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Swiss Government Rejects $103 Million Bailout for Crypto Companies Battered by Coronavirus
26.5.2020
Switzerland’s government has rejected a 100 million franc ($103 million) bailout for local cryptocurrency companies battered by the coronavirus economy, local media reported. Zug finance director Heinz Taennler requested the special funding package in April. He planned to issue out loans...
7 Remote Crypto and Blockchain Firms That Are Hiring Right Now: May Edition
25.5.2020
Despite challenging economic conditions, the cryptosphere is still hiring. As reported by Forbes on April 24, job postings for cryptocurrencyContinue Reading
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Bitcoin.com Exchange Lists ESH Token Support Prior to John McAfee’s Ghost Airdrop
21.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported John McAfee’s new privacy token called Ghost, as the former anti-virus tycoon detailed “governments will be unable to shut it down.” Ghost won’t be distributed in the usual fashion by leveraging an initial coin offering (ICO), as...
1300% Increase In BitcoinAbuse Reports in April Led by Sextortion
20.5.2020
There was a 1,300% increase in the number of Bitcoin extortion cases reported to BitcoinAbuse.com in April versus March, with sextortion leading the charge
Bitcoin Miners Double Revenue: Fees Spiked Over 200% in 10 Days Since the Halving
20.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) miners earned 44% more in transaction fees in the nine days since the halving than they did for the whole of April. If this continues miners will have more than doubled their income from transaction fees going forward. According to data from Coinmetrics, miners have collected...
S2F Hopium: Report and Twitter Critics Find Flaws With Bitcoin’s Stock-to-Flow Ratio
17.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com researched the popular stock-to-flow (S2F), which shows the price of a single bitcoin reaching $55K and even six figures. At the time, analysts questioned measuring bitcoin’s price in this manner and more recently, a few others have been criticizing the method...
Someone Was Propping Up the Bitcoin Cash Hashrate at a Loss in April
16.5.2020
Data indicates that someone was propping up Bitcoin Cash at a loss prior to the halving
More Than $220M in Bitcoin Withdrawn from Crypto Exchanges Since the Halving
14.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a great number of BTC withdrawn from cryptocurrency trading platforms and after the third BTC halving, the trend has picked up once again. Data from Glassnode’s Bitcoin Exchange Net-Flow statistics show that close to 24,000 BTC has been withdrawn...
Bitcoin Transaction Costs Soar 400% Amid Halving Hyperbole
11.5.2020
The average transaction cost for Bitcoin (BTC) soared 414% in the days before the halving, peaking at $3.19 on May 8, from as low as $0.62 on April 26. This is the highest price bitcoiners have paid for a transaction on the network in ten months, according to data from Bitinfocharts. Fees are paid...
Bitcoin ATM Locations Surge to Over 7700 Worldwide Amid Global Crisis
6.5.2020
The number of bitcoin ATM locations has been growing rapidly amid nationwide lockdowns and the coronavirus crisis. With hundreds of new machines added each month, there are now more than 7,700 bitcoin ATMs spread all over the world. A new bitcoin ATM operator also installed its first bitcoin...
Zcash Fully Shielded Transactions Jump 70% to New Record in April
4.5.2020
The Zcash network has recorded a 70% jump in fully shielded transactions, marking a new record for April of over 8,700. This compounds gains of 100% made in March
Ripple Co-founder Jed McCaleb Sold 54 Million XRP in April
4.5.2020
Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb sold more than 54 million XRP in April and still has billions left to sell, according to his wallet activity
Onecoin Lawsuit Continues: Judge Lifts Stay Order, Investigators Search for ‘Crypto Queen’
4.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the unsealed indictment tied to the Onecoin cofounder Sebastian Greenwood. At the same time, U.S. Judge Valerie Caproni had placed a stay order on the case against Greenwood, Konstantin Ignatov, Mark Scott and David Pike. Now Judge Caproni has lifted...
What’s Next for BTC, Chainalysis Criticized, Crypto Fears Kim Jong Un’s Death: Hodler’s Digest, April 27–May 3
3.5.2020
Uncertainty over where Bitcoin will go after its $9,400 rally, a well-known BTC educator criticizes Chainalysis, and nerves over North Korea’s crypto holdings
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: April 26 - May 2 in Review
3.5.2020
Several exchanges gained regulatory paperwork, VC Trade exchange announced a 1,700% spike in pre-tax fiscal year profit, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Latin American Markets Post Record P2P Volume in April
2.5.2020
Four Latin American markets have produced record trade activity on Localbitcoins during April
First Mover: Tezos Led Crypto Market With Twice Bitcoin’s Gains in April
1.5.2020
Tezos is outstripping the usual crypto leaders on the outside track, possibly down to an increase in the number of exchanges offering staking as a service
Coin Race: Top Winners/Losers of Green April
1.5.2020
The coins have entered a new month of this year, meaning it's time we take a look at how they fared in the previous month - and there's something to see! April's so green, we couldn't even find a proper loser. While major coins saw double-digit rises last month, there are only two coins that...
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 30, 2020
30.4.2020
Here comes the BTC price bump while Telegram pulls back on its token sale. This is CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast
Telegram Offers ICO Investors Refund or Option to Hang On Till April 2021
30.4.2020
Investors who choose to “loan’ their investment to Telegram for 12 months may be able to redeem it for Grams or another cryptocurrency in future