Crypto security firm Ngrave has hired pioneering cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater and crypto investor Michael Terpin. Digital asset security firm, Ngrave, announced two new advisors in May so far — Michael Terpin, a pioneering crypto investor who co-founded BitAngels in 2013, and renowned cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater, who is quoted in the Bitcoin (BTC) whitepaper. The appointments […]
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Crypto analysts believe Bitcoin price is set for a near-term rally as a key technical pattern points toward $9,800. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to as low as $9,100 on May 15 following a strong rejection at $9,900. In the short-term, traders still anticipate another upsurge to the $10,000 area, or at least to […]
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Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. The halving came and the halving went, which means that miners now only get 6.25 Bitcoins for each block and we only have about 1450 days to wait until the next one. That’s something to look forward to, especially as this halving didn’t seem to do much harm. […]
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Signs indicate that Venezuela’s state-backed cryptocurrency quietly underwent a hard fork earlier this month. On May 5, Venezuela’s government announced that its controversial oil-backed cryptocurrency, El Petro, would go offline for maintenance until May 10. However, observers have since identified that the official Petro block explorer now lists May 5, 2020, as the date that […]
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SBI Holdings started a joint venture fund with Redstone Digital, BitFlyer exchange aired a commercial, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included SBI Holdings pairing up with Redstone Digital for a joint venture fund, LayerX teaming up with GMO Aozora for digitalization research, Decurret working to put […]
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Data indicates that someone was propping up Bitcoin Cash at a loss prior to the halving. Since it was first launched back in August 2017, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has failed to make an impact in terms of metrics like price and trading volume. Having said that, the altcoin, whose roots can be found in the […]
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Bitcoin price is holding below $10,000 after the halving as the bullish and bearish scenarios are starting to take shape. The halving is over, which means that the hype and FOMO around the halving are slowly fainting away. The price of Bitcoin (BTC), the top-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, rallied towards $10,000 pre-halving, but also […]
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ErisX rolls out CFTC-regulated, physically-settled ETH futures contracts to U.S. traders, but positive spot price action is not a certainty. Crypto exchange platform ErisX is bringing Ether (ETH) futures trading to the United States, becoming the second cryptocurrency derivatives product on offer in the country. The announcement came only a few days after the Chicago-based, […]
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Spencer Dinwiddie has launched a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to sell his NBA contract to his fans for the cash equivalent of 2,625.8 BTC. The latest development in pro basketballer Spencer Dinwiddie’s efforts to tokenize his NBA contract has seen the star launch a Gofundme campaign in an attempt to raise the cash equivalent […]
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In a Twitter discussion with J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk revealed holding 0.25 BTC after claiming to be selling nearly every physical possession earlier this month. Elon Musk appears to have revealed his Bitcoin (BTC) holdings while participating in the crypto community’s efforts to educate J.K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, about Bitcoin. In response […]
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