Cryptocurrency News
After Banning ICOs China's Defi Ecosystem Grows Exponential This Year
Bitcoin.com - 5 Oct 2020 16:00
The decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has become a multi-billion dollar industry and quite a bit of the popularity is stemming from China. While a number of defi projects from the West like Uniswap, Compound, and Ma...
Europol Names Privacy Wallets, Coins, Open Marketplaces as 'Top Threats' in Internet Crime Report
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 23:24
Monero, Samurai, Wasabi, OpenBazaar cited as threats in Europol report.
Fraudsters are switching from credit cards to Bitcoin, says consumer protection company
Coin Telegraph - 5 Oct 2020 23:00
Scammers are taking advantage of one of Bitcoin's strengths, as once lauded by Satoshi Nakamoto.
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed's 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
Bitcoin.com - 5 Oct 2020 22:40
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central b...
Are Central Bank Coins the End of Financial Privacy?
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 22:30
As the European Union gets more serious about a digital euro, most central bank digital currencies intend to remove the anonymity of cash.
John McAfee Arrested in Spain on US Criminal Charges
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 22:21
John McAfee allegedly received $11.6 million in bitcoin and ether for pumping ICOs in 2017 and 2018.
Tron Shedding 'Blockchain Vegas' Tag May Lead to Ethereum Inroads - Report
Crypto News - 5 Oct 2020 22:00
The Tron (TRX) network remains one of the main challengers to Ethereum (ETH)'s blockchain's throne after the former experienced its biggest quarterly rise in value yet. But among other things that would help decrease Eth...
Bloomberg: Bitcoin 'has had a tendency of adding zeroes to its price'
Coin Telegraph - 5 Oct 2020 21:50
Bitcoin may take twice as long to get to $100,000 than previously surmised.
Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 21:03
Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August.
Price analysis 10/5: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, BCH, DOT, LINK, CRO, LTC, ADA
Coin Telegraph - 5 Oct 2020 20:42
Traders are attempting to kickstart a new trending move in Bitcoin and altcoins by attacking overhead resistance levels.
Regulators May 'Disallow Trading on DEXs Entirely,' Investor Warns
Crypto News - 5 Oct 2020 19:51
Source: Adobe/ON-Photography If regulators find DeFi to be "unconscionably unpoliceable" due to a prevalence of spoofing and other market manipulation techniques, their next step may be to ban trading on decentralized ex...
US Senator Toomey Highlights Digital Currency Regs as He Eyes Banking Panel Chairmanship
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 19:42
The Pennsylvania senator is eager to focus on fintech if he assumes the top post at the Senate Banking Committee.
Yearn Finance Connect (YFIC) New DeFi Project Decentralized Finance, Staking, Lending & Yield Farming
Bitcoin.com - 5 Oct 2020 19:30
Yearn Finance Connect is a decentralized token under the ERC-20 protocol, that allows users to stake YFIC, borrow assets, and vote for improvements within the community. Yearn Finance Connect staking platform enables inv...
Bitcoin whale clusters pinpoint critical levels BTC must hold to rally
Coin Telegraph - 5 Oct 2020 18:11
Whale clusters show three critical support levels Bitcoin must protect in order to see a larger rally in the near term.
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 5, 2020
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 18:00
With interest in bitcoin futures falling to their lowest level since May, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
Bitcoin Handout, Mining Difficulty, Estonian CBDC Research + More News
Crypto News - 5 Oct 2020 17:24
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Crypto adoption news Blockchain advocacy group Chamber of Digital Co...
Bitcoin pioneer predicts $1T BTC market cap by 2022 or 'sooner'
Coin Telegraph - 5 Oct 2020 15:56
Adam Back believes that Bitcoin could boost its market cap by 400% in under two years.
Three Mega-Trends Shaping the Future of Money
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 15:02
How three forces driving digital forms of money will upend markets, geopolitics and society over the next decade.
Crypto Market Sentiment Inches Up; Bitcoin Loses the Week, Wins the Day
Crypto News - 5 Oct 2020 15:01
The combined moving 7-day average crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 coins by market capitalization has slightly recoverd from last week's 4.98/10 to the current 5.18. This brings it nearer to the p...
First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 14:47
Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance.
OFAC Warns That Firms Helping Victims With Ransomware Payouts Risk Violating Its Rules
Coin Desk - 5 Oct 2020 14:34
If you assist a ransomware victim in paying out to cyber attackers, you could end up facing civil penalties, OFAC says.
Bitcoin.com Exchange Acquires BOA Exchange To Reach New Markets
Bitcoin.com - 5 Oct 2020 14:00
Announced earlier this week, the two companies said the deal is expected to be finalized immediately, without disclosing the financial terms. BOA Exchange is a crypto exchange that has accumulated a vast user base, offer...