Cryptocurrency News
Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
Bitcoin.com - 1 Nov 2020 06:45
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Networ...
Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin White Paper: A 12-Year Old Summary of Robust Unstructured Simplicity
Bitcoin.com - 1 Nov 2020 02:45
Cryptocurrency supporters all around the world are celebrating the fact that today is the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a summary of the invention created by the pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. Bit...
Square Funds Designer to Make Crypto Wallets Usable by Anyone
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 23:19
Maggie Valentine was awarded the grant to help make bitcoin wallets usable by anyone.
Uniswap Proposal to Airdrop More UNI Falls Short in Governance Vote
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 21:56
The votes were staggeringly in favor, but a quorum was not reached, and Uniswap's second-ever governance proposal has been defeated.
Dark Web Hackers Claim to Hold Keys to 10K Robinhood Accounts: Report
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 20:12
The number of Robinhood-related emails for sale outnumber those for other brokerages by about 5-to-1, the report says.
Pewdiepie Joins the Blockchain AR Game Wallem, Players Can Buy Youtube Star's NFT Skin
Bitcoin.com - 1 Nov 2020 20:00
The world-famous gamer and Youtuber, Pewdiepie is getting involved with another blockchain project called Wallem, a 3D augmented reality video game that uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for skins and items. The game also ...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, BNB, ADA, BCH, LINK
Coin Telegraph - 1 Nov 2020 19:27
Bitcoin looks strong and the indicators point to a possible break above $14,000 while altcoins could underperform in the short-term.
Technician Used Airport's Computers to Mine Ethereum in Italy: Report
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 19:00
A technician at the Lamezia Terme airport in Italy was discovered using the airport's computers to illegally mine ether (ETH).
Yearnify Finance (YFY) Next Generation Decentralized Finance Project, Token Pre-sale is Now Live
Crypto News - 1 Nov 2020 18:30
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. Yearnify Finance is a community-centered DeFi-project, modeled to take the successful features of Yearn Finance (YFI), and improve upo...
ECB Begins Public Survey About a Digital Euro, Implying a Broad Retail Offering Is Now on the Table
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 16:06
The survey indicates a much more profound change in the way finance works is being contemplated.
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
Bitcoin.com - 1 Nov 2020 16:00
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the fi...
By the Numbers: More Bitcoin Bulls Than Ever Before
Coin Desk - 1 Nov 2020 15:00
A Long Reads Sunday reading of Grayscale's recent "Bitcoin Investor Survey."
Crypto Adoption in 2021: Bitcoin Rules, Ethereum Grows & Faces Rivals
Crypto News - 1 Nov 2020 14:00
Crypto adoption will gain further steam in 2021, according to experts speaking with Cryptonews.com. To date, Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptoassets have had a very good (yet turbulent) 2020, and with the global economy exp...
The Next Chapter in Yield Farming: Ethereum 2.0 and Sustainability
Crypto News - 1 Nov 2020 13:00
Chyna Qu. Chyna Qu is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of DeFiner, a decentralized finance network for crypto savings, loans, and payments. _____ Yield farming has evolved as a mainstream DeFi (decentralized fi...
Bitcoin monthly candle closes above $13K for the first time since 2017
Coin Telegraph - 1 Nov 2020 12:00
The monthly Bitcoin price candle closed above $13,000 for the first time since 2017 when BTC hit an all-time high of nearly $20,000.
Genesis Doubles Crypto Loan Issuance for the Third Quarter to $5.2 Billion
Bitcoin.com - 1 Nov 2020 11:30
Crypto lender Genesis provided $5.2 billion in new loans in the third quarter of 2020, more than double its previous record of $2.2 billion in the preceding quarter. Issued to corporate borrowers such as hedge funds and ...
Bitcoin is the best treasury reserve asset humanity's ever had
Coin Telegraph - 1 Nov 2020 10:00
You could easily lose up to 90% of your fiat savings to inflation alone in 100 years, but that would never happen with Bitcoin.