Cryptocurrency News
Swiss Stock Exchange's Crypto Trading Volume Soars -- Hits Record $1.2 Billion
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 05:30
Switzerland’s principal stock exchange has revealed that its crypto trading volume hit a record high of CHF 1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) in 2020. The exchange now offers 34 exchange-traded products, allowing investors �...
India Seizes Bitcoins Worth $1.2 Million From Hacker of Government Website and Crypto Exchanges
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 12:30
Indian police have seized $1.2 million in bitcoin from a hacker who allegedly hacked a government website, online game portals, and cryptocurrency exchanges. He was previously arrested for stealing $1.5 million from an I...
$500M in crypto futures liquidated as Bitcoin dips below $34K: What happens next?
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 12:13
The cryptocurrency market saw over $500 million worth of positions liquidated in the last 24 hours as Bitcoin slid below $34,000.
IMF Says Only 23% of Central Banks Can Legally Issue Digital Currencies
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 02:20
Researchers at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have examined the central bank laws of 174 IMF members to answer the question of whether a digital currency is really money. They found that of all the central banks s...
Synthetic dreams: Wrapped crypto assets gain traction amid surging market
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 14:07
Synthetic crypto assets offer vast potential to shake up the crypto and traditional financial markets, but what's behind the current growth?
Hedge fund predicts $115K Bitcoin price and the fall of 'speculative' altcoins
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 23:55
Analysts say Bitcoin and Ether's growing dominance of the crypto market are signals that the current bull market is drastically different than the last one.
China's Blockchain-Based Service Network to Integrate Central Bank Digital Currency
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 23:43
The BSN expects to complete integrations with a total of 30 public blockchains this year.
IMF Tells Governments: Spend as Much as You Can and Then Spend More
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 22:30
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on countries worldwide to spend as much as they can and then spend more. She admitted that this is a “very unusual” policy for the IMF but it is needed to ...
Grayscale Raises $700M+ in a Day, Its Largest Daily Asset Raise Ever
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 22:11
In Q4 2020, the company raised $3.3 billion across its cryptocurrency investment vehicles.
Bitcoin's Massive Swings Give Pause to CFOs Mulling Reserve Investment: Bloomberg
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 21:19
Bitcoin's 30% price correction was enough to give some CFOs second thoughts.
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, LINK, UNI, XTZ, ATOM
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 20:57
Bitcoin's brief period of consolidation has opened a path for select altcoins to rally higher.
Coinbase Redoing Infrastructure to Prevent Outages During Peak Times
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 20:42
The exchange also said it's working to improve its customer service response time, another source of complaints.
Dollar-Cost Averaging Crypto Profits: Low-Risk Bitcoin Investing Without All the Stress
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 20:01
Bitcoin prices and a number of other digital assets have grown significantly in value during the last decade. Some people have made millions and even billions throwing down everything they have during the cryptocurrency�...
Secure Bitcoin self-custody: Balancing safety and ease of use
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 17:32
With Bitcoin's price clocking $40,000 recently, safe and secure measures for storing the valuable digital asset are once again on the agenda.
Paypal to Earn $2 Billion in Revenue From Its Bitcoin Business, Says Analyst
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 17:30
Mizuho Securities analyst Don Dolev has forecast that Paypal will earn up to $2 billion in revenue from its bitcoin business by 2023. This year, he expects that the payment giant’s overall revenue will climb 20%. Dolev...
'You're Starting to Democratize Access.' Arca's Jeff Dorman on Crypto's Impact on Organizational Structure and Other Big Trends to Look for in 2021
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 17:00
A leading crypto investor on the year-ahead for bitcoin, NFTs, India and DeFi community tokens. Your host is Ben Schiller.
Decred co-founder explains the possible effects of a CBDC takeover
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 16:13
How would mass-scale CBDC issuance impact the crypto space?
'America and Sound Money,' the Most Important Bitcoin Essay of the Last Year
Coin Desk - 17 Jan 2021 16:00
A reading of the "Stone Ridge 2020 Shareholder Letter" by Ross Stevens.
Polkadot Flips XRP to Become the Fourth-Ranked Crypto After Price Spikes 100% in Less Than a Week
Bitcoin.com - 17 Jan 2021 15:30
Dot, the native token of the Polkadot network, has flipped XRP to become the fourth-ranked token after its price rallied by more than 40% in just 24 hours. Since January 11, the token has now gone up by more than 100% to...
Bitcoin Snowball Is Expected To Hit More Institutions in 2021
Crypto News - 17 Jan 2021 14:00
Institutionalization, professionalization, commercialization, and inclusion of bitcoin (BTC) in portfolios of hedge funds, treasuries and others is likely to continue its upwards trajectory, providing BTC with endorsemen...
DeFi bull run: Why Aave and SUSHI are surging despite Bitcoin price uncertainty
Coin Telegraph - 17 Jan 2021 14:00
Aave, SushiSwap, and other major DeFi bluechips are rallying hard despite Bitcoin's consolidation.
Legally Speaking, is Digital Money Really Money?
Crypto News - 17 Jan 2021 13:00
Catalina Margulis is a consulting counsel in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Legal Department's Financial and Fiscal Law unit, seconded from the Central Bank of Chile. Arthur Rossi is a Research Officer in the IMF ...