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Meltem Demirors Explains Why the Next Bitcoin Halving ‘Will Be Different’
23.12.2019
Meltem Demirors. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Bloomberg Technology
Almost everyone in the crypto community is going into 2020 talking about Bitcoin halving, with many predicting price rises and more market movement. But one expert says that the next halving – expected to take place in...
Disappointing IEOs, Up To USD 150M IPO, Bitcoin ETF Battles + More News
23.12.2019
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.
Investing news
BitMEX Research says that all 11 Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs) they looked into in their May report have seen...
ICE Appoints Insiders as New CEO and President Of Bakkt
23.12.2019
The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)-backed Bitcoin futures trading platform Bakkt has found its new leaders inside the company.
ICE announced today that it has appointed Mike Blandina as CEO of Bakkt, as well as Adam White as its President, starting December 20. This comes after founding...
Binance and FTX Stormed Crypto Derivatives Market in November
23.12.2019
Before major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced its investment in cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, both platforms registered the biggest gains in the crypto derivatives market in November.
Last month, Binance saw a rise in total monthly derivatives exchange volumes (all volumes...
Tron’s New Experimental Game Wants to Play With You to Keep Existing
23.12.2019
Tron (TRX) launched a new game, Just.Game, a "speculative technological entertainment" with a self-decentralizing entity that wants to keep itself alive.
Team Just, the team that created the blockchain gambling game Fomo3D, now has a new game up on the Tron network. Tron CEO Justin Sun tweeted...
Chinese Central Bank: Digital Yuan Is Not for Speculation
23.12.2019
Source: iStock/ma-no
The head of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC)’s digital currency research institute Mu Changchun has confirmed that a “digital form of the yuan” is on its way – but claimed that the digitized fiat would be “different from Bitcoin or stablecoins.”
The PBoC chief also stated that...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Start Christmas Week With Bullish Sentiment
23.12.2019
This week, bitcoin price started a solid upward move above the USD 7,350 resistance. BTC/USD gained bullish momentum and surged above the USD 7,550 resistance. The upward move faced sellers near USD 7,650 and the price is currently (09:00 UTC) correcting gains.
Similarly, many major altcoins...
Academic: All Undergrads Should Learn About Bitcoin & Blockchain
22.12.2019
Jeremy Clark
This interview was originally published by our French franchise partner fr.cryptonews.com.
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Bitcoin (BTC) officially turns 11 on January 3, 2020. As the token enters its third decade, how does one of the first few academics to ever write a paper on BTC see the future of Satoshi...
The Digital Decade Signs Off with a Glimpse of the Future
22.12.2019
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Keld van Schreven is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of KR1 plc, the London listed cryptocurrency and blockchain investment company.
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Wow that was quick, here we are at the end of 2019! The year for crypto markets and blockchain technology has been slow and steady. Large capitalized...
How Global Macro Trends Might Affect Crypto in 2020
21.12.2019
Crypto is not an island. While the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC) is still considered to be a non-correlated asset, economic and financial developments have at least an indirect effect on crypto market behavior. Also, political and regulatory pronouncements can lead people towards...
Twitter Storms, Ice Ages and 20 Crypto Jokes
21.12.2019
This week saw many crypto-related developments: FTT rallied after Binance invested in FTX, Ripple raised USD 200 million, Tron’s Justin Sun sparked a Twitter storm by publicly committing USD 1 million to Greta Thunberg’s cause, the Cryptoworld wondered if BSV is about to sabotage itself, Cardano...
Looking for Meta-trends in 2020 Crypto Predictions
20.12.2019
In the crypto world, t’is the season…for end-of-year predictions about what will happen to the world of Bitcoin, altcoins and blockchain in 2020.
The teams at cryptocurrency venture fund Token Daily Capital and media outlet TechCrunch have been particularly busy – with experts and journalists...
Ripple Boss: 50% of World Top 20 Banks to Trade Digital Assets in 2020
20.12.2019
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Ripple
Fiats will go digital in 2020, with 50% of the biggest global banks in the world set to work with digital assets, says Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple.
Garlinghouse has predicted that half of the world’s top 20 biggest banks will...
11 'Bold' Crypto Predictions for 2020 by Blockchain Capital
20.12.2019
Bitcoin (BTC) is set for a 2020 price surge that will see it go past the USD 20,000 mark, per a new report, with fees to exceed USD 100.
In its annual State of Crypto report, investment company Blockchain Capital has made eleven “bold” predictions for the upcoming year.
The company says we might...
Average Bitcoin Spender Doesn't Need 6 Confirmations - Mathematicians
20.12.2019
Double-spending an average Bitcoin (BTC) transaction is not profitable and, though exchanges and merchants often require it, sending some sats may not in fact need six confirmations – according to calculations by two mathematicians.
For an average transaction, only one or two confirmations...
Chinese Authorities Bust 8 Companies for Crypto Violations + More News
20.12.2019
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.
Regulation news
Authorities in Shenzhen, China, have cracked down on eight companies they suspect of conducting illegal...
U.S. Firm Offers to Buy up Mt. Gox Creditors at Reduced Price - Report
20.12.2019
Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Mt. Gox. U.S. private equity and hedge fund firm Fortress Investment Group is intensifying efforts to take over creditor claims from the defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox. Earlier this month, the New York-based company sent letters to the exchange’s creditors...
Ripple Raises USD 200M From Tetragon, SBI Holdings & Route 66 Ventures
20.12.2019
Ripple, a San Francisco-based blockchain startup focusing on the payments technologies, announced that is raised USD 200 million in Series C funding from a group of notable investors.
The funding round was led by global investment firm Tetragon, with participation from SBI Holdings and Route...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Signaling Bullish Continuation
20.12.2019
In the past few sessions, there was a decent improvement in the crypto market sentiment as bitcoin price climbed back above USD 7,000. BTC/USD even tested the USD 7,450 and USD 7,500 resistance levels. The price is currently (09:00 UTC) consolidating above USD 7,000 and it could start a fresh...
FTX Token Rallies on Binance and Derivatives Exchange FTX Deal News
20.12.2019
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, and Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX. Source: Twitter, @SBF_Alameda
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance invested in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, and FTX Token (FTT) rallied.
The unspecified "strategic equity investment" into the company that...