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Bloomberg BTC Bombshell, Coinbase Fury, Ether vs. Tether: Hodler’s Digest, June 1–7
7.6.2020
Bloomberg thinks Bitcoin could return to record highs of $20,000 this year, but warns Ether may not be the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency for much longer
Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition
7.6.2020
The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year. The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once...
Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 31 - June 6 in Review
6.6.2020
Two exchanges saw unauthorized access issues, Japan ranked second in 24-hour Bitcoin trading volume for May globally, and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Bonus Army, Occupiers, 2020 Uprising: Bitcoin’s Peaceful Protest Is Pure Civil Disobedience
6.6.2020
For twelve days straight, American citizens and a number of countries around the world have been protesting the oligarchs and police brutality. The restlessness from the uprising has slowed down some, but continues in various cities across the nation. On June 3, 2020, a reporter from Los Angeles...
Law Decoded: Of Street Marches and Market Manipulators, May 30–June 5
5.6.2020
As protests rage throughout the United States, this week’s biggest moves in crypto law were behind the scenes
Report Shows Crypto Derivatives Volumes Soared 32% to a Record $602 Billion in May
5.6.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading volumes climbed 32% in May to a new record high of $602 billion, according to data analytics company Cryptocompare. Total spot volumes grew at a slower pace, rising 5% to $1.27 trillion in May, the London-based firm said in a new report published June 4, 2020....
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 5, 2020
5.6.2020
It's bulls on parade as analysts see upward momentum for bitcoin. Here's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast
Bitcoin to Rise to $20K This Year Spurred by Government Money Printing and Covid-19: Bloomberg
5.6.2020
Bloomberg has forecast bitcoin to reach its record high of $20,000, and possibly $28,000, this year. According to the company’s June Crypto Outlook report, “something has to really go wrong for bitcoin not to appreciate in value.” Bloomberg points to quantitative easing and...
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 4, 2020
4.6.2020
Bloomberg thinks BTC could hit $20K. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast
Eidoo to Burn 80% of Company’s Token Holdings to Kickstart One of the Biggest Daos in Defi
4.6.2020
Switzerland, 4th June 2020. Swiss-based crypto platform Eidoo is upgrading its native utility token into a governance token that will power a new cross-chain DAO. In a collaborative decision by Eidoo and pTokens, the $EDO token will be upgraded into $PNT later this month so that it can be used...
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 3, 2020
3.6.2020
Not so good news for fans of $10K BTC. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast
Bitcoin Cash Vietnam-Based Fiat-to-Crypto Trading Support Added to Bvnex Exchange
3.6.2020
This week the trading platform Bvnex Exchange announced the support of bitcoin cash on the Vietnam-based fiat-crypto trading platform. The support gives the Vietnamese market and other regions in Asia, the ability to trade bitcoin cash for VNDT- Vietnam dong. On June 2, 2020, the crypto exchange...
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 2, 2020
2.6.2020
With the price of bitcoin briefly breaking above $10,000, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!
Bitcoin News Roundup for June 1, 2020
1.6.2020
With bitcoin and ether both headed up, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup
Market Update: Bullish Bitcoin S2F Chart, 6-Digit Prices, Liquidations Prime Crypto Values
1.6.2020
The price of bitcoin and a number of cryptocurrencies have been sliding downward in value during the last 72 hours, after bitcoin touched a high of $9,700 on May 30, 2020. On Monday, June 1, the price is up 0.06% and trading for $9,578 per coin during the morning trading sessions. The market...
Ether Leads Bitcoin on Price as Investors Prepare for Staking Arrival
1.6.2020
Bitcoin has put in a positive June performance in six out of the last eight years. But Ethereum is drawing new investors with the start of staking due this year
Bitcoin Worth $282K from the 2016 Bitfinex Hack on the Move
23.5.2020
The cryptocurrency community has noticed a number of bitcoins from the August 2, 2016, Bitfinex breach has been moved. A small 30 BTC transaction ($282,000) from the stash has moved from the hacker’s address to an unknown bitcoin address. The last time coins from the Bitfinex incident moved...
Realistic Ethereum 2.0 Multi-Client Testnet 'Targeting for June
15.5.2020
An Ethereum 2.0 developer call reveals that the Schlesi testnet was successful enough to hope for a more official multi-client testnet in June based on 0.12 specs
Polymath Eyes June Testnet Launch for New Blockchain Designed for Security Tokens
14.5.2020
The firm is soon to launch the first test network for its new blockchain designed to bring new safeguards for financial institutions working with security tokens
Bittrex to Launch Own Token in June
6.5.2020
In a move likely aimed at regaining market share from competitors like Binance and Huobi, yet another crypto exchange is set to launch its own token.
Announced via Twitter on Tuesday, the Lichtenstein-based crypto exchange Bittrex Global said that its “Bittrex Global Exchange Token” is set to...