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IMF Wants Crypto Mining Answers from Georgia + More News
2.12.2019
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.
Mining news
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Georgia to report on its crypto mining industry. The country...
Coin Race: Top Winners/Losers of November, Top 10 Back in Red
2.12.2019
The green-ess was short-lived for the majority of the market, as is so commonly the case. The comparison between November and October proves once again how quickly the color of the crypto market changes. Bitcoin (BTC) too failed to see a rise in its price for the month of November. And though there...
VeChain Price Jumps 20% on Classic Game Development News
2.12.2019
The Way of Tiger: an old game cover.
Fueled by the news of a new adoption project, VeChain (VET) is today by far the best-performing coin in the top 100 by market capitalization.
The 25th coin has rallied, jumping 20.24% in the last 24 hours, but also 35.01% in the last seven days, bringing it...
How One Ethereum Developer Created a Dilemma For the Whole Cryptoverse
2.12.2019
Source: Twitter, @virgilgr
After an Ethereum developer was arrested for giving a speech at a North Korean’s blockchain conference, the Cryptoworld is faced with another moral dilemma that it will have to find a way to resolve for the future: is this an example of a man persecuted for exercising...
Crypto Exchange Huobi Strengthens Ties With China
2.12.2019
Major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi may finally be returning to the fold in China, over two years after a Beijing crypto crackdown forced domestic trading platforms out of the country.
Per Chinese media outlet Fn.com, Huobi China has joined a state-endorsed blockchain alliance named the Blockchain...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Restart Downtrend, Bulls Under Pressure
2.12.2019
This past week, bitcoin price recovered above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,550 resistance levels. BTC/USD tested the USD 7,850 resistance area, where the bulls struggled. As a result, the price started a fresh decline and traded below the USD 7,350 pivot area (09: 00 UTC).
Similarly, many major altcoins...
CryptoBridge Shuts Down, Vertcoin Falls Victim of a 51% Attack Again
2.12.2019
The last month of 2019 has started with bad news for two relatively small projects in the Cryptoverse: a crypto exchange, CryptoBridge, ranked 187th, is shutting down, while a coin, ranked 235th, Vertcoin (VTC), experienced another 51% attack.
CryptoBridge announced on its website that they'll...
Check out 13 Crypto/Blockchain-Related Companies from the Fintech100
1.12.2019
Thirteen crypto and/or blockchain-related companies are on the list of the best and the most promising financial technology (finthech) companies in 2019.
A fintech venture capital (VC) firm H2 Ventures and “big four” accounting firm KPMG published their Fintech100 annual report recently, which...
5 Ways to Stack Bitcoin Sats
1.12.2019
The term “stacking sats” has become one of the biggest memes in the Bitcoin (BTC) community in 2019. Not a day goes by where you don’t see the hashtag #stackingsats on Crypto Twitter. And, for good reason.
Dollar-cost averaging bitcoin - even with small amounts - could turn out to be a lucrative...
Reading the data: DAUs Vs Transaction Volume
1.12.2019
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Crypto 2020: Security Trends Next Year and Beyond
30.11.2019
Cryptography is the cornerstone of informational security, but not everything is entirely secure in the world of cryptocurrency. Crypto-exchanges are still subject to fairly regular attacks and hacks, while even cryptocurrencies are confronted with the rare 51% attack.
How will this picture change...
Hack Worries, Roller Coaster and 20 Crypto Jokes
30.11.2019
The Cryptoworld was hit this week with major news that Upbit lost ETH 342,000 (USD 53 million). The week started badly with BTC tumbling below USD 6.7K, but it rallied 10% some 7 hours later, with altcoins moving upwards too, then it dropped below USD 7K again and rallied another 10% two days...
Crypto Goes Mainstream with TV Ads and More in France, Switzerland
29.11.2019
Cryptocurrencies are getting mainstream media coverage in Europe – with France’s biggest TV network airing Bitcoin (BTC)-related advertisement, and a Swiss newspaper publishing a full-page spread on crypto.
As previously reported, Keplerk last month relaunched a program that allows customers to...
Canaan Ends 1st Week on Nasdaq in Red, Bitmain Promotes Rigs Ahead IPO
29.11.2019
The second largest producer of Bitcoin mining equipment, China-based Canaan, ended its first week on the Nasdaq exchange in red, while its main rival, another Chinese giant that is reportedly working on its own initial public offering (IPO), Bitmain, confirmed its plans to introduce two new types...
Join This Competition and Win More With Blockchain Betting
29.11.2019
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Blockchain is revolutionizing the world, one industry at a time, and betting is certainly no exception. One of the companies helping build a decentralized future is Betmatch, an online betting platform that utilizes blockchain in order...
50m-User Chat App Kakao to Add Crypto Wallet in Early 2020 + More News
29.11.2019
A screenshot of the KakaoTalk chat app.
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.
Wallets news
Chat app giant and Klaytn blockchain mainnet developer Kakao has announced...
New German Law Might Allow Banks to Store, Trade Crypto
29.11.2019
Germany’s federal parliament Bundestag has reportedly passed a bill that is to allow the country's banks to store and sell cryptocurrencies next year. However, the legislation is awaiting the approval of the Bundesrat, the parliament’s chamber that represents Germany’s 16 federal states.
The latest...
Is Russia Set to Ban Bitcoin Pay?
29.11.2019
Russia’s increasingly confusing cryptocurrency policy continues to develop – and the latest curveball is a proposed ban on payments made using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Per a report from media outlet Izvestia, the country’s Central Bank and the regulatory Federal Financial Monitoring...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Could End November In Bullish Zone
29.11.2019
In the past three sessions, there were mostly range moves in bitcoin price above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 support levels. BTC/USD seems to be forming a support base and it could continue to rise above the USD 7,550 and USD 7,650 resistance levels.
Similarly, there are positive signs emerging...
Emergency at Major Crypto Exchange, IDAX: CEO 'Missing'
29.11.2019
The CEO of IDAX Global, "have gone missing with unknown cause and IDAX Global staffs were out of touch with" since November 24, the company announced today.
"For this reason, access to Cold wallet which is stored almost all cryptocurrency balances on IDAX has been restricted so in effect...