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ETH Killer, Private Messaging and Change in BTC - 4 Crypto Experiments
12.11.2019
From coin killers, over private messages, to stacking sats. The Cryptoverse rests on innovation and innovative technology. It’s no wonder then that we often see interesting new gadgets or digital solutions to existing problems, or the problems we didn’t even know exist. Occasionally, we’re even...
CoinMarketCap to Replace Volume With a New Metric + More Crypto News
12.11.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
Exchanges news
The most popular crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap announced the launch of its new Liquidity ranking...
Bitcoin and Altcoins at Risk of Further Declines
12.11.2019
After a short term upside correction, bitcoin price struggled to settle above USD 9,000. As a result, BTC/USD declined again and traded below the USD 8,850 support area. The price even traded to a new weekly low and it is currently (09:00 UTC) consolidating near the USD 8,750 level.
Similarly, most...
China’s Digital Currency is Not About Total Surveillance - Official
12.11.2019
As China is preparing to launch its domestic digital currency, a person in charge of its development says that its creation is not about controlling people’s information, but maintaining a balance.
The goal of this move by China is not gaining full control of information belonging to the general...
Banking Giant With 16 Million Clients, RBC, Goes Crypto - Report
12.11.2019
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the Canada-headquartered major global bank, is set to open a cryptocurrency exchange, according to a report from The Logic.
The media outlet claims it has learned that the RBC wants to allow customers to trade in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum...
8 South Korean Crypto Exchange Execs Jailed in USD 386m Fraud Wrap
12.11.2019
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A court in South Korea has jailed the head of cryptocurrency exchange Coinup for 16 years, after convicting him of fraud. Eight other executives from the exchange were also given jail time, with the company’s vice president given an 11-year prison term.
The Seoul court ruled...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 45
11.11.2019
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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...
Crypto Market Sentiment Slightly Down; BTC and TRX Hold Their Spots
11.11.2019
Looking at the 7-day moving average, the combined Sentscore for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped somewhat since last Monday, from 5.68/10 to 5.5, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
Nonetheless, Bitcoin (BTC) and Tron (TRX) maintain their positions...
Bakkt Launches 'The Critical Link' in Bitcoin Adoption
11.11.2019
Today, giant-backed crypto trading platform Bakkt opened its Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian of bitcoin, to all institutions around the world.
"A critical link — perhaps the critical link — in the institutional adoption of bitcoin is custody. When investors have ready access to regulated...
Bitcoiners May Change Their Mind on PoS, 'Who Knows,' Says Buterin
11.11.2019
Vitalik Buterin. In a few years, perhaps Bitcoin (BTC) fans will think better of the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, finds Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum (ETH).
In an interview at the ETHWaterloo 2, an Ethereum Blockchain Hackathon organized by the core ETHGlobal team...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Estimated to Drop Again + More Crypto News
11.11.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world.
Mining news
After seven increases in a row, the Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped by 7.1% on November 8 and is estimated...
Taiwanese Buy USD 15m Condo In New York with Bitcoin
11.11.2019
389 East 89th Street. A New York City-based real estate owner and developer sold a retail condo in Manhattan’s Upper East Side for bitcoin (BTC).
Ben Shaoul, the president of Magnum Real Estate Group, a residential real estate development and management company, has sold a retail condo for USD 15.3...
Even Financial Professionals Say Bitcoin to Outperform S&P 500
11.11.2019
Almost 50% of surveyed financial professionals think that, over the course of the next year, Bitcoin (BTC) will outperform a popular stock market index, S&P 500. And while many of them still avoid cryptocurrencies, majority believe there will be a global digital currency in the next decade.
Crypto...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading With Bearish Bias
11.11.2019
After a major decline, bitcoin price started a short term upside correction above the USD 8,850 level. BTC/USD even spiked above USD 9,000, but upsides remained capped. The price is currently (09:00 UTC) declining and it remains at a risk of more downsides below the USD 8,750 support...
Singapore & JPMorgan Create Forex Payments Blockchain Solution
11.11.2019
The Singaporean central bank says it has developed a blockchain-powered prototype for foreign exchange payments – and wants other central banks to follow suit.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated, in a press release, that its new solution was developed in conjunction with JPMorgan...
Did South Korea Just 'Sentence Blockchain Gaming to Death'?
11.11.2019
South Korean gaming industry representatives say that the government may have doomed blockchain gaming to oblivion – after a regulator banned Infinity Star, a game that makes use of Ethereum ERC 721 Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
Late last week, the Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC)...
The World Wants to Know Bitcoin Price, BTC Forecast and Is It Healthy?
10.11.2019
It's safe to say that Bitcoin (BTC) is the most talked-about cryptocurrency in the world – but in what way have the people around the world been mentioning it in the past 12 months, starting November 2018 when bitcoin price dropped to USD 4,000?
To find out, we’ve looked at different search terms...
How to Earn Bitcoin By Running a Lightning Node
10.11.2019
Depending on who you ask, the Lightning Network will either be the long-awaited solution to Bitcoin’s (BTC) scalability woes or a technological experiment that is bound to fail. Regardless of where your opinion lies, you can currently use the Lightning Network - despite still being in beta -...
Crypto 2020: How Adoption Will Look Next Year and Beyond
9.11.2019
According to Kaspersky's Cryptocurrency Report 2019, 19% of surveyed people (in 22 developed economies) have bought at least one kind of cryptoc urrency or another, and while this is an encouraging percentage for such an immature sector, it's clear that crypto still has a long way to go if it wants...
Manipulations, Turns, Exchanges and 20 Crypto Jokes
9.11.2019
Well, it was seven days of twists and turns, and we’re not necessarily talking about crypto prices. Tezos rallied on news from major exchanges, an analyst discussed why DOGE is doing better than most altcoins, and a report said that a single whale manipulated 2017 Bitcoin rally, though multiple...