Cryptocurrency News
Italian Firm Claims Its Non-Fungible Tokens Can Tackle Fake News
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 13:42
Italian blockchain firm LKS created a blockchain system to counter fake news and protect copyrighted content
Sodinokibi Crypto Ransomware Switches from Bitcoin to Monero to Hide Money Trail
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 00:14
The hackers behind the Sodinokibi ransomware decided to switch from Bitcoin to Monero to better hide from law enforcement
'Bitcoin Halving' Is Now More Popular Than 'Bitcoin' on Google
Crypto News - 14 Apr 2020 14:36
People are getting increasingly more interested in the halving of the world's number one coin by market capitalization - Bitcoin (BTC). As a matter of fact, their interest has reached an all-time high and is now stronger...
Send on Bitcoin, Receive on Ethereum: Atomic Loans Launches Bitcoin DeFi Solution
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 23:16
Atomic Loans will allow you to directly use Bitcoin as collateral for a DeFi loan, but most of the infrastructure remains on Ethereum
Bitcoin-Gold Correlation Is Weak; BTC-S&P 500 Correlation Might Drop
Crypto News - 14 Apr 2020 16:48
Source: Adobe/sergey_p While the correlation between bitcoin (BTC) and gold could be "slightly" increasing but still remaining weak overall, that between BTC and the S&P 500 stock market index is unlikely to remain high ...
Bitmain to Compensate its Past Customers After Price Cut
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 23:04
Customers that bought AntMiners S17+ and T17+ before the price cuts have the right to a partial refund from Bitmain
Bitcoin Tests $7K as Spot Trading Volumes Subside to Normal Levels
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 23:01
After weeks of elevated activity, trading volumes on spot bitcoin exchanges have subsided, boding well for some traders if not the venues themselves.
This Altcoin Has Thrived Amid Global Lockdown, Seeing 102% Growth in 28 Days
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 22:33
Komodo (KMD) climbed to 102% growth over the past thirty days, marking a swift turnaround for a coin which lost 75% of its value from February into March
For Contact Tracing to Work, Americans Will Have to Trust Google and Apple
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 22:22
Critics have doubts that Google and Apple can make their contact tracing system work. Key issue: Trust.
Inside China's Plan to Power Global Blockchain Adoption
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 21:30
China is about to launch its national blockchain platform, part of Beijing's grand strategy to lead the digital transformation of the world economy.
Major Fintech and Blockchain Backer SoftBank Expected to Lose $12.5 Billion
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 21:20
A company founded by a Bitcoin investor is expected to lose $12.5 billion during this fiscal year
Algorand Foundation Sets Aside $50M in Tokens to Spur Development
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 21:00
The Algorand Foundation has earmarked 250 million ALGO for a grant program that aims to spur development of the Algorand ecosystem.
The $20,000 Human IPO and 5 Other Crypto Stories That Have Nothing to Do With COVID-19
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 21:00
From regulation-related shutdowns to a human IPO and G20 warnings about stablecoins, NLW breaks down a set of crypto trend stories that really aren't about COVID-19.
'Governments Will be Unable to Shut It Down' - John McAfee to Launch Privacy Centric Crypto
Bitcoin.com - 14 Apr 2020 20:35
The U.S. Presidential candidate who remains on the run from the IRS, John McAfee, announced he’s launching a new privacy coin called Ghost. McAfee says the Ghost cryptocurrency will be a proof-of-stake (PoS) coin and i...
Blockchain Bites: The Global Lockdown, Privacy Preserving Cryptography and Bitmain's Cash Rebates
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 19:25
Crypto may protect privacy as governments turn to contact tracing apps, while hackers are selling your Zoom account information for pennies on the dollar.
MakerDAO Users Sue Stablecoin Issuer Following 'Black Thursday' Losses
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 19:00
A lawsuit against the Maker Foundation claims the DeFi platform "intentionally misrepresented the risks associated with CDP ownership."
What Are Russians Doing in Lockdown? Praying and Trading Crypto
Crypto News - 14 Apr 2020 18:50
Religion and crypto are emerging as the unlikely winners as locked-down Russian internet users flock to bitcoin (BTC) and the Bible in a bid to bust the coronavirus blues. Internet habits appear to be changing fast in th...
Filipino Pawnshops Bank on Crypto Remittances During Crisis
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 18:28
Pawn shops in the Philippines are well placed to popularize cryptocurrencies as alternatives to cash.
Bitcoin Price Rejects 100-Week MA, So Is the Pre-Halving Pump Over?
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 18:22
Bitcoin is struggling to clear resistance at $6,900 and $7,050 but $7,200 is the real target BTC needs to flip to support in order to rally to $8,000
Bitcoin News Roundup for April 14, 2020
Coin Desk - 14 Apr 2020 18:00
Gold beats BTC while Europe explores contact tracing. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.
Toronto Stock Exchange's Listing of Bitcoin Fund Can Have a Major Impact on Crypto
Coin Telegraph - 14 Apr 2020 17:53
3iQ's recent listing of its BTC fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange will help boost investor confidence toward the crypto sector
ShapeShift Acquires Portis, McAfee's New Coin, Coincheck Re-arrest + More News
Crypto News - 14 Apr 2020 17:48
Erik Voorhees, CEO of ShapeShift. 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. Exchanges news Cry...