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- Iran Amends Law to Allow Imports to Be Funded With Cryptocurrency
Strapped for international currencies, Iran is turning to cryptocurrency to allow imports to continue to flow. ... [read more]6 hours ago - EU Invests $1 Billion in Blockchain Tech and Artificial Intelligence
A vehicle of the European Union called the European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed six equity agreements with venture capital funds to support businesses under the EU’s InnovFin Artificial Intelligence ... [read more]7 hours ago - New York’s Financial Regulator Wants Firms, Including Crypto Miners, to Look Closer at Climate Change RisksThe New York Department of Financial Services’s letter said that it expects all firms, including virtual currency businesses, to start assessing climate change associated financial risks. ... [read more]7 hours ago
- Bitcoin Needs One Last Dip Before It Hits $16,000: Analyst
Bitcoin bulls with a long-term outlook should hold onto their upside positions even as the cryptocurrency plunges lower. It is because the BTC/USD exchange could still resume its uptrend towards $16,000, a level it last touched in January 2018, says an independent analyst who operates under a pseudonymous identity. He ... [read more]7 hours ago - Blockchain Firm Figment Raises $2.5M in Funding Round Led by Bonfire VenturesFigment said the latest round will enable it to continue developing its blockchain staking, governance and developer tools. ... [read more]7 hours ago
- First Mover: Bitcoin Falls as Covid Surges, ECB’s Lagarde Steps Up, US GDP Hits 33%The enthusiasm jolt from bitcoin's ascent toward $14K ran into realism, and options traders see low probabilities of a new price record this year. ... [read more]7 hours ago
- Hoskinson Estimates March 2021 For Full Decentralization of the Cardano Network
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson hosted a surprise AMA recently in which he announced a reduction in Cardano’s “D” (decentralization) parameter to 0.5. “That means we’re just about to cross a threshold here in a little bit for “D” to fall below five, which means more than half of all the ... [read more]8 hours ago - Fidelity Digital Assets Expands Crypto Custody Service to AsiaThe cryptocurrency-focused arm of financial services giant Fidelity Investments is expanding its custody service through Singapore-based Stack Funds. ... [read more]8 hours ago
- Ethereum Based Blockchain Satellite Set For Orbit
The first blockchain based inter-satellite communication is to occur on low-Earth orbit after the launch of a Firefly Aerospace Alpha vehicle on November the 20th. The project is by Villanova ... [read more]8 hours ago - No Relief for Compound (COMP) as Downtrend Resumes After 45% Rally
COMP, a governance token associated with lending platform Compound, is back into rough waters after sailing calmy for days. The 37th-largest cryptocurrency by market cap fell by $25.14, or 20.15 percent, to $100.68. Its move downside started at a local top of $126.10, established after an eight-day upward consolidation of ... [read more]9 hours ago - Voyager Digital Revenue Rises Over 1,000% on Increased Crypto AdoptionPublicly traded digital-asset brokerage Voyager Digital registered four-digit growth in revenue in the last fiscal year. ... [read more]9 hours ago
- Caitlin Long Gets Approval For Crypto Bank
Bitcoiner and advocate Caitlin Long has been granted a bank charter that includes custody services for digital assets as well as tokenized dollars. Her company, Avanti Bank & Trust, now ... [read more]9 hours ago - Bank of Canada Governor Says Digital Dollar Project Moving Past Trial StageTiff Macklem said Canada's digital dollar initiative is progressing past the experimental phase and that the G7 needs to coordinate on digital currencies. ... [read more]10 hours ago
- Iran Changes Law to Use Bitcoin For Imports
Iran has become the first country in the world to use cryptocurrencies at a state level for value exchange. The Iranian Cabinet has amended legislation to redirect cryptos into the ... [read more]10 hours ago - Ethereum Could Plunge Towards $315 Region if This Level Doesn’t Hold
Ethereum has seen an interesting trend in its price action over the past two weeks. Despite a strong surge in the price of Bitcoin, ETH has been an underperformer. In the past 10 days, BTC has gained approximately 16% while ETH has only gained around 6%. This is a stark ... [read more]10 hours ago
- Harrowing Figure Highlights How There Isn’t Enough Bitcoin To Go Around
Bitcoin is a financial revolution in the making, for numerous reasons. But one of the attributes that give it the most value, is its digital, hard-coded scarcity. With just a 21 million BTC supply to ever exist, it is the hardest form of money on the planet. However, according to ... [read more]3 hours ago - US Charges Stanford Crypto Group Director With Defrauding His Former Employer – the FedLawrence Rufrano allegedly hid his work at Stanford and blockchain startup Factom from disability benefits regulators. ... [read more]3 hours ago
- Microstrategy CEO Personally Owns $240 Million in Bitcoin — Company BTC Profit Outshines Other Earnings
Following a $425 million bitcoin purchase by his billion-dollar company, Microstrategy CEO Michael Saylor reveals that he personally owns about $240 million in bitcoin. Meanwhile, his company’s bitcoin gains have outperformed the company’s other earnings. Microstrategy and Its CEO Are Both Bitcoin Hodlers The CEO of the billion-dollar company Microstrategy, ... [read more]4 hours ago - Binance to Support Five More DeFi Projects Via Its Accelerator Fund
After the popular cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance revealed it decided to fund five different DeFi projects, the company announced today, October 29th, that it will be funding the second batch of blockchain projects as part of its $100 million accelerator fund, released back in September 2020. The fund now supports ... [read more]4 hours ago - Bitcoin Transaction Fees Rise to 28-Month High as Hashrate Drops Amid Price RallyThe cost of doing transactions on bitcoin is surging at a time the network is suffering its worst congestion in nearly three years. ... [read more]4 hours ago
- Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Card, Avanti’s Approval, FTX’s Fractional StocksMeanwhile, The Graph's $12 million raise is one in a line of many public token sales this year. ... [read more]4 hours ago
- Monero Surpasses Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash as Payment Solution
The total fees on Monero have exceeded that of Bitcoin Cash in April and Litecoin at the end of September of this year. The transaction costs for the next renowned privacy-based cryptocurrency Zcash is less than five percent of XMR – this is a pointer of XMR’s steady network usage ... [read more]4 hours ago - BitFlyer Set to Roll-out Discounted Crypto Trading Fee Structure
Crypto exchange platform bitFlyer is set to introduce a new trading fee structure for users that places the company as having the cheapest trading cost charges in the United States. With retail and institutional interest in cryptocurrencies on a high, the move could see bitFlyer claiming an even largest percentage ... [read more]4 hours ago - Ethereum Must Show Strength Now or Else It Could Face a Dire 10%+ Decline
Ethereum and the entire crypto market have struggled to gain any serious momentum as of late, with BTC’s rejection at $13,800 striking a blow to the aggregated market. The waning momentum has been particularly impactful for Ethereum, as it has compounded the weakness that has come about due to its ... [read more]4 hours ago - Crypto and Fintech Share Goals: They Should TalkThe missions of programmable money and autonomous finance overlap, so it's surprising people from crypto and fintech don't collaborate more. ... [read more]4 hours ago
- Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Sees 3-Year Lows Against Bitcoin, More Downside Ahead?
XRP/USD – Bulls Battling To Defend 100-days EMA Key Support Levels: $0.24, $0.23, $0.228.Key Resistance Levels: $0.251, $0.261, $0.271. XRP struggled to break a falling resistance trend line at the start of the week – close to $0.26. As a result, the coin started to decline in the past few ... [read more]5 hours ago - Ripple Rumored to Move Out of the U.S. Because of the Country’s Vague Regulatory Stance
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has recently praised the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, as well as the Monetary Authority of Singapore, making XRP users question whether this means the network will move to one of these regions, as per the latest rumors. In a tweet, Garlinghouse spoke highly of these regulatory authorities ... [read more]5 hours ago - Eric Mitchell Porat – Scammer or Crypto Bandit?
Eric Mitchell Porat, an online entrepreneur, has recently made headlines for opposite reasons. When you search his name online, you’ll come across a few business profiles of a New York-based entrepreneur, the CEO, and co-founder of several startups. Article Research Source: He has profiles on various professional networking websites, such ... [read more]5 hours ago - Renowned Indian-American Author Deepak Chopra May Buy Bitcoin
Deepak Chopra’s name is synonymous with meditation, mindfulness, and healing through healthy living. And according to the latest update, the world-renowned author and thought-leader is considering buying bitcoin. Mr. Chopra is also about to launch ‘Love in Action,’ his own blockchain-based token. Deepak Chopra Officially Enters The Blockchain Space It ... [read more]5 hours ago - Casa Rolls Out ‘Bank-to-Wallet’ Bitcoin-Buying Services for US CustomersThe cryptocurrency custody startup announced on Thursday that users will now be able to buy bitcoin (BTC) on the Casa app using their bank accounts. ... [read more]5 hours ago
- Crypto Exchange FTX Plans to Launch Support for Trading Tokenized Nasdaq Stocks
On Thursday (October 29), spot and derivatives exchange FTX confirmed that it plans to launch next week a way to trade the tokenized form of select U.S. stocks against cryptoassets (including Bitcoin and certain stablecoins). Tokenization means that it will be possible to buy fractions of popular U.S. stoocks such ... [read more]8 hours ago - Yearn Finance Founder Andre Cronje’s New Defi Token KP3R Soars 3,600% 24 Hours After Launch
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje’s new defi token called KP3R has soared more than 3,600% in just over 24 hours after official launch, as yield farmers pour in millions of dollars into the project. The token opened at just $10 on Uniswap on Oct. 28, but is currently trading at ... [read more]8 hours ago - Martkist Staking Platform
Martkist had recently unveiled their token wrapping platform, Altwrap, which converts the MARTK to WMARTK tokens. This conversion or wrapping provides users with the freedom to invest and engage with other ETH based projects. Altwrap allowed the users to convert the wrapped tokens to other crypto assets and then trade ... [read more]9 hours ago - Another Year, Another Dismal Prognosis for Coal
(Bloomberg) -- BloombergNEF's latest New Energy Outlook--or NEO, as we call it--is our annual examination of the energy economy's changes. We define them in thousands of gigawatts of generation capacity, millions of barrels of oil per day, billions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions, and trillions of dollars of investment ... [read more]9 hours ago - Atari Has Launched Their IEO Public Sale Today
PRESS RELEASE. NEW YORK/PARIS – October 29, 2020 – Bitcoin.com Exchange, one of the leading authorities in cryptocurrency exchanges announces the launch of the Atari Token (ATRI) public sale today at 12:00 UTC. Public sale of the ERC-20 Atari Token (ATRI) is now available on Bitcoin.com Exchange: https://exchange.bitcoin.com/ieo/ Price listed ... [read more]9 hours ago - How Alternative Crypto, FlashCoin Is Taking Over University Campuses in Nigeria
Nigeria continues to be a hotbed for cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin. However, altcoins are also battling for their share of the immense cryptocurrency adoption happening in the West African country. In this piece, we look at how FlashCoin is relying on university students to promote cryptocurrency adoption in Nigeria. FlashCoin – ... [read more]10 hours ago - Gold Bull Peter Schiff Calls Bitcoin the “Biggest” Bubble He’s Ever Seen
Bitcoin has undergone a strong rally since the cryptocurrency almost plunged to $0 in March. Even still, Peter Schiff has maintained that Bitcoin remains a bubble. Bitcoin Could Be the Biggest Bubble Ever, Schiff Argues Bitcoin has undergone a strong rally since the cryptocurrency almost plunged to $0 in March. ... [read more]10 hours ago - Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said the “scams” should not expect crypto exchanges to bail them out once ... [read more]11 hours ago - Change Log: Version 15.21The Bitfinex Change Log is an overview of all performance and UI changes made to the Bitfinex trading platform. For an overview of all previous changes, please refer to blog.bitfinex.com/category/changelogs. Version 15.21 Feature Addition of error message greeting corporate customers attempting to obtain access to the Celsius lending platformImprovement Style ... [read more]11 hours ago
- Circle Co-Founder and CEO Buys Bitcoin Using His PayPal AccountCircle Co-Founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire has become one of the first people in the crypto community to buy BTC using his PayPal account. On Wednesday (October 28), Allaire posted a tweet that shows he was able to buy $100 in Bitcoin using PayPal’s recently-announced service that lets PayPal customers ... [read more]12 hours ago
- EcoChain’s Capital Logic Will Transform the DeFi Ecosystem
Decentralized finance(DeFi) has taken the blockchain network by a storm and is now arguably the most discussed topic. Although it has been a roller coaster ride, the DeFi network has grown enormously in size and number. Today, the total value locked in DeFi contracts is more than $11b. Forex ... [read more]12 hours ago - Coinbase Launches Visa Debit in the U.S. That Offers Up to 4% in Crypto RewardsOn Wednesday (October 28), crypto exchange Coinbase announced the launch of Coinbase Card (its crypto debit card) in the U.S. Coinbase first introduced Coinbase Card — a new Visa debit card that allows Coinbase customers to easily spend any of the crypto balances in their Coinbase account for paying for ... [read more]12 hours ago
- BlackRock Downgrades US Treasuries; What It Means for Bitcoin?
BlackRock downgraded its ratings of the US Treasuries even as the government debt emerged as a haven during this week’s stock market sell-off. The world’s largest asset manager took the bold call after interpreting a clear Democratic win for in the November 3 presidential election in the US. Its strategists ... [read more]12 hours ago - Winklevoss Twins’ Crypto Exchange ‘Gemini’ Now Supports the Euro (EUR)On Wednesday (October 28), crypto exchange Gemini announced support for the Euro (EUR). The Winklevoss twins—Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss—are the co-founders of Gemini Trust Company, LLC (which operates the Gemini digital asset exchange) as well as family office Winklevoss Capital Management, LLC. In a blog post published yesterday, Team Gemini said that the exchange ... [read more]13 hours ago
- Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the ... [read more]13 hours ago
- Visa powers one more crypto card amid ongoing antitrust charges
U.S. regulator's growing distrust in tech companies is not stopping them from extending their services into the crypto industry. ... [read more]8 hours ago - Will they or won’t they? Central banks eye each other’s digital currency moves
Canada's central bank recognizes that CBDCs are a necessarily international issue. ... [read more]9 hours ago - Binance Might Delist Many Low-Volume Coins Soon, CZ Hints
Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by means of daily trading volumes. In the few short years since its launch, the venue went on to become a leading company in the industry. In fact, launching coins up for trade on the exchange has created the so-called “Binance Effect.” In ... [read more]9 hours ago - Gold drops to 7oz per BTC as Peter Schiff calls Bitcoin ‘biggest bubble’
Gold sinks to yearly lows against Bitcoin but Peter Schiff remains convinced that the former's price gains are ill-gotten. ... [read more]10 hours ago - ETH Spiked 50% On Binance, Just To Crash 50% Immediately After
Atypical performance isn’t something new for cryptocurrency assets. Flash crashes and massive positive wicks have taken place in the past. Just yesterday, ETH went through something similar. The price of the asset shot up by almost 50% only to crash immediately down to $197 and settle to where it’s currently ... [read more]10 hours ago - Cred officially confirms suspension of fund inflows and outflows
A supposed Uphold user said that the first issues on CredEarn started on Oct. 15. ... [read more]10 hours ago - Tesla meets crypto as FTX launches fractionalized stock trading
The innovative cryptocurrency futures exchange FTX has launched fractionalized trading in stock derivatives. ... [read more]11 hours ago - Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire seems to already be using PayPal to buy Bitcoin
The CEO tweeted a screenshot of an apparent $100 purchase of Bitcoin using the service well ahead of its official rollout date. ... [read more]11 hours ago - Bitcoin Won’t Attract The Unbanked, Says Mastercard SEOCryptocurrencies, in general, will not help for the inclusion of unbanked individuals into payment systems and banks, claims Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga. However, the company is far from ignoring digital currencies altogether. Trying To Get 1 Billion Into The Banking System As per a recent news report, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, ... [read more]11 hours ago
- DeFi Lending Protocol Aave Passes Off Governance to Community
Popular decentralized lending protocol Aave has grown at a rapid pace amid 2020’s DeFi boom, in large part thanks to excellent execution and stewardship from the Aave team in recent months. Yet this ramping up has also brought Aave, currently DeFi’s fifth-largest app, to the point where the protocol no ... [read more]11 hours ago - ‘Price follows hash rate’ — Bitcoin fundamentals drop may delay $14K
Echoes of June appear among miners, but the future could likewise produce a price rebound if history repeats itself. ... [read more]11 hours ago - Market Watch: After a Bloody Wednesday, Bitcoin Struggles At $13,000 As ETH Below $400
Bitcoin went on a roller-coaster ride in the past 24 hours from a new yearly high of nearly $14,000 to dipping below $13,000. Most altcoins mimicked their leader, and the total market cap has dropped by $15 billion. Bitcoin’s Wild 24H Ride As CryptoPotato reported yesterday morning, everything seemed to ... [read more]12 hours ago - Australia’s first crypto-friendly IPO will accept Tether
An Aussie company operating an aquaculture farm in Malaysia is conducting the first initial public offering to accept crypto assets in Australia. ... [read more]15 hours ago - Bitcoin is The Biggest Bubble Ever, Says Peter Schiff… Again
Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff has done it again: The notorious gold bug, famous for being the owner of the only Bitcoin wallet capable of forgetting passwords, claimed that this time —unlike his other failed predictions— Bitcoin is genuinely about to die . Shortly before the price correction on Oct. 20, ... [read more]16 hours ago - DeFi needs more fixed-rate lending protocols: Messari researcher
Researcher argues that fixed rate lending and borrowing would bring DeFi closer to traditional finance ... [read more]17 hours ago
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- Trump’s campaign website hit with cryptocurrency scam
Donald Trump’s campaign website was hacked to show a fake FBI notice. | Screenshot: DonaldJTrump.com (via: Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler) President Trump’s campaign website was hacked Tuesday afternoon in an apparent cryptocurrency scam, the New York Times reports. “This site was seized,” the fake FBI notice read, before claiming without proof ... [read more]1 day ago - Utron DeFi- the Advanced Technology Connecting DeFi & Mining
What is UTRON? UTRON DeFi is developed as a cutting-edge solution for the mining industry. Its mission is to engage passionate individuals and enterprises to access the industrial mining facility more simply than before. Such factors as low-cost green electricity, an experienced team, favourable government regulations and advanced technology solutions ... [read more]1 day ago - Tron (TRX) Price Analysis: Bulls Eyeing Upside Break above $0.028
Tron price started consolidating in a range above the $0.0265 support against the US Dollar. TRX price is showing positive signs above the $0.0265 level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a crucial contracting triangle forming with resistance at $0.0272 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via ... [read more]1 day ago - Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Rallies Above $13.5K, More Gains Likely
Bitcoin price started a strong increase above the $13,000 and $13,500 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well above the $13,500 support and the 55 SMA (H4). There was a break above a key contracting triangle with resistance near $13,200 on the 4-hours chart of ... [read more]2 days ago - Kraken Daily Market Report for October 27 2020
Overview Total spot trading volume at $318.3 million, as Bitcoin explored new high levels. Total futures notional at $201.4 million, only 2 more days until the the 10/30 contracts expire. One of the few coins that saw more trading volume in October compared to September is Monero. Monero ... [read more]2 days ago - PayPal Gets “Conditional” BitLicense, Will Work with Paxos TrustNew York has always been strict when it comes to bitcoin and cryptocurrency, but now that PayPal has entered the crypto fray, it looks like the company’s position in the Big Apple just got a whole lot easier. PayPal Is Asserting Itself in New York It has been announced that ... [read more]2 days ago
- PayPal Aims to Buy Bit Go, a California-Based Crypto ExchangeNow that PayPal has permitted the buying and selling of bitcoin and other forms of crypto on its site, it would appear the company fancies itself the ultimate crypto platform, and apparently, it’s looking to expand its horizons with the potential purchase of exchanges like Bit Go. PayPal Has Its ... [read more]2 days ago
- Security hack in Sweden exposes details of alarm systems & bank vault floor plans – report
The online leak of hacked data from a Swedish security group may have compromised a number of bank vaults, alarm systems and even protective measures at the country's parliament, according to local media. Hackers stole some 19 gigabytes of information from Gunnebo back in August, Dagens Nyheter reported on Tuesday. ... [read more]2 days ago - Three Myths about Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
You’ve heard it before, “Bitcoin burns as much energy as Switzerland, so much that it will accelerate global warming by a few degrees Celsius over the next few years”. Is that true? No, those are both myths. But, like any good myth, they are rooted in reality, and are then ... [read more]2 days ago - The Amount of BTC Grayscale Manages Just Got A Lot BiggerBitcoin’s price isn’t the only thing getting larger in the cryptocurrency space. According to reports, the institutional presence in the space is expanding as well. Grayscale Investments, a crypto management service that handles accounts primarily for institutional investors, recently announced that the digital assets it’s overseeing grew by a whopping ... [read more]2 days ago
- Blockchain-based, crypto-infused decentralized VPN launches as beta
Skywire network updates offering with the launch of a VPN app to provide added anonymity. ... [read more]2 days ago - Cardano (ADA) Price Analysis: Holding Support, But Facing Major Hurdles
ADA price declined below $0.1060, but it found support near $0.1000 against the US Dollar. The price is facing hurdles near $0.1055 and it is well below the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1054 on the 4-hours chart (data ... [read more]2 days ago - Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Holding Important Support at $380
Ethereum price started a downside correction from the $421 swing high against the US Dollar. ETH price is currently trading well above $380 and testing the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major declining channel with support near $400 on the 4-hours chart (data feed ... [read more]3 days ago - Kraken Daily Market Report for October 26 2020Overview Total spot trading volume at $262.5 million, most coins were negative, including Bitcoin with a -0.3% return and Ethereum with a -3.1% return over USD. Kusama was red-hot today with 32% returns, almost as hot was Curve DAO +21% and Melon +17%. On the flip side, Filecoin was ... [read more]3 days ago
- Novogratz: BTC Is for Storing Value, Not for PaymentsMike Novogratz can be a hard man to read. As a billionaire investor and former ex-hedge fund manager, the man has had a lot of positive things to say about bitcoin, going so far as to compare the asset to gold. However, while he thinks very highly of bitcoin, he ... [read more]3 days ago
