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Binance Re-entering China via 'Blockchain not Crypto' Road
19.5.2020
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/binance
Major crypto exchange Binance seems to be well on its way to re-establishing a presence in China, but by taking the 'blockchain, not crypto' entrance. CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), says "education and technology" first.
Following the Chinese ban...
Bitcoin Topside Bias Vulnerable Below USD 10K, Altcoins Consolidate
19.5.2020
Bitcoin price started a downside correction after it failed to clear the USD 9,500 and USD 10,000 resistance levels. BTC/USD traded below the USD 9,850 support and tested USD 9,550. The price is currently (09:00 UTC) stuck in a range and seems to be facing a strong resistance near...
BitPay Processes More Volume, Transaction Count Remains Unchanged
18.5.2020
In the first quarter this year, US-based major crypto payments company BitPay processed 10% more volume in USD, compared to the last three months of 2019, while the number of transactions remained unchanged.
It includes all cryptoassets the company supports, with bitcoin (BTC) representing...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 20
18.5.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
New Crypto Bull Cycle, Ripple’s MoneyTap in ATMs + More News
18.5.2020
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.
Crypto adoption news
Major venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has predicted a fourth crypto bull cycle, driven...
Crypto Market Sentiment Drops Again; Bitcoin Still in the Positive Zone
18.5.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
Crypto market sentiment went for a dive in the first week after the Bitcoin (BTC) halving event on May 11. Crypto market sentiment analysis service Omenics shows that the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins dropped from last...
Investors Turn to Gold as Inflation Threat Looms, Is Bitcoin Next?
18.5.2020
With more prominent investors raising the alarm bells over possible inflation as a result of fiat currency debasement by central banks around the world, gold has soared to its highest level since 2012. With all the fundamentals seemingly in place, the question for the bitcoin (BTC) community...
JK Rowling Learns not to Be Glib about Bitcoin as She 'Boosts' 'Significant Ethereum Holdings'
18.5.2020
JK Rowling. Sourve: a video screenshot, Youtube/The Writer's Block Library
JK Rowling, one of the world’s most famous and outspoken authors has attempted to quell a crypto-themed Twitter tornado of her own making – and says she has learned never to be “flippant” about Bitcoin (BTC) on Twitter...
Bitcoin Miners To Experience First Post-Halving Difficulty Adjustment
18.5.2020
The first post-halving Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment is tomorrow, and it's likely bringing much-needed relief to BTC miners that experienced their third pay cut a week ago.
Just six days ago, following the historic third halving of BTC mining reward - lowering the block subsidy from...
South Korean Central Bank Steps up CBDC Work ‘in Response to COVID-19’
18.5.2020
The South Korean central bank has sped up its digital currency issuance progress, per a new report, with officials to begin a tech review several months ahead of schedule.
According to Chosun, the central Bank of Korea (BOK) says it has conducted a study of the technological advances required...
Bitcoin Stuck Below USD 10K, Altcoins Look Ready For Another Leg Higher
18.5.2020
This past week, there was a downside correction in bitcoin price from the USD 10,000 resistance. BTC/USD traded below USD 9,550, but it found support near USD 9,200. Recently, it started a fresh increase and broke many hurdles near USD 9,550 to revisit the USD 10,000 region.
Also, many major...
Red Lever Pulled on Bitcoin-Ethereum Bridge Two Days Post-Launch
18.5.2020
tBTC - Bitcoin (BTC) on Ethereum (ETH) project by venture production studio Thesis - was put to sleep just two days after its launch on the mainnet.
tBTC is a project meant to bridge Bitcoin and Ethereum by allowing BTC owners to access decentralized financial applications that run on Ethereum...
Bitcoin vs. Modern Monetary Theory
17.5.2020
We are about the experience “the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression,” according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Economist Gita Gopinath. The coming economic downturn will be the result of the lockdown measures that were put into place by governments around the world...
4 Examples How The Powers That Be Are Making A Case For Bitcoin
17.5.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has proved to have far-reaching effects on the lives of people across the globe. Not only are hundreds of thousands of people at risk of premature death due to the virus but the powers that be are adding to people’s misery.
In this article, we discuss the actions...
Tokenization Getting Personal With New Opportunities and Old Dangers
16.5.2020
Personal tokens are here. Yes, that’s right: you can now tokenize yourself, putting a token on a blockchain that assigns a value to your own personal reputation.
Over the past few months, personal tokens have become more visible. While still remaining a fairly niche sector within crypto, some...
Happy Halving, Indecisive 9K and 20 Crypto Jokes
16.5.2020
And Satoshi said let there be halving, and the halving was good. Leading to it, BTC dropped, erasing its weekly gains, with altcoins bleeding too, then returning above 9,000 yet again. We looked into how BTC changed since the last halving in 2016, and CME Group revealed why this halving...
Blockchain Interoperability, Ethereum Classic to Upgrade + More News
15.5.2020
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.
Blockchain news
Accenture and Fujitsu Laboratories are jointly developing a blockchain interoperability solution, per a press...
5 Historic Post-Halving Bitcoin Price Predictions
15.5.2020
With its third mining reward halving Bitcoin (BTC) entered its so-called fourth epoch, bringing together hopes that the outspoken BTC bulls are right and the price will skyrocket again.
Let’s remember five high-profile post-halving bitcoin price predictions that may make you want to stack more...
Telegram Investor Backs Durov Crypto Return to ‘Kick Zuckerberg’s Ass’
15.5.2020
Pavel Durov. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/durov.
An investor in Telegram’s aborted Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform says he believes the project’s mastermind is not yet ready to walk away from his failed initial coin offering (ICO) – and backed Telegram to return to the crypto...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Users Complain About Rising 'Ridiculous' Fees
15.5.2020
While Bitcoin (BTC) fees keep rising, Ethereum (ETH) fees are also getting more expensive.
Bitcoin fees have been rising following the third halving. On May 12, the average transaction fee reached USD 2.79, the highest in ten months, jumping further to USD 5.16 on May 14. Bitinfocharts.com shows...