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Japanese Education Chiefs Charged over Crypto Deal + More News
31.12.2019
Source: iStock/D-Keine
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.
Legal news
Osaka prosecutors have charged Meijo Gakuin Educational Corporation executives with embezzlement...
Unexpected Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Finds 74% of Clients Ready
31.12.2019
With less than two days left to the ninth Ethereum upgrade, Muir Glacier, majority of the node operators are ready for it.
As previously reported, Ethereum is forced to have another hard fork less than a month after the Istanbul upgrade, due to a mistake, and in order to delay the feature known...
Legal Wrinkles Could Blight Taxman’s USD 67m Bithumb Ruling
31.12.2019
Lawyers and politicians in South Korea have been debating the legality of the tax service’s recent decision to effectively serve crypto exchange Bithumb with a USD 67 million tax bill.
As previously reported, South Korea’s National Tax Service (NTS) has attempted to force Bithumb to pay...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Bullish Bias Intact Despite Recent Dip
31.12.2019
Recently, bitcoin price trimmed most gains and declined below the USD 7,350 support. Moreover, BTC/USD declined below the USD 7,250 support and traded close to the USD 7,150 support. The price is currently (09:00 UTC) trading in a range and seems to be preparing for a fresh increase towards...
Justin Sun Fails to Impress Market With DLive and BitTorrent Partnership
31.12.2019
Justin Sun. Source: Twitter, @justinsuntron
The crypto market doesn’t seem to be impressed with blockchain-based content sharing platform DLive becoming a part of the BitTorrent ecosystem.
In order to do so, DLive, that has "over five million monthly active users," will be migrating to the Tron...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 52
30.12.2019
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...
Cryptonews Rewind 2019: Q3 - The Return of Bears and Growing Adoption
30.12.2019
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the third quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q3
July
July was a very busy month. Telegram's token Gram jumped 201% even before public sale, and DOGE skyrocketed after the announcement that it'll be listed on Binance. In other...
Russian Programmer 'Sends' USD 450m in Crypto to Fraudsters + More News
30.12.2019
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.
Legal news
Russian computer programmer Alexei Bilyuchenko, who was involved in the collapse of Wex (World Exchange Services)...
Crypto Market Sentiment is Back in Green
30.12.2019
The cryptocurrency market sentiment continues giving us less activity than we’re accustomed to seeing, showing very slight movements up and down. As a short recap: the combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins went up a bit two weeks ago to 4.68, then it fell...
How Good Is Mike Novogratz In Guessing Bitcoin's Price?
30.12.2019
Mike Novogratz. Former Goldman Sachs partner turned crypto investor Mike Novogratz believes that Bitcoin (BTC) will finish 2020 above the USD 12,000 mark. However, his previous predictions show how unpredictable the crypto market is.
Though he didn’t explain the reasoning behind this particular...
Venezuelans Flock to Stores in their Droves to Spend Petro Payouts
30.12.2019
An associative picture. Opinion in Venezuela is divided on the subject of the country’s state-run cryptocurrency, the Petro, as citizens continue to queue around the block for “up to seven hours” at crypto-friendly stores.
Per a report from AFP, via El Dia, some citizens have expressed their...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Showing Positive Signs
30.12.2019
In the past few sessions, there were decent bullish moves in bitcoin price above the USD 7,250 and USD 7,350 resistance levels. BTC/USD even rallied above the USD 7,400 level, but it struggled to surpass the main USD 7,550 hurdle. The price trimmed gains and it is currently (09:00 UTC)...
Cryptonews Rewind 2019: Q2 - The Big Rally, Libra & Regulatory Awakening
29.12.2019
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the second quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q2
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April
The quarter started with Bitcoin price suddenly jumping by 16% in an hour, reaching USD 4,882 per coin, the level last seen in November 2018, then it went...
2020 Look Ahead: Think Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
29.12.2019
George McDonaugh is the CEO and Co-Founder of KR1 plc, the London listed cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company.
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Facebook’s Libra, Twitter, Digital Fiat, and China
Let’s look at some macro trends circling the esoteric inner core of this ongoing technological revolution. First...
Cryptonews Rewind 2019: Q1 - Last Months of Crypto Winter & First Hacks
28.12.2019
Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the first quarter of this year:
Total crypto market capitalization in Q1
January
The year started with the celebration of Bitcoin’s 10th birthday – the day that saw the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain mined, aka the Genesis block. On the same...
Bans, Exiles, Breakthroughs and 20 Crypto Jokes
28.12.2019
Just because it was a holiday week doesn't mean that there were no crypto news. The head of the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute confirmed that a “digital form of the yuan” is on its way, but said it's different from BTC or stablecoins as it's not for speculation. Meltem...
10 Japanese Blockchain Startups to Watch in 2020
27.12.2019
If you were following blockchain and cryptocurrency news from Japan this year, you’d be forgiven for thinking only massive companies were in on the action.
Companies with long-running blockchain and cryptocurrency interests, such as SBI, Monex, Rakuten and GMO Internet have continued to dominate...
Lines Form Outside Petro-accepting Stores in Venezuela + More News
27.12.2019
An associative picture. 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.
Adoption news
Long lines are reportedly forming at Venezuelan stores that accept Petro (PTR) pay, reports...
Tokyo Wants 50% of Transactions to Be Made in its Stablecoin by 2025
27.12.2019
Tokyo’s new stablecoin could be one of the world’s most ambitious yet – after city authorities revealed plans to ensure that 50% of all payments made in the capital are made using the token by 2025.
Per Nikkei, the city is banking on the fact that it already has a large range of infrastructure...
Chinese Regulators Warn Crypto Crackdown Is Still Effective
27.12.2019
Anyone harboring hopes that Beijing was softening its hardline stance on cryptocurrencies after its latest blockchain drive appears to have been thwarted – with a host of regulators in the country ruling out policy changes.
The crypto crackdown of 2017 was sweeping, with initial coin offerings...