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Bitcoin and Altcoins Gaining Bearish Momentum
4.12.2019
In the past two days, bitcoin price failed to gain pace above the USD 7,350 and USD 7,400 resistance levels. As a result, BTC/USD started a fresh decline and recently broke the key USD 7,200 support area. However, the price is still holding USD 7,000 (09:00 UTC), below which there is a risk of...
Andreas Antonopoulos Slams Intuit After Payments Block for Crypto Use
4.12.2019
Stop “using crypto,” Intuit tells Andreas Antonopoulos
Bitcoin No Longer Looks Like ‘Digital Gold’ by One Measure
4.12.2019
If "digital gold" means "assets where investors park money during financial market turmoil," then bitcoin doesn't fit the bill as well as it used to
European Banks Struggle With Low Interest Rates and Strict Regulations
4.12.2019
Banks in Europe have been in a difficult spot lately. A new report reveals that financial institutions across the region faced serious difficulties in the 2018 financial year, and despite all the cost cutting that followed, haven’t managed to compensate the revenue decline in 2019....
Bitcoin Cash Falls Below Key Support After a Heavy Nosedive
4.12.2019
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) loses 4.42% over the last 24 hours, and the price has now gone as low as 204 USD In BCH price trend, the price level at 216 USD is likely to pose as resistance Bitcoin Cash has slipped below 205 USD and shown an overall loss of 4.42%. It has been through …
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Jack Dorsey Betting Big for Bitcoin in Africa; Is Bitcoin Ready?
4.12.2019
Cryptocurrencies have been one of the most polarizing concepts of this century, and the divide seems to be growing day by day. With traditionalists like Warren Buffett and other established names criticizing Bitcoin, modern entrepreneurs, especially from the technology space, like Mark Zuckerberg...
Japan Now Has 21 Approved Crypto Exchanges
4.12.2019
Japan’s top financial regulator has approved the remaining crypto exchange that was in business prior to the regulation of the crypto industry. Exchanges in this category were allowed to continue operations while their registration applications were being reviewed. The regulator has so...
Market Mostly Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Price Hovers Around $7,300
4.12.2019
The crypto market is mostly trading sideways today as Bitcoin fights to hold $7,300
New List Claims 1.9 Million Bitcoin Held by Centralized Exchanges
3.12.2019
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a newly developed exchange ranking developed by the crypto portfolio and trading bot startup Bituniverse. According to a leaked screenshot of Bituniverse’s “Exchange Transparent Balance Rank,” there’s roughly 1.9 million...
China's Great Firewall Blocks Popular ETH Block Browser Etherscan
3.12.2019
China banned its residents from using one of the most popular Ethereum blockchain explorers, Etherscan
Wisdomtree’s Physically Backed Bitcoin ETP Goes Live on SIX Stock Exchange
3.12.2019
New York-based ETF provider Wisdomtree has launched a physically backed bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) on Switzerland’s SIX stock exchange. According to Wisdomtree, the new product is not cash-settled like most ETPs traded on the SIX exchange as the BTCW investment product will...
SoFi Obtains BitLicense to Offer Crypto Trading Services in New York
3.12.2019
SoFi Digital Assets receives a BitLicense from New York regulators
The Bitcoin Halving Debate: Has the Market Priced In This Major Event?
3.12.2019
One of the most contentious topics in crypto right now is next year's Bitcoin (BTC) halving. From around May, miners will receive only BTC 6.25 (USD 46,000) as a reward for every block they confirm, and the crypto community is currently at odds over whether the resulting reduction in supply...
Data Shows Crypto Exchange Volume May Not Equate to Website Traffic
3.12.2019
Data shows that crypto exchanges with the highest volume do not always rank the highest in terms of traffic and engagement
Danish Court Upholds Nordea Bank Ban on Employees Owning Bitcoin
3.12.2019
Nordea Bank can now officially bar its employees from owning cryptocurrencies, according to a court ruling
PlusToken Effect: Alleged Asian Exit Scam to Blame for Market Decline?
3.12.2019
This exit scam purportedly cost investors $3 billion, and now could be dropping the crypto price market
IT Analyst Admits He Blackmailed Apple for Bitcoin
3.12.2019
22-year old Kerem Albayrak, a London-based IT analyst, has admitted to blackmailing tech giant Apple in March 2017 after releasing a YouTube video of himself hacking into iCloud accounts, the Daily Mail reported.
By paying the ransom, Apple was to prevent Albayrak from selling the personal data...
Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Hits New All-Time High of $6.54M
3.12.2019
Open interest on Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures platform has hit a new record high of $6.5 million
The Darknet Just Had One of Its Wildest Months Yet
3.12.2019
Darknet marketplaces exist on a constant knife edge, never more than an exit scam, LE bust, or DDoS away from going down. Even by their usual frenetic standards, though, November was quite a month for DNMs, with high drama and intrigue aplenty. Despite a number of marketplaces disappearing off...
Nordea Employees Banned From Buying Bitcoin + More News
3.12.2019
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Nordea Bank is free to prevent its employees from investing in Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies in their...