Facebook hires lobbyists as Zuckerberg dines with lawmakers to try to get Libra across the regulatory line. When Facebook published the Libra white paper in June 2019, shockwaves were felt across the crypto markets the world over. Triggering the end of a long bear market, Bitcoin soared past the iconic $10,000 mark, and many prominent […]
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A previous 40% dip appeared a temporary blip on charts, which already put the metric back near its all-time highs. Bitcoin (BTC) has already dispelled myths its hash rate suffered a 40% drop this week, reaching new all-time highs just days afterwards. What hash crash? As data from monitoring resource Coin Dance confirms, after the […]
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Director at Swiss crypto bank Sygnum and former CEO of the largest Swiss bank UBS sees an opportunity to tap the $220 billion cryptocurrency market. Peter Wuffli, the former CEO of Switzerland’s largest bank UBS and director at Swiss crypto bank Sygnum, wants to tap the “$220 billion market of institutions and private individuals who […]
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Binance’s decision to re-enter the Chinese crypto market seems to make a lot of sense to many experts operating within this space. In what is being considered a major step forward for Binance, CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ) recently announced that his firm was all set to make its first strategic investment in China since […]
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Why did the Bitcoin network’s hash rate suffer a mysterious flash crash earlier this week? The Bitcoin (BTC) network’s hash rate suffered a mysterious flash crash on Sept. 23, in a sudden intraday plummet from 98,000,000 TH/S to 57,700,000 TH/s. By press time, levels have recovered back to 92,800,295 TH/S— yet remain shy of their […]
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Bitcoin is down over 13% on the day, inviting competing interpretations as to what could have triggered the top coin’s downward turn. Bitcoin (BTC) is down over 13% on the day, inviting competing interpretations as to what could have triggered the top coin’s downward turn. As of press time, Bitcoin is circling the $8,400 mark […]
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Multiple EU politicians are calling for a united European digital currency to counter Facebook’s stablecoin project Libra. The ripples of the Libra effect are beginning to lap against the shores of Europe, with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire suggesting that Europe should throw its hat into the ring and launch its own digital currency. […]
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Bitcoin’s network hash rate plummeted by 40% yesterday, Sept. 23, but has pared most of the losses since. Bitcoin’s (BTC) network hash rate dipped a record 40% yesterday, Sept. 23, in a sudden shock for the network. Bitcoin network hash rate, Nov. 2018-present. Source: Coin.dance Data from Coin.dance — corroborated by other sources [insert links] — indicates […]
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Samsung’s entry into the crypto mining industry could disrupt the entire ecosystem if its latest patent comes to life. Electronics giant Samsung filed for a patent in May 2019 titled, “Programmable Blockchain Solid State Drive and Switch.” Even though few details are known about the newly designed system, a surge in patent applications filed by […]
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Altcoins enjoy an explosive bull run as Bitcoin falters, Zuckerberg wines and dines with US politicians, and North Korea begins developing its own cryptocurrency. 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 and […]
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