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How Blockchain Will Help Send People Into Space
6.6.2020
Astronaut Edward H. White II, Gemini IV pilot, is photographed onboard the Gemini spacecraft during the four-day Earth-orbital mission. He became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space. Taken on June 5, 1964. Blockchain...
Un-10K-ed Bitcoin, Made History, and 20 Crypto Jokes
6.6.2020
This crypto-week, bitcoin surpassed USD 10K, then it didn't, and the eight largest difficulty drop happened, and as bitcoin demand is already outpacing supply, BTC got a red dot on the S2F model signalling a bull run. Decentraland’s virtual world made history by streaming the SpaceX launch...
Masternodes For Everyone
6.6.2020
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Masternodes for everyone
What would you do if you were a wheat farmer at a time when the price of wheat was plummeting? You would be stuck between your costly machines and your debts. The high volatility...
Proposed Digital Dollar and Digital Yuan Have a Lot in Common – Report
6.6.2020
Chinese media analysts believe that there are a number of key similarities between the Digital Dollar Project and the central People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital yuan – but they say that by the time the American project irons out wrinkles, it may be too late to beat Beijing to the punch.
In...
DeFi Usage to Accelerate in Next 24 Months - Investor
6.6.2020
As the technical infrastructure underpinning decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to improve, this sector is likely to take its share from centralized lending and trading venues, according to Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at crypto investment firm Multicoin Capital. However, great challenges...
Why the 2020s May Be the Decade of Hyperbitcoinization
5.6.2020
Bitcoin (BTC)’s monetary fairness may lead to the 2020s becoming the decade of hyperbitcoinization, which is a theorized form of Bitcoin-induced currency demonetization, according to Lucas Nuzzi, Head of Network Data at US-based crypto data provider Coin Metrics.
“Everything that we’ve experienced...
Crypto Derivatives Blossomed In May, Celsius Hit USD 1B + More News
5.6.2020
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.
Exchange news
Derivatives represented 32% of the crypto market in May, compared with 27% in April, according to a report...
Russian Companies Upbeat about Metals, Oil & Gas Tokenization Chances
5.6.2020
Russian companies remain optimistic about their plans to tokenize the mining and extraction of oil, gas and other natural resources, including precious metals – despite lingering concerns about legislation and regulatory hurdles.
As previously reported, Russia may be sliding toward a crypto...
USD 100,000 'Reserved' of USD 1M in Bitcoin Giveaway by Draper Goren Holm
5.6.2020
Blockchain venture studio Draper Goren Holm pledged to give USD 1 million in Bitcoin (BTC) to celebrate their annual blockchain-focused conference going digital, with almost 1,000 sign-ups already.
The venture studio focused on incubating and accelerating early-stage blockchain startups was founded...
Ex-Chinese Central Bank Executive Talks of Bitcoin’s ‘Commercial Success’
5.6.2020
The former vice president of People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has spoken out about Bitcoin (BTC), calling it the most successful commercial application of blockchain technology yet – but claiming it also has crucial weaknesses.
Per Sina, Wu Xiaoling, who served as the vice president of the PBoC...
Bitcoin's Wasabi Too Strong For Europol
5.6.2020
Open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi is popular enough to catch the attention of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), the Hague-based European Union's law enforcement agency. As for what the law enforcement can do about this wallet's privacy...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Attempting to End The Week Higher
5.6.2020
After a close above the USD 9,550 resistance, bitcoin price made an attempt to clear the USD 9,850 resistance. However, BTC struggled to continue higher and it is currently (08:30 UTC) trading in a range above the USD 9,550 and USD 9,650 support levels.
Similarly, most major altcoins are currently...
Coinbase Called Out for Slow Support, Nassim Taleb Closes Account
5.6.2020
Source: Instagram, Coinbase
After several recent outages during periods of high volatility in the crypto market, major exchange Coinbase is once again receiving negative publicity about the crypto trading product it offers.
Posting on Twitter on Thursday, the famous author, risk analyst,...
The One And Only REAL ETH Giveway by Cryptonews
5.6.2020
Yes, you’ve read it right - we’re actually making an ETH giveaway!
During our two and a half years of existence in this complex, volatile, and yet always exciting crypto industry, we’ve all witnessed the rise and fall on infamous crypto giveaways on social media platforms. By far the most popular...
Bitcoin’s Growth To Help Make Its Price Less Volatile
5.6.2020
Brian Wong is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of the BTSE exchange.
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This week, we saw bitcoin’s dramatic rise to USD 10,000, followed by a quick drop which happened far too suddenly to be considered natural.
The crypto market is seeing an increased number of quantitative...
What Is The Best Cryptocurrency Broker?
4.6.2020
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Deciding on which cryptocurrency broker to invest with is one of the most important tasks in the crypto industry. You have to invest with a reliable and trustworthy broker which not only ensures the safety...
Bitcoin DeFi Startup Atomic Loans to Launch Lending This Summer
4.6.2020
Atomic Loans, a provider of non-custodial bitcoin (BTC)-backed loans, has had a “great start” with their borrowing service, while the lending side of the protocol is expected to go live on mainnet in two months, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Matthew Black told Cryptonews.com.
The...
OKEx to Double Staff, Bitfinex Untethers Allegations + More News
4.6.2020
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
OKEx said they plan to open new offices in unspecified regions and they have already started recruiting...
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of ECB Money Printers Going BRRR
4.6.2020
Crypto enthusiasts will be asking themselves if they can already hear money printers going BRRR in some of the world’s biggest economies – after the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to double down on its emergency bond-buying in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cryptocurrency advocates have...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sees its 8th Biggest Drop in History
4.6.2020
After the second post-halving difficulty adjustment, mining Bitcoin (BTC) has just got easier again, helping miners improve their profit margins.
Bitcoin mining difficulty, a measure showing how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, has dropped 9.29% today. This is its second drop in a...