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Facebook’s Libra Has Changed. But It Still Might Be a Win for Bitcoin
25.4.2020
Facebook’s Libra has changed. Having been roundly criticized after its unveiling in June 2019, it has now updated its white paper in a bid to placate regulators and governments.
Most notably, the new look Libra gets rid of any intention to move to a permissionless ledger. It also introduces a range...
Bitcoin to the Rescue as Ron Paul Says US Fed ‘Fake Economy Has Burst’
25.4.2020
Sound money is needed now, says Ron Paul as charts compare the Dow Jones to its position in early 1930
Sergei Polunin Embraces the Future of Dance by Collaborating With Sensorium Galaxy in the Brave New World of 3d Social Virtual Reality
25.4.2020
Sensorium Galaxy Is Rapidly Expanding 24 April 2020, Los Angeles: Sensorium Galaxy, the leading global virtual reality media platform has struck up a partnership with the Sergei Polunin Charity Foundation for the galaxy’s new Planet of Motion. The Sergei Polunin Charity Foundation for the Support...
Coinbase Launches Price Feed to Help Secure $1 Billion DeFi Economy
25.4.2020
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has released a price oracle that allows anyone to publish price data on-chain. The Coinbase Oracle, a signed price feed, grants users free access to data for BTC-USD and ETH-USD markets, the company announced Thursday. The idea is to make decentralized finance more...
“The title ‘Front-End Developer’ is obsolete.”
24.4.2020
That title is from the opening tweet of a thread from Benjamin De Cock. I wouldn’t go that far, myself. What I like about the term is that ‘Front-End’ literally means the browser, and while the job has been changing quite a lot — and is perhaps fracturing before our eyes — the fact that...
Coronavirus Has Put Bitcoin’s Safe Haven Narrative to the Test
24.4.2020
Bitcoin’s price crashed on March 12, which seemingly invalidated the safe haven hypothesis. But reality is far more complex than that
Bitcoin Has Now 100% Recovered From $3.7K Lows, Decoupling From Stocks
24.4.2020
Bitcoin stays higher after its surprise surge, extending its decoupling from traditional markets
Bitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTC
24.4.2020
The number of bitcoin email scams has been growing in 2020 and the authorities in several countries have warned of new blackmail tactics used in threatening email scams asking for bitcoin. As the world scrambles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, email scams are taking...
Liquidity Crisis: The Fed Is Sending Billions of Emergency Dollars to USD-Dependent Nations
24.4.2020
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created trillions of dollars in order to keep the central bank’s private partners’ liquidity strong during the economic downturn. These moves have caused a number of sound money advocates and economists to explain...
General Bytes ATM Developers Add Two-Way Support for Bitcoin Cash-Based SLP Tokens
23.4.2020
The Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) has been extremely popular among Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocates and the SLP token universe has grown quite large. SLP tokens have seen a myriad of applications built around them and a slew of unique tokens have gained real-world value after being listed on exchanges....
EOS Lacks Steady Traction Yet Has Spiked Above $2.6
23.4.2020
EOS, at the time of penning down this analysis, was trading at $2.61 after having a gradual spike in the price before the closing, yesterday The price trend of EOS/USD is hitting through the upper 20-day Bollinger Band, exhibiting a bullish intraday momentum The coin has retained immediate support...
Facebook Buys Stake in Reliance Jio — How the Deal Affects Cryptocurrency in India
23.4.2020
Facebook is buying a stake in Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator. The deal has boosted Reliance Industries’ share price and is welcomed by the Indian cryptocurrency community. Besides Facebook’s investment into Reliance Jio, Whatsapp has also entered into a partnership...
Case Study: CoinMarketCap Powers Nexo in Customer Acquisition
22.4.2020
Since its inception in 2013, CoinMarketCap has become the world’s most used price-tracking source for retail users when comparing thousandsContinue Reading
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Consensys Cuts Hundreds of Jobs This Year – About 25% of Its Staff Slashed
22.4.2020
Ethereum-based company Consensys has cut hundreds of jobs since January. In its latest action, the US-based blockchain development team confirmed it will slash more than 90 jobs – or 14% of its workforce – citing the global impact of Covid-19. The decision comes after a virtual town...
Federal Reserve Index: The US Is Already in Recession
21.4.2020
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s monthly index has plunged, suggesting that the U.S. has entered a recession. The index is designed to gauge the overall U.S. economic activity and inflationary pressure. It is a weighted average of 85 monthly indicators. Fed Index Suggests the US Already...
Coinmama Appoints Unicorn IronSource GM Sagi Bakshi as CEO
21.4.2020
Unicorn startup IronSource’s general manager, Sagi Bakshi, has joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinmama as CEO, saying he believes that the future of money is Bitcoin. Since 2013, Coinmama has been at the forefront of the financial revolution, working to simplify the way the world does crypto....
Drupal to Jamstack
21.4.2020
I’ve been harping for a while that Jamstack doesn’t necessarily mean throwing away your old CMS. In fact, I’d argue that Jamstack is at it’s most powerful when paired with a system that you already know, are comfortable with, and perhaps even like. You’d call that...
After Pundits Predicted Bitcoin’s Death for 11 Years, Barrels of Crude Oil Trade Below Zero
21.4.2020
Global markets had a historical day on Monday, as the price of oil dropped below zero and closed the day at -$36 per barrel of crude. The oil crash below zero has never happened in anyone’s lifetime and economists worldwide are uncertain about the future of the world’s financial system...
CFTC Approves New Cryptocurrency Derivatives Platform — Bitnomial to Offer Regulated Bitcoin Futures
21.4.2020
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has approved a new bitcoin derivatives trading platform. Bitnomial Exchange will list margined and physically delivered bitcoin futures and options. Besides Bitnomial, the CFTC has only approved a handful of other platforms to offer bitcoin...
Bitnomial Has New Permission To Trade BTC Derivatives
21.4.2020
Bitnomial joins the likes of CME and Bakkt to legally trade BTC derivatives