Cryptocurrency News
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck in High $9K Range as Stocks Soar on Powell Comments
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 22:52
Bitcoin treaded water in the high $9,000 range Monday as stocks rallied and traders wondered when the cryptocurrency would break five digits again.
Company That Sued FTX and Ripple Now Sets Its Sights on BitMEX
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 21:09
BMA LLC, which two weeks ago sued Ripple, has now accused crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX of orchestrating the largest financial crime in U.S. history.
From Buenos Aires to Beirut - Covid-19 Excuse Restricts Millions of Citizens from Withdrawing Their Own Money
Bitcoin.com - 18 May 2020 21:01
The coronavirus and the government-induced lockdowns have wreaked havoc on the global economy and millions of people can’t access their own money. Reports from financial stricken areas like Venezuela, Argentina, and Le...
Bitcoin Demand Pushes Tether Below $1 for Longest Stretch Since March
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 20:47
Tether, the oldest and largest stablecoin tied to the U.S dollar, has fallen below par value for the longest stretch since bitcoin dropped to 12-month lows in March.
Price Analysis 5/18: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BSV, LTC, BNB, EOS, XTZ, XLM
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 20:29
Bitcoin looks ready to head higher in the next few weeks, meaning traders could consider accumulating on the dips
Uniswap V2 Launches With More Token-Swap Pairs, Oracle Service, Flash Loans
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 20:15
The headline feature of the new Uniswap will be the ability for anyone to create any token pair they want, so long as it exists on Ethereum.
Is 3 Confirmations Still Enough if F2Pool Can Mine 6 Consecutive BTC Blocks?
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 19:49
Does F2Pool mining 6 consecutive blocks put the Bitcoin network's security at risk?
From Cash to Crypto: COVID-19 Is Changing the Way the World Sees Money
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 19:36
Emerging technologies such as blockchain are driving the world to digitized finances in an effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic
BitPay Processes More Volume, Transaction Count Remains Unchanged
Crypto News - 18 May 2020 19:30
In the first quarter this year, US-based major crypto payments company BitPay processed 10% more volume in USD, compared to the last three months of 2019, while the number of transactions remained unchanged. It includes ...
Blockchain Bites: a16z's Cyclic Crypto Thinking and Grin's Grim Outlook
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 18:48
FalconX brought in an equivalent to Facebook's 2005 Series A while Grin flounders and a16z asks if crypto's on the cusp of a boom period.
Winklevoss Biographer Writes Newest, BTC-Heavy Episode of 'Billions'
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 18:44
Another episode of the fifth season of "Billions" focused on crypto mining
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 20
Crypto News - 18 May 2020 18:30
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...
The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 18:26
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated.
Bitcoin.com's Mining Video Censored: The Tale of Youtube's Blatant Censorship and Propaganda
Bitcoin.com - 18 May 2020 17:50
During the last few years, the Google-owned Youtube platform has been accused of massive censorship and in the last three months, the video streaming business resembles the Ministry of Propaganda, more than an online vid...
New Crypto Bull Cycle, Ripple's MoneyTap in ATMs + More News
Crypto News - 18 May 2020 17:46
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. Crypto adoption news Major venture capital fund Andr...
Crypto Market Sentiment Drops Again; Bitcoin Still in the Positive Zone
Crypto News - 18 May 2020 16:58
Source: iStock/da-kuk Crypto market sentiment went for a dive in the first week after the Bitcoin (BTC) halving event on May 11. Crypto market sentiment analysis service Omenics shows that the combined moving average 7-d...
Winners and Losers in the US' $1,200 Check Blitz
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 15:33
Wealth and age determine when and how 250 million Americans get their stimulus payments, says our columnist J.P. Koning.
Bitcoin Block Generation Speed Falls to 2017 Lows
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 15:22
Just 95 blocks were generated on the Bitcoin blockchain yesterday, as miners are readjusting to post-halving conditions
Andreessen Horowitz Forecasts Fourth Crypto Bull Cycle
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 15:03
a16z says high quality projects in the past cycle (some being startups in its own portfolio) will drive growth in the next.
BitMEX Accepting Applications for Open-Source Developer Grants
Coin Telegraph - 18 May 2020 14:37
BitMEX's parent company is accepting applications for grant funding from developers contributing to open source technologies.
Investors Turn to Gold as Inflation Threat Looms, Is Bitcoin Next?
Crypto News - 18 May 2020 14:36
With more prominent investors raising the alarm bells over possible inflation as a result of fiat currency debasement by central banks around the world, gold has soared to its highest level since 2012. With all the funda...
Bakkt Announces New Insurance Coverage, Claims More Than 70 Custody Clients
Coin Desk - 18 May 2020 14:00
Bakkt has onboarded 70 clients to its custody services, and signed a deal with insurance broker Marsh to provide customers with an optional extra $500 million of coverage.