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Crypto Market Sentiment Keeps Tumbling
2.3.2020
After reaching the highest score of 6.23 two weeks ago, the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment for the top 10 coins by market capitalization is still dropping, falling from 5.63 last week to 4.84/10 this week, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
Once...
This Global Vacuum Presents Huge Opportunities for Crypto
2.3.2020
In some regions, over 50% of the population are unbanked and the problem is much worse for women, according to a quarterly review by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which acts as a central authority for the world’s leading central banks.
In a special feature on innovations...
Coin Race: Tezos & Kyber Network Win February, Bitcoin Suffers Unusual Loss
2.3.2020
After a stellar start of the year, bitcoin and altcoins have let off the gas pedal and undergone a correction which began in the middle of February. As a result, the last month of winter was a bit of a mixed bag for all coins.
Bitcoin once again fell below USD 9,000 mark and dragged some of...
Ripple Would Be Unprofitable Without XRP Sales, CEO Admits
2.3.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. California-based fintech company Ripple would not have been where it is today without the monthly selling from its massive holding of XRP tokens, an admission from its CEO suggests.
In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse...
Ripple Friendly SBI Chief in Talks About Launching an STO Exchange
2.3.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO of SBI, one of Japan’s biggest financial companies, has spoken of his intention to co-launch a securities token offering (STO) exchange platform within the current financial year.
Per newspaper Jiji, SBI Holdings chief Yoshitaka Kitao, who is also a long-term Ripple partner...
Is Coinbase Another Step Closer to Opening in Japan?
2.3.2020
American exchange giant Coinbase has become a second-tier member of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), the only officially recognized self-regulatory body of Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges.
The JVCEA’s first-tier comprises exchanges that have been granted an official...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading Near Crucial Juncture
2.3.2020
This past week, bitcoin fell more than 5% and it settled below the USD 8,850 support area. BTC/USD even spiked on a couple of occasions below the USD 8,550 and USD 8,500 support levels. It is currently (08:00 UTC) consolidating losses above USD 8,500 and it could either recover towards USD 9,000...
Andrew Yang's Out, Who's the New "Crypto Candidate" for US President?
1.3.2020
Andrew Yang emerged as a popular presidential candidate in the crypto community after making several very clear crypto-positive statements in several interviews. On February 11, however, Yang dropped out of the presidential race, leaving somewhat of a void for another potential “crypto candidate.”...
ICO Safe Harbor Won’t Change the Future
1.3.2020
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Aaron Kaplan is the founder and Co-CEO of Prometheum, Inc., a New York-based fintech company building a regulated, blockchain-native, capital market infrastructure. Aaron was an attorney at Gusrae Kaplan Nusbaum, where he focused his practice on the applications...
How Will Bitcoin Cash's Halving Affect the 4th Largest Network?
29.2.2020
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the fourth largest crypto network by market capitalization, is halving in April. Yes, much like its bigger brother, the Bitcoin-forked cryptocurrency will be cutting the block rewards it dispenses to miners by 50%, from BCH 12.5 (USD 4,073) to BCH 6.25.
But according to...
Discussion, Opposition, Escalation and 20 Crypto Jokes
29.2.2020
It was a busy crypto week. IOTA mainnet is paused but MIOTA’s still trading, FCoin wants to reopen but clients aren't happy, OKEx and Bitfinex suffered a DDoS attack, Ethereum’s core devs decided to implement ProgPow in July amid heavy opposition that only grew larger, Vitalik Buterin shared that...
XRP Might Get Neighbours on XPR Ledger + More News
28.2.2020
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Ripple, an American blockchain company focusing on payments technologies, is working on new features that will...
Kaspersky Launches Blockchain-powered Voting Platform
28.2.2020
Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has launched a prototype for its Polys voting machine, a device that it says will enable people to cast votes on an online blockchain-based voting platform.
The development could pave the way for the platform’s use in public and private organizations....
13,000 South Korean ATMs to Enable Litecoin Withdrawals
28.2.2020
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Litecoin (LTC), the cryptocurrency created by Charlie Lee to be the “silver to Bitcoin’s gold” back in 2011, may be about to see more real-world use as more than 13,000 ATMs in South Korea enable LTC withdrawals directly to Korean won (KRW).
The Litecoin Foundation said...
Here Is How China Uses Blockchain Technology to Fight the Coronavirus
28.2.2020
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Chinese organizations are looking to implement blockchain solutions in a range of industries as part of a concerted attempt to fight the coronavirus and reduce its economic effect on the country.
Per ZDNet, which quotes news reports in China, as well as the Shandong...
OKEx and Bitfinex Suffer a DDoS Attack
28.2.2020
In what's turning into a series of crypto exchanges with issues this month, Bitfinex and OKEx have both reported a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Just this morning (UTC time), Bitfinex took to Twitter to notify the user that they are investigating what seems to be a DDoS, sharing...
The Rapid Evolution of Cryptocurrency Gambling
28.2.2020
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When Bitcoin was first introduced in 2009, gambling quickly emerged as one of the cryptocurrency's primary use cases. Players, particularly those in the United States, could use Bitcoin as...
Chainlink Climbs on New Collaboration with Ethereum Classic
28.2.2020
With the broader crypto market still in consolidation mode after a sell-off that has rattled the market over the past two weeks, the decentralized oracle service Chainlink (LINK) is already rebounding from the slump.
As of press time on Friday (11:17 UTC), LINK is trading at USD 3.0, up 4% over...
Another Asian Giant-backed Crypto Exchange Set to Enter U.S. Market
28.2.2020
International players are looking to move into the American cryptocurrency exchange market – with the South Korean-Japanese chat app operator Line set to open a trading platform in the country.
Per Japanese media outlet Coin Post and South Korean newspaper Hanguk Kyungjae, the new exchange will...
FCoin Clients Not Happy With a "Restart" Plan
28.2.2020
The presumably failed Chinese FCoin exchange has announced its return to the crypto scene, with a goal to let the community take charge of it, but that community may not be interested. Ever since FCoin announced the loss of funds and the founder published a detailed letter of what allegedly led...