Stability around $10,600 for Bitcoin price is unlikely to linger long, after several weeks of huge up and down moves for markets. Bitcoin (BTC) price saw a rare spell of stability on July 22 as cryptocurrency markets began the week on a broadly stable note. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin price weekly chart settled but […]
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U.S. politicians tell a Facebook exec that Libra endangers Americans more than 9/11, BitMEX lands in hot water and Vitalik Buterin reveals his big idea for Ethereum. Coming every Sunday, the 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, […]
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Bitcoin has staged a significant recovery from the 2018 bear market price decline, but altcoins continue to slide even lower. Bitcoin (BTC) has more than tripled in 2019, moving from under $4,000 at the start of the year and then topping out at a little under $14,000 in June. In the earlier part of 2019, […]
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Previous gains which took BTC/USD closer to $11,000 evaporate amid new worries over legal upheavals. Bitcoin (BTC) was coming down from a fresh uptick on July 19 amid rumors United States authorities were preparing to investigate derivatives giant BitMEX. Market visualization. Source: Coin360 Politics and investigations weigh on Bitcoin Data from Coin360 showed BTC/USD targeting […]
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Suspicions are reportedly focusing on U.S. users circumventing a ban on trading. United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is reportedly investigating derivatives giant BitMEX. CFTC wants to know if Americans using BitMEX According to sources citing people familiar with the matter speaking to Bloomberg, the CFTC suspects that BitMEX, which is registered […]
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Nouriel Roubini derided BitMEX as an example of a criminally unregulated crypto exchange, and called for authorities to enforce crypto regulation at large. Economist and anti-cryptocurrency pundit Nouriel Roubini has recently declared that there is “overwhelming evidence of rampant fraud and abuse” in the crypto space. Roubini, a professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, […]
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Iran is wrestling with the rising number of citizens turning to Bitcoin mining and usage as a means of coping with a sanctions-crippled economy. Iranian authorities are wrestling with the rising number of citizens turning to Bitcoin mining and use as a means of coping with a sanctions-crippled economy. Iran’s minister for information and communications […]
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A spokesman for the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner says that Facebook has not contacted it regarding Libra. Social media giant Facebook has reportedly not contacted Swiss regulators regarding the registration of its long-awaited cryptocurrency project Libra. On July 16, Hugo Wyler, a spokesman for and head of communication at the Swiss Federal […]
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The billionaire investor appeared to stand up for internet freedom in India, but his comments gained little appreciation. Bitcoin (BTC) proponent and Tezos investor Tim Draper hit out at the Indian government on Twitter July 16 after alleged evidence appeared it was preparing to ban cryptocurrency. Draper Appears To Mistake Draft Law For Genuine Ban […]
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BitMEx’s Arthur Hayes explained to Cointelegraph the importance of financial privacy in detail and predicted that Bitcoin should hard fork in order to be fully anonymous. At the Tangle in Taipei on July 3, American economist and crypto sceptic Nouriel Roubini (aka “Dr. Doom”) and BitMEX CEO and co-founder Arthur Hayes didn’t agree on anything […]
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