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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for Highest Jump in Nine Months
12.6.2020
If everything goes as estimated, miners are about to experience the rise in Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty not seen since September last year, as more mining machines are back to work, increasing security of the network.
The next Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is expected to happen...
This Week in Crypto: A Data Perspective
10.6.2020
Powered by It’s been almost a month since the anticipated Bitcoin halving occurred, even if it feels like months goContinue Reading
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Data Shows Bitcoin Options Markets Are Maturing Much Faster Than Futures
10.6.2020
Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting...
DeFi Capitalization Doubles In Two Months; Up To 1K New Users Per Day
9.6.2020
The total market capitalization for decentralized finance (DeFi) products, total value locked in DeFi, and staking-ready Ethereum (ETH) wallets - are all seeing their numbers grow. At the same, the number of new users coming to DeFi might be up to 1,000 a day.
We’re "still very early...
DeFi Usage to Accelerate in Next 24 Months - Investor
6.6.2020
As the technical infrastructure underpinning decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to improve, this sector is likely to take its share from centralized lending and trading venues, according to Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at crypto investment firm Multicoin Capital. However, great challenges...
Why $8.1K Will Be a Key Level for Bitcoin Price for the Next 6 Months
5.6.2020
Bitcoin may not break $10,000 for some time as several metrics point to possible pullbacks to under $9,000
$1.4B in Crypto Stolen in First Five Months of 2020, Says CipherTrace
2.6.2020
Researchers say 2020 is on track to become a record-breaking year for cryptocurrency-related thefts, hacks and fraud
BitMEX Sees Biggest Short Squeeze in 8 Months After Bitcoin Surge
2.6.2020
A big short squeeze has taken bitcoin passed a major psychological hurdle – some think its the start of a breakout
First Mover: 0x’s ZRX Token Surged 67% in May to Become Month’s Top Performer
1.6.2020
0x's ZRX token was May’s best performing crypto asset, beating bitcoin by a big margin
Bitwage and Gemini Partner to Launch Bitcoin-Based Retirement Plan for Employees
27.5.2020
Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage has announced the launch of a Bitcoin 401 (k) plan, allowing companies to give their employees a BTC-based retirement plan. In a press statement, Bitwage, which claims to have tested the product on its own employees for 10 months, said workers now have...
Bull Run Imminent? Hodl Waves Chart Shows 60% of Bitcoin Hasn’t Moved in a Year
27.5.2020
According to the creator of the analytical bitcoin data web portal, Look Into Bitcoin, a chart often referred to as ‘Hodl Waves’ shows a bull run could be imminent. The web portal’s analyst Phillip Swift recently tweeted that 60% of all the bitcoin in circulation hasn’t...
Bitcoin ‘Hodl Wave’ Data Has Now Been Calling a Bull Run for 5 Months
27.5.2020
Hodl waves show that over 60% of the supply has not moved for a year or more, something which historically has signaled price upside
This Is Not Capitalism: How Covid-19 Shined a Light on America’s Fascist System
25.5.2020
In the last few months, giant American corporations and financial incumbents that are subsidized by the U.S. government, have profited immensely during the coronavirus outbreak. This has caused certain groups of people and those who despise wealth to claim that “capitalism is broken.”...
Exposure to -1x the Daily Performance: Bitcoin.com Exchange Adds Inverse Token BTCSHORT
20.5.2020
During the last few months, Bitcoin.com’s cryptocurrency exchange has added a number of new coins and features. Today, Bitcoin.com Exchange has added an Ethereum-based inverse token called “BTCSHORT,” a token that gives users exposure to the inverse or -1x the daily performance...
Grayscale Buys 33% of All Bitcoin Mined in Last Three Months
19.5.2020
Grayscale Investments bought up to 33% of all newly minted bitcoin over the last three months, as the asset manager continues to stockpile major cryptocurrencies. The investment fund added 60,762 BTC to its Bitcoin Trust Fund between February 7 and May 17, a researcher posted on Reddit....
Bitcoin.com’s Mining Video Censored: The Tale of Youtube’s Blatant Censorship and Propaganda
18.5.2020
During the last few years, the Google-owned Youtube platform has been accused of massive censorship and in the last three months, the video streaming business resembles the Ministry of Propaganda, more than an online video-sharing platform. This week Bitcoin.com was also censored for sharing...
18 Months In, Few People Use, Mine or Buy Privacy Coin Grin
18.5.2020
Despite launching with considerable fanfare in early 2019, grin, the first cryptocurrency to test privacy protocol MimbleWimble, is showing no signs of life
P2P Bitcoin Trade Volumes and Inflation in Latin America Are on the Rise
16.5.2020
During the last two months since the March 12 crypto market rout, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ demand for cryptocurrencies seems to be on the rise in certain regions in Latin America. Various reports published this week have noted that countries like Colombia, Venezuela...
Fund Manager Got NY BitLicense 11 Months After Hiring Its Architect
13.5.2020
Benjamin Lawsky, the former regulator who created New York’s BitLicense in 2015, joined a bitcoin fund manager nearly a year before it applied for, and received, the license
Bitcoin Price Chart Fractal Seen in 2019 Hints at $14K Within Months
13.5.2020
Bitcoin rose from $5,000s to $14,000 in 62 days in mid-2019: BTC is now showing an eerily similar trend