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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops, Then Pops as Traders See Weaker Markets Coming
15.6.2020
Roller-coaster daily trading for bitcoin Monday isn't convincing traders a larger crypto bull market is in the cards
Sorry, Bloomberg: Here Are 6 Reasons Why 2020 Is a Great Year for Bitcoin
15.6.2020
A Bloomberg senior editor today argued there were six reasons why 2020 was bad for bitcoin. Here’s the opposite case
CME Bitcoin Options Market Grew 10x in the Past Month
15.6.2020
CME Group’s bitcoin options market grew tenfold within a month and recorded six consecutive all-time highs for open interest so far this month
Inactive Bitcoin Supply Reaches 4-Year High, Pointing to Bullish Sentiment
15.6.2020
A majority of bitcoins haven’t moved in at least a year, according to on-chain data, signaling investor confidence amid macroeconomic uncertainty
UK Fintech Bank Revolut Will Give Customers ‘Legal’ Ownership Over Cryptos – But With a Caveat
15.6.2020
UK fintech bank Revolut will give its customers legal ownership over their cryptocurrencies next month, but will limit how they can spend those coins
Business Is Booming for DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Ahead of Ethereum 2.0
15.6.2020
Nexus Mutual, an alternative insurance provider for a variety of Ethereum-based DeFi protocols, has seen its risk pool double over the past 90 days to more than $4 million
Blockchain Bites: JPMorgan on Bitcoin, South Korea on CBDCs and the Porn Industry on Crypto
15.6.2020
JPMorgan bond analysts think bitcoin has passed its first stress test while South Korea's central bank is continuing to research CBDCs
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 15, 2020
15.6.2020
With bitcoin and ether both down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!
Mining Pool Distributes $2.4M Transaction Fee After Flood of Phoney Refund Claims
15.6.2020
Mining pool Ethermine said it would never freeze transaction fees again
OKEx Taps Paxful to Provide New Fiat-to-Crypto Onramps
15.6.2020
OKEx is partnering with Paxful, adding more than 160 fiat currency onramps to its crypto exchange business
Korea’s Central Bank Forms Legal Panel to Advise on Possible Digital Currency Launch
15.6.2020
The Bank of Korea has set up a legal panel to advise on possible regulatory sticking points for a future CBDC issuance
First Mover: Cardano’s No Ethereum Killer Yet, But It’s Winning in Crypto Markets
15.6.2020
Cardano's ADA token is racking up impressive gains this year, possibly over speculation the network's early adoption of a proof-of-stake blockchain might help it win a growing share of the DeFi space
Bitcoin Price Drop May Be a Bear Trap, Options Market Suggests
15.6.2020
The put-call volume ratio of bitcoin options suggests Monday's price decline could be short-lived. However, the cryptocurrency remains vulnerable to a further sell-off in stocks
Encrypted Messaging Site Privnote Cloned to Steal Bitcoin
15.6.2020
The free web service, which lets users send encrypted messages that self-destruct once read, has been copied with the reported aim of redirecting users' bitcoin to criminals
India’s Rumored Crypto Ban May Be Overblown, Say Industry Pros
15.6.2020
Talk that India might be considering a new ban on crypto may be premature, exchange founders and startup CEOs working in the sector believe
Just-Launched Ziglu Wants to Make It Stupid Easy to Buy Crypto
15.6.2020
U.K.-based cryptocurrency platform Ziglu has launched, following a $6.6 million seed round
JPMorgan Analysts: Bitcoin Is Likely to Survive (as a Speculative Asset)
15.6.2020
Bitcoin proved itself a resilient asset, if not a stable or useful currency, during March's global market meltdown, JPMorgan analysts told investors
Crypto Long & Short: Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, But They’re Still Accountable
15.6.2020
One overlooked aspect of crypto markets is that transparency and choice holds participants accountable in ways traditional markets have not experienced
Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks with Bitcoin Lightning
14.6.2020
Richard Myers says the future of ad-hoc mesh networks for SMS messages and Bitcoin transactions on your smart phone is here, but it needs the Lightning network to succeed
The Chad Index Versus Doomer Internet Money: The Breakdown Weekly Recap
13.6.2020
This week, the wildest, most nonsensical, volatile part of the market wasn’t bitcoin, but the “Robinhood Rally” in equities