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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Might Remain At Almost the Same Level
29.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty is estimated to adjust tomorrow, offering a small change to miners following the highest adjustment in two years recorded two weeks ago.
The next adjustment is expected to happen on Tuesday afternoon (UTC time). The next adjustment is expected in a day. Per...
Bitcoin Miner Ebang Mulls Crypto Exchange, BTC Refunds + More News
29.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Exchanges news
Chinese crypto mining company Ebang International Holdings Inc. is planning to launch an offshore exchange...
Crypto Market Sentiment Unchanged in 7 Days, Drops in a Day
29.6.2020
Following the last week's large drop, crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) barely moved over the course of the past seven days. The combined moving 7-day average sentscore for the top 10 coins slipped from 4.97 reported last week to 4.92/10 this time around, according to crypto market...
Mining, Steel Giants Complete USD14m Blockchain-powered Iron Ore Trade
29.6.2020
One of the world’s largest mining companies, BHP Group, says it has completed a USD 14 million blockchain-powered iron ore transaction with China’s Baosteel – one of the largest steelmaking firms on the planet.
The move follows on from last month’s trade between the two companies that saw...
This New Bitcoin Model ‘Picks the Start of Exponential Bull Runs’
29.6.2020
A teaser of what appears to be a new bitcoin (BTC) price model that aims to spot the exact points in time where “exponential bull runs” start have been shared by Willy Woo, a popular BTC analyst. If the model is right, the next bull run could be right around the corner.
According to Woo, his...
DeFi Attackers Get 'More Creative', Steal USD 500,000 From Balancer
29.6.2020
Decentralized finance (DeFi) liquidity providing platform Balancer was hacked today, reportedly with USD 500,000 worth of crypto stolen.
Following several reports online, Balancer confirmed that on June 29 an incident occurred, affecting two pools containing transfer fees, known as deflationary...
Bitcoin and Altcoins at a Turning Point
29.6.2020
This past week, bitcoin started a fresh decline below the USD 9,500 and USD 9,200 support levels. BTC even broke the USD 9,000 handle before it found support near USD 8,800. The price is currently (08:30 UTC) recovering, but the bulls are likely to face hurdles near USD 9,200 and...
Jarvis Labs’ Says Market Wrote off The Halving: Wakeup call Incoming
29.6.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
In the Market Outlook report by Jarvis Labs, the team details how exchange flows are creating a scenario similar to what we saw in 2016 after the last halving.
With Tether adding $4.6 billion to their market...
Binance Prepares ‘For the Next Wave’ With ‘Largest Upgrade’
29.6.2020
Source: Instagram, Binance
Major crypto exchange Binance has resumed trading after completing its “largest upgrade to date,” which according to the exchange’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, included switching the trade matching engine to a new programming language, essentially re-writing all code in...
On-Chain Analysis Data Providers: Who Are They and What Do They Offer
28.6.2020
On-chain data analysis providers are not new. Firms like Chainalysis have been around for over five years. However, more recently, there has been an influx of new blockchain data analytics firms that aim to provide deep insight into blockchain network activity.
In this article, we will explore...
What Is Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto and What Impact Could It Have?
28.6.2020
On June 18, ETC Group and HANetf announced the listing of a new exchange-traded bitcoin investment vehicle – named Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE) – on the Germany-based Xetra exchange.
But what exactly is BTCE?
And what potential impact could this new exchange-traded product have on...
Top 3 BTC Sentiment Analysis Tools: How They Work & How to Use Them
27.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) sentiment analysis tools can be powerful. Used correctly, they can allow traders and investors to gauge whether crypto markets (and their participants) are feeling bullish or bearish.
So, with some claiming that the market is now hovering between bear and bull status, perhaps there...
Reaching Highs, Buying Crypto, Making Partnerships and 20 Crypto Jokes
27.6.2020
This crypto-week, we saw that Bitcoin and Ethereum networks hit a number of all-time highs, they both recovered most of their losses after Black Thursday, and the gap between their fees was narrowed. Anthony Pompliano said he's not a BTC maximalist but that BTC is our one shot to separate money...
Bitcoin as Alternative to Privacy-Breaching Covid Health Certificates
27.6.2020
The Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain may offer an alternative to the “Orwellian” apps that have been used by governments around the world to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, an article from bitcoin-focused financial services company Unchained Capital argues.
According to the article, the main issue...
Thai Authorities Go After Crypto in Search for Drug Money
26.6.2020
Authorities in Thailand are determined to hunt down the country’s well-hidden drug lords by going after everything from gold shops to oil, construction firms - and cryptocurrency, a new report by news agency AFP claims.
According to the report, it is the recent downfall of a large meth syndicate...
Colombian Regulators Urged To Ditch ‘Obsolete’ Draft Crypto Law + More News
26.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Regulation news
Colombian regulators have been urged to start drawing up the country’s crypto legislation again from scratch...
Hedera Brings HBAR to 5M BRD Wallet Users, Announces Hackathon Winners
26.6.2020
Hedera Hashgraph, a public distributed ledger platform and a blockchain alternative for corporations, has announced a partnership deal with the BRD consumer wallet, which it says will bring its HBAR token to 5 million wallet users.
The company also announced the winners of a recent virtual...
Market Says 'Meh' as Largest Ever Bitcoin Options Expires
26.6.2020
Following what was hyped as “the largest options expiry in history” for bitcoin (BTC) Friday morning, little has changed in the bitcoin spot market so far, where prices today have hovered mostly in the range of USD 9,100 to 9,200.
Zooming in on the shorter timeframes, however, it is clear that...
Ethereum 2.0 First Public Multi-Client Testnet To Go Live Next Week
26.6.2020
Source: Adobe/knssr (edited by Cryptonews)
Ethereum community continues to prepare for the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 upgrade as its developers have made two major achievements towards the launch of the so-called Phase 0, reported Etereum 2.0 coordinator and developer Danny Ryan.
Firstly, Ethereum...
Hyundai ‘May Look to Rival Kakao’ with New Cryptocurrency Move
26.6.2020
South Korea could be about to see its most affluent player yet enter the crypto fray – with business group Hyundai reportedly on the verge of releasing a range of cryptocurrency-related services.
The company, most famous internationally for its carmaking, shipbuilding, construction and shipping...