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Tezos, Chainlink Trim Gains After Rallying Over 20% In a Week
8.4.2020
With the broader crypto market once again seeing optimistic trading in the past seven days, the two popular altcoins tezos (XTZ) and chainlink (LINK) shine for investors, with each recording gains of more than 20% over the past two weeks.
As the market is correcting its gains today, as of press...
OnChain Capital’s Coronavirus Relief Fund ‘Overwhelmed’ by Applicants
8.4.2020
The Runway Fund expects to make its first investments into startups impacted by COVID-19 next week
Why Should I Trade Bitcoin?
8.4.2020
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Why Should I Trade Bitcoin?
Over the last couple of years, trading Bitcoin and Bitcoin CFDs has become incredibly popular. This is because of the lucrative benefits that doing so can award those...
Cryptopia's Crypto is 'Property' and Owned by Account Holders - Judge
8.4.2020
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The judge in the case of the troubled, New Zealand-based crypto exchange Cryptopia has found that the account holders, not the exchange, own the cryptoassets.
As a short reminder, Cryptopia, founded in 2014, suffered a devastating hack in January 2019, when reportedly some...
Some Bitcoin OTC Brokers Left Clients On Their Own Amid Turbulence
8.4.2020
Trading in the over-the-counter (OTC) market for cryptoassets may not be as easy as it seems these days, a new report suggests, claiming that some market makers simply left traders to themselves when they were needed the most.
According to the report, published by London-based cryptoasset liquidity...
High Court Delivers Judgement on User Assets at Hacked Exchange Cryptopia
8.4.2020
Users at the now-defunct exchange Cryptopia are the co-beneficiaries of trusts that contained their assets prior to the platform’s hack
Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins
8.4.2020
The Red Cross has built an advanced medical pre-triage post for COVID-19 patients using donated Bitcoins
Holding Group Behind OKEx Invests in Wuhan-Based Blockchain Startup
8.4.2020
OKEx has invested into a Wuhan blockchain startup as the city returns to normal life
Bitcoin Futures Did Not ‘Manipulate’ BTC Price — Stock-to-Flow Creator
8.4.2020
Bitcoin did not break stock-to-flow rules as a result of futures introduction, argues the model’s creator
‘Dismayed’ Blockchain Startups Excluded from S Korean Tax Support Plan
8.4.2020
South Korean blockchain companies say they are “deeply disappointed” by the news that they will be excluded from a support program for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the worst-hit parts of the nation, helping them deal with the financial aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
Per...
ETH 2.0 Development Firm CasperLabs to Work on Its Own Blockchain
8.4.2020
The firm dedicated to developing Ethereum’s proof-of-stake implementation, CasperLabs, decided to launch its own blockchain
Bitcoin And Altcoins Holding Key Uptrend Supports
8.4.2020
After a strong rally, bitcoin price faced hurdles near the USD 7,550 resistance. As a result, there was a downside correction below USD 7,400, but the price remained well bid above USD 7,000. It is currently (08:30 UTC) rising and trading above key uptrend supports such as USD 7,120 and...
Decentralized Crypto Exchange Disables Trading Due to ‘Critical Security Vulnerability’
8.4.2020
The developers behind the decentralized exchange have suspended trading on the platform as they investigate a critical security vulnerability
Mining Bitcoin Just Became More Difficult by Almost 6%
8.4.2020
While, two weeks ago, it was estimated that Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty might drop by 16%, it just went up 5.77 % today, as more miners turned their machines on in the past two weeks.
The mining difficulty (used as a measure for how hard it is to compete for mining rewards) now stands at 14.7...
Ray Dalio Trashes Cash as Store of Value, Avoids Questions on Bitcoin
8.4.2020
Ray Dalio: A video screenshot, Youtube/Financial Observer
Members of the crypto community who have long had a dream of asking a billionaire about investments and economics finally got their chance on Tuesday as Ray Dalio, Co-Chief Investment Officer and Co-Chairman of major investment firm...
US Court Postpones Sentencing for OneCoin Crypto Scam Co-Founder
8.4.2020
Sentencing for OneCoin co-founder Konstantin Ignatov has been deferred until July 8, 2020
SoFi Acquires Payment Processor Galileo in $1.2 Billion Deal
8.4.2020
Completing a $1.2 billion deal, financial giant Social Finance announced they would acquire Galileo
Blockchain Traceability Overtakes Payments Among Major Corporations
8.4.2020
There are more major corporations using blockchain for traceability and provenance applications, than for payment and settlements, according to a new analysis of the Forbes Blockchain 50
Deutsche Bank Envisions Post Covid-19 Economy Accelerating Digital Payments
8.4.2020
Since the covid-19 outbreak wreaked havoc across the world’s economies, the global multinational investment bank Deutsche Bank has been encouraging the use of digital currencies. The firm’s Twitter account and macro strategist Marion Laboure have been tweeting regularly about...
Cooking Mama Developer Denies Rumours it Mines Crypto
8.4.2020
Rumors circulating that a Nintendo Switch game is being used to hijack consoles to mine crypto appear to be unfounded