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Will Ether Price Hit $400 if DeFi Keeps Eating Bitcoin’s Lunch?
19.7.2020
The rise in DeFi staking services may be killing “interest” in Bitcoin and giving Ethereum’s Ether token the potential to outperform BTC for now
Massive Twitter Attack: Apple, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Uber Tweeting Bitcoin Giveaway Scam
16.7.2020
A massive attack hit crypto Twitter on Wednesday as many prominent accounts began tweeting about a bitcoin giveaway. Soon it was apparent that the breach was much more serious when major corporations and famous people tweeted that they will double your bitcoin, including Apple, Google, Joe Biden...
Tradeoffs and Shifting Complexity
16.7.2020
This is a masterclass from Dave:
After you hit the wall of unremovable complexity, any “advances” are a shell game, making tradeoffs that get passed down to the user … you get “advances” by shifting where the complexity lives.
You don’t get free reductions in complexity. In CSS land...
SEC, CFTC Hit Crypto App Abra With $300K in Penalties Over Illegal Swaps
13.7.2020
The financial regulators both found fault with Abra offering security-based swaps without first checking to see whether investors were eligble
‘Ferocious Rally’: Weiss Ratings Bullish on Bitcoin, Price to Hit $70K Next Year
12.7.2020
Weiss Ratings has outlined key reasons why investors should be bullish about bitcoin, seeing a “ferocious rally” with the price of the cryptocurrency expected to hit $70,000 next year. In addition, the Federal Reserve’s massive money-printing and institutional investments into...
Ethereum Activity Metric Hits Highest Level for 2 Years
7.7.2020
The number of active ether addresses just clocked a recent high, possibly thanks to its growing role in decentralized finance
Active DApp Users on Ethereum Doubled in Q2, While COMP Hit ATHs
7.7.2020
DeFi tokens like COMP may have been responsible for the increasing number of DApp developers utilizing the Ethereum blockchain in Q2
Bitcoin Volatility Hits Three-Year Low, Sparking Fears of Massive Sell-Off
6.7.2020
The cryptocurrency data analytics and research company, Skew has warned that bitcoin could see a massive sell-off due to declining volatility. The data analytics firm says that bitcoin (BTC) realized volatility hit 20% over the past 10 days – it’s the lowest 10-day reading in nearly...
China Stocks Boom Bullish for Bitcoin? 5 Things to Watch This Week
6.7.2020
A turbulent mixture of macro, coupled with expectations of a big move in Bitcoin, could spell an interesting week for traders and holders alike
New ‘Red Dot’ and Criticism Hit Bitcoin S2F Model
1.7.2020
The S2F chart. As the widely followed pseudonymous bitcoin (BTC) analyst PlanB added another data point, the ‘red dot’ to his famous stock-to-flow (S2F) bitcoin price model, the community appears to be getting increasingly dismissive about the model’s predictions.
Writing on Twitter today, PlanB...
Study Shows Indonesia Was Hit Hard By Crypto-Centric Attacks
30.6.2020
Microsoft research shows crypto-related attacks grew in Indonesia during from 2018 to 2019
In Defense of a Fussy Website
26.6.2020
The other day, I was doom-scrolling Twitter and saw a delightful article titled “The Case for Fussy Breakfasts.” I love food — especially breakfast — and since the pandemic hit I’ve been using my breaks in between meetings (or, shh, sometimes in meetings) to make a full bacon, poached...
LG and Mitsubishi Hit by Ransomware Attacks, Data Leak ‘Coming Soon’
26.6.2020
Maze and Doppelpaymer are threatening to leak data from LG and Mitsubishi respectively after launching a ransomware attack
Wirecard $2 Billion Scandal: Firm Files for Insolvency, Ex-CEO Arrested, User Funds Safe
25.6.2020
Scandal-hit crypto card issuer Wirecard AG, a firm that has filed for insolvency because of its missing $2.1 billion – but customer funds appear to be safe, for now. The news comes just two days after former chief executive officer Markus Braun was arrested by German police on allegations...
FC Barcelona’s Token Sale Hit $1.3M Cap in Under 2 Hours
25.6.2020
The tokens will be earned by Barcelona fans who participate in club decisions, such as deciding on a new mural for the first team changing room
Bitcoin Price Dips as Two Mining Pools’ Daily BTC Outflows Hit $68M
24.6.2020
HaoBTC and Poolin shift over 7,000 BTC as bullish tendencies appear to fade and BTC/USD falls back to $9,500
Bitcoin and Ethereum Networks Hit All-Time Highs
23.6.2020
It seems like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) believers have been growing increasingly active during the past few days, suggest the network stats provided by an on-chain analytics firm Glassnode, showing a number of all-time highs.
First and foremost, both Bitcoin and Ethereum networks reached...
Kingsman: První mise – nový trailer na očekávaný akční hit roku
22.6.2020
Michigan State University Hit by Ransomware, Refuses to Pay Criminals
11.6.2020
MSU officials stated that the ransomware gang won’t receive any payments following the attack
Estonian Crypto Purge; BitPay Card; Three Arrows Hit Grayscale + More News
11.6.2020
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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Estonian regulators worried that crypto-related firms are using their local credentials to help commit fraud...