Cryptocurrency News
First Mover: Bitcoin Heads for 24% October Gain as US Election Countdown Begins
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 15:05
Pantera's Dan Morehead looks at negative images of GDP charts and counts words in Satoshi Nakamoto's white paper to chronicle bitcoin's "movement."
Uniswap moves closer to a new five million UNI airdrop
Coin Telegraph - 30 Oct 2020 04:31
The Uniswap community is voting on its second-ever governance proposal to distribute 5 million governance tokens to users who interacted with the DEX via a third-party platform.
ETH Gobbles Up Larger Share of Genesis Loan Book as Trading Firms Feast on DeFi Summer
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 15:00
Genesis Trading saw the share of bitcoin in its loan portfolio drop, mainly due to demand for liquidity mining on DeFi protocols.
Impending pennant breakout sets Bitcoin price back on the path to $14,000
Coin Telegraph - 30 Oct 2020 23:31
Increasing volume and a breakout above a key trendline have set Bitcoin price back on the path to $14,000.
People Want Data Privacy But Don't Always Know What They're Getting
Crypto News - 30 Oct 2020 23:00
Gabriel Kaptchuk , Researcher Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Boston University. Elissa M. Redmiles, Faculty member & Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute. Rachel Cummings, Assistant Professor of Industri...
Crypto Lender Celsius Taps Horizen for 'Proof of Reserves' Proof of Concept
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 22:59
The proof-of-reserves pilot would take information that appears on Celsius' website and have it fed from a public Horizen sidechain instead.
Central Banks Dump Gold for the First Time Since 2010, Precious Metal Drops 9% Since August High
Bitcoin.com - 30 Oct 2020 22:30
A few central banks have started selling tons of gold for the first time since 2010 in order to ease the financial suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic. At $1,875 per ounce, gold prices are down -9.63% since the commodit...
The company that coined the term 'hash rate' is not concerned about its recent decline
Coin Telegraph - 30 Oct 2020 22:30
Bitcoin's hash rate is down on the year, though the price remains largely unaffected.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $13.6K as DeFi Total Value Locked Dips Below $11B
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 22:20
Bitcoin's price hit $13,600 before retrenching while some investors pulled crypto out of DeFi.
MakerDAO Members Voting on a Safeguard Against BProtocol Flash Loan-Type Attack
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 21:22
The MakerDAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting.
Bitcoin Developers Still Divided on Specifics of Taproot Activation
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 21:15
The code for Taproot is ready to go, but developers are still discussing how to deploy the update across Bitcoin's distributed network.
Prime Broker Bequant Adds Risk-Monitoring Service in Push for Added Compliance
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 21:14
Bequant is adding New York-based Solidus Labs' surveillance tools to its digital asset services business.
Why Satoshi Chose Halloween to Release the Bitcoin White Paper
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 21:00
Was Satoshi's release of the Bitcoin White Paper an allusion to the Reformation or something to do with the ancient pagan tradition of Samhain?
Overstock Touts Voatz Blockchain Voting App as Solution to US Election Fracas
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 20:09
The comments come days before a ballot count marred in uncertainty.
INX to List on Canadian Securities Exchange Following IPO
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 20:05
INX will list on the CES once it closes its $117 million IPO.
Venezuela Expands Scope of its Remittance Platform With Bitcoin & Litecoin
Crypto News - 30 Oct 2020 19:54
The Venezuelan government is set to overhaul its crypto-compatible remittances platform Patria - allowing full operability with bitcoin (BTC) and litecoin (LTC) wallets. The platform allows individuals based overseas to ...
Money Reimagined: Who Are the Real Monsters?
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 19:31
Next to the frightening creatures of the legacy financial system, bitcoin is the normal, wholesome outlier, like the niece from TV's "The Munsters."
The New Bullrun Rushes Investors Towards Securypto
Bitcoin.com - 30 Oct 2020 19:30
PRESS RELEASE. With Round 1 Fully Sold Out, Investors scramble to get on board of Securypto IEO. In a world where datahacks have become the norm rather than the exception, anonymity has become a necessity. Securypto proj...
Crypto Lending Boom, JustLink vs. Chainlink, USD 1m DeFi Bounty + More News
Crypto News - 30 Oct 2020 19:10
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 Full-service crypto prime broker Genesis said t...
KuChain and IRISnet Team Up to Establish Joint Labs for Accelerating the Development of the Cosmos Ecosystem
Crypto News - 30 Oct 2020 19:05
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. On October 30, 2020, KuChain and IRISnet announced the establishment of Joint Labs - Ti-Labs. Running on the back of a think-tank that...
Back on track: US macro events unlikely to fully derail Bitcoin price gains
Coin Telegraph - 30 Oct 2020 19:00
As the U.S. stock market enters earnings season, analysts explain how Bitcoin could perform after earnings and the presidential election.
Ethereum Developers Pencil In January for Eth 1.x 'Berlin' Hard Fork
Coin Desk - 30 Oct 2020 18:58
Ethereum developers are eyeing January for the Berlin hard fork. The backwards-incompatible upgrade of the existing Eth 1.x blockchain was first set for July.