The Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently saw record Bitcoin trading numbers in multiple categories. Mainstream market exchange, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or CME, recently posted record numbers for its Bitcoin (BTC) trading products. May 14 yielded open interest of 10,792 Bitcoin futures trading contracts at CME, totalling 53,960 BTC — an all-time high for […]
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After posting Bitcoin inquiry on Twitter, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling held her own amid a flood of various comments from the crypto community. Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, recently asked for an explanation of Bitcoin (BTC) on Twitter, bringing an onslaught of commentary from the crypto community. “This started as a joke, but now […]
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Local police have busted Wotoken, China’s second ten-figure crypto Ponzi. The scam, Wotoken, took in roughly $1 billion worth of crypto at current prices from over 715,000 victims. One of the scam’s core operators is purportedly linked to PlusToken — a multi-billion Ponzi that is believed to have impacted the price trajectory of Bitcoin (BTC) […]
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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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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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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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