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OCC’s Brian Brooks Says China Owns Bitcoin but Crypto World Disagrees: Chinese Crackdown Pushes Miners Away
Bitcoiners on social media have panned remarks by acting U.S. currency comptroller Brian Brooks that bitcoin is owned by China due to the...
Quppy Users Are Offered a Referral Program
PRESS RELEASE. Quppy services can now be referred for an attractive direct cashback. The Quppy digital financial solution is launching its...
Crypto Security Firm Fireblocks Raises $30 Million in Series B Funding, Targets Global Expansion
Crypto security firm Fireblocks said Wednesday that it has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round. The money will be used to hire...
Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Pliego Invests 10% of Liquid Portfolio in Bitcoin- Says the Crypto Shields Against Wealth Expropriation
Mexico’s second-richest person Ricardo Salinas Pliego confirms that 10% of his liquid portfolio is invested in bitcoin. The...
‘Control the Pandemic’ – Fed Chair Jerome Powell Predicts the Entry of a ‘Different Economy’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told participants at the Bay Area Council Business Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Tuesday that the...
Ray Dalio Admits He May Be Wrong About Bitcoin But Still Concerned of Government Ban
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio has admitted that he may be wrong about bitcoin after stating that governments will ban the...
US Senator Cynthia Lummis to Ensure Congress Understands Bitcoin Is a ‘Great Store of Value’
Bitcoiner Cynthia Lummis has been elected to the U.S. Senate. She has revealed that one of her priorities is to explain to her colleagues...
Grayscale Surpasses $10 Billion in Crypto Under Management With Over 500,000 BTC in Bitcoin Trust
Grayscale Investments has surpassed $10 billion in cryptocurrency assets under management. About $8.85 billion are held in the Grayscale...
Curate, Next Generation Yield Farming
PRESS RELEASE. Curate decentralized platform has set the goal of maximizing the DeFi potential. The main task is to create a complete...
Yearn.finance surges to $25,000
YFI’s price surged by more than 20% as DeFi bulls looked to bounce right after Bitcoin soared to $18,000 DeFi token yearn.finance...
Bitcoin Touches $18K, Crypto Asset Looks to Smash All-Time High, ETH Price Could Spike 20x
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, the price of bitcoin has been coasting along at levels not seen since the decentralized currency’s...
Origin Defi Protocol Suffers Massive Flash Loan Attack- OUSD Stablecoin Value Plunges 85%
The OUSD stablecoin issuer, Origin Protocol is the latest Defi protocol to fall victim to a flash loan attack. The attack, which occurred...
Bitfinex, a Pioneering Tier-1 Exchange, Lists XinFin Network’s Native XDC Token
PRESS RELEASE. After Indodax, Alpahex.net and Bitrue, XinFin Digital Contract ($XDC) tokens—the fuel of XinFin’s...
Bitcoin Unlimited Hosts Week-Long Hackathon to Bolster the Future of Finance
On December 2, 2020, the organization and full node project Bitcoin Unlimited is hosting a week-long hackathon that aims to build the...
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital to Launch Bitcoin Fund in Canada
Galaxy Digital, the crypto investment management firm founded by bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz, has revealed plans to launch a bitcoin fund...
Bitcoin Evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos Plans to Testify in Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit
On Monday evening November 16, the popular bitcoin evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos tweeted about his upcoming role in the high-profile...
Voyage through the DeFi universe: asset tokenization
If you look at the DeFi ecosystem through a wider lens, you can see that decentralized finance projects are working and developing in...
Game of Thrones Star Maisie Williams Wants to Know if She Should Buy Bitcoin
Game of Thrones and The New Mutants actress Maisie Williams has started a poll on Twitter seeking opinions on whether she should invest in...
Poloniex Lists SENSO As Sensorium Galaxy’s Partnership Spree With World-Class Artists Accelerates
With COVID-19 cases on the rise and the world’s top economies re-considering strict lockdown measures, cryptocurrency exchange...
Bitcoin Touches $17K Price Zone, BTC Dominance Levels High, Altcoins Still Way Behind
On November 17, the price of bitcoin touched another 2020 all-time high (ATH) when the crypto asset surpassed the $17k price zone on...
Bitcoin Ascends in New Crypto Ranking by State-Backed Chinese Institute
China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID), under the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information...
Defi Protocol That Bragged About Having Flash Loan Attack Prevention Hacked for $6 Million
A decentralized finance (defi) protocol that bragged about having flash loan attack prevention has been exploited for $6 million in DAI,...
Ethereum to surge to $530 if bulls break above parallel channel
If Ethereum bulls clear resistance near $485, the next barrier will be around $530 Ethereum (ETH) price is up by about 4.5% in the past 24...
Litecoin sees massive 15% spike
LTC price could hit $85 if bulls repeat the +15% rally managed in the past 24 hours Litecoin (LTC) has hit a new year to date high of...
Bitcoin.com Announces Partnership With Luxury Watchmaker Franck Muller
PRESS RELEASE. Saint Kitts, November 17, 2020— Bitcoin.com, the go-to web portal for everything bitcoin, announced the launch of a...
Scaramucci’s Billion-Dollar Mega Hedge Fund Skybridge ‘May Hold Positions’ in Bitcoin
In a filing registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the giant global investment firm Skybridge Capital...
US Banks Face a Massive Commercial Real Estate Crisis Looming on the Horizon
Financial incumbents may face a harsh reality soon, as a commercial real estate crisis has threatened the profits from America’s...
Nigerian Authorities Put Mastermind of the Inksnation Crypto Scam on Wanted List
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is seeking the public’s help in locating Omotade Sparks Amos Sewanu,...
Big Tech Execs and Bitcoin: Skype Cofounder Keeps Personal Wealth in Crypto, Intercom Chairman ‘Firmly Jumps on the Bitcoin Wagon’
This week two well known tech executives revealed they have been dabbling in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In a recent interview,...
Citibank Executive Says Bitcoin Will Trade at $318,000 by End of 2021
Citibank Group’s Global head of Citifxtechnicals product, Tom Fitzpatrick expects to see the price of bitcoin peaking at $318,000 by...
Price analysis: Polkadot delicately balanced near major support area
DOT/USD is likely to trend upwards to $5.00, but a negation of the sentiment could see bears push to lows of $3.80 Polkadot is trading...
Bitcoin price outlook: BTC/USD hits third-highest ever weekly close
If Bitcoin bounces higher from the $15,975 weekly close, a retest of 2020 highs around $16,494 would likely see it print its...
DealDefi Network Presale is Now Open to the Public
PRESS RELEASE. The DealDefi network is a scalable heterogeneous blockchain for lending/borrowing & marketplace decentralized finance....
BCH Collectibles: RPG Blockchain Game Built on Bitcoin Cash Completes Flipstarter Campaign
In the near future, a non-fungible token collectible game is coming to the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem. The project dubbed “Enter the...
New Push for Second Stimulus Checks: Analysts Predict When Another Relief Package Will Pass
Many Americans are in need of second stimulus checks and a new coronavirus relief package. As Congress resumes stimulus negotiations,...
300 Banks in Germany Charge Negative Interest Rates Including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, ING
A new report reveals that more than 300 banks in Germany are now charging some customers negative interest rates. Some are big global...
Calling Tops and Bottoms: 2020’s Most Popular Bitcoin Traders and Analysts
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading is quite popular these days. With the price upswings and volatility in 2020, crypto traders have made...
Hash Watch: The Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Cash Fork Is Now Complete
The Bitcoin Cash community has been patiently waiting for weeks for the November 15, 2020 upgrade and the day is finally here. Every six...
Pakistan’s SEC Discusses Cryptocurrency Regulation, Central Bank Confirms No Crypto Ban
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has published a paper discussing cryptocurrency regulation in the country. Meanwhile,...
Ripple Forced To Rebrand PayID Trademark After Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
Ripple Labs Inc., issuers of the XRP cryptocurrency, has filed for a new trademark called “Paystring” with the US Patent and...
BTC Options Open Interest Surges, Traders Look to an Unfilled Bitcoin Futures Gap at $18K
Bitcoin prices have been volatile during the last few weeks, but have managed to climb higher in value at the same time. This week bitcoin...
Akoin Cryptocurrency Launches in Kenya as Pilot for $6 Billion Akon City
The akoin cryptocurrency, created by famous singer and philanthropist Akon, has started trading on a global crypto exchange. It is also...
Bitcoin.com Reveals Limited Edition Bitcoin Cash Wristwatch Crafted by Luxury Watchmaker Franck Muller
The leading cryptocurrency web portal Bitcoin.com has partnered with the Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, Franck Muller, in order to...
Galaxy Digital Acquires 2 Crypto Firms, Sees Big Wave of Institutional Demand for Bitcoin
Bitcoin Bull Michael Novogratz’s company, Galaxy Digital, has acquired two cryptocurrency firms in preparation to meet a...
Belarus’ Largest Bank Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange Service
The largest bank in Belarus, Belarusbank, has reportedly begun providing a cryptocurrency exchange service, allowing customers to buy...
DMEX: No-KYC Derivatives DEX With up To 100x Leverage
DMEX is a decentralized anonymous margin trading exchange that doesn’t require KYC checks, simply generate a wallet inside the app...
Hedge Fund Manager Brian Kelly Says Increasing Institutional Interest in Bitcoin Down to its Fixed Supply
Hedge fund manager Brian Kelly says the surging number of institutional investors owning bitcoin is down to the digital currency’s...
S9 Resurrection: Higher Bitcoin Prices Allow Miners to Switch Outdated Mining Rigs Back On
With bitcoin prices hovering over a certain handle, a great number of old ASIC mining rigs manufactured years ago are starting to become...
IMCoin (IMC) Flies High
PRESS RELEASE. IMCoin, known as the first Hybridcoin, closes a week with a record price increase in its history reaching a value of 1.83...
Printing $1.7 Trillion for Climate Change: How Joe Biden’s Administration Aims to Push the ‘Green New Deal’
In 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve has injected an enormous amount of U.S. dollars to special interests in the banking sector in order to...
Bitpay Launches New Payroll Service for Companies That Opt to Pay Employees in Crypto
The Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payment processing company Bitpay is now getting involved with payroll services. The firm announced the...
Hackers Drain $2 Million in DAI From Defi Protocol Akropolis
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Akropolis was on Thursday hacked for $2 million in DAI, in the latest flash loan attack to hit the...
Defi Yield Protocol Is a Massive Boost for Yield Farmers and the Defi Space
Since February 2020, we have seen a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most significantly, decentralized finance. While DeFi...
Price analysis: Uniswap could dump on increased volatility
UNI price has jumped 10% in 24 hours, but bulls need to hold above the lower boundary of an ascending channel to keep bears out Uniswap...
Dash (DASH) price hits downward pressure after 15% spike
Dash cryptocurrency price is 5% down at the time of writing after bears strongly rejected the surge to $100 DASH price smashed through...
GMT Token Pre-sale is Live Now
PRESS RELEASE. GMT has started the pre-sale of the GMT token. In total 100,000 GMT will be sold in this phase at the price of...
Russia Proposes New Rules and Penalties for Cryptocurrency Owners
The Russian Ministry of Finance has developed new amendments to the country’s cryptocurrency regulation. The proposal outlines a new...
Chainalysis Launches Program to Store and Sell Seized Crypto Assets for Governments
The blockchain intelligence and surveillance company Chainalysis revealed the launch of a new program that aims to help governments and...
Paypal Opens Crypto Services to Millions of Eligible Account Holders in the US
Payment processing giant Paypal announced on Thursday that “all eligible Paypal account holders in the U.S. can now buy, hold, and...
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly...
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions...
Market Update: Bitcoin Spikes Over $16K, RSI Levels Warm Up, Price Retracts for Another Attempt
Digital currency markets have seen some decent gains this week, as the overall market valuation of all 7,000+ crypto assets is hovering...
DAI surpasses the $1BN market capitalisation mark
MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin yesterday reached a market capitalisation of $1 billion for the first time The new valuation is according to...
Shopping.io Enables Crypto-Payments on Popular E-Commerce Websites
PRESS RELEASE. The adoption of crypto is not possible without accelerating its usage as a currency, and not only as an asset. While...
Bitcoin retests major resistance as bulls eye rally to $17,000
Bitcoin could rally to $17,000 within days if the daily and weekly candle close hits $16,000. Otherwise, sideways trading and retrace to...
Venezuelan State Electricity Company Reportedly Cuts Power To Crypto Miners
Reports say the Venezuelan state electricity company Corpoelec is disconnecting bitcoin mining farms in Carabobo state on orders from...
Bitcoin Cash price range-bound ahead of hard fork
Bitcoin Cash has struggled to break above $280 and could dip below $250 if the bulls fail to reclaim support at the 20-EMA on the daily...
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation...
The Carbon Project Presale Opens to the Public
PRESS RELEASE. Carbon is a social crypto hub, slated to launch in January. It will bring your day-to-day crypto experience into one...
Televend’s Complex System of Telegram Drug Bots Swell as German Police Seize 9 Telegram Drug Channels
During the last few months following the departure of the infamous Empire darknet market (DNM), a great number of DNM users have been...
Kucoin Recovers 84% of Funds Stolen in $280 Million Hack
Kucoin chief executive officer Johnny Lyu revealed Wednesday that the exchange recovered 84%, or $235 million, of the $280 million stolen...
Hackers Have Stolen $100 Million From Defi Projects This Year
Hackers have stolen $100 million from decentralized finance (Defi) projects so far this year, according to a new report. Defi accounted...
WhiteBIT launches WhiteSwap DEX
PRESS RELEASE. TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 10, 2020 – Leading cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT has launched WhiteSwap, a decentralized...
Ethereum Suffers from Unintended ‘Chain Split,’ Few Third-Party Services ‘Got Stuck on Minority Chain’
According to a number of third party infrastructure providers, the Ethereum blockchain suffered an unintended hard fork or chain split on...
Pfizer’s Pandemic Vaccine News Fails to Dampen Interest in Bitcoin
The recent announcement by Pfizer of a potential Covid-19 vaccine sparked an immediate rally of global stocks worst hit by the pandemic...
Uniswap (UNI) value hits $3B as concerns for prices grow
Uniswap, the world’s leading DEX has just become the first-ever DeFi proto hit $3 billion in TVL (total value locked) Uniswap’s milestone...
TRON technical analysis: bulls push to $0.0251 as they eye crucial barrier
TRON (TRX) price has climbed to $0.0251 and could touch $0.03, although it could still drop to lows of $0.023 if the bears take control as...
OMG Network flashes sell signal as bears look to take charge
OMG/USD price is above $3.40 but could drop to lows of $3.00 as suggested by the TD sequential indicator. OmiseGO (OMG) is up 7.7% in the...
Major Chinese Bank Selling Bonds Worth $3 Billion for Bitcoin
China Construction Bank, one of the “big four” banks in China, is selling $3 billion in bonds that can be paid for with...
VIC Rewards and XcelTrip Are Set To Redefine Global Wellness and Vitality Marketspace
PRESS RELEASE. Dr. Richard Satur, CEO of VIC Rewards, and Gyanendra Khadka, CEO of XcelTrip, are partnering to raise stakes initially from...
Erratic Processing Power: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Gains 45% in a Day, Then Loses 41 Exahash
Seven days ago Bitcoin’s network difficulty saw the largest drop in nine years as it slid over 16% last week. Similar to the crypto...
Blockchain-Backed Election Art Sells for $66K, Animation Changes After Electoral College Decision
While Americans wait for the official outcome of the electoral college, a blockchain-backed non-fungible token (NFT) called...
Voyage of the DeFi universe: decentralized lending
If you look at the DeFi ecosystem through a wider lens, you can see that decentralized finance projects are working and developing in...
Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller Owns Bitcoin, Calls It Attractive Store of Value That Could Be Better Than Gold
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller has revealed that he owns bitcoin, calling it an asset class that has a lot of attraction as a...
WhiteBIT Exchange Offers Margin Trading and Up to 30% APR on Smart Staking
Are you looking for a platform with advanced crypto trading capabilities, top-notch security and high liquidity? WhiteBIT exchange offers...
Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies...
US Postal Service Files A Patent For Voting System Combining Mail And A Blockchain
USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) published a patent application filed by the USPS. The patent claims that a combination...
Sharktron Defi Project Devs Exit Scam: Tron Foundation Says Part of Missing Funds Now Frozen
Developers of the Sharktron Defi have exit scammed with reports suggesting that TRX tokens worth up to $10 million are missing. The Tron...
Bitcoin rebounds after flopping on Pfizer vaccine news
BTC price still strong despite pullback to $14,800 lows Bitcoin price is back above $15,400 after a slight dip saw it flop to lows of...
Crypto Gaming Pioneer Cloudbet Officially Launches in Argentina
PRESS RELEASE. Cloudbet, the pioneering crypto casino and sportsbook, has officially launched an Argentina-focused service in response to...