Various technologies are being deployed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, can blockchain play an important role in defeating it? Many financial and human resources are being deployed in the effort to fight the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Technologies are also being used in this fight: artificial intelligence for research, 5G to increase information transmission speed and […]
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Bloomberg thinks Bitcoin could return to record highs of $20,000 this year, but warns Ether may not be the world’s second-biggest cryptocurrency for much longer. 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 […]
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If Bitcoin can break above the overhead resistance, a few altcoins are likely to pick up momentum and provide short-term trading opportunities. When the price of an asset does not reverse direction from a critical resistance, it indicates that some traders are holding onto their positions in anticipation of a breakout. For the past month, […]
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Crypto exchanges — not segregating blockchain addresses — could lead to ownership disputes in the event of insolvency, research says. A recent paper from academics at Leiden Law School suggests that if a crypto exchange or crypto custodian goes bankrupt, investors could well lose control over their stored coins. This happened in Japan’s Mt. Gox […]
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Almost one-third of the entire Bitcoin supply is secured with a feature that gained adoption after the Mt. Gox heist. Almost six million Bitcoins (BTC) are stored in multi-signature wallets — nearly one-third of the total supply. Prevents ‘Exit scams’ Bitcoin is generally secured with a combination of a public and private key. In order […]
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Crypto exchanges are offering more futures and options instruments for investors, but it’s crucial to be aware of funding and other fees. Trading Bitcoin (BTC) futures might seem easy on the surface but there are a number of fees that investors seeking big returns from high leverage trades ignore. In addition to trading fees, investors […]
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Two exchanges saw unauthorized access issues, Japan ranked second in 24-hour Bitcoin trading volume for May globally, and more headlined news from Japan this past week. This week’s headlines from Japan included Coincheck updating the public on a recent data leak, a blockchain tech outfit unveiling plans for a digital local currency, BitBank facing a […]
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Brave appears to have removed a controversial feature that was auto-filling the company’s affiliate link when a user attempted to access Binance. Crypto-powered privacy-focused web browser Brave has come under fire for automatically filling an affiliate link into its address bar when a user attempts to access the website for leading crypto exchange Binance and […]
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The Gibraltar Financial Services Commission has warned the public about four crypto sites that are not regulated by the country. On June 5 the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, or GFSC, published four public warnings against cryptocurrency websites that claim to have an alleged license to operate in the territory. According to the authorities, www.askcurrency.org, www.findcurrency.org, […]
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VanEck’s Gabor Gurbacs said U.S. regulators have not treated Bitcoin fairly in their exchange-traded fund denials. Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, have faced unfair pushback from U.S. regulators, according to VanEck director and digital asset specialist Gabor Gurbacs. “There’s a persistent double standard against Bitcoin and digital assets, which I think is wrong,” Gurbacs […]
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