Bloomberg BTC Bombshell, Coinbase Fury, Ether vs. Tether: Hodler’s Digest, June 1–7
7.6.2020
Bloomberg thinks Bitcoin could return to record highs of $20,000 this year, but warns Ether may not be the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency for much longer
How Blockchain Technology Can Help Fighting Against COVID-19
7.6.2020
Various technologies are being deployed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, can blockchain play an important role in defeating it?
Trump Predicts US Economy to Recover by 2021 — Fed Chair, Economists Disagree
7.6.2020
President Donald Trump has predicted that the US economy will recover by 2021, citing new jobs data released by the Labor Department which contains a “misclassification error.” Officials say the numbers are artificially low, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several...
Ransomware Attack Exposes 1.5TB of Stolen Aerospace Data
7.6.2020
Ransomware gang Maze reportedly stole sensitive data from the US branch of an integrated engineering group that works with various governments
Mastercoin
7.6.2020
Mastercoin, rebranded as Omni in 2015, is an open source protocol layer built on top of bitcoin that enables the creation of new cryptocurrencies and assets. The project was intended to remedy what it called the two biggest barriers to bitcoin adoption: Insecurity and instability. It also claimed...
Blockchain Will Lead Digital Globalization Says Wanxiang Rep
7.6.2020
China Wanxiang Holdings Vice Chairman believes blockchain along with other high tech will lead a more globalized world
These 2 Bitcoin On-Chain Metrics Suggest the Post-Halving Dip Has Ended
7.6.2020
On-chain data suggests the post-halving dip could be ending as BTC miners hold on to newly minted coins
Beware Fake Ransomware Decryption Tools
7.6.2020
Creators behind Zorab ransomware launched a fake tool that double-encrypts files affected by the attack
Bitrefill
7.6.2020
Bitrefill, founded in 2014 by Sergej Kotliar, allows users to purchase mobile phone credit and gift cards, and send payments through layer-two scaling solution the Lightning Network. To top up their mobile phone credit, users enter their phone number on Bitrefill’s site and select the amount...
Justin Sun Buys Your Company… What Do You Do?
7.6.2020
In case you were wondering how much we pull our punches in Cointelegraph Magazine, consider this assessment of Justin Sun, from the article directly below: “Derided by some as a lightweight showman, the P.T. Barnum of crypto, others see him as a marketing genius whose penchant for...
Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETH, LINK, ADA, ETC
7.6.2020
If Bitcoin can break above the overhead resistance, a few altcoins are likely to pick up momentum and provide short-term trading opportunities
Patrick Byrne
7.6.2020
Patrick Byrne was the CEO of Overstock.com, one of the earliest online retailers to accept bitcoin as payment. Overstock.com is the parent company of blockchain investment firm Medici Ventures and capital markets platform tZERO. Byrne bought Deals.com in 1999 and rebranded the international...