Billionaire investor and Gemini founder Cameron Winklevoss says the next Bitcoin bull run will be “dramatically different.” Cameron Winklevoss, the billionaire founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, believes the next Bitcoin (BTC) bull run will be much different. When compared to previous bull markets, Winklevoss noted that there is substantially more capital, infrastructure, and better projects. […]
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Bitcoin and most altcoins could consolidate for a couple of days before resuming their uptrend. Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes in spot and derivatives markets have been surging since the digital asset rallied above the $10,000 level earlier this week. Bakkt reported record Bitcoin futures volume on July 28 and 29, which indicates that the traders who […]
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The company behind Zcash has begun an endeavor to educate less privileged regions on the benefits of cryptocurrencies. The Electric Coin Company, or ECC, the outfit behind the privacy-focused Zcash cryptocurrency, has initiated the Crypto in Context Program. The effort touts itself as a crypto education, assistive and collaborative movement, looking to impact regions where […]
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The company behind Zcash has begun an endeavor to educate less privileged regions on the benefits of cryptocurrencies. The Electric Coin Company, or ECC, the outfit behind the privacy-focused Zcash cryptocurrency, has initiated the Crypto in Context Program. The effort touts itself as a crypto education, assistive and collaborative movement, looking to impact regions where […]
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The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency. The Philippines has become the latest country to look at the possibility of releasing its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC. According to a report by Bloomberg, July 29, the Philippine […]
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Wash trading hurts investors and taints the crypto industry, but extinguishing it will be difficult absent global regulation. When Bitwise Asset Management declared in a March 2019 presentation to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission that 95% of the Bitcoin (BTC) trading volume being reported globally on cryptocurrency exchanges was “fake,” it jolted rating […]
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An increasing number of cryptocurrency exchanges are beginning to take steps to work with traditional stock and asset exchanges. Typically, blockchain exchanges and traditional exchanges, such as the Nasdaq or London Stock Exchange, have been seen as polar opposites where blockchain exchanges are seen as a more open, community-focused option, whereas traditional exchanges are seen […]
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Somewhat behind schedule, Cambodia’s banks are readying themselves for a forthcoming national blockchain-based currency. At the start of the year, Cambodia made headlines when the central bank announced it would be launching a national blockchain-based digital currency in the first quarter of 2020. Called “Bakong,” a month into the third quarter the currency hasn’t yet […]
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Hardware wallet provider Ledger said its marketing database was breached between June and July. Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July. In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on July 14 when a researcher […]
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U.S. online brokerage TradeStation will soon launch its own cryptocurrency lending service. United States-based TradeStation, a subsidiary of Japanese firm Monex Group, is planning to launch a crypto lending service. The plan was announced in Monex’s earning report published on July 29. Called “Crypto Earn” the new lending service is “C2B2B” that lends institutions borrowed […]
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