Cryptocurrency News
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips as Stock Markets Close Lower on the Week
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 22:57
Bitcoin attempted to recover from a price dip on Friday as global stock indexes end the week lower.
Motions Fly High as Craig Wright Set to Face Kleiman Estate in Court
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 17:18
Jockeying for position continues, but it looks like Kleiman v. Wright is going to trial. Still, never say never as most lawsuits settle.
Coinbase Report Suggests Bitcoin Acts as a Gateway to Altcoins
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 05:11
Bitcoin acts as a gateway to altcoins, with only 24% of investors keeping the faith, according to research from Coinbase.
JK Rowling Asks About Bitcoin. Accursed Crypto Twitter Scares Her Off
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 23:29
It took only three (3) hours for Crypto Twitter to scare JK Rowling away from bitcoin.
Reality Check: Bloomberg Is NOT Giving Out BTC on Youtube
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 21:00
Scammers impersonating Michael Bloomberg BTC giveaway on YouTube want your Bitcoins.
Where Bitcoin Fits in the New Monetary Order
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 21:00
The third part of The Breakdown's Money Reimagined series looks at the role of bitcoin and USD stablecoins in the new global monetary order.
Price Analysis 5/15: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, XLM
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 20:52
The action in altcoins has become coin specific, meaning, traders should remain with those that are in an uptrend as they are likely to follow Bitcoin if it moves higher.
Crypto Derivatives Exchange FTX Launches Bitcoin Hashrate Futures
Bitcoin.com - 15 May 2020 20:35
On Friday, cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX launched a hashrate futures tool that allows Bitcoin (BTC) miners to hedge against mining difficulty risk. Hashrate, the amount of processing power dedicated to a Bitcoi...
37 Questions for Cosmos' Sunny Aggarwal
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 19:48
Tendermint and Cosmos developer (and part-time pirate) Sunny Aggarwal is the latest intriguing soul to take the CoinDesk Confessional questionnaire.
Crypto.com Rolls Out Visa Card to 31 European Nations
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 19:00
Crypto.com is now shipping its crypto-to-fiat card, the MCO Visa, across the European Union.
Another Exchange Delists Monero Amid Ongoing Sex Scandal
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 19:00
Another cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea delists XMR amid the Nth room sex scandal case.
Blockchain Interoperability, Ethereum Classic to Upgrade + More News
Crypto News - 15 May 2020 18:10
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. Blockchain news Accenture and Fujitsu Laboratories a...
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 15, 2020
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 18:00
BTC hovers at $9K while Australia knocks out Bitcoin sales. This is CoinDesk's Markets Daily Podcast.
Bitcoin Price Nears 'Golden Cross' But Will BTC Finally Conquer $10K?
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 16:43
Bitcoin price is encouragingly posting higher lows while being rejected by the $10,000 level suggests that more downside could be expected.
Central Banks Mull Creating a CBDC, but Not on a Blockchain: Survey
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 16:40
Forty-six central banks would consider a broader form of distributed ledger technology for a CBDC but aren't crazy about putting it on a blockchain.
CZ's Twitter Feed Swayed New CoinMarketCap Ranking That Put Binance on Top
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 16:00
CoinMarketCap's new exchange ranking gives its new owner Binance a perfect score. The site's CEO said the decision was in part based on the Twitter "presence and feed" of the exchange's CEO.
Bitcoin Cash Upgrade Complete: 3 New Features Added to Consensus Rules
Bitcoin.com - 15 May 2020 15:38
Today, at precisely 9 a.m. ET on May 15, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash network completed another upgrade adding a few new features to the blockchain. The latest upgrade comes with new opcode support, a chain limit extension, an...
Blockchain Bites: What You Need to Know About the Last Day of Consensus: Distributed
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 15:28
From bitcoin mining workshops to VR meetings about VR meetings, everything you need to know for the last day of Consensus: Distributed.
How Cross-Chain Composability Is the Future of Decentralized Finance
Coin Telegraph - 15 May 2020 15:27
Decentralized finance faces a liquidity issue, but there are multiple solutions in the works that hope to tap into Bitcoin's massive market cap.
Telegram Investor Backs Durov Crypto Return to 'Kick Zuckerberg's Ass'
Crypto News - 15 May 2020 15:25
Pavel Durov. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/durov. An investor in Telegram's aborted Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform says he believes the project's mastermind is not yet ready to walk away from his faile...
Visa Patent Filing Would Allow Central Banks to Mint Digital Fiat Currencies Using Blockchain
Coin Desk - 15 May 2020 15:02
The filing details a way for fiat currencies, like the U.S. dollar, to be turned into a central bank digital currency.
Bitcoin and Ethereum Users Complain About Rising 'Ridiculous' Fees
Crypto News - 15 May 2020 14:47
While Bitcoin (BTC) fees keep rising, Ethereum (ETH) fees are also getting more expensive. Bitcoin fees have been rising following the third halving. On May 12, the average transaction fee reached USD 2.79, the highest i...