The protocol is safe, but its founder lost his stash of 6% of all tokens. An unknown attacker stole $8 million from the personal wallet of Hugh Karp, the CEO of DeFi coverage platform Nexus Mutual. According to a disclosure by Nexus Mutual, the funds were drained on Monday morning UTC by compromising Karp’s personal […]
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A former PBoC official says that his country has taken a cautious approach with the digital yuan. The Chinese government is not seeking to replace existing fiat currencies with its own digital currency, according to a former governor of the People’s Bank of China, or PBoC. Zhou Xiaochuan, the president of the Chinese Finance Association […]
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Even a nominal investment from insurance firms and pension funds could be significant for Bitcoin. MassMutual’s $100 million Bitcoin (BTC) purchase shows that the demand for cryptocurrency will be growing further, according to strategists at major investment bank JPMorgan. In an investor note on Dec. 11, JPMorgan strategists including Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou reportedly suggested that Bitcoin […]
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Decentralized exchange LINKSWAP reaches $10 million total value locked in its first week as the Ethereum DEX market competition heats up. LINKSWAP, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum (ETH) has become the eighth-largest DEX by total value locked (TVL) on Dec. 14, a week after its launch. YFL, the governance token of the DEX, has […]
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Another $1,000 CME futures gap opens but Bitcoin shows clear strength as it aims to tackle pivotal $20,000 resistance. Bitcoin (BTC) begins a new trading week within 5% of the mythical $20,000 price level — but can it get there this time? As the largest cryptocurrency lines up for another shot at overcoming seminal resistance, […]
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“Bitcoin means trusting a SHA256 algorithm more than the U.S Treasury,” quipped Blockfolio. Crypto players were quick to respond to the news that hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department. According to a report from Reuters, a “sophisticated hacking group” backed by a foreign government — reportedly Russia, according to three people familiar with the investigation […]
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Bitcoin price may have hit a multi-year high, but numerous fundamental factors signal that even better days are ahead. The end of 2020 has been lighting up crypto-centric subreddits and feeds of Bitcoin hodlers as the appetite for the digital bullion reaches an all-time high. The explosion has been accelerated via the adoption of the […]
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The numbers come following the Suzhou municipal government giving away roughly $3 million in a digital yuan lottery for residents. People in China have conducted roughly 20,000 transactions through e-commerce company JD.com in a trial of the country’s digital yuan. According to local media outlet Global Times, JD.com reported that 80% of participants born in […]
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Bitcoin’s rally back to $19,000 could improve market sentiment and push select altcoins higher this week. December is proving to be another blockbuster month for Bitcoin as the flow of institutional investors injecting funds into Bitcoin continues to increase. Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy announced that it had raised $650 million worth of convertible bonds at […]
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The CNBC host said his Bitcoin portfolio could get “bigger and bigger and bigger.” Three months after seemingly changing course on crypto, the outspoken host of CNBC’s Mad Money is claiming he made a well-timed Bitcoin investment on Friday. In an interview with TheStreet, Jim Cramer says he purchased Bitcoin (BTC) Friday morning when the […]
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