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Bankers Start to Recognize Bitcoin’s Role in Financial Evolution
29.9.2019
Digitization, disruption, blockchain, and frictionless payments. It’s amazing how prominent figures from the financial elite can provide a pretty detailed description of decentralized money without uttering “bitcoin” or “crypto.” But the fact of the matter is that...
How Leverage Can Help With Bitcoin’s Price Discovery
28.9.2019
Leveraged and margin trading can help boost demand for an asset, increasing liquidity within a given market
Hidden Lightning Network Bug Allowed Spending of ‘Fake’ Bitcoins
28.9.2019
A bug discovered in the Lightning Network in June, which allowed lightning bitcoins not backed by actual bitcoins to be spent, has officially been addressed in a new dev full disclosure report released on Friday. The problem has reportedly been remedied, but the security oversight casts doubts...
Bitcoin’s LN Developer Discloses the Network’s Vulnerability
28.9.2019
BTC’s Lightning Network developer Rusty Russel discloses the network’s vulnerability
Glassnode Co-Founder Says On-Chain Data Can Spot Bitcoin’s Tops and Bottoms
28.9.2019
Glassnode CEO Rafael Schultze-Kraft explains how on-chain data from blockchains can help crypto traders make much better trades
A Dangerous Bug in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Has Been Fixed
27.9.2019
Bitcoin developer Rusty Russell disclosed Friday the lightning network vulnerability that forced software upgrades in July
Repo Market Meltdown Shows Bitcoin’s ‘Systemic’ Stability: Caitlin Long
26.9.2019
Bitcoin is systemically more stable than traditional finance, argues Wyoming Blockchain Coalition president Caitlin Long in the wake of the recent repo market unrest
Despite Lower Prices, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Strong
26.9.2019
People watching cryptocurrency markets have been patiently waiting for prices to rise and the overall sentiment to change. However, one thing that’s been extremely bullish these days is how BTC’s hashrate has doubled in the last three months. Even with today’s sluggish crypto...
Bitcoin’s Network Hashrate Plunges To 40% Flash Crash
25.9.2019
A piece of shocking news was observed in the industry after Bitcoin’s network Hash rate was dipped to record low at 57,700,000 TH/S from 98,000,000 TH/S. Within 14 hours, Hashrate dipped sharply to half of its previous value, which indicates that almost half of the security has been removed, which...
Bakkt, Technicals or Trump? 3 Theories on Bitcoin’s Sudden 13% Drop
25.9.2019
As of press time, Bitcoin is circling the $8,400 mark — signaling a hefty 17% loss on the week
Bitcoin’s Price Slides $1,000 in 30 Minutes After Margin Calls at Bitmex
25.9.2019
Bitcoin tumbled 9 percent in a half-hour Tuesday, sending prices to the lowest in three months, following margin calls at Bitmex
Bitcoin’s Price Flash Crashes $1,500 in 24 hours, Is $7,500 next?
24.9.2019
BTC is flash crashing hard, down $1,500 in less than a day
Bitcoin’s Downtrend Continues; Falls Below $10,000 Overnight
23.9.2019
Bitcoin goes below 10,000 USD in the last 24 hours. The next support for BTC may come at 9870 USD. Bitcoin (BTC) has been hit by the current slowdown of the whole crypto market and it halted all attempts of recovery from the last week’s fall. In the last 24 hours, the value has gone...
Bakkt Regulated Bitcoin Futures Now Live on Major Exchange
23.9.2019
Trading is now live for Bakkt’s regulated, physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures, with the first trade executed at 8:02 pm ET on Sunday. Customers’ bitcoins are stored in the Bakkt Warehouse, a qualified custodian, regulated by the New York State Department of Financial...
The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test
22.9.2019
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of the lightning network, saying it's "as secure as bitcoin."
How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model
21.9.2019
Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying...
Bitcoin’s Dominance Drops as BTC Price Briefly Dips Below $10K
21.9.2019
Bitcoin’s dominance continues to slip as the major cryptocurrency briefly drops below $10K
Bitcoin History Part 17: That Time Mt. Gox Destroyed 2,609 BTC
21.9.2019
Technically speaking, it’s impossible to destroy bitcoins. But it is possible to send coins to an unspendable address, rendering them redundant to all intents and purposes. In October 2011, that’s exactly what Mark Karpeles did when he consigned 2,609 BTC to eternal oblivion due to...
Bitcoin’s $780 Price Recovery Makes Friday’s Close Pivotal
20.9.2019
Bitcoin’s recovery from an 18-day low has neutralized the bearish setup, but a strong follow-through is needed to put the bulls back in charge
Tiny Block Advocates Speak Up After Veriblock ‘Abuses’ Bitcoin’s Block Size
19.9.2019
The BTC community recently celebrated the fact that Segregated Witness (Segwit) transactions accounted for 50% of transactions and bech32 transactions doubled as well. However, the celebration quickly came to an end when a few Bitcoin Core developers found out where the transactions derived from...