April 15th, 2025
Filecoin (FIL) News - Page 3
Revolut Adds Support for 11 Cryptocurrencies in UK and EU
By John Kiguru
April 9th, 2021
Since the announcement, there has been a mixed price reaction. While some like Filecoin, Bancor, and Yearn Finance have gained by as much as 10%. Others like Cardano have barely moved, recording a marginal move of less than 1%.
Messari: Coinbase Effect Brings Average 91% Return for New Token Listings
By Bhushan Akolkar
April 8th, 2021
The Messari study showed that Coinbase listings bring much more returns to investors in comparison to other exchanges like Gemini, Binance, Kraken, FTX, and OKEx.
BitTorrent (BTT) Ranks as 11th Largest Crypto after Soaring by More than 245% in Past Week
By Godfrey Benjamin
April 5th, 2021
The ongoing rally in the BitTorrent (BTT) ecosystem may be linked to heightened interest in the protocol following the announcement of key upgrades including the increase in the BitTorrent File Sharing (BTFS) network decentralization.
Total Crypto Market Cap Hits New All-Time High of Almost $2 Trillion
By Bhushan Akolkar
April 2nd, 2021
The overall crypto market has hit a new all-time high. While Bitcoin has shown some strength, the altcoin space has overwhelmed Bitcoin performance over the last week.
Filecoin Surges 162% to Displace Litecoin as 9th Largest Cryptocurrency
By Godfrey Benjamin
April 1st, 2021
Filecoin fundamentals may make it plausible for the digital currency to sustain the 9th largest crypto ranking as the project seeks to offer a highly sustainable and secure decentralized storage system.
Coinbase Pro Announces Support for Polygon (MATIC), Skale (SKL), SushiSwap (SUSHI)
By Godfrey Benjamin
March 10th, 2021
Coinbase Pro is one of the leading trading platforms in the United States and its support of Polygon, Skale, and SushiSwap makes a credible case for the growing strides of DeFi in the crypto sphere.
World Economic Forum (WEF) Includes Cryptocurrencies on Davos Agenda
By Ibukun Ogundare
January 25th, 2021
As digital currencies begin to gain more recognition in the global financial market, the WEF is focusing more on blockchain technology and the crypto space at large.
Decentralized Network Filecoin Reaches One Exabyte Storage Capacity
By John K. Kumi
November 20th, 2020
In March 2019, Zeenea, a data company, revealed that 60 petabytes of TV shows and movies are stored by Netflix which is less than 7% of the current capacity of Filecoin.
Filecoin Miners Claim 25% of Block Rewards after Network Upgrade Goes Live
By James Lovett
October 23rd, 2020
The latest Lotus 1.1.0 network software upgrade enables Filecoin miners to access 25% of mining rewards immediately with no vesting.
Filecoin Miners Protest Over Project’s Poor Economic Model
By Godfrey Benjamin
October 19th, 2020
Filecoin miners have protested the unfavorable business model of the Filecoin project from Protocol Labs in what appears to be an industrial action strike.
Filecoin Mainnet Goes Live Three Years After ICO, FIL Price Shoots Over 100%
By Bhushan Akolkar
October 16th, 2020
In a few hours of going live, the FIL Futures contracts processed around $150 million in total trading volumes. With massive listing gains, FIL became the fastest token to hit $1 billion in valuations.
Kraken and Gemini Announce Filecoin Listing Ahead of Mainnet Launch
By Godfrey Benjamin
October 15th, 2020
While the listing of Filecoin even ahead of its mainnet launch is largely uncommon in the crypto sphere, Kraken’s VP of product, Jeremy Welch confirmed that the listing of Filecoin meets all regular procedures and protocols the exchange adopt in listing a token.
2017’s Popular ICO Filecoin Announces Mainnet Launch Next Month
By Bhushan Akolkar
September 29th, 2020
The mainnet Ignition launching next month will be a predatory launch of the official mainnet Liftoff for the Filecoin platform. The pre-Liftoff phase is more about getting users acquainted with the platform.
BTFS Takes Shine Off IPFS in Distributed Storage Wars
By Julia Sakovich
June 25th, 2020
BitTorrent File System has shaken up Filecoin, the bearer of the IPFS banner, by shipping its protocol first and integrating it into an established file sharing network.
Andreessen Horowitz Raised $515M for Its Second Crypto Fund
By Teuta Franjkovic
May 1st, 2020
Andreessen Horowitz closed its second fund with $515 million in capital commitments. The company’s second crypto fund shows that the venture capital firm is targeting specific areas to invest in the cryptocurrency space.