Bitcoin News Roundup for March 19, 2020
19.3.2020
Chewie, we're home. The markets correct as dollars flash red. Plus, a COVID-19 song. This is CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast
Bitcoin Difficulty Set for 13% Drop as Hash Rate Following BTC Price
19.3.2020
Bitcoin’s difficulty and hash rate are beginning to suffer from its price declines, data warns
Judge Calls Out Kleiman Attorneys Over ‘Excessive’ Fees in Craig Wright Case
19.3.2020
The Florida judge has now approved fees and expenses amounting to about a quarter of the amount claimed
Ledger Says It’s Almost ‘Business as Usual’ Despite Coronavirus Outbreak
19.3.2020
Steem Doubled in Price After Justin Sun Controversy
19.3.2020
Steem (STEEM), the social media-like blockchain platform launched in 2016, has seen a massive surge over the past two days, after it decided to evade a hostile takeover by Justin Sun and the Tron Foundation by moving the entire platform over to a new blockchain called Hive. The new blockchain...
Bitcoin in Zimbabwe – Part 1 of a New Documentary Podcast Series
19.3.2020
After three weeks of listening, recording and talking bitcoin in Africa, podcaster Anita Posch shares her experiences in part one of this new six-part documentary podcast series
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Ready Compliance Measures as Clock Ticks
19.3.2020
South Korea’s landmark Special Financial Transactions Information Act amendment was promulgated earlier this week, a fortnight after the country’s parliament voted unanimously in its favor.
Although many industry players have been galvanized by it, others have warned that its stipulations – which...
Ripple (XRP) Strikes Bullish Breakout Above $0.15
19.3.2020
The bullish price run of XRP has been halted with a correction The coin has just faced rejection at $0.1533; $0.1449 has acted as a strong support If we look at its YTD chart, Ripple shows an extreme downtrend after mid-February XRP has formed a falling wedge over the last few weeks; support...
IT Firm Helps Healthcare Providers Fight Crypto Ransomware Amid Coronavirus
19.3.2020
Healthcare firms affected by cryptocurrency ransomware have access to free cybersecurity assistance thanks to a new initiative
Huobi and Binance Support Community-Led Steem Hard Fork
19.3.2020
Less than three weeks after apparently unwittingly assisting Justin Sun in a coup of the Steem network, Binance and Huobi are supporting the Hive initiative to fork Steem
Storj’s Decentralized Cloud Storage Service ‘Tardigrade’ Goes Live
19.3.2020
The storage system splits files and stores them on multiple nodes to provide more security than centralized alternatives
Bitcoin (BTC) Gains Intraday Momentum; Spikes Above $5.5k
19.3.2020
Bitcoin, at the time of writing this article, was trading above $5,500 after five days of sluggish pullback The intraday bullish crossover ramped up the market as the price trend of BTC formed consecutive higher high at $5,686.94, until the time of writing Today, the coin has spiked from the utter...