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Amid election throes, Bitcoin goes: Bad Crypto news of the week
7.11.2020
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3 ways Bitcoin price and stocks may react to a Biden presidency
7.11.2020
Major media outlets have declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election, leading analysts to speculate how a Biden presidency may impact Bitcoin price in 2021
Stablecoin Savings: Circle Launches High Yield USDC Accounts for Businesses
7.11.2020
Two years ago the cryptocurrency firm Circle announced the launch of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. This week, Circle revealed the launch of high yield digital dollar business accounts with APY up to 10.75%. On September 26, 2018, Circle and the Centre open-source consortium launched...
Swiss Bank Sygnum Begins Storing Crypto With Taurus Group, Launches Staking Service
6.11.2020
The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum has announced this week that the fintech firm is now storing digital assets with the company Taurus Group. On Friday, the bank also revealed that the FINMA-approved firm’s clientele can purchase and stake XTZ by leveraging the Tezos network. Earlier this...
Identity Week is Going Virtual for 2020
5.11.2020
We would like to announce that Identity Week is being held virtually this year on 16th –18th November. Considering the current situation caused by COVID-19, we feel that this is the responsible and reasonable course of action to take. “Naturally, we are all a little disappointed not to be able...
Bitcoin’s Long-Term Evolution & US Election Impact: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
4.11.2020
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Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Sees Largest Epoch Drop Since 2011
4.11.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw the second-largest drop in history on Tuesday, as the difficulty dropped to 16.78 trillion, losing a touch over 16% since last week’s all-time difficulty high. The last time bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped so low was in October 2011, when...
Bitcoin Volatility Expected to Rise After the US Presidential Election
4.11.2020
While the United States prepares for the results of the 2020 Presidential Election, a number of data points and traders expect some significant cryptocurrency price fluctuations this week. Statistics from skew.com show bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has increased to 59% while 3-6 month...
Hong Kong Amends Crypto Law to Regulate All Exchanges
3.11.2020
Cryptocurrency regulation in Hong Kong is undergoing changes. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is reportedly introducing a new licensing system to regulate all crypto exchanges operating in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s New Crypto Regulation The CEO of the SFC, Ashley Alder, talked about...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 44
2.11.2020
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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...
Crypto Market Sentiment Sinks into Neutral Zone; EOS Rules the Week
2.11.2020
The combined moving 7-day average crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped out of the positive zone last week, and though it had stood very near the border at the time, it sunk deeper into the neutral zone since, according to the crypto market...
Get ready for US elections: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
2.11.2020
Crunch time in the U.S. comes as coronavirus sparks more lockdowns and money printing plans in Europe
Uncollaterized Power: A Makerdao Governance Vote Was Swayed by a Defi Flash Loan
2.11.2020
The Makerdao and the stablecoin DAI has been a popular project in the decentralized finance (defi) space and it’s also had its share of problems. This week the project called Bprotocol leveraged a defi flash loan in order to sway a Makerdao governance vote. The development team behind...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BNB, ADA, BCH, LINK
1.11.2020
Bitcoin looks strong and the indicators point to a possible break above $14,000 while altcoins could underperform in the short-term
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
1.11.2020
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the first 24 hours, usually wears off after a week, according to the study report....
MicroStrategy's bottom line gets beefier on Bitcoin moves: Bad crypto news of the week
31.10.2020
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Stellar Price Continues to Drop Over the Past Week
31.10.2020
Stellar, the massive medium of exchange, is among the top 20 coins of the market due to its lucrative platform. XLM coin trades with a bearish pullback due to loss of momentum in the entire crypto market, along with a strong resistance held by Bitcoin at $14k. The Stellar Network has gained enough...
Bitcoin Fees Skyrocket, Some Transactions Taking Days, Relief Possible Next Week
29.10.2020
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been experiencing quite a set of interconnected issues, as the hashrate has dropped, the fees on the congested network have been rising, and the users claim to be waiting for days for their transactions to be confirmed - some of which might be dropped by...
The Diverging Paths of Bitcoin & DeFi: A Data Perspective by IntoTheBlock
28.10.2020
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Crypto scammers deface Trump campaign website one week from elections
28.10.2020
Just one week before the election, President Donald Trump's website was briefly defaced by crypto scammers