Cryptocurrency News
Bitcoin Is the 'New' Apple -- How BTC Price Could Reach $60,000 by 2023
Coin Telegraph - 6 Jul 2020 04:52
Bitcoin hangs near the chasm of the adoption curve and its price looks similar to Apple's stock in 2008 before it broke out with a 520% rally.
Bitcoin Volatility Hits Three-Year Low, Sparking Fears of Massive Sell-Off
Bitcoin.com - 6 Jul 2020 23:25
The cryptocurrency data analytics and research company, Skew has warned that bitcoin could see a massive sell-off due to declining volatility. The data analytics firm says that bitcoin (BTC) realized volatility hit 20% o...
Three Female Binance Award Nominees Get Blocked From Instagram
Coin Telegraph - 6 Jul 2020 23:18
Three female crypto influencers were "deplatformed" from Instagram after critiquing the Binance Influencer Awards.
Binance Ordered to Halt Offering Derivatives Trading in Brazil
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 22:50
The order is the regulator's first public stance on cryptocurrency derivatives trading.
Market Wrap: As Stocks Rally, Bitcoin Trades Above $9.3K for the First Time in 10 Days
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 22:37
Equities continue to beat bitcoin's performance, but everything is making gains Monday.
Social Media Bans 'Highlight the Profound Censorship on Web 2.0'
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 22:28
Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era.
How Bitcoin Is Becoming Both Resistance Money and a National Security Concern
Coin Telegraph - 6 Jul 2020 22:25
Meltem Demirors and Andy Bromberg spoke at a Unitize panel on the future evolution of Bitcoin and how geopolitics is beginning to enter the ecosystem.
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 27
Crypto News - 6 Jul 2020 22:00
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...
Iran Gives Crypto Miners One Month to Register With the State
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 21:49
The government wants to "eliminate the confusion of cryptocurrency activists" with its call for mass mining registration.
Bitcoin Up 27% in First Half of 2020, Beating Gold, Silver and Platinum
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 21:23
Bitcoin showed its luster during the first half of 2020 amid mediocre returns from precious metals.
The Tokenized Metaverse: Non-Fungible Token Sales to Surpass $100 Million
Bitcoin.com - 6 Jul 2020 21:15
On July 1, 2020, the partner of Polynexus Capital, Andrew Steinwold, detailed that the sales of blockchain-powered non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are about to cross the $100 million mark. The popularity of NFTs has grown mas...
China Stocks Surge and NYC Real Estate Craters: 5 Stories Shaping Markets Today
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 21:00
The story of the economy as told by five macroeconomic indicators including Chinese stocks, New York City real estate, coronavirus cases and more.
Cardano at One-Year High on Shelley Upgrade
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 20:37
The eighth-largest cryptocurrency by market value jumped to $0.1021 on Saturday to hit its highest price level since June 2019. It has rallied by a staggering 170% in the second quarter, according to CoinDesk data.
World's Largest Pension Fund Lost the Equivalent of Bitcoin's Entire Market Cap in Just Three Months
Coin Telegraph - 6 Jul 2020 20:07
The world's largest pension fund posted a first-quarter loss of $165 billion, which is equivalent to the Bitcoin's entire market capitalization.
Blockchain Bites: E-Gold Claims, Arca's New Fund and Generation Z
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 19:31
Arca, a Los Angeles money manager, has launched a new fund on Ethereum, E-Gold claims the government suppressed evidence in its case and Expedia is taking bitcoin.
700,000 Expedia Hotels Can Now Be Paid With Cryptocurrencies via Travala
Bitcoin.com - 6 Jul 2020 19:10
More than 700,000 Expedia Group hotels and accommodations are now available via crypto-friendly travel booking platform Travala. Bookings can be paid with more than 30 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Despite covid-1...
Crypto Spot Trading Halved in June; Kraken's Move in Europe + More News
Crypto News - 6 Jul 2020 18:08
This is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Exchanges news Spot trading volumes on both top tier and lower t...
What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 18:05
If all these terms ("DeFi," "liquidity mining," "yield farming") are so much Greek to you, fear not. We're here to catch you up.
Bitcoin News Roundup for July 6, 2020
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 18:00
With bitcoin volatility sinking, lightning payments to your bank account and real world accountability on the blockchain, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your BTC news roundup!
Crypto Market Sentiment Unchanged; Cardano Joins Bitcoin in Positive Zone
Crypto News - 6 Jul 2020 16:38
For the second week in a row, crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) barely moved over the course of the past seven days. It moved even less than last week. Back then, we saw the combined moving 7-day average sentscor...
Visa Hiring Ethereum Developer for New 'Distributed Application'
Coin Desk - 6 Jul 2020 16:30
The world's largest payment network is looking for an Ethereum developer to help work on a new blockchain-based application.
Bitcoin Entrepreneur Brock Pierce Joins the 2020 US Presidential Election
Bitcoin.com - 6 Jul 2020 16:28
Blockchain entrepreneur and former Disney child actor, Brock Pierce, is running for President of the United States this election. Pierce announced he was running during America’s Independence Day celebration on July 4,...