Binance users can now sign up to mine Ether as well as Bitcoin via the exchange’s mining pool. After launching its Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool in April, crypto exchange Binance has now launched an in-house mining pool for the market’s largest altcoin by market cap, Ether (ETH). For the first month, between Nov. 12 and Dec. 12, […]
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Bitcoin’s explosive gains are strongly reflected by the number of days it has closed above $16,320. The Bitcoin (BTC) price, which is currently sitting at $16,320, has only been at this level or higher for 12 days in the coin’s entire 4,332-day history, representing just 0.28% of the cryptocurrency’s life. Crypto analytics platform Messari published […]
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Eligible residents of North Carolina can now register to use the Binance.US digital asset marketplace. The United States arm of major crypto exchange Binance is making its services available to North Carolina residents. Binance.US opened registration to U.S. users in September 2019, but excluded the residents of 13 states due to local laws. It has […]
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An automated tool can help pick the low-hanging fruit vulnerabilities. Security company CertiK announced on Thursday the launch of QuickScan, an automated tool for scanning smart contracts for vulnerabilities. While it will not be a stand-alone tool, the suite is set to improve the analysis performed by the security oracles of CertiK Chain (CTK). QuickScan […]
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“Dash is technically no more a ‘privacy coin’ than Bitcoin,” according to Perkins Coie. So why did Shapeshift delist it? Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift recently delisted three privacy coins: Dash, Zcash (ZEC) and Monero (XMR). This was an unexpected move to say the least, given the exchange’s historic commitment to privacy. As a noncustodial platform, Shapeshift did […]
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Bitcoin and several altcoins are showing signs of breaking above their overhead resistance levels, which suggests bulls remain in control. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller became the latest famous name to disclose a Bitcoin position. Although Druckenmiller did not specify the quantity he had purchased, he did say that Bitcoin will outperform gold a lot more […]
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Even though wallet operators have a large role to play in protecting funds, customers also need to educate themselves to avoid phishing scams. As the global crypto economy continues to prosper, with Bitcoin (BTC) currently occupying the $15,500 region, questions regarding the overall safety and security of digital assets continue to persist, especially in the […]
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Geth developers to blame? The Ethereum network has suffered what looks like a hard fork on Wednesday as reports emerged of outages and irregularities on infrastructure providers Infura and Blockchair. While initially it was believed to be an internal issue in Infura, a hosting service used by some exchanges and service providers to interact with […]
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On-chain and crypto exchange data show pro traders feel less confident about Bitcoin’s bullish momentum under the $15.5K level. Typically, traders become skeptical after Bitcoin (BTC) ‘completes’ a strong performance like the stellar move from $12,000 to $15,950 seen over the past few weeks. The 35% gain over the past 30 days led some traders […]
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Are a raft of recent FUD events coincidental, or are global authorities targeting unregulated crypto exchanges? The mood of fear, uncertainty and doubt, otherwise known as FUD, that has gripped some of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges since October heightened last week — and it had nothing to do with the United States presidential election. “Weird […]
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