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Defi Project Yearn Finance Smashes Records as Native Token Surpasses $30K
30.8.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) crypto asset tied to the Yearn Finance project has smashed records this week, as the coin touched a high of $30,324 on Saturday evening. Yearn’s token YFI has been recently added to the Aave platform and the project’s founder, Andre Cronje, is currently...
After Empire’s Exit Scam, Darknet Market Patrons Scramble to Find Alternatives
29.8.2020
Ever since the darknet market (DNM) Empire went under, DNM patrons have been scrambling to find reliable marketplaces on the deep web. On forums, individuals are discussing which markets are safe, the logistics of how to use different DNMs, and how much they lost from Empire Market’s exit...
This early Bitcoiner sold BTC on eBay for a 100% markup in 2015
29.8.2020
Another story that helped pave Bitcoin's early road to adoption
Free Market Family: Goldbug Peter Schiff Asks the Bitcoin Community to Gift Crypto to His Son
29.8.2020
The American libertarian, economist and financial commentator Peter Schiff has been criticizing bitcoin for years, as he believes “bitcoin has no real value.” However, on Thursday Schiff asked the crypto community to give some bitcoin to his 18-year old son Spencer for his birthday...
Bitcoin price shakes off $157M BTC futures expiry — Is $12,000 next?
29.8.2020
Bitcoin barely reacted to today’s CME futures expiry, but is this a bullish or bearish signal?
Visa Exec Says ‘Opt Out With Bitcoin’ Slamming Fed’s Policy Change Toward Inflation
29.8.2020
On Thursday, 17 top Federal Reserve officials explained that the committee plans to let inflation run hotter than usual, or above the benchmark 2% rate for a duration of time. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech was considered a “major policy shift” and a number of economists...
Russian Lawyers Debate Legality of Crypto Firm Selling Drinks for BTC
28.8.2020
An event organizer in Moscow recently sold over USD 1,600 worth of drinks in bitcoin (BTC) to attendees – but experts are divided when it comes to answering the question: was it legal?
The event was the brainchild of a crypto startup named Chatex, but per RBC, it has courted controversy.
A recently...
Price analysis 8/28: BTC, ETH, XRP, LINK, BCH, LTC, BSV, CRO, BNB, EOS
28.8.2020
Bitcoin and altcoins are holding key support levels, suggesting bulls will try to break above overhead resistance levels soon
Blockchain Bites: Winklevoss’ Wild Prediction, Bitcoin Miners’ Horde, Ethereum’s ‘Critical Bug’
28.8.2020
Mongolian authorities have limited cheap electricity for crypto miners, Venezuela is seeing crypto use outside government-approved exchanges and a “critical bug” has left 13% of Ethereum nodes useless
Digital Currency Group Pledges $100 Million to Bolster Bitcoin Mining Industry
28.8.2020
The firm Digital Currency Group (DCG) is entering the mining industry, as the firm has pledged $100 million into a cryptocurrency mining firm called Foundry. The mining company Foundry was noiselessly founded in 2019 and it aims to offer capital, consulting, and intelligence to digital assets...
Visa exec says buy Bitcoin as dollar index nears $12.5K BTC trigger
28.8.2020
A key bull trigger for Bitcoin reemerges as even a Visa executive pours scorn on the Fed and calls on consumers to “opt out with Bitcoin.”
Zimbabwe’s Mobile Money on Life Support as Central Bank Tightens Screws: Restrictions to Affect P2P Bitcoin Trading
28.8.2020
Zimbabwe’s Mobile Money Operators (MMO) say they will comply with the latest directive by the central bank to shutdown mobile money agents. In addition, the MMOs will also limit mobile money transactions to $50 (Zwl $5,000) per day while users are now restricted to one mobile money account...
Bitcoin trader sees 6 bullish signs for BTC after Fed ‘non-event’
28.8.2020
Bulls are still king as market signs point up, not down, says filbfilb — but Friday’s futures expiry could spell trouble
BTC and Altcoin Pay is Growing Fast, Says Crypto Payment Firm BitPay
27.8.2020
Source: Adobe/Wit (edited by Cryptonews)
Atlanta-based crypto pay service provider BitPay says that bitcoin (BTC) and altcoin payments are on the rise – with the number of transactions on its platform growing by 4.6% in June.
Per data released by the firm, 107,000 crypto pay transactions were...
Wealthy Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff is soliciting BTC birthday gifts for his son
27.8.2020
Peter Schiff is back at it again
A $1 million BTC bribe leads to conspiracy charges for Russian man
27.8.2020
The strange case of Egor Kriuchkov — who was he working for?
Stablecoin metric hints Bitcoin price will rise as buyers snap up BTC
27.8.2020
Stablecoin supply ratio shows much more buying power among stablecoin holders currently, with Bitcoin trailing at $11,400
HODLing on the Rise, Wallets w/ More Than 1k BTC Hit All-Time High
26.8.2020
As the bitcoin (BTC) whale population continues to grow to a fresh all-time high, hardcore HODLing also appears to be on the rise, with coins not moved for at least two years hitting the highest level since June 2017.
After months of accumulation by the largest bitcoin holders, the number of wallet...
Price analysis 8/26: BTC, ETH, XRP, LINK, BCH, LTC, BSV, CRO, BNB, ADA
26.8.2020
Bitcoin and altcoins are likely to remain range-bound in the short-term as the bulls and the bears attempt to assert their dominance
Official Notice Says Cheap Electricity to End for Inner Mongolian Bitcoin Miners
26.8.2020
Regional reports say that officials from Inner Mongolia delineated 21 bitcoin mines, as the region plans to stop subsidized electrical rates for certain data firms. Unless the bitcoin mining facilities pack up and migrate, mining farms may see an electrical price increase by one third. The Chinese...