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EOS Price Spikes Upwards After Block.one Settles with SEC
1.10.2019
EOS prices are climbing rapidly after the blockchain’s developer successfully settled a legal dispute with an American financial regulator – with the altcoin now outperforming all top ten cryptocurrencies.
The token has climbed to USD 3.06 (current price at pixel time of 5:22 UTC), for a market...
Venezuela Considers Moving its Bitcoin and Ethereum Stash
1.10.2019
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro says his country is working on an international and domestic payments system that will make use of cryptocurrencies.
The troubled Latin American state has seen trade screech to a halt as United States sanctions continue to bite. International borrowing is up,...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 39
30.9.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting 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 on the Verge of the Negative Zone
30.9.2019
Source: iStock/da-kuk
This Monday sees a new first in this particular series of articles as the average crypto market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped for the third week in a row, from 5.01/10 last week, to 4.1 this week, according to Omenics,...
Bitcoin Price: Cryptoverse is Trying to Guess the Next Move
30.9.2019
Cryptocurrency market and its swift and abrupt changes have given people a lot of headache, but also a lot to think about in the last week alone. People’s opinions on the near and far future of digital assets varies, but bulls seem hard at work. Nonetheless, analysts also urge traders to consider...
Telegram's Blockchain 'Could Open a New Era' + 9 More Crypto News
30.9.2019
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.
Blockchain News
Telegram Open Network (TON), developed my major messaging app Telegram, could open a new era of blockchains capable...
XRP Price Jumps on Ripple's Investment News
30.9.2019
Ripple, a California-based crypto startup focusing on the banking sector, is continuing its acquisition program despite the price of their token, XRP , is down 29% this year.
However, after another acquisition announcement, the price went up and at pixel time (09:55 UTC) trades at c. USD 0.252...
Cardano Price Drops 23% in a Week, Despite Platform’s Announcements
30.9.2019
Charles Hoskinson (on the left) at the event this past weekend. Source: Twitter, @IOHK_Charles
It seems that recent announcements by Cardano have not helped their token ADA – or have perhaps prevented it from dropping further – as the price down more than 20% in the past week.
September...
Bitcoin Price, Altcoins Poised For Further Weakness
30.9.2019
This past week, bitcoin price declined heavily below the USD 9,000 and USD 8,500 support levels. BTC/USD even traded below USD 8,000 and it is currently (08:00 UTC) showing signs of bearish continuation. Similarly, most major altcoins, including ethereum, ripple, EOS, BNB, litecoin, bitcoin cash...
‘Legalization’ Coming for Cryptocurrency in Ukraine – And So Is the Taxman
30.9.2019
A Ukrainian minister has stated that the government wants to grant legal status to cryptocurrencies – moving them out of their current “grey area.” But the government’s motive appears to be primarily financial, as the minister suggested taxing both miners and cryptocurrency traders.
Per a report...
Bithumb Acquisition Deal ‘Off’ as Chinese, American Investors Close in
30.9.2019
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is likely to end up “in Chinese or American hands” with the company that had agreed to buy the exchange expected to default on payment.
As previously reported, South Korean-owned, Singapore-based BK Consortium last October agreed to pay some USD...
7 Biggest Misconceptions About Bitcoin, Picked by 6 Crypto Experts
29.9.2019
What is the biggest misconception regarding Bitcoin? This seems to be a broad question, as industry professionals point at various things. However, one thing is for certain - there are a lot of misconceptions.
Cryptonews.com had talked to several of the major players in the field of blockchain...
15 Online Tools for Crypto-Anarchists, Privacy Advocates, And Agorists
29.9.2019
The launch of Bitcoin in 2009 was a breath of fresh air for crypto-anarchists who had been waiting for a stateless, decentralized payment method that provides them with complete control over their finances. Ten years later, there are a number of easy-to-use applications and services that...
Bitcoin Price Might Hit USD 1M Sooner Than a Quantum Computer Attacks
28.9.2019
IBM scientist Stefan Filipp, takes a closer look at the dilution refrigerator which will keep qubits at temperatures colder than the deepest parts of outer space. Has Google killed crypto? In a research paper posted to NASA's servers earlier this month and then quickly removed, scientists at...
Bitcoin Prices, Bets, Satellites and 20 Crypto Jokes
28.9.2019
Never a dull week in the Cryptoverse. In the price-be-crazy news, we've seen Bakkt launch its long-awaited Bitcoin futures contracts, but the price of BTC dropped below USD10K, which was followed by a sudden drop to the USD8K level, pulling alts with it. Though the market seems to be recovering...
Temptations of Libra
28.9.2019
Recent revelations about the lack of privacy protections in place at the companies involved in Facebook’s new Libra crytocurrency raise concerns about how much trust users can place in Libra.
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Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary
Facebook, the largest social network...
Justin Sun to Reschedule Lunch With Buffett as Tron Price Crashes 55%
27.9.2019
Warren Buffett. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Yahoo Finance
Since the postponement of the seemingly ill-fated lunch between Tron’s Justin Sun and Warren Buffett, a crypto-skeptic billionaire, TRX is down 55%. That said, Sun is trying to reschedule the lunch.
The 14th coin by total market...
A Nigerian Wallet Suspected in USD 1M Exit Scam + 8 More Crypto News
27.9.2019
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.
Cryptocurrency wallet news
Satowallet, a Nigerian crypto wallet, allegedly pulled off an exit scam, disappearing with users’...
South Korea Welcomes Blockchain-powered Driver’s Licences on Mobiles
27.9.2019
South Koreans will soon do away with plastic driver’s license cards – and make use of a blockchain-powered ID solution for smartphones. Or, at least, this is the plan.
The country’s Ministry of Science and ICT has approved a plan whereby all three of the country’s major mobile carriers – SK, KT...
Bitcoin Could Decline Further, Altcoins Won't Go Down Quietly
27.9.2019
After consolidating losses and a short term upside correction, bitcoin price resumed its decline below the USD 8,300 level. BTC/USD even broke the USD 8,000 support area and traded to a new monthly low near USD 7,750. The price is currently correcting losses (08:00 UTC), but upsides are likely...