Cryptocurrency News
The Great Financial Reset: IMF Managing Director Calls for a 'New Bretton Woods Moment'
Bitcoin.com - 19 Oct 2020 04:00
As the global economy shudders from the disastrous effects of central planning, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director in Washington, DC, Kristalina Georgieva is calling for a “new Bretton Woods moment...
Big Bitcoin prediction, OKEx spooks markets, Ripple exec's crippling mistake: Hodler's Digest, Oct. 12-18
Coin Telegraph - 19 Oct 2020 01:05
The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more -- one week on Cointelegraph in one link!
Bitcoin and Altcoins Showing Signs of Fresh Increase
Crypto News - 19 Oct 2020 15:10
Bitcoin price started a steady increase above the USD 11,350 level. BTC was able to climb above the USD 11,450 level and it is currently (12:20 UTC) trading above USD 11,500. If the bulls manage to gain strength above th...
Monetary Stability: The IMF and Fed Chair Jerome Powell Discuss Digital Currency Implications
Bitcoin.com - 19 Oct 2020 23:00
On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a report on crypto assets like central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and global stablecoins (GSCs). Moreover, the IMF also hosted a virtual panel that discusse...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bounces to $11.8K; Over 10K BTC Locked in Harvest Finance
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 22:57
Bitcoin's price tested $11,800 Monday as investors continue to put BTC into new DeFi protocols.
Closing Time for Bitcoin's Iconic Room 77 - 'And That's OK,' Says Owner
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 22:08
Room 77 originally opened as a side project, until Bitcoin came and made it an icon. Now, the first bar to ever accept bitcoin is closing.
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 42
Crypto News - 19 Oct 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...
Price analysis 10/19: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, BNB, LINK, DOT, ADA, LTC, BSV
Coin Telegraph - 19 Oct 2020 21:59
Bitcoin price may rise to a new 52-week high if it can break above the ascending channel and this move could ignite the altcoins.
Institutional Bitcoin longs at record-high, hedge funds short -- CME data
Coin Telegraph - 19 Oct 2020 21:06
CME data shows Institutions are long Bitcoin while hedge funds are aggressively shorting BTC.
A New 'Bretton Woods' Moment?
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 21:00
The IMF has said it's time to re-evaluate the global economic order, but what does that really mean?
FinCEN Fines Bitcoin-Mixing CEO $60M in Landmark Crackdown on Helix, Coin Ninja
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 20:49
Larry Dean Harmon ran the first bitcoin mixing services targeted with criminal allegations by U.S. authorities.
Cryptographers Are Always Going to Be 'One Step Ahead' of Regulators: Monero's Spagni
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 20:42
Privacy protocols have become the focal point of regulators and law enforcement agencies when the race among central banks to launch sovereign digital currencies is heating up.
US Alleges Top Russian Cyber Hackers Tried to Cover Digital Tracks With Bitcoin
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 20:08
The cyberhackers used bitcoin to cover their ties to critical hacking campaign "infrastructure" such as servers and domain names, according to an indictment unsealed Monday by U.S. prosecutors.
Hope Leads To Bitcoin, New NEO, Luno Launches Savings Wallet + More News
Crypto News - 19 Oct 2020 19:23
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Adoption news MicroStrategy, an American software company that used ...
'Old hands selling out' metric shows Bitcoin price at risk of HODLers dumping
Coin Telegraph - 19 Oct 2020 19:17
On-chain data shows dormant addresses are selling BTC, leading some analysts to make bearish calls on Bitcoin price.
Bitcoin Bar 'Room 77' Shuts Down
Bitcoin.com - 19 Oct 2020 19:00
Room 77, the German bar and restaurant that claims to be the first retail outfit in the world to accept bitcoin payments, has shut down. Cypherpunk Holdings chief economist Jon Matonis broke the news on Twitter. Bar owne...
Upgraded Monero Is Best Performer Among Top 15 Coins Today
Crypto News - 19 Oct 2020 18:28
Privacy-focused cryptocurrency monero (XMR) is the best performing coin among the top 15 tokens by market capitalization today after it launched its network update this past weekend. At pixel time (15:51 UTC), XMR, ranke...
Blockchain Bites: Filecoin Strike, Bitcoin Fees Fall, Coinbase Censorship
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 18:05
Five Filecoin miners have gone on strike. Bitcoin miners are seeing depressed earnings. And Binance is closing its Jersey branch.
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 19, 2020
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 18:00
With BTC transaction activity slowing and Filecoin miners striking, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
While China Is Already Testing CBDC, US's Goal Is 'To Get It Right'
Crypto News - 19 Oct 2020 17:27
Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/IMF Central banks are still more focused on risks of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) while they're increasingly cooperating with each other in an attempt to investigate this po...
Fiat-to-Crypto Gateway BTC Direct Raises Almost $13M in Series A Funding
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 17:25
BTC Direct said it plans to use the funds to expand its workforce and develop new products, among other things.
Major Meeting of Central Banks Produces Same Old 'Evaluating' CBDCs Refrain
Coin Desk - 19 Oct 2020 16:53
CBDCs continue to draw attention from central bankers, but panelists at an IMF event - including the Federal Reserve - do not expect to see their nations launch one soon.