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Total Crypto Derivatives Volume in Q1 2020 Spikes 314% from Q4 2019’s Average
25.4.2020
Total futures trading volume strongly surged during Q1 2020 and printed an average volume of $23.3B
Coinbase Launches Price Feed to Help Secure $1 Billion DeFi Economy
25.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released a price oracle that allows anyone to publish price data on-chain. The Coinbase Oracle, a signed price feed, grants users free access to data for BTC-USD and ETH-USD markets, the company announced Thursday. The idea is to make decentralized finance more...
Digital Yuan to Fuel China’s Economic Reign – McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway Test PBoC’s Cryptocurrency
24.4.2020
China’s economy is the second-largest in the world and economists believe the country may someday bring a new global order and end the Western hemisphere’s financial rule. In 2020, various reports show that China’s central bank will soon release a cryptocurrency that represents...
Meltem Demirors on Leaving a Corporate Career for Bitcoin: ‘I Don’t Want to Be a Rat!’
24.4.2020
“Crypto Titans” is a series of personal interviews conducted by CoinMarketCap with prominent and forward-thinking minds tinkering on and behindContinue Reading
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‘Boomer Generation’ In for a Rude Awakening – Macro Economist Predicts $1M Bitcoin by 2025
24.4.2020
Just recently, a report from Global Macro Investor (GMI) called “The Unfolding” claims that the world is experiencing the biggest economic event that hasn’t been seen in the last 150 years. GMI’s CEO Raoul Pal authored the report and he strongly believes the digital asset...
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 24, 2020
24.4.2020
BTC could hit $9K this year and Purse might have a second life. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast
Zilliqa To Work On Modular Network, Launch DEX in 2020
24.4.2020
Singapore-based blockchain project Zilliqa (ZIL) is starting its work on a modular network in 2020, while by the end of the year, they plan to open trading on their new Zilliqa DEX exchange.
"In 2020, our plan is to begin creating a modular network and open-sourced platform of financial...
Bitcoin Soars to Its Highest Level Since Crashing in March
24.4.2020
Bitcoin hit $7,600 on Thursday, its highest level yet since crashing in early March. The cryptocurrency climbed more than 10% during the last 24 hours spurred by the return of leveraged money. Bitcoin cash (BCH), ethereum (ETH), and ripple (XRP) all rose above 4% to $239, $189, and $0.19...
Bitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTC
24.4.2020
The number of bitcoin email scams has been growing in 2020 and the authorities in several countries have warned of new blackmail tactics used in threatening email scams asking for bitcoin. As the world scrambles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, email scams are taking...
RIF on Chain (ROC): A New Kind of Stablecoin
24.4.2020
RIF on Chain (ROC) offers a fast and secure platform for transacting RIF-backed products, as well as an opportunity forContinue Reading
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Liquidity Crisis: The Fed Is Sending Billions of Emergency Dollars to USD-Dependent Nations
24.4.2020
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created trillions of dollars in order to keep the central bank’s private partners’ liquidity strong during the economic downturn. These moves have caused a number of sound money advocates and economists to explain...
Dydx Processed $1.1 Billion Cryptocurrency Loans in 12 Months — 70% in Just 60 Days
23.4.2020
Cryptocurrency lender Dydx advanced a total of $1.14 billion in digital asset loans over the past 12 months. But about 70% of the money was borrowed in just two months, February and March, as coronavirus-linked volatility triggered a frenzy of borrowing among investors. Monthly volume remained...
Bitcoin Rallies 10% Ahead of CME April Futures Expiration
23.4.2020
There’s a “general expectation for a pick up in volatility” around CME expiry
Bitcoin to Be Digital Gold in 2020, Says Bloomberg Report
23.4.2020
Bitcoin will mature into a gold-like store of value this year, according to the latest projections by Bloomberg. The financial magazine’s report, “Bitcoin Maturation Leap,” notes that the cryptocurrency is poised for a bull run, after being temporarily dragged by...
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 23, 2020
23.4.2020
Bitcoin is going around and around while Italy uses the blockchain to prevent fake news. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast
Institutional Investment Builds in Q1 2020, Sentiment Toward Crypto Funds Changing
23.4.2020
Grayscale holds 1.7% of the Bitcoin supply and that says a lot about institutional demand for crypto
CoinDesk Live: How This ‘Legal Wrapper’ for DAOs Could Democratize Venture Capital
23.4.2020
A limited liability autonomous organization is the next chapter of capital formation, Aaron Wright and Priyanka Desai of OpenLaw explain
Innovating on Web Monetization: Coil and Firefox Reality
23.4.2020
I still think Coil is cool. I have it installed on CSS-Tricks as a publisher and money trickles in. I have a paid account and I trickle out money to other sites that use it. I wrote about all that last year.
This’ll explode to something huge if we actually get the Web Monetization API stuff....
General Bytes ATM Developers Add Two-Way Support for Bitcoin Cash-Based SLP Tokens
23.4.2020
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has been extremely popular among Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocates and the SLP token universe has grown quite large. SLP tokens have seen a myriad of applications built around them and a slew of unique tokens have gained real-world value after being listed on exchanges....
First Mover: Bitcoin Catches Almighty Dollar Even During 2020’s Dash for Cash
23.4.2020
Bitcoin is looking like a store of value again, as major currencies fall behind