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Mainnet, Testnets, Targets, Multiple Clients and 20 Crypto Jokes
2.5.2020
Another crypto week is behind us, so let's take a quick look at what happened. Bitcoin soared to pre-crash levels, Cardano announced their new "mainnet wallet", Hive saw a major pump and a smaller dump on listing news, Telegram's Gram token launch was postponed indefinitely, Plan...
On the Darknet Side: The Role of Crypto as a Means of Exchange
2.5.2020
Why is Bitcoin popular among cybercriminals, and what is the future of cryptocurrencies in the darknet?
Crypto Scammers Impersonate Members of Olympic Committee
2.5.2020
A series of scam emails sent from Japan have been asking people to donate to the Olympic Games’ organization in Tokyo
The Number of Women in Crypto Has Exploded In Q1 2020
2.5.2020
A new study released by CoinMarketCap revealed an increasing growth among female crypto users in Europe and the Americas
Bitfinex, Tether Seek Subpoenas Across US in Hunt for Missing $800M
2.5.2020
Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company wants to question employees of at least three U.S. banks about Crypto Capital – Bitfinex’s payment processor – accounts and holdings in an effort to recover more than $800 million
12 Months of Onchain Data Shows Bitcoin Whales Obtained Hundreds of BTC from Small Fish
2.5.2020
According to recent data, crypto participants known as ‘bitcoin whales’ have been steadily accumulating bitcoins, and not selling since the ‘Black Thursday’ market carnage on March 12, 2020. Onchain data and blockchain analysis firms indicate that the number of bitcoin...
CoinTracking Launches Two Powerful, Free Plug-ins for Crypto Traders
1.5.2020
Though the top cryptocurrency exchanges offer charts, many don’t offer the analytical features crypto traders need to make good trading decisions. To help fill this need, CoinTracking has partnered with two companies that specialize in cryptocurrency analytics: IntoTheBlock and Cryptosheets....
BTC Maximalists Are Right That 95% of Crypto Is a Scam, Says Emin Gun Sirer
1.5.2020
First ever PoW crypto creator, Emin Gun Sirer, supports Bitcoin maximalists for labeling 95% of cryptocurrencies as scams
While the Global Economy Shudders, Andreessen Horowitz ‘Excited’ to Invest $500M Into the Crypto Industry
1.5.2020
The private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced the company is investing $515 million into the cryptocurrency industry. The firm says its “excited” to bolster crypto networks and businesses. Further, the company hopes to strengthen ideas like next-generation...
Top Crypto Traders Explain Where Bitcoin Price Will Go After $9,400 Rally
1.5.2020
Ahead of the Bitcoin halving on May 12, top crypto traders discuss in-depth both bearish and bullish scenarios for BTC
Nuclear Power and Blockchain, Crypto Exchanges Boost Hiring + More News
1.5.2020
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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The Chinese nuclear industry is tentatively looking at blockchain technology adoption proposals, reports media...
SEC Commissioner Sees Increasing Demand for Cryptocurrency
1.5.2020
Crypto-friendly commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hester Peirce, said there is an increase in demand for cryptocurrency as investors seek to diversify their portfolios. The commissioner has been an avid proponent of the SEC approving bitcoin exchange-traded funds...
Women Becoming Stronger Players in the Crypto Market
1.5.2020
The Cryptoverse aims to change (or replace) the traditional financial sector, but at the same time it suffers from the same problem - both sectors are heavily dominated by men. But it seems that it is already changing as new data shows that more women are getting interested in this nascent...
Overstock Wants to Trade Traditional Stocks on tZERO Crypto App
1.5.2020
tZERO Crypto wants to become the first platform approved to trade crypto, digital securities and traditional stocks on a single app
This Crypto-themed CoinMarketCap Roast Is Getting Spicy
1.5.2020
How did you celebrate your seventh birthday? With a cake, party games and balloons? Not so for the biggest crypto market data provider CoinMarketCap, whose operators decided to fete the seventh anniversary of the site’s founding by asking all-comers to take part in a roast on that most unforgiving...
Brave Browser integrates Binance Widget to provide Seamless Crypto Trading
1.5.2020
Leading crypto exchange Binance announced on Thursday that Binance Widget is now available for all Brave desktop browser users. In the official tweet, it states that Brave users will now be able to trade and manage their crypto without leaving the browser. #Binance Widget Now Available to...
Google Profits off Impersonations of Banned Cryptocurrency Celebs and Companies
1.5.2020
Cryptocurrency companies are banned on Google but the platform is allowing phishing sites to impersonate them. London-based bitcoin exchange Coin Corner showed that a fraudulent site mimicking it is allowed on Google’s advertising platform though its own evidence-backed appeals of legitimacy...
First Mover: Tezos Led Crypto Market With Twice Bitcoin’s Gains in April
1.5.2020
Tezos is outstripping the usual crypto leaders on the outside track, possibly down to an increase in the number of exchanges offering staking as a service
These New Crypto Regulations Come into Force in Japan Today
1.5.2020
It is the start of a new month all over the world, but in Japan, it may the start of a new era for the crypto industry, as a set of new legal amendments comes into force, changing the way that businesses dealing with cryptoassets need to operate in the country.
As of May 1, a series of amendments...
Amid Pandemic Downturn, Crypto Lender Celsius Hits 50K in Bitcoin Deposits
1.5.2020
With over 100,000 active users of its app, the company’s growth is now on track to outperform 2019 by 60%