Bitcoin price remains in a strong uptrend and this presents a rosy outlook for BTC and many altcoins. The year 2020 was a forgettable one for many reasons including lockdowns and economic restrictions. The shutdowns resulted in the worst economic crisis seen in decades. At the same time, most governments and central banks have responded […]
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Cointelegraph asked 10 leaders in blockchain about book recommendations this year. With the continuous lockdowns and travel advisories brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 seems to be a perfect year for discovering and reading new books. As such, Cointelegraph collected a list of non-crypto-related book recommendations from 10 of the biggest thought leaders in […]
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The Director of National Intelligence wants to have the SEC’s leader briefed on the dangers of the U.S. falling behind in crypto. The U.S. national security apparatus is warning other agencies about China’s coming digital currency. On Wednesday, news outlet the Washington Examiner reported on a letter that National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe had send […]
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For all we don’t know about Satoshi, we can tell he loved a touch of theatricality Satoshi Nakamoto announced the Bitcoin whitepaper on a cryptography mailing list on Halloween 2008. It could be the case that this was a meaningless coincidence, but when we take into account the meticulous planning behind Bitcoin’s launch party, the […]
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A large number of DeFi governance tokens are still way down from their peaks as farmers take profits. Many high inflation decentralized finance tokens are still correcting despite Bitcoin’s push to new yearly highs. Research by IntoTheBlock suggests that DeFi token prices and protocol metrics have diverged significantly since September. Total value locked has dropped […]
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Data published by Arcane Research suggests that major P2P crypto platforms have struggled to take off in Iran and Lebanon. Data published by Arcane Research suggests that despite demand for peer-to-peer crypto trading platforms in the middle east, regulations and lack of infrastructure is slowing down adoption. But undocumented migrants in western countries have been […]
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No need to suffer from centralized systems since the world has been offered its greatest weapon against it: cryptocurrency. “Fiat lux”, said God, having created heaven and earth, which was filled with darkness. And then, there was light. At least, that’s what the Holy Bible tells us. Translated to English, this Latin phrase means “let […]
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“The temptation to print money is the greatest temptation in the whole world.” If you’ve ventured on to Crypto Twitter this year, you may have seen a tweet from the meme account WTF Happened in 1971? Created in March, the account posts numerous times a week to its fast growing fanbase of 10,500 followers. A […]
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As the world continues to warm and face the effects of climate change, what does this mean for Bitcoin, blockchain and the world of crypto? In October 2018, the journal Nature Climate Change made headlines both within the crypto world and beyond after it published a study claiming that within three decades, the carbon emissions […]
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Escalating debt and inflation could result in years of stormy weather for global economies Renowned entrepreneur and author, Jeff Booth, has endorsed Bitcoin as a ‘“must have” investment in times when central banks are exacerbating the escalating debt problem. The comments came in a tweet thread discussing the notion that central banks believe they can […]
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