Cryptocurrency News
PayPal-Backed Blockchain Analytics Firm Hires Former US Treasury Adviser
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 14:00
TRM Labs, a blockchain analytics firm with backing from PayPal, is adding Ari Redbord as its head of legal and government affairs.
Price analysis 10/26: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LINK, BNB, DOT, LTC, BSV, ADA
Coin Telegraph - 26 Oct 2020 23:25
Bitcoin and altcoins are showing signs of short-term exhaustion, meaning a few days of consolidation could occur.
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 43
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 23:00
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by crypto exchanges that we found last week and today. Have we missed something? Do you have information about new ...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $12.7K as Global Equities Falter; Ethereum Fees Continue to Drop
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 22:26
Bitcoin's price took a dive along with most other assets as Ethereum fees continue to dip.
The number of Bitcoin whales hit an all-time high during the latest bull run
Coin Telegraph - 26 Oct 2020 22:15
Bitcoin whales own almost 8M Bitcoin and do not appear to be in a hurry to sell.
McAfee continues to promote cryptocurrencies from his Spanish jail cell
Coin Telegraph - 26 Oct 2020 22:00
Cointelegraph interviews antivirus pioneer John McAfee on the state of Blockchain from his confines in Barcelona, Spain.
Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 21:00
As cases rise and the U.S. settles in for a fresh wave of COVID-19, the economic fallout from round one is still being felt, from hedge funds to bankruptcies and beyond.
Imploding Trump Pelosi COVID-19 deal leads to 3% Bitcoin price drop
Coin Telegraph - 26 Oct 2020 20:50
Bitcoin price fell 3% as the U.S. stock market plummeted, but traders expect these two key levels to prevent a deep BTC pullback.
$250 Trillion in Assets Looking for Ideal Store of Value: A Bull Case for Bitcoin
Bitcoin.com - 26 Oct 2020 20:45
The CEO of Nasdaq-listed billion-dollar company Microstrategy has made a strong bull case for bitcoin. He says there is a $250 trillion ocean of assets looking for the ideal store a value right now and bitcoin is a bette...
PayPal's Crypto Offering May Be 'a Huge Headache' for Taxpayers
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 20:31
PayPal opening its network to cryptocurrencies could create a serious tax headache for users.
US Bail Funds Are Seeing an Uptick in Cryptocurrency Donations
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 20:18
The Bail Project, Chicago Community Bond Fund and Nashville Community Bail Fund take cryptocurrency donations not just in BTC, but also ETH and even BAT.
Bitcoin Outperformed by Ethereum But Still Has More Holders Profiting
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 20:00
Source: Adobe/stockphoto-graf Even though bitcoin (BTC) was outperformed by several major coins in the past year, including ethereum (ETH), there are still more BTC holders 'in the money.' This information is provided by...
Harvest Finance: $24M Attack Triggers $570M 'Bank Run' in Latest DeFi Exploit
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 19:05
Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack.
Another Ethereum Delay, Supermarket Embraces Bitcoin & Co + More News
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 18:11
Source: a screenshot, edited by Cryptonews.com, Instagram/excelsior_gama Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto n...
Notional Launches Out of Stealth to Bring Fixed-Rate Lending to DeFi
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 18:00
Notional enables fixed-rate debt on Ethereum using a new on-chain automated market maker.
The Big Choices When Designing Central Bank Digital Currencies
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 17:55
A retail CBDC or an indirect one? Synthetic? An API approach? How central banks implement digital currencies will have seismic implications.
Monero Reaches 2-Year High, Taking YTD Gain to 200%
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 17:42
Regulatory scrutiny is likely garnering more attention for monero amid an upward-trending broader market.
Interest In Bitcoin Spikes as PayPal, JPMorgan, and Kanye West Praise BTC
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 17:14
Google searches for "bitcoin" (BTC) spiked last week, reaching almost three-month highs, after BTC-related positive news from PayPal was supported by favorable statements from banking giant JPMorgan and celebrity Kanye W...
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
Bitcoin.com - 26 Oct 2020 16:45
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of un...
Crypto Market Sentiment is Out of Positive Zone Again; BCH is Victorious
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 16:33
As is common in the crypto market, we're seeing a reversal, given that the combined moving 7-day average crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for the top 10 coins by market capitalization dropped slightly and out of...
Bitcoin Attempting Fresh Increase, Altcoins Consolidate
Crypto News - 26 Oct 2020 16:08
After a short-term downside correction, bitcoin found support near the USD 13,000 zone. BTC is currently (13:00 UTC) rising and it is trading above USD 13,100. An initial resistance on the upside is near USD 13,250, abov...
Uniswap, Curve Daily Trading Volumes Surges Past $2B, Likely Driven by Harvest Attack
Coin Desk - 26 Oct 2020 16:03
Daily trading volume on Uniswap surged by over 1,200% to a record $2.04 billion, surpassing the previous record high of $953.59 million registered on Sept. 1 by a big margin.