Alameda Research’s Sam Trabucco pinpoints four main factors that are pushing the price of Bitcoin toward its all-time high. Sam Trabucco, a quantitative trader at Alameda Research, believes four general factors are pushing up the price of Bitcoin (BTC). The catalysts are increasing adoption, whales, inflows from other products into Bitcoin, and influence from other […]
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Four hacks in a week are too much, even for DeFi. If people actually used insurance against hacks, this week would definitely have bankrupted a great many insurers. A total of four flash loan-enabled exploits were registered in the span of one week (one of them actually happened the week before, but nobody noticed until […]
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BlockShow 2020 at Singapore FinTech Festival to reflect on achievements of blockchain and how the mainstream finance industry is starting to accept blockchain and digital currency tech. BlockShow has unveiled the speakers for the upcoming cryptocurrency-related event taking place in Singapore in December. As previously announced, the Singapore FinTech Festival, or SFF 2020, is organized in […]
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Former hedge fund manager Jesse Felder claimed, among other things, that hard forks were “multiplying the number and type of Bitcoins in circulation.” Bitcoiners are crying foul at former billion-dollar hedge fund manager Jesse Felder’s “inaccurate” hot take blog post about Bitcoin today in which he claims the crypto asset “doesn’t make sense as an […]
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Celebrity attorney with extensive Hollywood and political connections will appear in battle with Forbes In a lawsuit filed today in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, Binance alleged that an article published by Forbes was defamatory and caused “millions of dollars” in damages. While there are already questions forming around the merits of the […]
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The outgoing SEC director first joined the agency in 2017. Bill Hinman, outgoing director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chose to focus one of his last speeches on the commission’s achievements in regulating crypto during his tenure. In remarks published on the Securities and Exchange Commission, or […]
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During a recent Ethereum Foundation AMA, Vitalik Buterin explained his expectations for Ethereum 2.0. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently answered a number of community questions as part of an “ask me anything,” or AMA, session on Reddit. During the AMA, hosted by the Ethereum Foundation’s ETH 2.0 research team, Buterin said that he expects noticeable […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the adoption of blockchain and DLT-based business solutions in the global trade ecosystem. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to push more people out of their offices, many companies across the globe are adopting decentralized ledger technology to mitigate its effects and remain operational. Emmanuelle Ganne, senior analyst at the World […]
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As everyone waits on new KYC and AML regulators, many speak out to keep unhosted wallets free of controls. Major players in U.S. crypto lobbying are coming out in defense of non-custodial wallets. On Tuesday, the Blockchain Association released a new report presenting policy options for self-hosted wallets to regulators. On Wednesday, Coin Center published […]
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If you are in Bitcoin for the long haul, there is a reasonable path to $500,000 within the next decade. Back in June, I wrote that Wall Street remaining on the sidelines is not necessarily bad for our industry. While most traditional investors are still observing, Bitcoin’s (BTC) mainstream momentum has been building over the […]
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