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Indian Parliament to Consider Bill That Creates Digital Rupee While Banning Cryptocurrencies in Current Session
30.1.2021
The Indian government has finally moved forward with a cryptocurrency bill. Entitled “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021,” the bill has been listed for consideration in the current parliamentary session of Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s...
Bitcoin Drops, Drags Ethereum and Altcoins Lower
26.1.2021
Bitcoin price gained momentum above the USD 33,500 resistance, but it failed to stay above USD 34,500. BTC started a fresh decline and traded below the USD 33,500 pivot level. It is currently (05:00 UTC) trading well below USD 32,400 and it remains at a risk of more downsides.
Also, bitcoin’s...
As Crypto Market Sentiment Sinks Lower, Polkadot Takes the Crown
25.1.2021
The volatility is holding the market in a firm grip, as the market sentiment drops further within the neutral zone. The combined moving 7-day average crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for the 10 major coins slipped for the second week in a row, from 5.81 seen a week ago to 5.77 it got over...
Premium on Grayscale’s GBTC Drops as Reports of New Trusts Emerge: Chinese Crypto Community Unhappy
23.1.2021
Following the recent bitcoin price pullback, the latest Skew data now indicates that the premium rate on Grayscale’s GBTC is under 10%. The lower rate comes just weeks after the premium peaked at 41% towards the end of December. The GBTC premium is a measure of the extent of differences...
Ex-Real Madrid Football Player Joins a Spanish Lower Division Club in Deal Financed With Crypto
19.1.2021
In a possible first for Spanish football, DUX Internacional de Madrid, a lower division side says it has used crypto buy a new player. The player, David Barral moved to his new club after Criptan, the new club sponsor facilitated the acquisition. Criptan is a cryptocurrency trading company that...
What to do When Low-for-Long Interest Rates are Lower and for Longer
10.1.2021
Tobias Adrian is the Financial Counsellor and Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
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Central banks have played a pivotal role in easing financial conditions in response to the COVID-19 shock, and helped avert a catastrophic downturn....
Bitcoin and Altcoins Correct Lower, Dips Remain Attractive
8.1.2021
There were additional gains in bitcoin price above the USD 38,500 resistance. BTC even broke USD 40,000, traded to a new all-time high near USD 40,400 before correcting lower. It traded towards the USD 36,500 support and it is currently (05:00 UTC) recovering above USD 38,000.
Similarly, there...
Digital banking: How DeFi can lower costs for everyone
23.12.2020
There’s often talk about how decentralized finance could eliminate the need for traditional banks… but what if DeFi could enhance their digital services?
The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020
17.12.2020
In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for the year’s...
BTC, ETH Slide Lower Despite Insurers’ USD 100m Bitcoin Buy & Ether ETF
11.12.2020
The crypto community has been buoyed as – despite sliding bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) prices – two major breakthroughs were reached for both tokens.
At pixel time (09:03 UTC), BTC trades at USD 17,883 and is down by 3% in a day and 8% in a week, while ETH is down by almost 4% to USD 545....
The Best Animated Series of 2020
9.12.2020
While live-action productions were dealt a significant blow this year by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, the animation industry was in a prime position to step up to the plate and tell some of 2020's most riveting stories. Here are the ones that transported the io9 staff to far-off worlds...
EIP-1559 Won't Lower High Ethereum Fees On Its Own - Professor
2.12.2020
Among several of the recently much-discussed Ethereum (ETH)-related events is the arrival of a particular Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that should help lower fees - but high fees are a scalability, not a mechanism issue, argues an expert.
EIP-1559 is expected to bring automatic token burn...
Hive Reports $7.4M Q2 Profit as Lower Costs More Than Offset ‘Big Spend’ on Expansion
1.12.2020
Hive shares have gained over 1,200% in 2020
Gold Sees Largest Weekly Outflow Ever, Metal Prices Spiral Lower, Analysts Expect Flows Into Bitcoin
30.11.2020
Gold investors are getting anxious, as the precious metal’s prices have slid a great deal since a number of vaccine companies have revealed medicines to combat the coronavirus. The price of one ounce of fine gold is valued at $1,770 per unit after the precious metal registered the third...
Lots of Ways to Use Math.random() in JavaScript
30.11.2020
Math.random() is an API in JavaScript. It is a function that gives you a random number. The number returned will be between 0 (inclusive, as in, it’s possible for an actual 0 to be returned) and 1 (exclusive, as in, it’s not possible for an actual 1 to be returned).
Math.random(); // returns...
NEO Price Pulls Back by Over 15% from the Lower High
28.11.2020
NEO, one of the many gainers of the global crypto market, is an Open Network for the Smart Economy and, in this regard, holds a notable position amongst the top 25 cryptos. In the 2nd quarter, when NEO/USD hit a YTD high close to $26 while currently, it faced a stringent resistance at $22...
Bitcoin Retreats From Highs, Altcoins Correct Lower
25.11.2020
Bitcoin price extended its rise above the USD 19,200 level before the bears appeared near the USD 19,450 level. BTC started a downside correction and traded below USD 19,000. The price is currently (05:00 UTC) trading near the USD 18,800 support, below which it could extend its decline.
Similarly...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Correct Lower, Key Supports Nearby
19.11.2020
Bitcoin price started a major downside correction after trading close to USD 18,500. BTC broke the USD 18,000 support level and even spiked below USD 17,750. The price is currently (05:00 UTC) holding the USD 17,500 support and facing many hurdles near USD 18,000.
Similarly, there was a bearish...
Bitcoin Reclaims USD 18K, Altcoins Correct Lower
18.11.2020
Bitcoin price rallied towards the USD 18,500 level, where sellers took a strong stand. As a result, there was a sharp bearish reaction and BTC declined below USD 18,000. The price even broke the USD 17,650 support, but the bulls protected BTC from more losses, and currently (13:00 UTC) it...
Bitcoin Holds Ground, Altcoins Correct Lower
16.11.2020
Bitcoin price started a downside correction below the USD 16,200 and USD 16,050 support levels. BTC even broke the USD 16,000 level before it found support near USD 15,800. The price is currently (04:30 UTC) trading above USD 16,000, but it must climb above USD 16,200 to start a fresh...