Bitcoin price looks shaky after dropping below $9.3K support but still remains in a general uptrend since March even if another pullback occurs. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has seen a spike towards $10,500 before the halving took place on May 11. However, the price of Bitcoin has been […]
Continue ReadingWhile Binance will support the Steem hard fork to freeze $6M in user funds, CZ offered support to additional forks. Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, the chief executive of top crypto exchange Binance, has issued a statement regarding the recent Steem hard fork that sought to freeze 23.6 million STEEM tokens associated with 64 wallet addresses. […]
Continue ReadingA new crypto documentary promises to tell the story of how cryptocurrency can affect social change across the African continent. Another week, another cryptocurrency documentary review… Although Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution, released May 22, promises something a little different. For a start, amongst the usual crypto-101 and industry-overview fare, a focus on how […]
Continue ReadingThe centralized financial system has compromised itself several times during the last two decades alone, and now it’s time for a serious change! Did you notice the song that Christian Bale’s character was jamming out to in his office when his partner came in to pull the money in The Big Short? Well, it happens […]
Continue ReadingAs Telegram learned, regulators in the U.S. are a major barrier to new projects looking for funding anywhere in the world. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s vigor in pursuing initial coin offerings, or ICOs, has become a major boogeyman within the crypto community. Most recently, the case against Telegram ended with that company […]
Continue ReadingBugs, management issues and competitors: What challenges is Ethereum facing before its anticipated proof-of-stake upgrade? The launch of Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 may be delayed yet again after developers rescheduled the network’s proof-of-stake algorithm upgrade for June 2020, as reported by Cointelegraph on May 15. Taking into account all of the factors surrounding the highly anticipated […]
Continue ReadingThere are now 30.4 million Bitcoin addresses with a balance, but those with even a whole coin form a tiny minority. Bitcoin (BTC) wallets with a positive address have crossed 30 million for the first time — but less than 1% contain even 10 BTC. According to the latest data from monitoring resource Bitinfocharts, a […]
Continue ReadingThe launch of support for OmiseGo sees an 80% trading premium, a sudden price breakout and renewed accusations of insider trading. Controversy has returned to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase after an altcoin it listed surged 200% in 15 minutes — only to crash immediately afterward. Currently a topic of interest on social media, Coinbase’s listing of […]
Continue ReadingDeFi entrepreneur Alex Mashinsky has slammed crypto’s culture and community for short-term profiteering. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Alex Mashinsky, the founder of the decentralized finance app Celsius Network, took aim at the crypto community for becoming fixated on short-term profiteering and failing to drive mass adoption. Mashinsky urged the community to capitalize on the […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s recovery to $10,000 is currently hindered by resistance at the 20-MA and with a holiday weekend coming up traders brace for volatility. Since dropping below the ascending channel trendline to $8,815 on May 21, Bitcoin (BTC) price has recovered 4.78%. BTC/USD continues to meet resistance at the 20-day moving average, obstructing traders’ desire to […]
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