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Only 375 Days Left for McAfee’s $1M Bitcoin Price Wager
23.12.2019
As the end of 2019 approaches, it means there will be one year left for John McAfee’s infamous wager that said the price per bitcoin would “reach $1,000,000 before the end of 2020.” If the forecast doesn’t come to fruition, he said that he would eat his family jewels...
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou on Crypto Derivatives and Market Predictions for 2020
22.12.2019
12 months ago, crypto derivatives platform Bybit officially launched. The Singapore exchange, which also has offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan, has enjoyed a fruitful first year, attracting users from North America, Europe, Russia and Asia. With products including BTC, ETH, XRP and EOS perpetual...
Bitcoin Can Take 50% of Gold’s Market Share, Hit $250,000 — CNBC
20.12.2019
Tom Lee and Brian Kelly suggest Tim Draper’s $250,000 Bitcoin price tag can come true
At 8,990,000% Gains, Bitcoin Dwarfs All Other Investments This Decade
20.12.2019
No other investment comes close to Bitcoin in the 2010s, data shows as the cryptocurrency enters 2020 up 85% this year alone
Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Raises $700,000 in Crypto Donations
19.12.2019
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading critic of the current Kremlin administration, has attracted a serious amount of cryptocurrency in the form of anonymous donations for his corruption-combatting NGO. The digital coins collected since the beginning of this year have amounted to well over...
Whales Control Most of Litecoin, Many Ethereum Tokens
19.12.2019
A new study of 140,000 crypto addresses finds that few accounts are needed to form majority ownership of many coins. More than half of all LTC is held in just 189 non-exchange addresses, and on average, the top 100 ERC20 tokens are majority-owned by just 34 addresses. Almost 1 in 4 tokens had...
Blockchain of Things Pays SEC $250,000 to Settle Unregistered ICO
19.12.2019
Internet startup Blockchain of Things has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle with the SEC over its $13 million ICO
US SEC Imposes $250,000 Penalty, Requires Return of up to $13M for Unregistered ICO
18.12.2019
The U.S. SEC imposes a $250,000 penalty against Blockchain of Things, which may also have to refund up to $13 million netted in unregistered ICO
Indian State of Kerala to Produce 20,000 Blockchain Specialists in 2 Years
17.12.2019
Beijing’s sudden rush into blockchain development and digital currency hasn’t gone unnoticed. From America to Europe and back to Asia, governments have started thinking about this new racetrack in more serious terms. India has a history of tensions with China, although the countries...
3,000 7-Eleven Stores Get Blockchain-powered Air Monitors + More News
16.12.2019
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More than 100 7-Eleven convenience stores in South Korea should be fitted with blockchain-powered air pollution...
Kerala to Become Blockchain Hub; State to Provide 20,000 Blockchain Experts
16.12.2019
In a major step focused towards the strengthening of the blockchain industry in the Indian subcontinent, Kerala will put strategic efforts in nurturing a team of 20,000 talented professionals and turning them into blockchain experts in a period of two years, stated Kerala’s IT secretary,...
ArcelorMittal Triggers Rs 42,000 cr Payment for Acquisition of Essar Steel
14.12.2019
ArcelorMittal, the world-renowned steel giant, has started payment disbursement for the strategic acquisition of Essar Steel for a total amount of Rs. 42,000 crores, revealed the sources on December 13, 2019. Earlier in November this year, the Supreme Court of India gave its nod to the...
Quadrigacx Founder Dead or Alive? Request for Exhumation and Autopsy Filed
14.12.2019
It has been a year since the founder of now-defunct crypto exchange Quadrigacx supposedly died in India. However, some 76,000 victims are still out of millions of dollars. A court-appointed lawyer representing them has now requested an exhumation and post-mortem autopsy in Canada of the dead body...
Silk Road Darknet Marketplace Founder: BTC Will Reach $100,000 in 2020
13.12.2019
Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht has predicted that BTC will hit $100,000 in 2020
Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Announces Additional 1,000-Rig Purchase
13.12.2019
Riot Blockchain completes upgrade to Oklahoma City mining facility with the purchase of an additional 1,000 Antminer S17-Pro machines
SLP Token Market Cap Surpasses $50 Million
12.12.2019
For over a year now, the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) token universe has grown quite vast. There are now more than 6,000 SLP tokens in existence and a number of SLP tokens have seen price discovery. Moreover, tokens listed on our SLP market capitalization aggregator show in the last two months...
Denmark’s Tax Authority Sends Warning Letters to 20,000 Crypto Owners
11.12.2019
The tax authority of Denmark has reportedly sent out warning letters to 20,000 crypto owners asking them to amend their tax returns, pay taxes on crypto gains, or face penalties. The tax agency is demanding a full breakdown of their crypto transactions; it recently obtained information on these...
Bakkt Launches Bitcoin Options in US, Futures in Asia
10.12.2019
Bakkt has launched two new regulated bitcoin derivatives products. Within hours of launch, Bakkt announced that over 1,000 futures contracts had been traded in Asia. The platform now offers four types of regulated bitcoin derivatives products: monthly and daily physically delivered bitcoin futures...
Vystavené umělecké dílo za 120 000 dolarů snědl jiný umělec
9.12.2019
Vystavené umělecké dílo za 120 000 dolarů snědl jiný umělec
T-Minus 1,000 Blocks Until Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork
7.12.2019
Ethereum set to hard fork to Istanbul within 1,000 blocks, or at approximately 23:30 UTC tonight