Blockchain’s has surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, hitting a new milestone. With block #632874, which was mined on June 3, the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain’s expected cumulative work hit a new milestone. According to Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille, it has now surpassed 2^92 double-SHA256 hashes, or 4951760157141521099596496896 hashes. Wuille noted that the previous milestone — 2^91 hashes […]
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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of its Ether options contracts on its trading platform. Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced the launch of Ether (ETH) options contracts on its trading platform. According to a June 4 announcement, following today’s launch of ETH options, OKEx will also launch EOS options contracts on June 18. The firm also […]
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The price of Bitcoin is at risk of falling to $6,000, a prominent trader known as Pentarhudi warns after a 14% price drop. Prominent Bitcoin trader and technical analyst, Pentarhudi, says the price of BTC could fall to as low as $6,000. The prediction comes after the brutal rejection of $10,500 on June 2. Pentarhudi […]
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A former Goldman Sachs vice president of investment banking: “We should be glad that traditional Wall Street hasn’t come around to embrace crypto yet.” When the Goldman Sachs report came out dismissing Bitcoin’s status as an asset class, there was significant backlash from the crypto community. This is understandable, as for those building in crypto, […]
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Using dollar-cost averaging delivers tidy gains for Bitcoin investors, and it doesn’t matter when you start, PlanB says. Bitcoin (BTC) dollar-cost averaging for even a single year is an opportunity investors “cannot ignore,” one of the industry’s best-known price analysts thinks. In a Twitter debate on June 3, PlanB, creator of the popular stock-to-flow Bitcoin […]
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Bittrex and Poloniex have become embroiled in a class-action lawsuit that alleges USDT created out of thin air drove the 2017 bull run. The plaintiffs behind a class-action alleging that Bittrex and Tether drove the 2017 bull run through market manipulation have requested the issuance of summons to exchanges Bittrex and Poloniex. The lawsuit, first […]
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According to the 26-year-old candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, “our future is decentralized and open source”. Cryptocurrency advocate Jonathan Herzog is running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the primary against fellow Democrat Jerry Nadler, who has represented New York’s 10th Congressional District since 2013. A former staffer of ex-presidential […]
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Craig Wright has refuted the notion he doesn’t have the private keys to the ‘Satoshi’ addresses that he claimed in court as his own. Craig Wright maintains that he alone has access to the ‘Satoshi’ Bitcoin addresses filed in court, despite a message apparently signed by 145 of the addresses calling him “a liar and […]
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Hester Peirce, affectionately known as ‘Crypto Mom’, looks set to serve in the US Securities and Exchange Commission until 2025. President Trump has nominated Hester Peirce to be a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a second term ending in 2025. Pierce has been affectionately dubbed ‘Crypto Mom’ for being one […]
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Bloomberg says that all signs point to Bitcoin going on the major bull run in 2020, the only question is whether it will break the all time high of $20,000. The latest report from Bloomberg reveals that the company expects Bitcoin (BTC) to retest the record highs from 2017, and may even go as high […]
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