The Financial Stability Board (FSB) says government and regulators should closely monitor the emerging trend of BigTech companies entering the crypto payments and digital money transmission markets. BigTech Crypto Payments Pivot Could Disintermediate Banks In a report published on Sunday (December 8, 2019), the FSB called for greater monitoring of BigTech’s involvement in financial services....Read More
Bitcoin is heading towards the $100,000 mark, according to veteran commodity trader Peter Brandt, who shared his analysis in a new video clip. However, there is a scenario in which the oldest cryptocurrency turns bearish in the near-term. Bitcoin is at Crossroad Area According to Brandt, Bitcoin is still moving within its historic bull trend,...Read More
After many months of speculation as to the whereabouts of Dash ex-Senior Advisor, Moocowmoo, and the location of investors’ funds, it seems he’s finally come out of hiding. Investors Start Receiving Their Shares In a euphoric Reddit post, entitled “Developing story: More and more people reporting they are receiving their shares back,” Dash supporters come...Read More
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development once again published a new list of its crypto ranking index, pushing Bitcoin 2 spots higher than its last report. Bitcoin Back in China’s Top 10 China has just released a new CCID Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index. This is the 15th assessment index that’s been released...Read More
BTC has hovered between bullish and bearish attitudes. But one chart analyst sees a possible scenario, as the bitcoin price action in the past months recalls the rapid spike of BTC prices at the end of 2018. Bitcoin Price Resembles Last Stretch of 2018 BTC went through its biggest bear market in history in 2018,...Read More
According to recent documents, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes that the case against the serial Ponzi scammer, Renwick Haddow, has yet to be properly solved. The United States SEC does not appear to be satisfied with the New York Southern District Court judge’s decision regarding the case against Renwick Haddow. Judge...Read More
Regardless of crypto market price action, some countries have had a better 2019 than others. India has been on the back foot for most of it as the central bank and regulators procrastinated with the new technology and stifled further innovation. Indian Crypto Industry Stunted Increasing hostility from central banks is to be expected. Decentralized...Read More
The Korean government is preparing legal tools to tax capital gains from the sale of crypto assets. Specialized legislation to target digital asset deals is expected to arrive from the tax season for 2020. Korean Authorities Hope to Tax Crypto Capital Gains Until recently, Korea was one of the most active markets for crypto speculation....Read More
An art lover who paid $120,000 for an installation of an over-ripe banana duct-taped to a wall, had his investment eaten by a performance artist. One hopes that if he has that much money to ‘waste’ on what is now just a banana skin with some tape stuck to it, he’s already filled his bags with...Read More
The global luxury jewelry industry and the mining industry are exploring blockchain technology to improve efficiency, tracking of materials, and enhancing transparency. Most importantly, the aim of using blockchain technology includes protecting miners’ health and the environment. NYT: “Blockchain Is a Growing Niche Within the Global Jewelry Industry” The World Gold Council indicates that the...Read More
The Weiss Crypto Ratings chart saw EOS slide down the ranks. Weiss downgraded the project, pointing centralization as the chief reason. Weiss Moved EOS Down Straight to C- Weiss Ratings downgraded EOS from B to C-, despite the favorable estimations in the past. The chief reason was the influence of big token holders, which could...Read More
The past month has been a pretty challenging time for bitcoin HODLers, and cryptocurrency in general. There has been precious little to celebrate, save for the fact that prices could easily have gone lower still. So isn’t it about time we had some positive news? Luckily, who should pop up at just the perfect juncture,...Read More
The long-awaited Ethereum Istanbul hard fork will take place at 12 AM GMT on December 8. Once again, most ETH nodes are waiting until the last moment to upgrade. Ethereum Nodes Wait to Upgrade Until Last Moment Based on Ethernodes, the percentage of nodes that had not upgraded with the Istanbul version was pegged at...Read More
Ethereum client Parity released an urgent announcement, admitting that they forgot to include an EIP in the latest upgrade. Ethereum’s Biggest Client Forgets EIP Inclusion A recent announcement posted by one of Ethereum’s biggest clients, Parity, came as a surprise. The service admitted that it forgot to include an EIP (Ethereum Improvement Proposal) into their...Read More
Nvidia has urged a US judge to dismiss a case brought by investors who say it misled them over crypto mining revenues. The company claims that the plaintiffs had cherry-picked information and relied on analysts who were clearly speculating on its financials. Lack Of Transparency Over Crypto-Mining Demand The case was initially brought, back in December 2018,...Read More
Litecoin (LTC) has a limited potential, and will most probably fail to fulfill its promise of being silver to Bitcoin’s gold. Recent points made by entrepreneur and blogger Sylvain Saurel show that LTC has lost its momentum and is becoming irrelevant. Litecoin Rode on the Back of Bitcoin’s Rally Litecoin caught the price momentum at...Read More
Recent reports by the South Korean press warned that North Korea might be expanding its crypto social media monitoring. Yesterday’s report by NK Economy claims that North Korean firm Marine Chain is actively keeping an eye on leading names in the crypto and blockchain space This would not have mattered for most other companies, but...Read More
With worldwide politics in disarray, and even the weather seemingly conspiring against humanity… Is it time to take our Bitcoin stash and move into a remote bunker yet? Bitcoin Price: Finally On The Up Again? After several weeks of consolidation, it feels like bitcoin price may finally be heading upwards again… until the next dip, that...Read More
The Ethereum Foundation has delayed the testnet launch of the Istanbul update until the start of October. But some are raising concerns about one of the Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) which will break certain smart contracts. So should technology be backward compatible ad infinitum?… or is a little disruption necessary in the name of progress?...Read More
Bitcoin has most of its wealth creation still to go and could top a giant $1 trillion in market cap in just six years, new analysis claims. $1 Trillion Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Parabolic Trend Published last week, the forecast by Blockchain investment advisory resource, Byte Tree, suggests that even with conservative growth, Bitcoin will achieve...Read More
About $1 billion worth of Bitcoin was moved yesterday in a single transaction, sparking reactions on Twitter and other social media sites. TokenAnalyst went deeper and found that a significant share of sending addresses point to crypto exchange Huobi. 94,504 Bitcoin Reaches a Single Address On Thursday, Twitter user Whale Alert announced that 94,504 Bitcoin...Read More
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is afraid that digital currencies like Facebook’s Libra might impede the central bank’s capability to initiate and implement monetary policy. This is the conclusion of Thomas Jordan, chairman of SNB’s governing board. Libra Might Impair SNB’s Monetary Policy While the discussions around Libra tailed off, the SNB chairman found it...Read More
Some new cryptocurrency fundraising tools which should have “replaced” initial coin offerings (ICOs) have already failed and may never recover. STOs Have ‘Dropped Off The Map’ That was the conclusion of fresh research which studied cash injections in the cryptocurrency and Blockchain sphere for the month of August. Published by ICO research firm Inwara, the...Read More
The surprise announcement earlier this week that the top bitcoin exchange in Thailand was closing down sent shock waves through the Asian crypto community. BX was one of the most popular exchanges in the region and speculation is growing as to why the company made the snap decision to suddenly axe a clearly profitable venture....Read More
When Tron CEO, Justin Sun, postponed his $4.6 Million charity lunch with Warren Buffett, some believed it would never happen. However, Tron Communications Director, Cliff Edwards, has insisted that it will, in an interview with BlockTV. However, finding a suitable date for all parties is proving to be tricky. Finding A Window In Nine Busy Schedules...Read More
The charity arm of Malta-based crypto exchange heavyweight Binance is launching a fundraising campaign for Hurricane Dorian victims. Donations will be accepted in Bitcoin, Binance Coin, and XRP. The Fury of The Dorian As per latest reports coming in from the Washington Post, Hurricane Dorian has already made headway into the American states of North...Read More
Bitcoin has been trading around $10,500 for the last few days as price levels begin to form rising support. The question remains as to whether enough volume will enter Bitcoin in order for price levels to break up-wards through key resistance at $11,00o. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for XBT/USD, we can...Read More
The massive Bitcoin sell-off that sent prices below the $10,000 at the end of August wasn’t the result of manipulations, according to an ex post facto research by Coin Metrics. First Major Bitcoin Sells Spotted on Coinbase Large traders or institutional investors often manipulate the Bitcoin price, especially through fake volume or trading derivatives. The...Read More
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey says the world would be better served by an autonomous open-source currency like bitcoin rather than centralized projects owned by companies. No Chance of a ‘Twitter Cryptocurrency’ Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, the Twitter founder declared that he had no intention of creating a Twitter cryptocurrency. Commenting on the matter, Dorsey...Read More
XRP fans have started a satirical petition calling for Ripple to increase its ‘dumping’ of XRP. Mocking the language of Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, they urge Ripple to ‘Unleash the Utility!’. This follows a less ‘tongue-in-cheek’ petition earlier this week aimed at preventing Ripple dumping billions of XRP and crashing price. A Groundswell Of Cynicism Yesterday, a Twitter user...Read More
