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Coronavirus Outbreak Forces Chinese Crypto ASIC Manufacturers to Delay Orders
3.2.2020
Bitcoin mining rig deliveries from China are delayed due to the coronavirus according to a few Chinese manufacturers. Microbt and Ebang sent notices to customers via the firm’s Wechat channels. Sources say Bitmain and Innosilicon are delaying mining device shipments as well. Also read: How...
US Marshals Will Auction $40M in Bitcoin This Month
3.2.2020
The U.S. Marshals Service plans to auction more than 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $37.7 million at press time, later this month
Minecraft Players Can Win Bitcoin on New Treasure Hunt Server
3.2.2020
A new Minecraft server allows players in the blocky universe to compete against one another to find hidden treasure and receive a bitcoin reward
BTC Pulls Back After Facing Historical Resistance at $9.5k
3.2.2020
Bitcoin has been on an adventurous trading journey, which has resulted in two extremities viz., investors losing faith and BTC showing its total potential and power. Having said that, the coin is trading with full support from the daily moving averages. Points to be covered throughout: Bitcoin...
MIT ‘Spider’ Routing Scheme Could Speed Up Cryptocurrency Transactions
3.2.2020
MIT researchers have created a new crypto-routing scheme to notably reduce blockchain-based transaction processing times
Zengo Is a Keyless Yet Noncustodial Bitcoin Wallet
3.2.2020
Zengo is a non-custodial mobile wallet that dispenses with private keys in favor of threshold signatures to create two ‘mathematical secret shares’ – one stored on your mobile device, the other on their servers. In other words, there’s no single point of failure and no risk...
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Introduces the Much-Awaited Bitcoin Emoji, Crypto CEOs Celebrate
3.2.2020
On February 2, Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced that the social media platform was adding a Bitcoin emoji to its domain. Now, whenever a user writes the Bitcoin or BTC hashtag, the symbol will appear after it. Dorsey also urged Unicode Consortium, a non-profit organization that...
Bitcoin Price Spikes to Three-Month High as Bull Cross Approaches
3.2.2020
Bitcoin printed a three-month high on major exchanges early on Monday with a key indicator eyeing its first bullish turn in 11 months
Jack Dorsey Enables Bitcoin Emoji on Twitter Posts
3.2.2020
Dorsey also appears to be pushing Unicode to introduce the bitcoin emoji in the universal web standard
Bitcoin Just Got New Emoji to 'Spread Awareness', New Goal Emerged
3.2.2020
You can now use Bitcoin (BTC) emoji in your tweets, and there are calls for it to be added by the world standard for text and emoji.
Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey brought good news to the Cryptoverse on February 2, by tweeting the famous Bitcoin logo, signifying that the social media giant...
Line’s Digital Currency Link to Be Available in Japan as Early as April 2020
3.2.2020
Launched in October 2018, Asian messaging giant Line’s Bitbox crypto exchange has made its link (LN) digital asset available to users worldwide, with the exception of notable locations like Japan and the U.S. Last Thursday the group announced it was preparing to launch the coin in...
Bitcoin Futures: Volatility ‘Coming’ as BitMEX Hits $1B Open Interest
3.2.2020
Bitcoin should see a “significant” price move on the back of futures strength, one analyst believes
Bitcoin and Altcoins Look Primed For Further Upsides
3.2.2020
In the past three sessions, bitcoin price followed a bullish path and traded above the USD 9,550 resistance. BTC/USD even climbed above USD 9,600, but it failed to continue higher above USD 9,650. The price is currently (09:00 UTC) correcting lower, but dips remain well supported near USD 9,250...
Gold vs. Fiat Money vs. Bitcoin
3.2.2020
Since the time we have been out of the barter system, two items work as the intermediary: Gold and Fiat money. Though both of them have been used as a medium of transactions, there is a basic difference between the two that is Government’s back. Fiat money is issued and controlled by...
Bitcoin Price Forms ‘Golden Cross’ as China Panic Prints $170B
3.2.2020
China attempts to buoy markets with 1.2 trillion yuan as markets fall and analysts closely watch Bitcoin’s reaction
Bitcoin Usage Among Merchants Is Up, According to Data From Coinbase and BitPay
3.2.2020
Although bitcoin adoption may move at a glacial pace, merchants are seeing sustained traction regardless of market dips
Bitcoin Verde’s New Project Aims to Promote Bitcoin Cash Node Diversity
3.2.2020
Software developer Joshua Green announced Friday via the read.cash blog that the Bitcoin Verde team is launching a project to increase mining diversity. Green believes all the Bitcoin Cash implementations should “strive to be viable mining alternatives” and he’s encouraging full...
Cambodia Announces Own Cryptocurrency as More Details Surface About China’s Digital Yuan
3.2.2020
With China still in the lead, other countries are advancing their projects to develop payment systems around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Cambodia, for example, has recently revealed it will mint its own coin within months. The news comes as more details about the digital Chinese yuan...
Silk Road Mentor’s Arrest Rekindles Tales of Rogue Agents and Pirate’s Treasure
3.2.2020
On January 30, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) revealed that Roger Clark, the alleged senior advisor to the Silk Road marketplace, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics. Clark, otherwise known as ‘Variety...
Bitcoin Bull Market is Here But Will Not Top $100K in 2020 Says Trader
3.2.2020
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty seems to be driving BTC price in 2020, but are we really in a bull market?