exchanges that supported it, meaning it had a fully-diluted market capitalization in excess of $200 billion — yes $200 billion.…
Day: October 17, 2020
Industry Continues to React to OKEx Freezing Bitcoin Withdrawals
Yesterday, leading Bitcoin exchange OKEx revealed that it had frozen withdrawals of all cryptocurrencies, from Bitcoin to the altcoins it supports. The firm said one of our private key holders is currently cooperating with a public security bureau.” Related Reading: Here’s Why Ethereum’s DeFi Market May Be Near A Bottom OKEx News Doesn’t Hurt Bitcoin Trend While the news was notable for Bitcoin on many levels, the price of BTC was relatively resolute in the face of this event. In fact, from the time the news was released to the…