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Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up to Date
24.1.2020
Identity thieves now have another tool at their disposal: bitcoin hashing power
Trump ‘Loves’ Negative Rates and ‘Could Get Used to’ Them, Criticizes Fed at World Economic Forum, China Trade Deal
24.1.2020
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Tuesday saying the U.S. and other nations are “forced to compete … with nations that are getting negative rates, something very new.” Trump took direct shots at the U.S. Federal Reserve, claiming...
Watch Thieves Wrench Open a Bitcoin ATM – Leaving a Regular ATM Intact
24.1.2020
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, PhiladelphiaPolice
An American store manager was left baffled after thieves executed a sophisticated plan to steal a Bitcoin ATM that “wasn’t doing well” – leaving a cash-filled conventional ATM behind.
Police in Philidelphia said two men used crowbars to break...
Exchanges Hold More Bitcoin Than Ever as Coinbase Wallet Nears 1M BTC
24.1.2020
Coinbase’s mushrooming cold wallet balance underscores the persisting trend of investors trusting third parties with their Bitcoins
Hawaii Introduces Bill Authorizing Banks to Offer Crypto Custody
24.1.2020
A bill in the Hawaii State Senate aims to clarify its classification of digital assets and pave the way for banks to provide custody services
Bitcoin Breaks the Bull Session as it Tests Support at $8,200
24.1.2020
Bitcoin (BTC), at the time of writing, was trading at $8,261.99 on Coinbase The coin has been giving consecutive highs and took a leap above $9,000 after a persistent trade above $8,000 The current price is not supported by any of the daily MAs at present Lacks pace to have a constant trade above...
Bitcoin a Step Closer to Taproot, the Biggest Upgrade Since SegWit
24.1.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
World's most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is one step closer to seeing it's largest change since 2017.
Developer and Bitcoin Core contributor Pieter Wuille, has submitted a "pull request," which lets others know that a code change is ready for reviews, discussions...
Week Two of RBI Vs. Crypto at the Supreme Court of India
24.1.2020
The historic case brought against the Reserve Bank of India’s ban on banks’ dealings with cryptocurrency businesses resumed this week at the country’s Supreme Court
Panic Withdrawals at Indian Bank Over Alarming KYC Notice
24.1.2020
Hundreds of customers went on a withdrawal spree after an Indian bank announced its revised KYC requirements. The bank’s action followed the decision by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to include the National Population Register letter as a valid KYC document for opening bank accounts....
Continued Losses See Bitcoin Erase 40% of Recent Price Rally
24.1.2020
Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a major portion of the cryptocurrency's recent gains
Continued Losses See Bitcoin Erase 40% of Recent Price Rally
24.1.2020
Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a major portion of the cryptocurrency's recent gains
Continued Losses See Bitcoin Erase 40% of Recent Price Rally
24.1.2020
Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a major portion of the cryptocurrency's recent gains
Celsius to Begin Offering Compounding Interest on Crypto Deposits
24.1.2020
Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending platform, will begin offering compounded interest on cryptocurrency deposits
Scammers Who Sold Coin '10x Faster Than Bitcoin' Now Jailed
24.1.2020
A South Korean court has handed the masterminds of a scamcoin scheme seven-year prison terms.
Per media outlet Newsis, a court in Seoul found two men, both aged 58, guilty of fraudulently selling some USD 23 million worth of so-called “A Coin” tokens to a total of 5,696 investors.
The men fronted...
Suspected Bitcoin Launderer Vinnik Extradited to France
24.1.2020
Alexander Vinnik. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Kostas Koukoumakas
Russian bitcoin laundering suspect Alexander Vinnik is now in France, confirmed his lawyer Zoe Konstantopoulou.
He was extradited following a ruling by the Greek Council of State, published on Thursday, according to local...
US Deficit Will Be at Least 6 Times Bitcoin Market Cap — Every Year
24.1.2020
The U.S. budget deficit has shot up 55% as a percentage of GDP since the 1960s
Bitcoin and Altcoins Turning Bearish
24.1.2020
In the past few sessions, bitcoin price saw an increase in selling pressure below USD 8,650. As a result, BTC/USD declined further and traded below the key USD 8,550 and USD 8,500 support levels. It seems like the price is likely to extend its decline towards USD 8,000 or USD 7,850 in the near...
Bitcoin Will Have a Great 2020, Says Tom Lee
24.1.2020
The Bitcoin market has been, more or less, a disappointment for the last two years. While we saw a disastrous fall from around $20,000 in December 2017 to below $4,000 in December 2018, the markets required just a little bit and remained stagnant throughout 2019. However, in the words of Fundstrat...
What Is the Ideal Block Size and Fee Cost?
24.1.2020
Many of the debates around block size in Bitcoin operate under the false premise that the question can even be properly answered by a central authority. But markets are better at deciding these questions and block sizes and fee costs should be worked out by miners and users, not development...
Bitcoin Price Rally Falters as Bulls Fight to Hold the $8.3K Support
24.1.2020
#Bitcoin price dropped below $8.5K, leading price briefly below the $8.3K support but bulls are working hard to defend the 200-DMA