Bitcoin plays shorters for fools as a surge to $30,950 liquidates a huge number of risky positions. Bitcoin (BTC) passing $30,000 and hitting highs of near $31,000 has caused huge pain for traders betting on a bearish pullback. Cryptocurrency market overview. Source: Coin360 Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Cryptometer and TradingView confirmed that as BTC/USD peaked […]
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DeFi projects will form the foundation of the crypto economy in 2021 according to a report by DappRadar. DApp transaction volume has topped $270 billion so far in 2020, with 95% of this figure belonging to Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem, according to DappRadar. That’s an astonishing 1178% increase from last year’s total of $21 billion. The […]
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Macau’s gambling industry is reeling amid rumors that the city’s regulator is in talks with casino operators regarding the introduction of China’s digital yuan. China’s central bank digital currency is expected to further exacerbate Macau’s declining gambling revenues. According to a Dec. 2 article from Bloomberg, junkets — Macau businesses that act as middlemen to […]
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Mia the djungarian ‘gamble hamster’ will power high-stakes marble races with her trusty hamster wheel. After just over two years of development, on Sunday a new form of gambling will be released to the Ethereum world on mainnet: hamster-powered marble races. Powered by Mia, a female djungarian or “winter white dwarf” hamster and her trusty […]
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“We are constantly having to go out and buy Bitcoin,” the Winning Poker Network reports. Winning Poker Network, an online network that supports numerous online poker websites across the world, has reported a surge in demand for Bitcoin payouts. In an Nov. 19 report from Bloomberg, the CEO behind Winning Poker Network, or WPN, said […]
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The price of Bitcoin dipped below $13,000 on Wednesday but despite the 7% drop in 11 hours, the market sentiment remains positive for three key reasons. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $13,000 on Oct. 28 shortly after hitting $13,850 at the day’s peak. Despite the 7% drop in 11 hours, however, the market […]
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Sergey Nazarov: there is a demand for Chainlink VRF from other chains like Matic. Chainlink’s verifiable randomness function, or VRF, has made its way to the Ethereum (ETH) main net. VRF will provide a decentralized source of randomness for the project’s decentralized ecosystem. A trusted source of randomness is essential for many applications, such as those […]
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The CFTC and DOJ actions against BitMEX suggest that the crypto industry still has a lot of work ahead to meet KYC/AML standards. Recent years have seen the crypto industry mature across the global economic landscape, but it still runs into high-profile snags. On Oct. 1, the United States Department of Justice filed criminal charges […]
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Scammers are taking advantage of one of Bitcoin’s strengths, as once lauded by Satoshi Nakamoto. Fraudsters are taking advantage of the irreversible nature of crypto transactions, says MyChargeBack’s vice president of global operations, Michael Cohen. When Bitcoin (BTC) was first envisioned, one of its selling points was the fact that it was offering better protection […]
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China faces economic risk as illegal gambling operators move 1 trillion yuan in funds from the country, partially in crypto, says a government official. Illegal gambling and casinos result in the outflow of over a trillion yuan annually (around $146.5 billion) from China, said Liao Jinrong, the director general of the International Cooperation Department under […]
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