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Bank of Korea chief says crypto has no intrinsic value, expects volatility
23.2.2021
Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-yeol has expressed skepticism over the recent crypto rally, stating that the bank is progressing with a digital currency project
Speechwriter for Former US President George Bush Says BTC Rally Driven by ‘Historically Low Interest Rates’
23.2.2021
A speechwriter for former U.S. President George W. Bush and a bitcoin critic, David Frum has claimed that the low-interest rates are fueling the crypto asset’s rally. Frum suggests that the crypto asset might experience a “fast and deep price crash” if and when interest rates...
Crypto influencer warns Ethereum fees will drive users away
23.2.2021
Crypto YouTuber Lark Davis is urging Ethereum’s to launch ETH 2.0 quickly, warning its devs must act soon to prevent rival networks from taking over amid high gas fees
Japanese Lonely Hearts Warned to Beware Dating App Crypto Scammers
23.2.2021
Japanese men aged 30-49 are increasingly finding themselves the target of sophisticated crypto scams that pry on love-hungry users via dating apps – with a national watchdog stepping in with a warning to be mindful of the risks of investing in tokens on the advice of strangers.
The National...
S Korean Province Vows ‘Intense’ Clampdown on Crypto-themed MLM Fraud
23.2.2021
The government of Gyeonggi Province, the most populous province in South Korea and a hub of IT companies, has announced it will make an “intense” crackdown on crypto-flavored multi-level marketing schemes (MLMs) and bogus initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Per Asia Kyungjae, the province’s police...
South Korean Financial Regulator Confirms Privacy Coin Delistings- Adds New Guidelines to Report Unusual Transactions
22.2.2021
South Korean financial watchdogs are about to start overseeing crypto-related activities in the nation, and additional barriers for exchanges keep appearing. Moreover, one of the South Korean regulatory bodies codified the measures announced last year on privacy coin listings. No Major Domestic...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 8
22.2.2021
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto 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...
Cointelegraph launches Markets Pro crypto intelligence platform, powered by The TIE
22.2.2021
Live beta test suggests that historical analysis of crypto markets, combined with real-time conditions and investor sentiment, can be extremely informative
Can’t beat ‘em? Join ‘em: Mastercard and Visa make a case for Bitcoin
22.2.2021
Mastercard is set to open the shop doors to crypto as a means of payment in 2021, but it will likely be a challenge for the firm
‘Bitcoin Is the Biggest Jailbreak in Human History,’ Says Philosopher Stefan Molyneux
22.2.2021
On February 19, the Canadian podcaster and Freedomain Radio host, Stefan Molyneux, discussed his thoughts about bitcoin following the crypto asset’s tumultuous rise capturing over a trillion-dollar market valuation. Molyneux’s recent speech describes the liberating potential bitcoin...
Crypto Market Sentiment Remains Positive, Tether Drops
22.2.2021
This week, the average 7-day moving crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for ten major coins remains positive at 6.25 out of 10, but it is slightly lower compared to the previous week’s 6.43, according to crypto market sentiment analysis site Omenics data.
The top cryptocurrency - bitcoin...
Bitcoin Slides Over 13%, Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Suggests BTC Will Peak at $200k but Hints of Possible Deep Corrections
22.2.2021
Veteran trader Peter Brandt has implied in a tweet that bitcoin will go through deep price corrections before it gets to the $200,000 mark. Brandt points to the 2015-17 bull run when bitcoin went through similar corrections about nine times as the precedent the crypto asset might follow. More...
Trader’s Lesson: Why You Shouldn’t Keep Large Amounts of Crypto in MetaMask
22.2.2021
Source: a screenshot, Instagram/metamask.io
While most of the crypto world was enjoying new all-time highs this past weekend, popular crypto trader under the Twitter pseudonym notsofast went through a personal crypto nightmare as his Metamask hot wallet was compromised in a security breach. Even...
Soccer fan tokens on the march as Poland’s biggest club adopts crypto
22.2.2021
Blockchain-based soccer fan tokens are all the rage of late, and now Poland's most successful club is getting in on the action
Binance Blamed for Purposely Choking Ethereum’s Network
22.2.2021
The recent ramp higher in cryptocurrency prices has assuredly attracted its fair share of cheerleaders and detractors alike, but the reality of this climb has been a concurrent increase in network fees from rising transaction volumes. Binance is Blamed for Purposely Choking Ethereum’s Network...
Crypto Futures Trading: How to Long and Short Cryptocurrencies
22.2.2021
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Has the volatility of cryptocurrency prices made you want more than simple spot trading? Do you consider the process of buying and selling actual cryptos too burdensome? You have probably already heard...
Crypto.com's CRO Doubles On Sudden Massive Burn News
22.2.2021
The price of CRO, the native token of Crypto.com Chain, doubled in a few hours as Crypto.com said it will burn CRO 70bn as they're preparing for the CRO Chain Mainnet launch.
At the time of writing (11:50 UTC), CRO trades at USD 0.267 and is up by 89% in a day and 207% in a week.
The major...
Nvidia Limits the Efficiency of Mining Ether Using Its GPUs by 50%
22.2.2021
Nvidia announced that it will start limiting the efficiency of mining ethereum or any other crypto using its new range of upcoming graphics processing units (GPUs). In a blog post published Feb. 19, the U.S. hardware maker said this limitation will feature first on its new Geforce RTX 3060 card...
India securities regulator to reportedly bar IPO promoters from holding crypto
22.2.2021
The Securities and Exchange Board of India may force promoters of initial public offerings to ditch crypto
Overleveraged Crypto Traders Just Lost Another USD 1B, Binance Leads Again
22.2.2021
Over USD 1bn in long trading positions has been liquidated in the past 24 hours as overly optimistic traders seem not willing to learn after they lost almost USD 2bn just a week ago.
Almost USD 600m of those positions were in bitcoin (BTC). In the past hour alone (10:39 UTC), almost USD 400m have...