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Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments
13.11.2020
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and insolvency practitioners sell seized cryptocurrencies. The news follows the recent U.S. government seizure of more than 69,000 BTC worth over $1 billion...
Pfizer’s Pandemic Vaccine News Fails to Dampen Interest in Bitcoin
11.11.2020
The recent announcement by Pfizer of a potential Covid-19 vaccine sparked an immediate rally of global stocks worst hit by the pandemic response. The rally helped major indices including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Composite Index and Europe’s Stoxx to go up by approximately...
DeFi’s Resurgence & Bitcoin’s Most Recent Stamp of Approval: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
11.11.2020
Powered by Every week, IntoTheBlock brings you on-chain analysis of top news stories in the crypto space. Leveraging blockchain’s publicContinue Reading
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Decentralized Exchanges That Use Automated Market Makers Now Represent 93% of the Market
6.11.2020
A recent report by Consensys says the surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes in Q3 of 2020 is down to their adoption of the automated market maker (AMM). According to the report, DEXs that use AMM, a software that algorithmically creates token trading pairs, now represent 93% of the market....
US Presidential Election Unlikely to Alter Bitcoin’s Path: Analyst
4.11.2020
Crypto analyst George McDonaugh says that the U.S. presidential election is unlikely to change the bitcoin price’s upward trajectory. He draws on a number of fundamental and technical factors to illustrate his point. For example, McDonaugh argues that the recent surge in the price of bitcoin...
Bitcoin whales tread water and hodl despite recent BTC price drop
3.11.2020
Various on-chain data shows that Bitcoin whales are holding onto their funds and have little interest in selling in the short term
The company that coined the term ‘hash rate’ is not concerned about its recent decline
30.10.2020
Bitcoin's hash rate is down on the year, though the price remains largely unaffected
Report: Bitcoin Set for its Biggest Breakout Yet
30.10.2020
A recent Coinmetrics report says on-chain fundamentals are hinting at bitcoin experiencing its biggest breakout yet. The report notes that bitcoin is already showing signs of this following its rise by about $1,000 in one day on October 21. The digital asset has subsequently set a new all-time high...
Report: 55% of US Investors Show Interest in Bitcoin Investment, Covid-19 Catalyst to Changing Preferences
29.10.2020
A recent survey study reveals that more than half of U.S. investors (55%) have an interest in investing in bitcoin, a figure which is 19 percentage points higher than that of last year. This translates to a potential U.S. market of nearly 32 million bitcoin investor households. According to...
Bitcoin Whales Just Split Up $5.5B Into Smaller Wallets: Flipside Crypto
27.10.2020
Clearly the recent increase in the price of Bitcoin caused accounts with a lot of BTC to do something. ButContinue Reading
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Can Github Remove the Bitcoin Codebase? Recent Repository Takedown Has Proponents Worried
26.10.2020
On October 23, the Microsoft-owned Github leveraged an ostensible DMCA takedown in order to remove 18 projects from the code-hosting portal. According to sources, the takedown stemmed from a request filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Github’s recent move has made...
CME’s Bitcoin Futures Rise Suggests Institutional Investors Are Starting to Swarm Toward Crypto
24.10.2020
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has become the second-largest derivatives market for bitcoin futures in terms of open interest. The popular exchange has seen an influx of demand since the recent Paypal announcement and the Bitmex debacle as well. Data shows that the Bitcoin Mercantile...
Stablecoins went wild in the days before Bitcoin’s recent surge
23.10.2020
Retail investors are buying into Bitcoin, says CryptoQuant CEO
Not everyone in the crypto industry is thrilled about PayPal's recent news
22.10.2020
PayPal’s Bitcoin integration is “probably not because they want to spur healthy adoption,” explained SatoshiLabs
World Gold Council Survey Shows Cryptocurrency Investment the 5th Most Popular in Russia
22.10.2020
According to a recent research survey, cryptocurrency investment is a touch more popular than gold in Russia. An organization called the World Gold Council surveyed 2,023 investors and cryptocurrency turned out to be the fifth-largest investment next to gold. The World Gold Council (WGC)...
Filecoin Offering: Community Alleges Token Dumping, Tron’s Justin Sun Wants the US SEC to Investigate
17.10.2020
The recent Filecoin (FIL) token offering is creating controversy as some crypto community members are alleging that an unknown account has received 1.5 million tokens when only 500,000 were due for unlocking. According to reports, 800,000 tokens out of the 1.5 million of such tokens have been...
Ledger’s recent security audit was unconnected to their data breach in June
16.10.2020
It seems the review was already in process before the attack ever occured
Bitcoin Mining Rigs Struggle for Profits, Despite BTC’s Hashrate Reaching an All-Time High
16.10.2020
Bitcoin’s hashrate climbed to an all-time high (ATH) this week touching 166 exahash per second (EH/s) on October 14. Meanwhile, despite the recent price rise and hashrate ATH on Wednesday, only a small group of next-generation mining rigs are profiting at current bitcoin exchange rates....
Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance Creator Andre Cronje and Fork YFI
12.10.2020
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately hacked before the official launch. According to...
US Government Moves to Regulate Cryptocurrencies After Attorney General Publishes Enforcement Framework
10.10.2020
United States Attorney General (AG) William Barr says the recent publishing of the Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework will help law enforcement to fight elements using digital currencies for illicit ends. Produced by the AG’s Cyber-Digital Task Force, the framework provides law enforcement...