Tether-affiliated crypto exchange Bitfinex is battling a new class action complaint, deemed by the firm to be both “mercenary and baseless.” Tether-affiliated crypto exchange Bitfinex is battling a new class action complaint, deemed by the firm to be both “mercenary and baseless.” In an announcement published on Nov. 24, the exchange revealed the lawsuit was […]
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Bitcoin Price looks very weak, but could this just be investors taking their 2019 profits. Bitcoin (BTC) price took a seemingly unexpected turn over the last week as the digital asset shed nearly $2,000 over the past 5 days. Last Sunday Bitcoin looked strong with a peak at $8,727 but by Friday the price found […]
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Identity digitalization: How China is taking major steps to use blockchain in the government sector. News on crypto and blockchain technology is coming in abundance from China. This became especially true in late October 2019, when the Chinese President Xi Jinping called for accelerating the use of blockchain technology in the country. President Xi identified […]
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Binance and Bithumb deny their Shanghai offices have been raided by Chinese police, and Bitcoin completely wipes out the gains from its October rally. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and […]
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What does the blockchain technology have in common with the invention of the internet and its mass adoption? When the internet was a fledgling technology, there was a lot of uncertainty. Some people thought it would amount to nothing. Clearly, they were wrong. Today, the internet is a massive, global necessity. The internet has enabled […]
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Bitcoin is at a critical level. Rising open interest on Bakkt with intraday recovery in BTC price indicates buying at lower levels. The total crypto market capitalization slumped from close to $238 billion on Nov. 18 to a low of about $189 billion on Nov. 22. That is a drop of just over 20% within […]
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The EU has the potential to become the leader of crypto legislation, guiding other countries in the direction of legal regulation. Part of the appeal of digital currencies is their global nature. Since the vast majority of digital currencies are not sponsored by an individual state, the hope was that the crypto world could be […]
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Institutional investors appear unfazed by the perils of trusting others with their private keys, despite the well-publicized risk of loss, theft and regulators. Cryptocurrency institutional investors overwhelmingly keep their wealth on exchanges despite the inherent security risks, new data claims. Compiled by cryptocurrency exchange Binance on Nov. 22, a survey asked 76 institutional investors who […]
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Data estimates show computing power remains near its highest-ever levels on the Bitcoin network, while price suppression still remains. Bitcoin (BTC) is not seeing capitulation among miners despite its price dipping over 15% in the past week, new data suggests. According to estimates of Bitcoin’s hash rate from monitoring resource Coin Dance, participation remains as […]
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Cointelegraph auf Deutsch presents a weekly digest of selected cryptocurrency and blockchain-related developments from the German-speaking world. The past week has seen a range of crypto- and blockchain-related developments in the German-speaking world. The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection is planning to sponsor a research project of the University of Marburg on […]
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