Twitch ramps up its crypto strategy with a digital currency promotion. Will more merchants follow suit? Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch appears to be ramping up its crypto strategy. The site, which focuses primarily on video game livestreaming, is now offering users a 10% subscription discount when paying with cryptocurrency through the platform’s payment processor, BitPay. […]
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A week of solid gains for investors is sparking changes at CME, data shows as $9,500 continues to hold. Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives have returned to the spotlight this week as price moves appear to spark a surge in open interest. Data from on-chain analytics resource Skew showed open interest for CME Group’s Bitcoin futures nearing […]
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The price of Bitcoin faces a near-term pullback as Wall Street veterans warn of a Nasdaq bubble forming. Ned Davis, who has operated his namesake Wall Street research firm since 1980, believes a Nasdaq bubble is forming. Based on the rough correlation between Bitcoin (BTC) and stocks in recent months, it could negatively affect the crypto […]
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The World Stablecoin Association aims to unite major global stablecoin projects like Tether and USDC. Amid the massive growth of stablecoins in 2020, the cryptocurrency community is setting up an international stablecoin organization in Switzerland. Called the World Stablecoin Association, or WSA, the Geneva-headquartered organization is to be launched by cryptocurrency exchange VirgoX and blockchain […]
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The BAND price is surging as the oracle provider partners with South Korea’s premier blockchain network, ICON. South Korea’s leading blockchain network ICON has announced a partnership with Chainlink rival BAND, which has gained a lot of momentum recently. The partnership will provide ICON developers with complete access to the BandChain decentralized oracle network to […]
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Three metrics show a bull trend is brewing, according to CryptoQuant CEO, as fewer investors are seemingly compelled to sell BTC. According to Ki Young-Ju, the CEO of market research firm CryptoQuant, three key on-chain indicators are currently signaling a Bitcoin (BTC) price uptrend. Metrics that hint at a bull market are less selling pressure […]
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Numerous emerging crypto markets are showing dramatic growth in P2P trade, with India and Ghana producing enormous growth during 2020. Half a dozen emerging markets have established new records for weekly peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) trading, including India, Ghana, the Philippines, Argentina, Mexico and Egypt, according to data published by Useful Tulips. India comprised the […]
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Although Bitcoin holders often describe the asset as a store of value, gold advocate Peter Schiff said such participants do not actually seek wealth storage, hunting instead for profit. A known gold enthusiast, financial commentator Peter Schiff said Bitcoin (BTC) holders are not actually looking to the asset as a storage of wealth — one […]
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The weekend saw the biggest yield farming craze develop as a new governance token gained over 4,000% in a day. The trend of usage incentives in decentralized finance kicked off with Compound’s COMP token distribution, and it continued through several other platforms that sought to replicate its perceived success. But the latest DeFi yield farming […]
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Top celebrities, politicians and businesses are caught up in a “social engineering attack” on Twitter — with theories swirling around that it could have been an “inside job.” Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, […]
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