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California Agency Backs Green-Energy Pilot Using RSK’s Bitcoin Smart Contracts
7.8.2020
The California Energy Commission is funding an experimental market for carbon-credit trading on the RSK blockchain, which runs on top of Bitcoin
Fixing This Bitcoin-Killing Bug Will (Eventually) Require a Hard Fork
7.8.2020
The bug sheds light on the challenges of Bitcoin's decentralization. At least we've got 86 years for the community to join together and implement a fix
Another Major S Korean Bank Now Set to Join Bitcoin Custody Race
7.8.2020
Kookmin Bank (KB), one of South Korea’s biggest commercial banks, could be set to move into crypto sector business after the KB Group, the company that operates the bank, signed a “digital assets” cooperation deal with three major domestic blockchain firms.
And it looks as though KB could...
Bitcoin Ownership Steadily Shifts From Whales to Small Investors, Data Shows
7.8.2020
The amount of bitcoin held by small investors has more than doubled in the past five years as so-called whale holdings declined by an almost similar margin during the same period. According to new data from Glassnode, the percentage of supply owned by entities holding 10 BTC or less has grown from...
Tourist Hotspot’s Bitcoin, Ether, Altcoin Pay Pilot in Full Swing
7.8.2020
Haeundae beach. The company behind a crypto pay pilot program at two of South Korea’s busiest beaches said that it believes token-powered payments could be set to change the way people in the country pay for goods and services.
As previously reported, the pilot project is being run by...
Bitcoin Cash Outperforms Bitcoin, Ethereum; Altcoins Move Higher
7.8.2020
On a day with mostly green numbers in the crypto market, bitcoin cash (BCH) surged strongly, far outperforming both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, smaller altcoins DASH and LEND also stood out with strong performance overnight.
Total market...
Winklevoss: US Dollar Is Now a 'Funny Money' Endorsement of Bitcoin
7.8.2020
Coronavirus stimulus failures show just how irrelevant the dollar supply has become and this “a wakeup call” for those not looking at Bitcoin, Cameron Winklevoss argues
Bitcoin Dominance Slides to 12-Month Low as Crypto Market Cap Tests Resistance
7.8.2020
Bitcoin’s dominance has fallen to a 12-month low despite its recent rally, signaling renewed strength in the altcoins markets
Goldman Sachs Sees ‘Resurgence of Interest’ in Crypto from Institutions
7.8.2020
There is currently a “resurgence of interest” in cryptocurrencies, but this time around it’s not from retail investors, but rather the financial institutions, the new head of digital assets at investment banking giant Goldman Sachs revealed in a recent interview.
Mathew McDermott, the recently...
BTC Averages Over 1 Million Active Addresses as ETH Transaction Fees Hit $2M Daily
7.8.2020
Bitcoin averaged over a million daily active addresses in the past week for the first time since January 2018. The growing usage metrics add to evidence of a rising bull market. According to data compiled by Coin Metrics, ethereum might be on course to surpass its all-time high if the bull market...
Altcoins Account for One Third of Total Crypto Mining Power Usage
7.8.2020
An analysis of the 20 largest crypto assets by market cap determined that Bitcoin mining accounted for only 66% of total power consumption
Investors Dollar-Cost Averaging Bitcoin Since 2017 Made a 61.8% Return
7.8.2020
Data shows investors who dollar-cost averaged into Bitcoin even since the $20,000 peak are profitable
Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust Filed With the SEC to Obtain Reporting Status
7.8.2020
The digital currency asset manager Grayscale told investors on Thursday that the firm has publicly filed a Registration Statement on Form 10 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the company’s Ethereum Trust. The recent filing is voluntary and if the SEC approves...
Rival Bitcoin Cash Camps Look Set to Compromise
7.8.2020
Bitcoin Cash’s ABC and BCHN camps look set to compromise on the protocol’s coming upgrades in November
Raoul Pal: ‘It May Not Be Worth Owning Any Asset Other Than Bitcoin’
7.8.2020
Raoul Pal, CEO and founder of Real Vision, says Bitcoin may soon become his only asset for long-term investments
Bitmain Delays Delivery of Bitcoin Miners by Three Months, as Co-Founders Battle for Company Control
7.8.2020
Bitmain has delayed shipments of its Antminer bitcoin mining machines by three months, as the tussle between co-founders, Jihan Wu and Micree Zhan Ketuan, for control of the company intensifies. According to a post on Bitmain’s official Wechat account, the Beijing-based bitcoin miner maker...
Nigerian Crypto Activity Has Been On the Rise Since April
6.8.2020
Nigeria outperformed the rest of the world by the level of interest in Bitcoin over recent months
Record $830M CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Highlights Bullish Trend
6.8.2020
Top traders’ net exposure and institutional investors' growing open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts show the market remains tilted toward bulls
North American Investors Vastly Favor Bitcoin Over Other Cryptocurrencies
6.8.2020
North America-based institutional investors tend to buy and hold cryptocurrency more than those based in East Asia, according to Chainalysis
Someone Transferred a Billion Dollars in Bitcoin for Less Than $5
6.8.2020
An unknown Bitcoin wallet paid a mere $4 to transfer over $1 billion