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How Much Ether Is Out There? Ethereum Developers Create New Scripts for Self-Verification
11.8.2020
Ethereum and Bitcoin advocates have engaged in spirited exchange since Friday to answer an ostensibly simple question: What’s the total supply of ether?
Bitcoin Price Keeps Rejecting $12K — Here’s What Can Happen to BTC
11.8.2020
The price of Bitcoin rejected $12,000 for the second time in a mere 10 days. Now, traders discuss where BTC is headed next
Billion Dollar Public Company Microstrategy Moves $250 Million Into BTC, Says Bitcoin ‘Superior to Cash’
11.8.2020
Nasdaq-listed company Microstrategy Inc. is bullish on bitcoin, saying that it is a “dependable store of value” that is “superior to cash.” The billion-dollar company has purchased $250 million in bitcoin, adopting the cryptocurrency as its primary treasury reserve. Public...
Bitcoin Drops Today While Market Optimistic About the ‘Main Bull Phase’
11.8.2020
The most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin (BTC) corrected lower today despite positive news and generally optimistic sentiment in the market.
At pixel time (17:25 UTC), BTC trades at USD 11,412, after reaching USD 11,930 earlier today. The price is down by 4% in a day, trimming its weekly gains...
Blockchain Bites: MicroStrategy’s $250M Bitcoin Bet, India Booms, Banks Open to Custody
11.8.2020
MicroStrategy bets $250 million on Bitcoin's safe haven thesis. Indian crypto is booming. And David Marcus has a new role at Facebook
Adam Back: Bitcoin is Enough, Satoshi Should Stay Out
11.8.2020
Adam Back has some interesting (if somewhat odd) views on altcoins and the return of Satoshi Nakamoto
Sheep Farmer’s Alleged Baby Food-Based Bitcoin Extortion Attempt Thwarted
11.8.2020
File this one in the “stranger than fiction” category
Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 11, 2020
11.8.2020
With bitcoin increasingly acting like gold and one company betting a quarter of a billion dollars on BTC, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your news roundup!
Tezos XTZ Follows Chainlink to Hit New High — But Is $6 Now Realistic?
11.8.2020
The price of Tezos is breaking new highs as targets of $6 are beginning to appear on the XTZ charts
Peru, India, Indonesia, Nigeria Among Countries With Highest Crypto Usage Increase
11.8.2020
Peru, India, Indonesia, and Nigeria are among the countries with the biggest increase in crypto wallet creation based on data from Blockchain.com, which has over 52 million wallets created by users worldwide. Nigeria has been the most trending country in recent months, with a 60% increase since...
Bitcoin, Gold Prices Drop as Trump Praises ‘Big Stock Market Numbers!’
11.8.2020
A correction in gold and silver price coincides with a 2.68% drop in Bitcoin as its price fell below $11,600
Bitcoin Just Got USD 250m Endorsement From Major US Company
11.8.2020
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US-based major business intelligence company MicroStrategy said it has purchased BTC 21,454 at an aggregate price of USD 250m, inclusive of fees and expenses.
“Our investment in Bitcoin is part of our new capital allocation strategy, which seeks to maximize long-term...
How to Remain Profitable Through the Halving of Zcash
11.8.2020
The upcoming Zcash halving could help ZEC to reduce its annual inflation rate and make the coin more profitable for miners
These Two Institutional Investors Allocated At Least 1% To Bitcoin
11.8.2020
Among the 20 recently announced institutional investors that invested in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)'s shares, only two allocated more than 1% of their assets under management (AUM) to these shares in order to gain exposure to the price movement of bitcoin (BTC), according to calculations...
Riot Blockchain Mined 227 Bitcoin in Q2
11.8.2020
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 petahash per second
Riot Blockchain Mined 508 Bitcoin in Q2
11.8.2020
Riot reported a current mining capacity of 556 petahash per second
Bitcoin Rally Stalls as Increasingly Correlated Gold Drops Below $2K
11.8.2020
Bitcoin is increasingly taking cues from gold, a tried-and-tested store of value asset
MicroStrategy Buys $250M in Bitcoin, Calling the Crypto ‘Superior to Cash’
11.8.2020
Digital gold is now the "principal holding" of MicroStrategy's revamped treasury reserve strategy
World’s Biggest Business Intelligence Firm Buys 21K BTC for $250M
11.8.2020
MicroStrategy confirms it has made Bitcoin its primary treasury reserve asset as institutional uptake takes a dramatic bullish step forward
Bitcoin Price Rises in Tandem With Central Banks’ Balance Sheets — Data
11.8.2020
Charts show a pleasing correlation between central bank Coronavirus fallout and Bitcoin returns, with anticipation building around an investor influx