#API News

IOTA Foundation Unveils New Version of Pollen Testnet

March 12, 2021 by Wayne Jones at Altcoins

The IOTA Foundation has introduced a new version of the Pollen Testnet with a range of significant changes and enhancements. IOTA-Mana Collab According to the report, this release marks the official start of IOTA's journey with Mana, a new reputation framework incorporated into pollen to mitigate Sybil attacks. Mana is...

Grayscale Acquires Almost 35 Million XLM as Institutional Interest in Stellar Grows

Grayscale Invests in 35 Million XLM Amid Rising Institutional Interest in Stellar

March 2, 2021 by Wayne Jones at Altcoins

Grayscale has been among the top institutions that have adopted cryptocurrencies over the past year to diversify their portfolio. In the last 30 days, Grayscale Investments hedge fund has acquired 35,855,625 XLM. Grayscale Investment in Cryptocurrencies The company also made purchases of 243,519 ETH, 174,939 LTC, and other altcoins in...

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Binance Launches Subsidiary Account for Institutional Investors

December 9, 2018 by Pratik Makadiya at Development, Exchange, Finance, News

On December 6, 2018, cryptocurrency exchange heavyweight Binance announced the launch of its sub-account support, exclusively for institutional traders. Binance revealed that multiple requests put forward by Binance users prompted the exchange to introduce the feature. A Look into the New Feature According to the official Binance blog, the upgrade...

CoinMarketCap Launches Paid API Service for Developers and Cryptocurrency Traders

August 3, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Development, Finance, News

CoinMarketCap (CMC), the popular price tracking website has launched its new Application Programme Interface (API) on August 1, 2018. The update will help developers and cryptocurrency-related businesses to integrate the CoinMarketCap’s accurate and segregated data into their applications. CoinMarketCap tracks 1600+ cryptocurrencies and 200 exchanges with a market capitalization of...

Binance API Attacked As Hackers Sell One Syscoin for 96 Bitcoins

Binance Suffers Massive API Attack Causing Hackers to Sell One Syscoin for Over 96 Bitcoins

July 4, 2018 by contributor at Altcoins, Blockchain, Crime, Exchange, News

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, Binance, faced an embarrassing situation on July 3, 2018, as attackers took advantage of an API hack to sell a single Syscoin (SYS) for 96 bitcoins (BTC). Binance API Attacked Over a billion SYS were moved from a wallet, rumoured to be...

Scammers Clone Cryptohopper Site to Seed Bitcoin Malware

Hack! A full Report of the MetaMask Recent (On-Going) Phishing Attempt

June 19, 2018 by Ben Ullrich at Commentary, Crime, News, Tech

On June 7, 2018, User WeaponizedMath reported on Reddit that our site BTCManager was serving a phishing popup that only affected the users of MetaMask browser plugin. We were able to resolve the issue within 24 hours of the report. https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/8pddzm/psa_btcmanagercom_is_running_metamask_phishing/ For more info on what Phishing, we recommend the wiki article....