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Responsive web design turns ten.

27.5.2020
Ethan on the thinking and research that inspired the term: Around that time, my partner Elizabeth visited the High Line in New York City shortly after it opened. When she got back, she told me about these wheeled lounge chairs she saw in one section, and how people...

Bitcoin Risks Turning Bearish Due to Declining Market Health, Says Glassnode

27.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) risks sliding back into bearish territory should onchain activity and overall market health continue to decline, warns analytics firm Glassnode. The latest market update from Glassnode shows that the GNI index, which measures the overall state of the Bitcoin network, dropped 18% or...

South Africa Leads Crypto Revolution in Africa – Challenges Spur and Slow Adoption

22.5.2020
Africans rank atop global cryptocurrency ownership rates, according to a new report by Arcade Research. South Africa ranks third globally with 13% of its internet users owning or using cryptocurrencies, while 11% of connected Nigerians own cryptocurrencies in the fifth-placed populous West African...

Bitcoin Futures, Options, and Open Interest: Crypto Derivatives Break Records After the Halving

22.5.2020
Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later,...

Bitcoin Use on Darknet Markets Jumps 65% to Over $400 Million in First Quarter

21.5.2020
Bitcoin transactions on darknet markets jumped 65% in value during the first quarter to $411 million, according to research by a blockchain analytics firm. The amount of bitcoin sent from darknet entities to mixers also grew rapidly as exchanges with verification requirements became less popular...

Retail Investors Branch to Altcoins: ‘60% of Coinbase Customers Start With Bitcoin, Only 24% Stick Exclusively’

20.5.2020
On May 13, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase published a report that shows digital currency investors are investing in alternative cryptocurrencies despite bitcoin’s 67% market dominance. Data from Coinbase shows that customers with at least five crypto purchases...

Covid-19 Economy Fuels Faith in Crypto: Trust In Bitcoin Over Banks Increased 3X Since 2017

19.5.2020
The market research organization, The Tokenist, recently published a report called “Comparing Public Bitcoin Adoption Rates in 2020 vs 2017.” The study’s findings give a comprehensive look at the cryptocurrency ecosystem between 2017 and now. The researchers’ survey shows...

EU Supercomputers Hijacked From COVID-19 Research to Mine Cryptocurrency

19.5.2020
A number of supercomputers programmed to search for a vaccine for the coronavirus were remotely hijacked last week using stolen credentials

S2F Hopium: Report and Twitter Critics Find Flaws With Bitcoin’s Stock-to-Flow Ratio

17.5.2020
In mid-April, news.Bitcoin.com researched the popular stock-to-flow (S2F), which shows the price of a single bitcoin reaching $55K and even six figures. At the time, analysts questioned measuring bitcoin’s price in this manner and more recently, a few others have been criticizing the method...

Cryptocurrency News From Japan: May 10 - May 16 in Review

16.5.2020
SBI Holdings started a joint venture fund with Redstone Digital, BitFlyer exchange aired a commercial, and more headlined news from Japan this past week

Cointelegraph Research: Demand for Bitcoin Grows After Halving

16.5.2020
Upticks in Bitcoin ATMs, transaction volume, and women in crypto all point positive for Bitcoin

Enterprise Blockchain Market Will Hit $21.07 Billion By 2025, Says Fortune Business Insights

14.5.2020
New research claims that the enterprise blockchain market will continue to rise to $21.07 billion by 2025

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....

Study: Communication and Education Are Key To Building Trust in Crypto

12.5.2020
A study revealed that three out of four people surveyed among two million respondents are not familiar with cryptos and blockchain technology

Vietnam Govt to Launch Crypto Research Group to Evaluate Policy

11.5.2020
Vietnam finance ministry has established a research group to develop and scrutinize digital currency-related policy proposals

Blockchain Jobs Are the Highest Paying Tech Roles in the UK

9.5.2020
A new study reveals that blockchain offers the best salaries in the UK’s technology industry

3 Reports Look at North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Iran’s Farhad Exchange, and the Crypto Ponzi Futurenet

7.5.2020
On May 4, 2020, the blockchain surveillance firm Chainalysis published a three-part series covering a crypto Ponzi scheme, North Korea, and Iran’s use of digital currencies like bitcoin. The company’s research papers discuss the Poland-based crypto Ponzi called Futurenet, a hosting...