To date, blockchain technology has found its use in small scale elections in the US, but the Associated Press (AP) news agency’s current use of blockchain to publish the US presidential election results, makes this the first time the technology is being used for a much larger election. So far, AP has been publishing the...Read More
Despite trading above $13000, Bitcoin is not over-leveraged. The overall positioning mix is largely the same as July 2020. This comes as a surprise, as the price has gained 20% in this duration and the sentiment was anticipated to change based on Markets Science’s latest report. The sentiment is similar to July based on the...Read More
Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy which had earlier invested $425 million of its treasury funds into bitcoin, in August and September, was lauded for supposedly driving mainstream BTC adoption at that time. However in an interview today macroeconomist and co-founder & CEO of Real Vision, Raoul Pal said that MicroStrategy was not going to drive corporate...Read More
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), advisor wants countries like Kenya to adopt blockchain technology which would then make it easier for the nation to trace government corruption and other economic crimes. UNODC’s regional anti-corruption advisor, David Robinson, believed that online trust was necessary while building confidence in governments and preventing fraud and...Read More
With the spooky month coming to an ending, the spookiest thing you can expect is Ethereum outperforming bitcoin. Well, Ethereum outperforming bitcoin isn’t spooky per se, but there are other aspects to this that suggest otherwise. Outperformance here is comprised of solid price data and then the sentiment around each coin. Bitcoin v. Ethereum Price...Read More
David Roche, the President and global strategist at Independent Strategy, a research group that advises governments, and influential financial institutions believes that the Chinese yuan has “a long way” in being able to achieve the US dollar’s status as a reserve currency. The financial executive believed that even if China’s central bank digital currency, the...Read More
Andre Cronje has gained a lot of attention for his work with yearn.finance [YFI], but with the Eminence fiasco, the stock value took a hit. However, the newly launched KP3R token has once again caused much excitement and could be a refreshing take on existing DeFi tokens. Keeping up with its expanding DeFi list, Binance...Read More
Glassnode’s report points out that the bitcoin network’s health and liquidity have both reduced since last week, however, the sentiment remains the same. This is an interesting development that is one-sided, ie., only happens during price ascent. Let’s address why this is the case with the sentiment in this article. Sentiment Source: Glassnode Sentiment is...Read More
Cryptocurrencies will now come under fresh regulations in Hong Kong as its Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) proposes to ban retail investors from trading in cryptocurrencies. The new rules also aim to force crypto exchanges in Hong Kong to obtain licenses. During the Hong Kong Fintech Week event on Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer of the...Read More
Axion Network’s AXN token’s price has crashed by 100% just hours after AXN token went live today on 2 November, and, according to its Telegram channel, Axion Network’s COO claimed this price crash was due to a minting exploit in the contract with regards to staking: Image Source: Telegram The message from Axion Network team...Read More
Acknowledging that he called the launch of the ETH 2.0 deposit contract ‘a touch early,’ ConsenSys’s Ben Edgington has now shared the latest developments regarding Phase 0, the Medalla testnet, and other important client updates. As Danny Ryan recently explained, deployment of the deposit contract had been pushed back slightly to allow the audit of...Read More
A few days ago, Bitcoin ended the month of October by closing above $13,700. This was big news since this was the highest monthly close since the historic bull run back in 2017-18. A high close at a time when Bitcoin is not massively leveraged and when exchange reserves are still low points to the...Read More
Centre for Science and Security Studies, which is the research wing at King’s College London published a report on 2 November that outlined attributes of blockchain technology and how it could enhance trust between nations fighting to dismantle nuclear warheads, “in a safe” and “reliable” way. According to the arguments set forth in the report,...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price rallying above $13,700, the Bitcoin market has captivated all institutional investors, more than it did in 2017. Institutional money is pouring into Bitcoin and it can be argued that the present stage of the price rally is like an institutional macro stage. Bitcoin’s spot and derivatives markets have differentiated themselves from other...Read More
Governor of central bank of China, Yi Gang, today revealed that in its CBDC pilot program, the digital yuan has been used in over four million transactions totaling to more than 2 billion yuan (about $299 million) to date. During the Hong Kong Fintech Week conference on 2 November, the Governor of People’s Bank of...Read More
Remember that altcoin, the one you thought was going to be big and make you tons of profit? The one whose bag you bought and perhaps, are holding to this day? Yes, this article is about those altcoins that you thought were gonna get big, perhaps even becoming the next Bitcoin. Alas, most of these...Read More
2020 has been a curious year for the crypto-market. While Bitcoin’s halving and its price performance grabbed most of the attention, DeFi wasn’t too far behind either. For weeks, most DeFi projects did exponentially well. However, this wasn’t to last as over the last two months, the sector quickly fell back to earth. In light...Read More
Klaytn, a blockchain project backed by South Korean Internet giant, Kakao, has announced that Maker Foundation, the organization bootstrapping the Ethereum-based MakerDAO project, has joined the Governance Council of the Klaytn public blockchain. We are excited to announce that #MakerDAO which generates stablecoin, #Dai is joining the #Klaytn Governance Council. Please check out the blog...Read More
A common belief that has been doing the rounds lately is that Bitcoin’s recent price behavior is a replica of its historic 2017 bull run. That’s all well and good, but what most people forget is that back in 2017, there were stories equating the 2017 bull run to 2013’s. #bitcoin is creeping up people!!!I...Read More
Ever wondered what the classic bottleneck is? In the crypto-market, when Bitcoin’s price crosses a long-known resistance and the price rallies, CT is filled with bullish sentiment, bullish tweets, and bullish rants even. However, where is the entire picture? A trader’s perspective is a 360-degree one. That, alas, is often lost around the noise that...Read More
Until a few months ago, DeFi was quite the rage across the ecosystem. Of late, however, the space seems to have lost some steam, with many projects failing to sustain the early gains it made. Understandably, many in the community have since become more skeptical and cautious about the space. CEO of Three Arrows Capital...Read More
According to a disclosure by Yearn Finance, a flash loan attack vector was discovered by a security researcher recently, before being resolved by Yearn’s security team. A potential vulnerability was mitigated around 1.5 hours after being reported by Wen-Ding Li through Yearn’s security vulnerability disclosure process on 29 October 2020. It was also revealed that...Read More
The crypto market has seen an uptick in Institutional Investment of late and following the announcement of these large purchases by more firms, the market has rallied as anticipated. There is much speculation as to which firm will be the next to buy Bitcoin, but the real question is how many institutions are now accumulating...Read More
Bitcoin’s recent move above $13.5k has flipped the “Bitcoin Gold Narrative”. From Bitcoin as a store of value, the narrative has moved to Bitcoin as a safe haven. The primary reason why gold is the preferred alternative investment globally is it has been around for a few thousand years and it helps investors in reducing...Read More
For BitMEX, it hasn’t been the best of years from a popularity perspective. First, it faced massive criticism during the March 13th crash, when traders lost money due to an alleged DDOS attack, and recently Arthur Hayes, CEO of the exchange faced charges over violation of anti-money laundering policies. It hasn’t been smooth sailing and...Read More
When should you buy Bitcoin? The default answer to that should be every day, irrespective of the price, as the simple dollar-cost average (DCA) strategy goes. But, lets be honest, nobody really does that? Why? Because its too simple. Instead, people look at a host of different technical, on-chain and macro-economic indicators. Bitcoin, due to...Read More
Orbit, a new commercialized renewable energy company, announced that it will use the Ethereum blockchain to allow everyday people to get involved in buying and selling solar power. According to reports, special ORBT tokens will be distributed and used to make these purchases and sales. Given the fact that the transactions will take place utilizing...Read More
Bitcoin fees are soaring again, reaching a level of $12.71 as of yesterday. The recent spike in fees has been particularly steep over the past few days, with the current level reflecting a 540.3% increase. Source: Ycharts Average fees can spike when there is congestion in the network, which currently seems to be the case. Unconfirmed...Read More
New York-based telecommunications company Verizon has announced the launch of a blockchain-based, “open-source newsroom product designed to raise the bar for corporate accountability,” according to its report released. Verizon’s new initiative, dubbed the ‘Full Transparency,’ platform is meant to immutably document the company’s own news releases and provide a record of changes to communications on...Read More
Airport officials at Lamezia Terme International located in the southwest region of Calabria caught a 41-year-old technician from Italy for illegally mining Ethereum (ETH) according to a report published. The ETH miner who was in charge of managing computer systems at Lamezia was employed by Sacal SpA, the company that is responsible for maintaining the...Read More
