Cryptocurrency News
Ethereum surges past $730: What comes next after the massive rally?
Coin Telegraph - 28 Dec 2020 13:31
Ether price has surged past $730 in a strong overnight rally, breaking out against Bitcoin.
Among S&P 500 Companies Only Two Outperformed Bitcoin This Year
Crypto News - 28 Dec 2020 16:17
Source: Adobe/temp-64GTX To call 2020 a bumper year for bitcoin (BTC) is something of an understatement, with the most popular cryptocurrency surging to break all sorts of price records while the value of other, more tra...
'Dumb' Blockchains Keep Gaining Adoption, Gold Is 'Lame' - Vitalik Buterin
Crypto News - 28 Dec 2020 13:25
We live in a world where blockchains and cryptocurrencies are well poised to play an important part, though for reasons much more complex than many people think and it has "as much to do with cultural forces as anything ...
Bitcoin Consolidates While Altcoins Start Strong Increase
Crypto News - 28 Dec 2020 15:39
After setting a new all-time high, bitcoin price corrected lower to USD 26,000. Recently, BTC started a fresh increase, settled above USD 27,00, and is currently (13:00 UTC) consolidating well above this level. Also, the...
Financial Guru Dave Ramsey Doubts Bitcoin Can Be Cashed Out -- Advises BTC Investor to Sell Now
Bitcoin.com - 28 Dec 2020 02:45
Personal finance guru Dave Ramsey has given advice about bitcoin to a man who made over $100,000 by investing just $1,500 in the cryptocurrency. Ramsey repeatedly expressed his doubt that bitcoin can be cashed out, calli...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $27K While ETH/BTC Pair Goes Bullish
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 23:20
Bitcoin takes a break after record price-setting Sunday while some traders are plowing BTC into ETH.
Vauld Raises $2 Million to Establish Stronghold in India
Bitcoin.com - 28 Dec 2020 22:30
Singapore-based crypto bank Vauld is working hard to elevate crypto to the status of a separate, viable asset class. It combines the functionality of an exchange with all the essential offerings of a bank, except it’s ...
Who Insures the Insurer? Cover Protocol Attack Exposes DeFi's Promise and Peril
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 22:10
Defi insurer Cover Protocol, designed to reduce smart contract failure risks, was exploited by a bug in its smart contract on Monday morning.
SEC Disapproves BOX Security's Request to Report Stock Trading Data on Ethereum Blockchain
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 22:06
BOX proposed a rule change to the SEC for using the Ethereum blockchain to record and publishing end-of-day securities ownership balances.
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 52
Crypto News - 28 Dec 2020 22:00
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 ...
Bitcoin whales are buying more aggressively since Christmas, data finds
Coin Telegraph - 28 Dec 2020 22:00
High-net-worth investors, or whales, have been buying Bitcoin more aggressively since Christmas, on-chain data show.
XRP price faces a rocky road to recovery ahead of SEC's Ripple lawsuit
Coin Telegraph - 28 Dec 2020 21:31
Though Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is prepared to challenge the SEC over its lawsuit, the knock may be hard to come back from.
Central Bank of Iran Official Says Cryptocurrencies Have 'Made No Contribution to Bypassing Sanctions'
Bitcoin.com - 28 Dec 2020 21:00
An official with the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has claimed that cryptocurrencies have played no significant role in Iran’s sanction hit economy. According to Mohammadreza Mani Yekta, the deputy head of CBI’s office ...
Lending Platform Vauld Raises $2M to Grow Into a Full Crypto Bank
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 20:00
Vauld, formerly called Bank of Hodlers, raised $2 million in a round led by Pantera Capital to expand its crypto banking platform.
Price analysis 12/28: BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCH, DOT, ADA, BNB, LINK, XLM
Coin Telegraph - 28 Dec 2020 19:38
Bitcoin is taking a breather after the recent rally while altcoins are attempting to play catch up.
Cover Protocol May Launch New Token Following Attack
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 19:30
Cover Protocol announced it's exploring launching a new COVER token through the snapshot before the attack by a "white hat" hacker on Monday morning.
SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze Against Virgil Capital
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 19:20
Stefan Qin, the 23-year-old founder of Virgil Capital, has been accused by the SEC of "fabricated records" for failing to redeem $3.5 million in investments and attempting to withdraw $1.7 million in investor funds to pa...
2020 Saw the Fewest Bitcoin 'Obituaries' in 8 Years
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 18:53
Bitcoin has only "died" 11 times this year.
BlackRock Prepares to Make More Crypto Moves + More News
Crypto News - 28 Dec 2020 18:33
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Investing news The American asset management giant BlackRock is look...
Bitcoin Mining Company Riot Blockchain Passes $1B in Market Cap
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 18:30
Riot's value was less than $50 million when it started mining bitcoin three years ago.
Whale Sightings Become Scarce, Removing Downward Pressure on Bitcoin: Analyst
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 18:16
Big bitcoin balance holders, or "whales," are moving less crypto onto exchanges, signaling some reduction of sell-side pressure, according to CryptoQuant.
Charting Asia's Dominant FinTech Frontier
Coin Desk - 28 Dec 2020 18:00
Asia looks poised to continue its trajectory towards digital dominance, says the co-founder of Zilliqa.