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Brave Triples Daily Users, Surpasses 3 Million + More News
6.12.2019
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.
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Brave, the first decentralized browser based on blockchain technology that lets users earn tokens (BAT) as they...
eToro Confirms Working on a Debit Card; Support for Crypto Unclear
6.12.2019
Source: Instagram, etoro_official
Trading and investing platform eToro confirmed to Cryptonews.com that they are working on a debit card, but declined to comment further for now. What remains unclear, however, is whether this new product will support crypto.
Business Insider reported today that...
Huobi Token Outperforms Top 20 on China News
6.12.2019
Week-to-date, Huobi Token (HT), the ecosystem token of the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi Global, is up almost 4%, outperforming the rest of the top 20 digital assets by market capitalization.
At pixel time (12:13 AM UTC), HT trades at c. USD 2.82 and is down by 1.5% in the past...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Aligning For Next Significant Move
6.12.2019
After a fresh bearish wave, bitcoin price found support near the USD 7,100 area. BTC/USD is currently rising (10:30 UTC) and trading above USD 7,250 and USD 7,350. However, the price needs to gain bullish momentum above USD 7,400 to continue higher in the near term.
Moreover, it seems like most...
Chinese Central Bank Issues USD 2.8m Worth of Blockchain Bonds
6.12.2019
Source: iStock/杨培培
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has issued some USD 2.8 billion worth of blockchain-issued financial bonds to small business loans in China.
Per reports from Xinhua and Naeil Shinmun, the central bank says that it used its “own independently developed blockchain bond issuance...
XRP the Best Performer Today; Ripple Dismisses Securities Suit Again
6.12.2019
XRP is the best-performing top 10 coin today. This coincided with Ripple's recent court filing and statement that, even if XRP were a security, the plaintiffs still brought the case against the company too late.
At the time of writing (9:19 UTC), XRP is one of only four green coins among the...
NewCryptoCasinos.com presents this years Christmas Casino Calendars
6.12.2019
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NewCryptoCasinos.com presents this years Christmas Casino Calendars
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Deutsche Bank: Fiat Money is Fragile, Crypto - Inevitable
6.12.2019
The forces that hold the fiat money system together look fragile and, over the next decade, some of these forces could begin to unravel and demand for alternative currencies, from gold to crypto, could take off, German banking giant Deutsche Bank said in its recent report Imagine 2030.
"While...
The Future of Money and the Payment System
5.12.2019
Source: a video screenshot, YouTube, Bloomberg Markets and Finance
This is a lecture by Agustín Carstens, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements, held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, on December 5, 2019.
Main highlights:
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S Korean Crypto Exchanges Will Struggle to Survive in 2020 – Report
5.12.2019
A number of South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges are set to post “huge” losses this year, per a new report.
According to media outlet Newsway, industry insiders believe that most exchanges are “expected to suffer massive losses in FY2019.” The industry fears that nobody is safe, with trading...
First Blockchain Free Trade Zone in China + More News
5.12.2019
White GuanYin statue in Hainan. 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.
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The Chinese island province of Hainan is set to create the nation’s first blockchain...
Bitcoin Price Could Hit USD 5,000 Before Rallying – Tuur Demeester
5.12.2019
A popular economist said that Bitcoin (BTC) can go lower, meaning that we haven’t seen the bottom yet. However, that low is just a stop on a way to all-time highs, founder of Bitcoin alpha hedge fund Adamant Capital, Tuur Demeester, stressed.
“We are way above the bottom of USD 3,000 [and] I don’t...
Russia Confirms It's Planning Measures To Seize Crypto
5.12.2019
Adding to the legal uncertainty surrounding cryptocurrency in Russia, the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has confirmed earlier reports that it is cooperating with the Russian Supreme Court and a number of other federal institutions to prepare draft legislation that would allow...
Could Central Banks’ Digital Currency Projects Be Nothing But a Big Bluff?
5.12.2019
Contrary to the public statements, insiders at the European Central Bank (ECB) reportedly say the bank has no laboratory working on a digital euro and little intention to create one any time soon.
"Most of these comments [about the digital fiat] seem designed to jolt the private sector banks into...
EU Confirms its Firm Stance on All Stablecoins, Not Facebook's Libra Only
5.12.2019
The EU has taken a firm stance on stablecoins. But a senior government official in Lithuania says the move will not stop stablecoin operators from proceeding with their plans as the EU is not against innovations and simplified payments.
Today, the Council and the commission adopted a joint...
Hive Blockchain Lost 'Last Analyst'; Reports Record Income, Still Makes Loss
5.12.2019
The first publicly listed blockchain infrastructure company, Hive Blockchain Technologies Ltd., reportedly lost the last analyst covering it, and the price of its shares is far from the early days of it going public. Meanwhile, the company reported an income increase of c. 84% in Q3, compared...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Lack Important Signs For Reversal
5.12.2019
Yesterday, there was a sharp upward move in bitcoin price above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 resistance levels. BTC/USD even rallied above the USD 7,550 and USD 7,650 resistance levels. However, it turned out to be a fake rally and the price is now back below USD 7,400 (09:00 UTC).
Similarly, there...
SBI Mulling a Company-wide Cryptocurrency Shareholder Payout in XRP
5.12.2019
Source: iStock/isa_ozdere
Japanese financial giant SBI is considering issuing Ripple (XRP) tokens as company-wide shareholder rewards, says the company’s CEO Yoshitaka Kitao.
In a recent address to shareholders shared by the company on YouTube, Kitao stated that a previous XRP handout...
'Watch and Learn': Justin Sun Co-owned Poloniex Kicks DigiByte Out
5.12.2019
Tron founder and CEO Justin Sun. U.S.-based crypto exchange Poloniex, recently acquired by Justin Sun, CEO of Tron (TRX), among other investors, announced it will delist DigiByte (DGB) hours after the founder of DigiByte, Jared Tate, criticized both Tron and Poloniex.
"BTW, after careful review,...
Guide to Online Gambling with Cryptocurrency
5.12.2019
Photo: iStock-Marko Horvat
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