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Forget BTC Price, It’s Now Possible to Trade Bitcoin Hash Rate Futures
15.5.2020
FTX debuts a product which delivers quarterly settlements based on Bitcoin’s hash rate, calculated using the average difficulty
Bitwala Launches Bitcoin Interest Account With up to 4.3% Annual Rate
15.5.2020
Neobanking service provider Bitwala on Thursday introduced a new account that offers its 80,000 European customers passive bitcoin (BTC) income. The Bitwala Interest Account allows users to earn up to 4.3% interest per annum for BTC held at the bank. According to the Berlin-based company, account...
Negative Interest Rates Give BTC an Opportunity to Shine, Report Claims
15.5.2020
Negative interest rates may turn Bitcoin into an attractive alternative for institutional investors, claims a recent report
Bitcoin Network Sees a Massive Mining Pool Shift Following the Halving
14.5.2020
Following the third bitcoin halving on May 11, 2020, there’s been a big shift in mining pool distribution, as far as hashrate is concerned. At the time of publication, there’s around 100-115 exahash per second (EH/s) in search of bitcoin blocks and spectators have seen two relatively...
Digifinex Live AMA Hosts Bitcoin.com Chairman – Roger Ver Talks Stimulus, Useful Cryptocurrencies, Coronavirus
14.5.2020
On May 14, Bitcoin.com Executive Chairman Roger Ver sat down with Digifinex cofounder, Kiana Shek, for an ask-me-anything (AMA) session about the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Ver explained what he thinks about the central banks printing unlimited money, the government-induced lockdowns, and...
Institutional Interest in Bitcoin to Keep Rising After BTC Halving
14.5.2020
Bitcoin underwent its third halving and institutional demand continues to be on the rise
Bitcoin Miners Revenue Plunge 48% as Halving Impact Kicks In
14.5.2020
Revenue for Bitcoin (BTC) miners plunged 48% a day following the third halving, as the full impact of the periodic supply cut event began to take effect. According to data from crypto company Blockchain, the total value of block subsidies and transaction fees paid to miners crashed to $8.95 million...
Bitcoin (BTC) Strengthens Even More; May Surpass the $10k Milestone Soon
14.5.2020
Bitcoin is most likely to cross the $10k mark before it approaches the month-end; the coin is set to knock the barriers above $9900 once again this month; can we thank the recent halving for this? The 200-day EMA line poses as a support level; the coin seems rock-solid above $9000 right now;...
Bitcoin Cash and BSV Hash Rates Surge Following BTC Halving
14.5.2020
The hash rates of BCH of BSV have recovered, after crashing hard following their April halvings. Mining profitability for BSV, BCH, and BTC is now roughly the same
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...
Price Analysis 5/13: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, XLM
13.5.2020
The recent correction in Bitcoin has not dented the upward trend and a retest of $10,000 seems likely
Treasure Hunters Race to Claim BTC Prize Hidden in New Music Album
13.5.2020
One techie music artist has hidden Bitcoin in his new album, and it's up for grabs to whoever solves the associated puzzle
17,000 Quadrigacx Users Seek $307M from the Failed Canadian Crypto Exchange
13.5.2020
About 17,000 people have filed claims for refunds from the collapsed Canadian digital asset exchange Quadrigacx. Altogether, the claims, denominated in both cryptocurrency and fiat, amount to nearly $307 million. According to a document released Tuesday by Ernst & Young, the court-appointed...
$200M Worth of BTC Removed From Exchanges Post-Halving
13.5.2020
Bitcoin community removes $200M worth of BTC from exchanges the first day after the halving
Popular BTC Derivatives Product Goes Live on DeFi’s dYdX
13.5.2020
Andreessen Horowitz-backed dYdX released its Bitcoin Perpetual Contract out of private alpha on Wednesday, bringing a key BTC derivatives product to DeFi
2 Days After the Bitcoin Halving: Network ‘Remains Strong,’ Higher Fees, Bullish Sentiment
13.5.2020
On May 11, 2020, the Bitcoin network completed it’s third block reward halving and the network seems to be chugging along just fine. However, it may take a while longer to see the halving’s effect on the mining industry and right now bitcoin transaction fees have risen exponentially....
Bitcoin Returns Above USD 9,000, Altcoins Drop Against BTC
13.5.2020
It took a few days for bitcoin (BTC) price to return above the USD 9,000 level after crashing on the eve of the third mining reward halving.
At pixel time (13:30 UTC), BTC trades at c. USD 9,094 and is up by 4% in a day, almost erasing all its weekly losses. The price is up by 35% in a month...
$2 Billion Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Industry Set to ‘Grow Significantly’
13.5.2020
Cryptocurrency hedge funds’ assets under management have been increasing significantly, rising to more than $2 billion at the end of last year, according to a recent survey. The crypto hedge fund industry is expected to “grow significantly” along with the price of bitcoin. Hedge...
Canadian Firm Hut 8 Reports Bitcoin Mined in Q1 Declined 54% Due to Price Volatility
13.5.2020
On Monday, Hut 8 Mining reported that first-quarter revenue rose 5% to $9 million from $8.59 million a year ago after the amount of bitcoin (BTC) extracted plunged sharply. Quarter-on-quarter, revenue fell 14%. For the three months to March 31, 2020, the Canadian bitcoin firm said it mined 1,116...
Halving Sell-Off Temporary, BTC to Hit $20,000 by Year End, Says Billionaire Investor Novogratz
13.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) may not have pumped at the scale expected by many halving optimists, but Wall Street billionaire Michael Novogratz insists that the price will hit $20,000 by year-end. The Galaxy Digital founder and chief executive officer on Monday told CNBC that bitcoin’s surge was inevitable...