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FBI arrests 24-year-old crypto trader for commodities and wire fraud
26.1.2021
The trader was both lying to investors and using an unregistered derivatives strategy on BitMex
Crypto Exchange Bitgrail Founder Accused by Italian Police of Faking Hacks That Led to Company’s Bankruptcy
23.12.2020
Italian police accused a man who ran a cryptocurrency exchange of being responsible for a series of hacks that caused millions in losses as part of an alleged massive fraud scheme. Italian Authorities Accuse Bitgrail Owner of Faking Hacks That Led Exchange’s Bankruptcy According to Reuters...
ECB’s Lagarde Has ‘Hunch’ Digital Euro Will Launch in 2-4 Years
12.11.2020
ECB President Christine Lagarde says the impetus for a central bank digital currency could come from the need to facilitate cross-border finance
Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
27.10.2020
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing...
Inactive Bitcoin Supply Reaches 4-Year High, Pointing to Bullish Sentiment
15.6.2020
A majority of bitcoins haven’t moved in at least a year, according to on-chain data, signaling investor confidence amid macroeconomic uncertainty
Bitcoin Trader Axes 4-Year Bull Cycle Forecast After $10K ‘Triple Top’
4.6.2020
The price of Bitcoin is at risk of falling to $6,000, a prominent trader known as Pentarhudi warns after a 14% price drop
Bitcoin Still Needs 104 Years To Catch Up With NYC Subway
7.5.2020
Bitcoin is still far behind the NYC Subway in one key metric
Free Market Think Tank FEE Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations
11.4.2020
The oldest free market think tank in the United States, the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) has announced the 501(c)3 educational foundation now accepts bitcoin cash (BCH) for donations. The libertarian organization promotes sound economic theory, publishes books and articles regularly...
New Gen Bitcoin Mining Machines 'To Serve For 3-4 years' + More News
30.3.2020
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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Hardware maker Bitmain says that newer mining rigs could be used for longer than previous devices due to a forthcoming...
In-Between Bitcoin Halvings: Analyst Proves Bitcoin’s Price Not Bound to 4-Year Cycles
29.3.2020
Crypto traders and analysts have always looked to the halvings for some kind of clues in order to predict the future price of bitcoin. A number of traders also think that BTC price movements shift every four years and speculators often use the halvings as milestone markers. On March 28, crypto...
After 14 Years in Investment Banking, I Joined the Crypto Industry
27.3.2020
If you want to change the traditional finance industry for a crypto startup world, here is what you should know
Hard to Kill: Research Finds Even ‘JokeCoins’ Have a 1.4 Year Lifespan
15.10.2019
Most cryptocurrency projects wind up in the industry’s graveyard because of “death by abandonment,” according to new research
What the Next 4 Years of Ethereum Look Like
31.7.2019
Ethereum celebrated its fourth birthday yesterday. Here's what insiders had to say about the blockchain's next four
Energy Used by Idle Device in the U.S. Can Power Bitcoin For 4 Years
3.7.2019
Academic researchers at Cambridge University launched a real-time index that tracks the total electricity consumption of the bitcoin network