Check out this week’s Bad Crypto News. Bitcoin has had a rough week, down around 9 percent and trading below $6,700. Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, believes we’re in a bear market that could even take the price under $3,200. Ulbricht is serving two life sentences for money laundering, computer hacking, and conspiracy […]
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PlusToken is not behind the recent Bitcoin price crash, but as scam activity peaks amid the pandemic they may still affect the market. Bolstered by the new coronavirus pandemic, scams continue to be rampant in the cryptocurrency world. From malware to fake investment programs and even fake donations to health organizations, scammers are known for […]
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Vice Minister of Strategy and Finance calls to take advantage of “golden” chances in the blockchain industry. The South Korean government has stated that the blockchain market represents a “golden opportunity” for the country. They are now calling for private sector companies throughout South Korea to exploit this potential. According to a report published on […]
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CoinMarketCap reported a traffic drop in China, but increased traffic from women and young adults, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 17, as part of the BlockDown 2020 online blockchain conference, CoinMarketCap’s Chief Strategy Officer and Interim CEO, Carylyne Chan, presented the company’s report into the cryptocurrency market for the first quarter of 2020. Trends […]
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A historic first for China combines with oil reverting to 1987 levels to produce fresh uncertainty across global markets, while Bitcoin flounders. Bitcoin (BTC) was fighting to keep $7,000 support on April 17 as China saw a historical GDP contraction and oil sank to prices last seen in 1987. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 […]
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A controversial, blockchain-based digital health passport could enable employees currently in lockdown to go back to work. Oracle has partnered with Vottun, a company that specializes in the certification and traceability of data on the blockchain, to release a digital health passport that could enable employees currently in lockdown to go back to work. The […]
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Bitcoin critics often cite scaling issues, a lack of privacy, and centralized mining as reasons to not invest in Bitcoin, but what if these problems are actually advantages? Bitcoin is often described as gold 2.0; a superior system of storing and transferring value. It has seen a rapid increase in market capitalization since its introduction […]
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Jinwowo and the China Mobile Blockchain Association Committee are building China’s first blockchain lab to empower e-commerce. Network technology company Jinwowo and the China Mobile Blockchain Association Committee held a “cloud signing” ceremony on April 13 to partner on the development of the first “blockchain and e-commerce ecology” laboratory in Chongqing China, according to a […]
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In its most recent position paper, the IFWG labeled crypto as a possible (but unlikely) threat to South Africa’s monetary system. As part of a recent lengthy position paper on crypto, a South African regulatory body called the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group, or IFWG, mentioned crypto as a possible but unlikely risk to the country’s […]
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Airwallex is one of just three Australian ‘unicorns,’ raising $160 million in a round led by ANZ bank and cloud software firm Salesforce. Australian fintech unicorn and RippleNet member, Airwallex, raised $160 million in a fundraising round led by the investment arms of Australian ‘big four’ bank, ANZ, and San Francisco-based cloud software company, Salesforce. […]
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