A behind-the-scenes look at the impact to and recovery from China’s blockchain industry following the initial coronavirus outbreak. The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to plunge the world into the deepest crisis since the Great Depression and could deprive global economies of $5.5 trillion over the next two years. China’s economy shrank for the first time […]
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With the Bitcoin halving less than three weeks away, pundits predict the hash rate distribution to revert to the optimized pre-halving state. With the Bitcoin (BTC) halving only weeks away, anticipation appears to be building up as Google Trends data for the event show online searches reaching an all-time high. Bitcoin’s block reward halving comes […]
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Is it possible to share personal data in order to help to fight the global pandemic and keep this data anonymous to protect your privacy? The headlines are scary. Millions of infections — over 170,000 deaths. Nothing will ever replace the lives lost or bring back pre-COVID-19 “normal” again. While our hearts and deepest sympathies […]
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U.S. citizens who lost out by getting no helicopter money will look to Bitcoin as an empowering alternative, argues Gabor Gurbacs. Bitcoin (BTC) will be most attractive to United States citizens whom the government refused to bail with $1,200, one market commentator says. As it emerged that stimulus checks may be going towards purchasing BTC, […]
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Emsisoft highlighted a considerable decline in the successful ransomware attacks in the US. An April 21 report by malware lab Emsisoft showed that there was a significant drop in the number of successful ransomware attacks on the US public sector during Q1 2020. The findings show a total of 89 organizations were victims of ransomware […]
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The U.S. coronavirus stimulus package dwarfs cryptocurrency’s all-time market cap high by 240%. The U.S government recently unleashed a $2 trillion stimulus package to help Americans offset the economic impact of COVID-19. That figure is more than double the amount of all the speculative capital locked up in the entire cryptocurrency market during its 2018 […]
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Can crypto actually take on USD’s role around the world? Jim Bianco, CEO and president of economics and finance analysis company Bianco Research, said he sees a cryptocurrency as the next reserve asset. “I’ve argued that, in theory, the next reserve currency will be a crypto,” Bianco told Anthony Pompliano on an April 17 episode […]
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Losses in the traditional banking system during the global pandemic, while crypto could act much better: Here’s why. Payments of $1,200 from the CARES Act to Americans in need have begun to go out to those who authorized the Internal Revenue Service to make direct deposits into their bank accounts. However, the money may never […]
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Crypto pundits believe that the Libra Association has allayed most of the concerns put forth by regulators by updating its white paper recently. Following an overhaul of Libra’s original white paper that was met with strong skepticism from United States policymakers, a member of the House Financial Services Committee — Democrat Rep. Sylvia Garcia from […]
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U.S. CFTC launches its first science contest to find new technological tools to find unregistered derivatives offerings from foreign entities, including Bitcoin futures. A major United States financial regulator is holding its first science contest, asking devs for new tools to track foreign derivatives offerings that may be soliciting U.S. investors without proper registration. Project […]
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