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No Need to Convince Shareholders – Microstrategy’s Investors Already Sold on Bitcoin, Says Analyst
16.12.2020
Investment banker Ellie Frost has put out a Twitter thread showing that four of Microstrategy’s top 10 shareholders had already been bullish on bitcoin before Michael Saylor company’s big dive into the digital asset. According to Frost, Microstrategy did not have much convincing to...
Defi Protocol Founder Tricked, Hacked for $8 Million in Personal Funds
16.12.2020
Nexus Mutual founder and chief executive officer Hugh Karp’s personal wallet address has been hacked for more than $8 million. The attacker, a member of the Nexus defi protocol, tricked Karp into signing a transaction that transferred funds to the hacker’s own address. The attacker...
The A.V. Club’s 15 favorite books of 2020
16.12.2020
A certain amount of escapism through books would have been more than understandable in 2020. (And by “a certain amount” we mean “a lot.”) You’d be forgiven for favoring the comfort food of a reread or a beach read. Or for not reading at all. Because for every person who was able to forget...
Antier Solutions Expands Its Offerings With Crypto Friendly Banking Solutions Development
16.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Antier Solutions, a blockchain development company headquartered in Mohali, India – with two global units in North America and the UK – has expanded its services to offer crypto-friendly bank development solutions targeting start-ups, banks, and financial institutions...
It’s Always Year Zero
16.12.2020
In the short term, opinions about technology often follow a compressed form of Laver’s Law:
Everything just before me was completely broken.
Everything that comes after me is completely unnecessary.
Everything I use right now is perfectly fine; stop changing things.
We tend to judge things based...
SBI’s Acquisition of Crypto Firm Helps the Asian Giant Create Full-Fledged Digital Asset Trading Desk
16.12.2020
Japanese financial group SBI Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom-based crypto services firm B2c2 for an undisclosed amount. The purchase helps the Asian financial giant to become one of the mainstream financial institutions to have a full-fledged digital asset...
Bank of America Investor Survey Highlights the Most Crowded Trades: ‘Long Tech, Short USD, Long Bitcoin’
15.12.2020
The highly anticipated Bank of America fund manager survey has been published, and this December fund managers who participated in the survey are sweeping up risk assets. The asset managers have dropped cash for the first time in close to seven years, as levels are down 4%. Moreover, strategists...
Free TON Community’s Meritocratic Token Distribution Model to Revolutionize Tokenomics
15.12.2020
Free TON is a community driven PoS network with a focus on decentralized governance. It is based on the open-source TON project which was previously developed by Telegram. Free TON never had an ICO and will never have a token sale. Instead the project implements a distribution model that will...
The 10 Best Deals of December 15, 2020
15.12.2020
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Old is Solid; New Gets Talked About
15.12.2020
When Chris asked me to write about “one thing I learned about building websites this year” I admit my brain immediately went through a list of techniques and CSS properties I started using this year. But then I paused. Other people can write about that much better than I can....
P2P Bitcoin Trading: Venezuela, Colombia Account for Over 23% of Total Localbitcoins Volume
15.12.2020
A study revealed a rising trend in bitcoin (btc) volume trading across Latin America amid the coronavirus pandemic and rising inflation, pushing the figures to record highs and putting Venezuela and Colombia at the top of the ranking. Latin America Sees a Bullish Trend in Bitcoin P2P Trading Volume...
Acclaimed NFT Artist’s Blockchain-Backed Digital Art Auction Raises $3.5 Million
15.12.2020
Blockchain-backed digital art is continuing to make waves and this week an artist who calls himself ‘Beeple’ raised $3.5 million during his latest non-fungible token (NFT) art collection auction. The “Everydays” collection auction included 21 original single edition Beeple...
The Biggest Climate Wins of 2020
15.12.2020
Somehow, not everything was bad this year.Read more
Chinese State Media Surprises With Forecast of Bitcoin Outshining Gold
15.12.2020
Chinese state-operated media outlets keep adding cryptocurrencies — specifically bitcoin — on their reporting agenda. Lately, they have been replicating bitcoin predictions that are surprising in some way to the crypto community due to the number of mentions on the matter since several...
Paypal’s Stock Soars to All Time High as Demand for BTC on the Platform Now More Than Supply of New Coins
15.12.2020
E-commerce giant Paypal’s stock price surged to a new all-time high of $223.16 on Monday, December 14. Since November 12, when the payments giant opened the way for its US customers to start trading cryptocurrency, the stock has soared 17%. Paypal’s Turnaround The stock’s...
How did the Turkish crypto ecosystem survive 2020?
15.12.2020
Turkey started off strong in crypto and blockchain in 2020 — then the pandemic happened.
VaultSwap Announces Its Token Sales and Exchange Listings
15.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Swapping cryptos on an exchange can be incredibly inefficient, as no exchange has all the coins in one fold. VaultSwap – a project by Jason Wright, which is also the CEO zenomatrix.net – intends to offer a solution to this problem. It has several high-paying investment...
Brazil Revenue Collector’s Data Shows Cryptocurrency Volumes Exceed $6 Billion Between January and September
15.12.2020
Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and September this year. According to the data, bitcoin dominates as it accounts for over 80% of traded volumes. Still, other cryptos like bitcoin cash, dai,...
Amon, AI-Powered Crypto Wallet and Card Is Fundraising on BnkToTheFuture
15.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Amon, known for their innovative app that aims to make using digital currencies stress-free, will soon release their debit card in 31 EEA countries. The company, which recently got approval to release a crypto debit card, is currently fundraising on the online platform that...
Controversial Ukrainian Oligarch Is Reportedly Mining Bitcoin in the US
15.12.2020
One of the wealthiest oligarchs in Ukraine and a former governor in one of the country’s regions are reportedly mining bitcoin in a factory located in the U.S. Ukrainian Businessmen Are Reportedly Running Crypto Mining Operations at US Factory Per Radio Free Europe (known also as Radio...