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CME Takes Its Bitcoin Options Live, Competing With ICE’s Bakkt
13.1.2020
The Chicago exchange has announced its highly-anticipated bitcoin options are now open for trading
BitPay Integration Lets Users Buy Gold With Cryptocurrency
13.1.2020
BitPay integrates with OneGold mobile app to allow crypto users to purchase gold using Bitcoin
Crypto Market Sentiment Jumps Up; Bitcoin Climbs Up
13.1.2020
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The cryptocurrency market sentiment is still showing sings of being well on its path to recovery, and it's finally making larger jumps. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins went up for the second week in a row, from 4.79...
Japan and Philippines Discuss Pro-Crypto Laws, Cooperation Among Asian Countries
13.1.2020
Japanese Minister Naokazu Takemoto and Philippine Cabinet member Raul Lambino of Crypto Valley of Asia recently met to discuss Asian countries’ crypto regulations. They urge the Philippine Congress to introduce legislation on cryptocurrencies and security tokens, calling for cooperation among...
Analytics Firm Training Students to Detect Cryptocurrency Scams
13.1.2020
CipherTrace program provides students with tools and analytics to detect and combat crypto scams
Bitcoin Options Launch Imminent as CME Open Interest Hits 7-Month High
13.1.2020
Volume and open interest in Bitcoin futures are spiking as new options products come to market
Bitcoin Price Inclines Towards the Major Support Around $8,000
13.1.2020
Bitcoin (BTC), at the time of penning down this article, was trading at $8,108 on Bitfinex. The price of BTC is currently seen correcting downwards from its fresh 30-day high at $8,396.74. However, the coin is gaining utter support from the daily moving averages as it has been trading above $8,000...
Digital Currency Manual for Chinese Officials in High Demand, Enters Second Printing
13.1.2020
Chinese party officials show interest in a manual on digital currencies as the government opens to blockchain technology
Huobi Exchange Partners With UAE Real Estate Firm to Enable Crypto Payments
13.1.2020
Huobi partnered with a real estate firm in the UAE to allow real estate investors to pay in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin
Bitcoin Options May Bring More Institutional Investors - JPMorgan
13.1.2020
Yet another step forward in the institutional adoption of bitcoin will be taken today with the launch of the much-anticipated bitcoin options market by the major financial derivatives marketplace Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME).
As reported by Bloomberg, a note written by strategists...
US Judge Rules That Craig Wright Won't Forfeit Bitcoin In Kleiman Case
13.1.2020
A federal judge has ruled that self-proclaimed Bitcoin inventor Craig Wright will not have to forfeit a massive sum of Bitcoins in a protracted court battle
With New Regulations, Europe’s Crypto Companies May Be Running Out of Options
13.1.2020
European crypto companies are finding themselves in a changing regulatory environment. The new realities they have to deal with stem from the fifth edition of the European Union’s anti-money laundering directive. AMLD5 introduces stricter customer due diligence requirements and some in...
Bitcoin Makes Biggest Weekly Price Gain Since October
13.1.2020
Bitcoin's six-month downtrend looks to have ended with last week's double-digit price gain
Bitcoin Price Can Hit $8.8K But BitMEX Signals Warning — Tone Vays
13.1.2020
One significant metric suggests investors should be cautious on further Bitcoin gains, says Tone Vays
Privacy and Scalability of Lightning Network Lower Than Expected: Report
13.1.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network privacy and scalability benefits are lower than expected, researchers claim
Bitcoin and Altcoins Bulls Not Out Of the Woods Just Yet
13.1.2020
In the past few sessions, there were mostly range moves in bitcoin price above the USD 8,000 and USD 7,850 support levels. BTC/USD also made a few attempts to gain momentum above the USD 8,250 and USD 8,350 resistance levels, but it failed.
Similarly, it seems like most major altcoins...
Blockchain Tops the List of Most In-Demand Tech Skills for 2020
13.1.2020
If you are planning to start a new career this year, or just improve your value in the jobs market, the best thing that you can do is acquire some blockchain skills. Companies around the world are looking for people with capabilities in this field and it appears that demand far outpaces the supply....
China Saw $11.4 Billion in Crypto-Based Capital Flight Last Year
13.1.2020
On January 8, China-based blockchain security firm Peckshield published its “2019 Global Digital Asset AML Research Report” noting a variety of crypto trends throughout the year. According to the study, cryptocurrency-based capital flight stemming from China was around $11.4 billion...
White House Market Wants to Become the Darknet’s Toughest DNM
13.1.2020
White House Market (WHM) is an ultra-secure darknet market (DNM). It disallows Javascript, enforces PGP throughout, admins key sign every 72 hours, and only accepts monero (XMR). It might be the darknet’s most private market. But do its vendors deliver? News.Bitcoin.com dusted down some...
Bitcoin Breakout Hopes, Telegram Trial, Binance Donation: Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 6–12
12.1.2020
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, good news for Telegram in its battle against the SEC, Bitcoin on the verge of breaking out, and a warning about new scam adverts