Published in OKEx Blog·May 27, 2021No, China didn’t ban Bitcoin and cryptocurrenciesThe hot news this week is that China banned Bitcoin and other cryptos (again), in 2021. This article clarifies the position and sums up quickly that, no, China did not ban crypto again. What we know Here’s the real fact based news. China issued a notice last Friday from the State Council, which…China2 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·May 7, 2021The bulls on parade: Here are some of the top performing cryptocurrenciesThe 2021 crypto bull run is something to write home about. Let’s take a look at the top performing crypto assets over the past several months. The current cryptocurrency bull run started in October 2020, and is still ongoing, even stronger than before. At the time of this writing, we’re…Bitcoin4 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Apr 30, 2021This week in crypto: Biden tax plan, crypto adoption, NFT memes, and DOGEThis week in cryptocurrency had a few exciting and newsworthy events. Let’s recap the week and see what were the market drivers and topics everyone was talking about. U.S. President Biden tax plan causes chaos At the end of last week, President Biden dropped a bombshell that seemed…Bitcoin2 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Apr 23, 2021Ethereum continues to make development progress as the price stabilizesWith ETH 2 on the horizon, the Ethereum gas limit gets an increase. All while ETH prices are experiencing all-time highs. A major obstacle that the Ethereum user and development community has faced in recent times has been high gas fees. With Ethereum seeing a huge increase in demand in…Ethereum3 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Apr 15, 2021The crypto bull run intensifies with Coinbase direct listingWe would be remiss if we didn’t say that one of the big contributors to the current stage of this bull run is from the excitement of the Coinbase public offering. It was just a handful of months ago when Bitcoin prices were holding steady in the range of $9K…Coinbase3 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Apr 8, 2021DeFi continues to grow, here are just a few reasons whyThere has been a lot of hype around decentralized finance over the past year, here are a few reasons why DeFi is doing so well. What is DeFi First things first, just what is DeFi? The abbreviation is short for decentralized finance, which as the name implies, involves decentralized and…Defi3 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Mar 31, 2021Uniswap V3 has been released: A quick rundownThe long anticipated Version-3 (V3) of Uniswap has been released, which are big improvements to make the decentralized exchange even more powerful. Uniswap V3 was released last week, with several upgrades. The big change is allowing liquidity providers to make markets within customized price ranges, which is being called ‘concentrated’…Uniswap3 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Mar 24, 2021You can now buy a Tesla with BitcoinThe day has come that you can buy a Tesla with your Bitcoin, but what will hodler’s do in this case? It was the tweet of the cryptoverse today on Twitter, when Elon Musk said that “You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin.” It is big news in terms…Bitcoin3 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Mar 18, 2021How Filecoin is disrupting file storage in the age of decentralizationFilecoin made it’s highly anticipated launch in 2020. The aim of FIL is to be a decentralized storage network, allowing anyone to store their files (images, videos, documents) to the Filecoin blockchain. Similar to the roots of file sharing clients back in the early days of the interwebs, Filecoin (FIL)…Filecoin4 min read
Published in OKEx Blog·Mar 10, 2021NFT is bringing more people, and money, to crypto blockchainsThere’s no denying it, non-fungible tokens are so hot right now, and it’s bringing in a lot of attention and people into the cryptocurrency space. Non-fungible tokens (NFT) are still gaining a lot of traction, breaking sales records and getting the attention of celebrities from all over who are entering…Nft3 min read