The past 24 hours were somewhat positive for most financial markets, including the cryptocurrency field. While Bitcoin was on the rise and gained $300 intraday, the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones are up by nearly 2%. Nasdaq marked a new all-time high after an increase of 2.2% Crypto Market Goes Up Although Bitcoin...Read More
The sudden rise of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications in 2020 has rearranged the cryptocurrency landscape. In a little over two years, a combined sum of $2 billion has made its way into various DeFi protocols, while giving birth to the “yield mining” meme in the meantime. With this in mind, it perhaps shouldn’t be a...Read More
According to Charles Edwards, founder of crypto asset management firm, Capriole Investments, Bitcoin’s Energy value hit an all-time high. That’s not all. The cryptocurrency’s mining hash rate also posted fresh highs yesterday. Will Bitcoin (BTC) price follow next? Bitcoin’s ‘Intrinsic Value’ Is On the Way Up As per a tweet posted by Mr. Edwards, Bitcoin’s...Read More
Three blockchain projects have teamed up to develop a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) savings project that allows investors to earn high-interest yields on stablecoin deposits, according to a Monday release. Anchor Savings Protocol Dubbed Anchor, the savings protocol is a joint venture between interoperable, scalable blockchain network Cosmos, decentralized web 3.0 blockchain interoperability network Polkadot, and...Read More
Brazil’s CVM Says no to Binance Futures Trading: In a statement released on Monday, the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) — Brazil’s securities regulator — announced the ban on Binance crypto derivatives trading in the country. According to the CVM, Binance is not authorized to offer securities trading in Brazil. For the CVM, crypto derivatives constitute...Read More
Kraken’s London-based subsidiary, Crypto Facilities, has reportedly become the first firm to get a trading license from the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Kraken’s Crypto Facilities Becomes First in Europe With Trading License According to Financial News on Monday (July 6, 2020), the Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) license will enable the crypto futures...Read More
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) said that the $15.3 million that a Nigerian scammer stole from two Chicago-based firms might not be recovered because the funds were converted to Bitcoin. Alleged Nigerian Scammer Arrested, But He Apparently Doesn’t Reveal Bitcoin Keys Nigerian media reported that Olalekan Jacob Ponle, nicknamed Woodberry, organized large-scale business...Read More
Pascal Boyart, an artist from France who became popular in the cryptocurrency community through his paintings, has finished yet another mural. This one depicts the famous Red Jester but with a twist to reflect the current problems that riddle the global economy. “Contemplation of the Red Jester” The Bitcoin community’s favorite artist, Pascal Boyart, took...Read More
The popular cryptocurrency data analytics and trade execution service skew outlined an exciting comparison between current realized volatility levels and those before the crash to $3,200 back in November 2018. Bitcoin’s 10-Day Realized volatility at 20% According to information from skew, Bitcoin’s 10-day realized volatility is currently sitting at 20% – a figure that’s historically...Read More
A number of Chinese courts have reportedly used a designated blockchain-based technology to secure and monitor sealed properties. The so-called electronic door seals are now up for a trial in some of the country’s legal institutions, allowing surveillance, based on the novel technology. Electronic Seals To Keep Properties Safe A recent report announced that the...Read More
Bitcoin was trading in a tight range over the past range, but the last few hours were marked with notable volatility. The price tumbled to $8,893 on Binance, but it bounced back to $9,240, charting gains of about $350. This happened as futures for legacy market indices and stocks are also trading in the green...Read More
Development updates from the Litecoin camp have been pretty thin on the ground recently as DeFi has been taking the crypto limelight. The good news is that the project’s scaling and privacy protocol, Mimblewimble, is still on track. Lead developer David Burkett recently posted the project’s June progress update, which confirmed that it is still...Read More
Another popular figure in the cryptocurrency field has decided to take his chances with the 2020 US Presidential Elections. According to a press release, Pierce will be running as an Independent candidate for the elections that are to take place on November 3rd this year. Brock Pierce’s Presidential Race In a somewhat interesting turn of...Read More
Ravencoin is the latest altcoin project to suffer an inflation bug, after discovering an attack that saw rogue actors mint 315 million counterfeit RVN tokens. Ravencoin Suffers Inflation Bug The Ravecoin network announced the news of the attack via a Medium blog post on Thursday (July 2, 2020). According to the post, the CryptoScope team...Read More
In its most comprehensive report on cryptocurrencies to date, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) outlined that they have increased in popularity and ownership since 2018, with up to 2.6 million people on the island holding digital assets. The UK Watchdogs Advance On Crypto According to the report from the FCA published earlier this week,...Read More
The tentacles of the TRON ecosystem continue to extend their reach across the globe. The latest endeavor has seen TRON join forces with MeconCash, making TRX and JST exchangeable for Korean Won at cash points across the country. More than 13,000 ATMs will support the crypto-fiat swaps as TRON seeks to seal its status as...Read More
Bitcoin’s average monthly price has appreciated by almost 80 percent since March’s Black Thursday crash. But as per the latest data from CoinGecko, spot trading volumes have gone down by 28 percent quarter on quarter. Are BTC investors holding more than trading? Bitcoin Price is Up, While Trading Volumes are Down CoinGecko shared Part 1...Read More
Justin Sun appears keen to see Tron make a splash in the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) scene. Sun Eyes Tron-based DeFi Expansion Tweeting on Friday (July 3, 2020), the Tron CEO announced three new DeFi products, namely; JUST Lend, JUST Swap, and JUST BTC. According to Sun, the JUST (JST) token will serve as the...Read More
An anonymous Bitcoin prediction initially published on 4chan made the headlines for being accurate with the first two out of six price targets. Even though it failed with the next two targets and disappointed believers, the crypto community is still electrified by bullish predictions for 2020. An Anonymous Prediction Almost Did It Technical analysis and...Read More
Cardano (ADA) is currently among the best-performing token in the top-10 rankings by market capitalization amid the announcement of future token staking capability on Coinbase Custody. ADA Staking on Coinbase Custody Coming in Q4 2020 In a tweet published on Friday, Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK) — the Cardano parent company — announced a partnership...Read More
Blockchain utilization is continuously rising in various countries across the world, a recent report revealed. It outlined that US-based companies have been awarded the most substantial number of patents for blockchain endeavors, but the Chinese multinational giant Alibaba is the single entity to receive the most. Blockchain Patents Across The Map The report from the...Read More
A 52-year-old Singaporean man has been found guilty of promoting the infamous OneCoin cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme more than three years ago. Man to Pay $72,000 As Fine According to reports by local media The Straits Times, Fok Fook Seng, a middle-age Singaporean citizen, was convicted for engaging in marketing activities that link to OneCoin between...Read More
Kyber Network’s native token KNC has extended the aggressive rally that started to accelerate at the end of June. On Friday alone, the token has gained over 27% against the US dollar. The surge comes several days ahead of Kyber Network’s next protocol update planned for July 7. KNC Hits Highest Level in 2 Years...Read More
While Bitcoin remains rangebound, to an extent, last week had some very exciting trading days. Towards the beginning of the week, BTC was trading at around $9,200 until last Saturday when it suddenly dropped and touched a low of $8,833, which remains the lowest point for the week. From there, BTC recovered and even made...Read More
Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem. DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in Crypto The recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the...Read More
The trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) has gone past the $5 billion milestone in the first six months of 2020, which is a significant increase from the 2019 performance. June 2020 Sets DEX Trading Volume ATH In a tweet on Wednesday, Dune Analytics informed that the DEX trading volume for the first half of...Read More
Bitcoin broke past its stagnant price trend dropping to sub-$9000 levels a few hours ago. But all is well as a V-shaped recovery quickly followed the fall, and Bitcoin’s realized cap hit a record of $107 billion today. BTC’s Realized Cap Clocks New High, Tops $107 Billion As per data from Glassnode alerts, the company’s...Read More
A year after the famous Hollywood actor William Shatner tweeted that Elon Musk and Vitalik Buterin were deciding what to build on Ethereum, the Tesla CEO refuted the rumor but said that he had nothing against the network. Musk: Not Building On Ethereum The Canadian actor, arguably most well-known for his role as Captain Kirk...Read More
After failing to reclaim the $9,300 mark yesterday, Bitcoin’s price went on a negative spiral down to $8,950 on some exchanges. As it typically happens, most alternative coins followed the adverse move and have charted losses in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin Dips Below $9k As reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency made an indecisive attempt...Read More
A Fifth Circuit panel of three judges ruled against Richard Gratkowski’s appeal that Fourth Amendment rights should protect Bitcoin data. The panel ruled that the FBI agents who subpoenaed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to track Gratkowski’s payments to a child pornography website acted according to the law. 4th Amendment Doesn’t Hinder US Law Enforcement to Track...Read More
