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Who in Crypto Might Come Out As Winners or Losers After the COVID-19 Crisis?
22.4.2020
The COVID-19 pandemic now has its grip firmly on the world. According to official numbers, almost 2.6 million individuals have been infected globally, and almost 180,000 have died. In addition to the impact on public health and the healthcare system, the global economy is starting to ground to...
Crypto Exchange on WordPress, Gemini Passes Another Exam + More News
22.4.2020
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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Alon Goren, the Founding partner at blockchain venture studio Draper Goren Holm, said today that...
Ripple Sues Youtube For Allowing Scams That Promised Returns Up to $1 Million
22.4.2020
Ripple is suing Youtube, accusing the video platform of not doing enough to eliminate crypto-related “giveaway” scams. The payment network wants to force Youtube to protect its users from such scams. Some scammers promise returns up to 5 million XRP or about $930,000 at current prices...
Art + Crypto Tale Takes New Twist as Artist Tokenizes His Output
22.4.2020
#freetoexplore #swipelife, 2019. Exhibition view, Magasins Généraux, Pantin, France. Source: ben-elliot.com
Artists are increasingly turning to crypto-powered solutions to fundraising – and a future whereby both artists and their output are tokenized may not be far off.
In a glimpse of what might...
Tim Draper Firm Launches ‘Crypto Exchange’ Anyone Can Plug Into WordPress
22.4.2020
The plugin is available from today
What Crypto Prediction Markets Can Tell Us About Coronavirus
22.4.2020
Project building new market mechanisms atop Ethereum, Gnosis, funds a decentralized prediction markets platform that wants to uncover useful and factual information about the coronavirus, amidst the abundance of false and conflicting news.
Coronavirus is a global challenge that caused major...
Crypto’s Zoom Moment Is Coming
22.4.2020
Zoom is now a household name. Can crypto be next?
Judge Orders Arrest of Former GOP State Senator Involved with Crypto Scam
22.4.2020
Ex-Washington Senator David Schmidt and his cohort in the Meta 1 crypto scam failed to appear at an April 20 hearing in federal court
Coinhouse obtains mandatory AMF registration for its crypto activities
22.4.2020
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Coinhouse & Coinhouse Custody Services, the first companies to obtain mandatory AMF registration for digital assets related activities
Paris - April 6th 2020 - The AMF (the French...
Bittrex Exec Joins Mortgage Giant Fannie Mae After Crypto Exchange’s Brush With NYDFS
22.4.2020
Reversing the pattern of government veterans jumping to crypto startups, Bittrex US’s former chief compliance and ethics officer has moved to Fannie Mae
Bitcoin Halving Searches Surge – Phrase Touches Google Trends All-Time High
21.4.2020
The notorious bitcoin halving is expected to happen in 20 days either on or around May 12, 2020. The anticipation leading up to the event is at an all-time high, as last week worldwide queries for the phrase “bitcoin halving” using Google peaked with a top score of 100. On Tuesday...
Coronavirus Stimulus Is More Than Twice Crypto's All-Time Market Cap High
21.4.2020
Showing just how small the crypto space is, the recent U.S. stimulus package is 240% larger than the industry all-time high levels
‘Long Bitcoin’ It Ain’t: Crypto Traders Make Sense of Renaissance Filing
21.4.2020
How might Renaissance approach bitcoin as an underlying asset, given the hedge fund’s reputation for using mind-bending math to find profits?
Crypto Payments for Child Porn Grew 32% in 2019: Report
21.4.2020
Nearly $1 million in bitcoin and ethereum flowed into child sexual abuse material-linked wallet addresses in 2019
Crypto Gaming Seems to Be Exploding During COVID-19
21.4.2020
A crypto gaming company called Bling says COVID-19 has sent increased traffic to its games
Up 150% Chainlink & Tezos Lead the Crypto Recovery but for How Long?
21.4.2020
Chainlink and Tezos are among the best performing altcoins of the past 18-months, but will they rally higher as the Bitcoin halving approaches?
Dogecoin
21.4.2020
Dogecoin is a parody cryptocurrency created by Adobe Systems employee Jackson Palmer and programmer Billy Markus in 2013. Its name is derived from the “Doge” meme, whose many iterations usually feature a Shiba Inu dog surrounded by Comic Sans text. The meme gained popularity in 2013...
Banks Could Intercept Your COVID-19 Stimulus Checks — Enter Crypto
21.4.2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional banking system shows its vulnerability, which could not happen with crypto
Japanese Analyst Says Traditional Investors Will Come Flocking to Crypto
21.4.2020
A Japanese analyst says that institutional investors are growing increasingly crypto-keen – and believes that the coronavirus pandemic will only serve to heighten their interest.
Per Fisco, via Gentosha, popular Japanese blockchain and crypto author and analyst Tetsuyuki Oishi says that...
French Artist Launches Personal Crypto Tied to Value of His Career and Output
21.4.2020
In a bid to revolutionize the artworks owning experience, artist Ben Elliot is launching a personal crypto backed by the market value of his artworks