Cryptocurrency News
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 13
Crypto News - 30 Mar 2020 19:28
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information ab...
Crypto Derivatives Platform Gets Nod From London Stock Exchange's Software Tester
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 17:00
ZUBR, which only opened for trading in early March, said its trading software had been successfully stress-tested by Exactpro
Market Update: Uncertainty Remains Thick as Bears Claw Bitcoin Price Below $6K
Bitcoin.com - 30 Mar 2020 03:50
Bitcoin’s price has been dragging downward and on March 29, BTC’s fiat value slipped beneath the $6K zone. Most of the top ten cryptocurrencies are down between 5-8% in the last 24 hours. As the global economy falter...
Election App Voatz Just Got Kicked Out of a Major Bug Bounty Program
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 23:20
Bug bounty platform HackerOne severed ties with Medici Ventures-backed Voatz, the blockchain-based mobile voting app for breach of partnership standards.
Capitulation? BTC Battered by Biggest Mining Difficulty Drop Since 2011
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 22:41
BTC selling from miners could be impacting the price on spot exchanges, taking a closer look at Bitcoin's mining difficulty provides some useful insights
Bitcoin Follows Stock Markets Higher; How Long Will They Move in Lockstep?
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 22:33
Crypto prices climbed with traditional market indexes Monday as traders wondered if bitcoin will remain a follower or break out and blaze its own path.
China's Oldest Exchange OKCoin Readies for Move Into Japan
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 22:19
OKCoin, one of the oldest exchanges in China, has secured crypto licensing in Japan
HIVE Blockchain Acquires Bitcoin Mining Facility for $2.8M
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 21:32
HIVE will start to provide support for Bitcoin mining with the acquisition of a facility in Quebec
Fake Trading Volumes and the Price of Bitcoin: Are They Connected?
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 21:02
There is a strong connection between Bitcoin's price, Bitcoin's popularity in Google searches and fake trading volumes
The Law Is Coming for Bitcoin, Warns Satoshi Claimant Craig Wright
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 20:57
The self-declared creator of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, warns that Bitcoin miners and Lightning Network operators could suffer in the clash between crypto and the law
Egypt Limits Bank and ATM Withdrawals Citing Rampant Cash Outflow and Coronavirus Fears
Bitcoin.com - 30 Mar 2020 20:45
On Sunday, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced it had instructed financial institutions in the country to put withdrawal limits in place for cash. Regional reports disclose that Egyptian residents can only withdraw...
How Bitcoin's Price Slump Is Changing the Geography of Mining
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 20:43
Although China remains the leading region for bitcoin mining, the coronavirus downturn is changing the picture in other geographies.
How Central Banks Could Use Digital Cash to Deliver Universal Basic Income
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 19:53
Central banks are well placed to deliver regular, no-questions-asked monthly payments to everyone, and to manage any ensuing inflation.
Chinese Province: All Our Cities Have Blockchain Platform Coverage
Crypto News - 30 Mar 2020 19:24
Danxia landform, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China. The Northwestern Chinese province of Gansu says that all of its cities are now covered by its Blockchain Service Network (BSN) service platform. Per a report from the...
French Central Bank Puts Out Call for Digital Currency Experiments
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 19:10
France's central bank is calling for digital currency proposals with an experiment that moves it to the front of Europe's CBDC debate.
Jack Dorsey Wants Cash App to Distribute US Stimulus Package
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 18:54
The founder of Twitter and Square believes that Cash App can distribute the stimulus to Americans with greater efficiency than the government can
While Coronavirus Rages, Bitcoin Has Made A Leap Towards The Mainstream
Crypto News - 30 Mar 2020 18:39
Anyone holding bitcoin would have watched the market with alarm in recent weeks. The virtual currency, whose price other cryptocurrencies like ethereum and litecoin largely follow, plummeted from more than USD 10,000 in ...
Bitcoin News Roundup for March 30, 2020
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 18:00
Bitcoin is back and Breitling puts watches on the blockchain. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily.
New Gen Bitcoin Mining Machines 'To Serve For 3-4 years' + More News
Crypto News - 30 Mar 2020 17:39
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Mining news Hardware maker Bitmain says that newer m...
Bitcoin Mining Roundup: BTC Regains 100 Exahash, Miners Close Shop, Pre-Halving Shake-Up
Bitcoin.com - 30 Mar 2020 17:20
In 44 days, BTC miners will face the third reward halving as the block subsidy will soon shrink from 12.5 to 6.25 coins per block. Following the market carnage in mid-March, BTC’s hashrate plummeted 44% to a 2020 low o...
German Startup Pitches Decentralized ID for Prescription Pickup During COVID-19
Coin Desk - 30 Mar 2020 17:20
Coronavirus drove blockchain startup Spherity to develop a decentralized ID prototype for interacting with healthcare providers and pharmacies.
The Need to Report Carbon Emissions Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Coin Telegraph - 30 Mar 2020 16:56
Modern digital companies require more and more energy, which contributes to the global rise of carbon emissions