Bitcoin price hit $12,000 again and traders are turning bullish as BTC attempts to turn the key level to support. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has hit $12,000 again and traders are becoming more optimistic that the digital asset will hold the key level this time. So far, in 2020, BTC has topped the $12K […]
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Ethereum miners earned a record $500K in fees for a single hour, raising concerns about network stability. Transaction fees on the Ethereum network have recently reached a new hourly record. According to Glassnode, an on-chain analytics firm, miners on the network earned over $500,000 in just one hour today as Ether (ETH) rallied. Currently sitting […]
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‘Calexit’ is now a crypto-friendly independence initiative. A Brexit-inspired plan wants to make California its own nation, separate from the USA. The people behind the plan are now looking to establish cryptocurrencies as the financial backbone of the proposed nation. The movement is called “Yes California,” though it is more commonly known as the “Calexit […]
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The way law enforcement agencies deal with seized crypto could indicate their de-facto acceptance of the asset class. It is customary for government officials around the world to profess their disdain for crypto on the grounds that it is widely used to facilitate crime and finance terrorism. Although (government-backed) cash still remains criminals’ preferred financial […]
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell threw the U.S. dollar under a bus last week at the central bank’s annual Jackson Hole, Wyoming, meeting. The Economic Policy Symposium hosted annually by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City — an event attended by finance ministers, central bank managers and academics, among others — was held virtually due […]
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More details emerge concerning the ongoing Electrum hacks. Details of a previous Electrum wallet hack surfaced following the massive 1,400 Bitcoin (BTC) theft that hit headlines a few days ago. “I had a similar situation 2 months ago,” a Github user named Cryptbtcaly posted on the social media platform on Aug. 31. The user claimed someone […]
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Following the latest ruling on the OneCoin class-action lawsuit, we look into the biggest Ponzi scheme in crypto. The latest ruling in the class-action lawsuit against OneCoin has dismissed Konstantin Ignatov, co-founder of OneCoin, as a defendant after he agreed to testify against his sister. Ignatov is the brother of Ruja Ignatova, the infamous leader […]
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Ever wondered what $1 billion worth of crypto looked like? CoinShares, a company that manages over $1 billion worth of crypto assets is opening up its reserves to a public audit. The service is provided by an accounting firm Armanino, which will be providing an updated state of reservers for various electronically traded products issued […]
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The price of Ether hits a 19-month high against Bitcoin as user activity on Ethereum spikes to multi-year highs. As the price of Ethereum’s Ether (ETH) surpassed $450, a huge buy wall on the major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex emerged. Shortly thereafter, ETH achieved $270, a 19-month high against Bitcoin (BTC). The price of Ether against […]
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But XRP isn’t competing with Tether. Tether (UDST), the world’s largest stablecoin by market capitalization, is again outperforming major altcoin XRP. On Sept. 1, Tether surpassed XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, becoming the second-largest altcoin after Ether (ETH). As of press time, USDT market cap accounts for more than $13.4 billion, according […]
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