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Central Bank of China Pumps 300 Billion Yuan Into Financial System, Cuts Loan Rates
18.2.2020
The Chinese government has taken multiple steps so far to contain the economic fallout from the coronavirus epidemic, including interest rate cuts and financial injections worth billions of yuan. It did it again this week, extending the monetary easing provided by the central bank. With the budget...
Crypto Custodian Copper Raised $8 Million for Expansion
18.2.2020
The London-based crypto custody provider plans to develop its presence in North America and Asia
Max Keiser Predicts $400,000 BTC on Alex Jones Show, Jones Compares Bitcoin to ‘Power of Fire’ From the Gods
18.2.2020
The moment many conspiracy-minded bitcoin enthusiasts have been waiting for arrived yesterday when Info Wars muckraker Alex Jones compared bitcoin to a “power of fire” gifted from the gods to humankind. The bold commentary took place in the context of a Max Keiser interview, in which...
Chinese Exchange FCoin Closes Down, Still Owes Users $125 Million
18.2.2020
FCoin CEO reveals the exchange has to stop running, with users still waiting for $67 million to $125 million
DEX Volume Soars But Bzx Exploit Raises Questions About ‘Decentralization Theatre’
18.2.2020
As the decentralized finance juggernaut rolls inexorably forward, the exploitation of defi project Bzx – in which $350K, or around 2% of total assets was taken – has called the decentralization of the industry into doubt. The attack forced an admin key reset to redeem lost funds...
Four Telcos Test Blockchain Solution To Automate Roaming Discounts
18.2.2020
Deutsche Telekom leads a group of telcos testing a blockchain solution for automating the management of roaming discount agreements
Price Analysis Feb 17: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, EOS, BNB, XTZ, ADA
17.2.2020
The current pullback has not altered the bullish structure of the charts meaning traders will look to buy major dips
Bithumb to Get Wall Street-Level Fintech Expertise via New Partnership
17.2.2020
Major South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb to partner with BitMax, accessing the latter’s Wall Street-level fintech expertise
Binance Cloud to Allow Users to Launch a Crypto Exchange Within 5 Days
17.2.2020
Binance’s new exchange-specific cloud solution will allow users to set up an exchange within five days, CZ says
50 Cent, Talib Kweli, Snoop Dogg and Nas: Celebrities Who Could Be Bitcoin Millionaires
17.2.2020
Many celebrities have mentioned the benefits of bitcoin and leveraged the asset for certain projects. For instance, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli all sold albums for BTC, but when cryptocurrency prices skyrocketed, 50 Cent told the public he sold his coins as soon as he got them. Many other...
Russia’s Central Bank Proposes New Token Framework, But Labels Crypto Transactions ‘Suspicious’
17.2.2020
Russia is looking at creating a regulatory distinction between asset tokenization and 'pure' cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin Price Rally Over? Key $9.4K Support Zone Holds for Now
17.2.2020
Bitcoin needs to hold the $9.4K support in order to retake $10K and close the CME gap at $10,460
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 7
17.2.2020
Source: iStock/~UserGI15632523
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
New Email Extortion Scam Targets Google’s AdSense, Demands Bitcoin
17.2.2020
A new email extortion scam demands BTC from AdSense users in exchange for preventing an attack
IOTA Updates Trinity Desktop Wallet to Partly Address Recent Hack
17.2.2020
The IOTA Foundation releases new Trinity wallet as part of its remediation plan, but network coordinator is still on hold
Crypto Market Sentiment is the Highest It's Been In a Year
17.2.2020
Despite a recent sell-off, today we find the crypto market sentiment with a score it hasn't seen in at least a year. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, sentscore, for the top 10 coins is 6.23 - the highest score we've written down since starting this series a year ago....
BCH Funding Debate: Btc.top Founder Suggests 2/3 Hash Vote and 6-Month Evaluation
17.2.2020
Over the last few days, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been debating the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) after Bitcoin ABC published an announcement on implementing the plan into the upcoming software release. Again the concept was met with mixed responses and the community has been arguing about...
Europeans Launch Bitcoin Friendly POS Terminal + More News
17.2.2020
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Payment solutions provider Ingenico has teamed up with Austrian fintech firm Salamantex to release a new POS terminal...
Cash Users in China Risk to Get Coronavirus, Banks Disinfect Banknotes
17.2.2020
Chinese officials are waging an unexpected war on cash in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak – amid fears that contaminated banknotes could spread the deadly virus.
The country’s central People's Bank of China (PBoC) has launched a campaign that, per the South China Morning Post, will see it...
Whale Rakes in USD 9 Million as Bitcoin Market Slides
17.2.2020
Source: iStock/Marie-Elizabeth Mali
After a highly volatile weekend in the bitcoin (BTC) market, news came out on Sunday that a large trader on the popular crypto exchange Bitfinex may have raked in USD 9 million in a matter of minutes as the BTC price dropped.
Judging from a screenshot of...