Justin Sun appears keen to see Tron make a splash in the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) scene. Sun Eyes Tron-based DeFi Expansion Tweeting on Friday (July 3, 2020), the Tron CEO announced three new DeFi products, namely; JUST Lend, JUST Swap, and JUST BTC. According to Sun, the JUST (JST) token will serve as the...Read More
The TRON Foundation is entering a new phase of its development with the upcoming launch of the fourth network version named TRON 4.0. Merely weeks before the project says goodbye to the current Odyssey consensus and welcomes the “Great Voyage era,” TRON will also celebrate its second “independence day” at the end of the month....Read More
By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Tuesday, May 26th, the TRX demonstrates no clear priorities, generally trading at 0.0146 USD. On D1, TRX/USD keeps moving sideways inside a horizontal channel. In the nearest future, the quotations may slightly decline to 0.0140 USD. Judging by the instrument’s weak volatility, we should not expect any activity...Read More
The giant South Korean multinational tech company, Samsung Electronics, introduced today its newest security chip solution. It’s designed to protect personal data and fintech activities, including mobile banking and cryptocurrency transactions. Samsung’s New Security Solution Protects Crypto Transactions Per the announcement from earlier today, the latest standalone turnkey security solution chip from the tech giant...Read More
Scammers are impersonating Tron founder Justin Sun in an attempt to steal money from unsuspecting victims. The scammers target cryptocurrency projects under the guise of forming partnerships with Tron. They even go so far as to invite victims to a “live” Skype call with Tron CEO Justin Sun himself. But when invitees launch the Skype...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has refused to return the 23 million Steem coins it received during the fantastical Steem hard fork saga. During May 20’s Hardfork 0.23, the accounts of 64 Steem stakeholders were to be “seized,” as was revealed by an examination of the code. However, at the last minute, someone from inside Steem managed...Read More
Twitter saw the return of Vitalik Buterin vs. Justin Sun on May 19. The respective founders of Ethereum and TRON exchanged barbs over the matter of an imminent Steem hard fork, which will seize the funds of some of its users. If Steem Hardfork 0.23 goes ahead on May 20, over 23.6 million STEEM coins...Read More
It is pertinent for the cryptocurrency industry to keep growing and evolving by any means necessary. The Samsung Galaxy Store now provides exposure to various TRON-based DApps, which is rather interesting. Various smartphone manufacturers have begun paying attention to blockchain technology. TRON Dapps Show up on Samsung Devices In some cases, the companies even label...Read More
The partnership between TRON and the technology giant Samsung continues to reap benefits. As of today, the popular blockchain company with have a dedicated section in the Samsung Galaxy Store, featuring applications built on top of the TRON network. TRON Apps On Samsung Galaxy Store Back in 2019, both firms announced the initial partnership agreement...Read More
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, published a new white paper for a solution called Binance Smart Chain. It’s a new blockchain that will run in parallel to Binance Chain and will also support smart contract functionalities. Binance Announces Smart Chain Blockchain In a recently published whitepaper, Binance announced the development of Binance Smart Chain...Read More
One of the most popular blockchain-based games, Knight Story, will launch on the TRON network as of today, March 30th. The dApp developer behind the game, Biscuit Labs, confirmed the news saying that Knight Story has undergone specific updates for its appearance on TRON. Knight Story To Run On TRON Biscuit Labs announced its newest...Read More
Porn sites have been experiencing increased traffic as the number of people under lockdown or quarantine rises due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many of these sites accept cryptocurrencies, including Pornhub. The popular porn site currently offers residents of some countries free premium membership for a limited time to help them stay home during the covid-19...Read More
The situation between TRON and Steem continues to raise controversy in the cryptocurrency community. The famous crypto proponent John McAfee recently shared his opinion on the matter, saying that Justin Sun is trying “to collect water with a sieve.” McAfee: Communities Cannot Be Purchased The former anti-virus software tycoon, John McAfee, has been a regular...Read More
Starting tomorrow, March 5th, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will be adding Tron’s native currency – TRX. The platform will initially provide four trading pairs, and trading will begin shortly after enabling deposits and withdrawals. Kraken Adds TRX The U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the news earlier today. At approximately 14:30 UTC on March 5th,...Read More
Over the past few months, news of the coronavirus-caused illness COVID-19 has spread around the world. Unsurprisingly, it has affected crypto and the broader tech industry due to how widespread the illness has become. Coronavirus Affects Crypto Events; Tron Conference Latest to Fall While COVID-19 began in China, the illness has rapidly spread around the world,...Read More
If you’ve read the most popular “Bitcoin” and “crypto” headlines, you likely know that for the first time in what must be a year, legendary investor Warren Buffett decided to weigh in on this nascent market. the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a conglomerate with major stakes (and some ownership stakes) in some of America’s most...Read More
The world’s largest decentralized and blockchain-based social media, as well as a blogging platform, Steemit, announced a strategic partnership with the TRON foundation. Steemit Joining TRON Ecosystem The largest decentralized blockchain-based social media and popular blogging platform, Steemit, announced in a shared press release with Cryptopotato, a strategic partnership with the TRON foundation. The development...Read More
The Tron Foundation is printing more TRX but Justin Sun is deflecting responsibility for the hard-cap removal. | Image: YouTube Justin Sun deflected responsibility for the recent TRX hard cap removal onto TRON’s Super Representatives. But an online paper trail shows that Sun and his team were the ones who proposed the change. The change...Read More
Justin Sun looks to capitalize on coronavirus outbreak by pumping his controversial cryptocurrency. | Source: REUTERS / Stringer Tron CEO Justin Sun is on his way to help the people of Wuhan province with a box of face-masks. The founder continues to live up to his reputation for capitalizing on any opportunity to advance his...Read More
One cryptocurrency company went too far in seizing a marketing opportunity after Kobe Bryant’s death. | Source: AFP/David Mcnew Cryptocurrency project Tron and founder Justin Sun co-opts Kobe Bryant’s death to promote an upcoming blockchain conference. It’s the low point in a long string of disingenuous marketing ploys from Sun. Tron cryptocurrency has lost 91%...Read More
Yesterday, one of the most successful and popular basketball players, Kobe Bryant, met his tragic demise in a helicopter accident. While the world is mourning his passing, TRON’s Justin Sun quickly dedicated the next niTROn conference to the legendary player. However, the crypto community is divided in its reactions if this is genuine grief or...Read More
Pornhub, the popular adult website, has updated its payment methods and has added Tether (USDT) as an option. Just months after PayPal stopped supporting the platform, the cryptocurrency world introduces a viable alternative. TRON and USDT On Pornhub The adult platform announced that it had added the most-widely used stablecoin Tether (USDT) as a new...Read More
PewDiePie’s credibility is in question after he promoted controversial crypto projects on his YouTube channel. | Image: YouTube/PewDiePie PewDiePie’s credibility is in question after he shamelessly plugged a rather dubious cryptocurrency project DLive claims to be blockchain-based but their proprietary currency has some major issues If you blindly trust everything that Felix Kjellberg says you...Read More
In the crypto ecosystem, things change fast. Even though we may make predictions of different cryptocurrencies, some of the metrics that seem essential today may suddenly change in a matter of months. Nonetheless, as we enter a new decade, we’ll look at some important happenings that will likely shape the market in 2020. Given that...Read More
Justin Sun is back to doing what he does best: Hyping Tron. | Image: shutterstock.com TRON (TRX) CEO Justin Sun teased a new secret project which would bring in at least 100 million new users. Sun also promised his new DLive and BitTorrent project would bring “multibillion benefits” to the TRON ecosystem. Reaction to Sun’s...Read More
When it comes to the massive adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based technology, decentralized applications (DApps) are considered as one of the pathways to it. According to a recent report, 2019 has seen a serious number of new DApps coming out. More interestingly, though, TRON has managed to establish itself as the second most-used platform for...Read More
Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of TRON, has announced that a TRON-based privacy coin is one step closer to reality. TRON initially announced plans for private transactions in January 2019. Since then, TRON added the feature to its testnet in July and opened it to beta testers in December. This week, Sun hinted at...Read More
Several cryptocurrency projects have locked up part of their supply a while ago. TRON is no exception, as its lockup occurred in December of 2017. It now appears that this funds is back under control of the TRON Foundation. Plenty of TRON to go Around That in itself is not necessarily something to be concerned...Read More
Since Tether’s (USDT) migration to other networks beside the BTC-based Omni protocol, significant shifts have taken place seeing the heavily-printed stablecoin rise to prominence also via Ethereum’s ERC20 standard and Tron’s TRC20 implementation. Ethereum-based USDT supply currently sits at over 2.2 billion tokens, while the Omni equivalent stands at around 1.5 billion. The Tron network...Read More
TRON Foundation bagged the “Most Innovative Blockchain 2019” award at the Jinse Finance’s “Keeping Pace with the Time” Award Ceremony. The award ceremony hosted on Dec 27, 2019, featured more than 100 blockchain enterprises, 300 influencers and many more. TRON, China’s No 1 blockchain, was awarded the title looking at the growth graph the foundation...Read More
