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Asian Institutions Are Finally Warming to Crypto Hedge Funds
29.9.2019
Asian institutional investors are increasingly showing interest in allocating a small portion of their portfolios to crypto hedge funds
7 Biggest Misconceptions About Bitcoin, Picked by 6 Crypto Experts
29.9.2019
What is the biggest misconception regarding Bitcoin? This seems to be a broad question, as industry professionals point at various things. However, one thing is for certain - there are a lot of misconceptions.
Cryptonews.com had talked to several of the major players in the field of blockchain...
15 Online Tools for Crypto-Anarchists, Privacy Advocates, And Agorists
29.9.2019
The launch of Bitcoin in 2009 was a breath of fresh air for crypto-anarchists who had been waiting for a stateless, decentralized payment method that provides them with complete control over their finances. Ten years later, there are a number of easy-to-use applications and services that...
How Leverage Can Help With Bitcoin’s Price Discovery
28.9.2019
Leveraged and margin trading can help boost demand for an asset, increasing liquidity within a given market
Bitcoin Price Might Hit USD 1M Sooner Than a Quantum Computer Attacks
28.9.2019
IBM scientist Stefan Filipp, takes a closer look at the dilution refrigerator which will keep qubits at temperatures colder than the deepest parts of outer space. Has Google killed crypto? In a research paper posted to NASA's servers earlier this month and then quickly removed, scientists at...
Bitcoin Prices, Bets, Satellites and 20 Crypto Jokes
28.9.2019
Never a dull week in the Cryptoverse. In the price-be-crazy news, we've seen Bakkt launch its long-awaited Bitcoin futures contracts, but the price of BTC dropped below USD10K, which was followed by a sudden drop to the USD8K level, pulling alts with it. Though the market seems to be recovering...
This North Syrian School Is a Baby Step Toward a Blockchain Society
28.9.2019
Students in Rojava, a semi-autonomous enclave of Syria, are making up for years of lost education by studying computer code and blockchain technology
Bitcoin Smart Contract Platform RSK Acquires Latin America’s Fourth Largest Social Network
27.9.2019
IOV Labs, the parent company of Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has announced the acquisition of Taringa. As a result, the Hispanic social media network’s 30 million users and 1,000+ active communities will be exposed to dapps, tokenization and P2P trading. Crypto companies acquiring...
Bithumb Global 1.0 Officially Launched with New Fiat-to-Crypto Features and More
27.9.2019
Leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb Global (BG), is now sternly positioned to become the number one digital asset exchange across the global crypto market. The platform that supports court currencies, staples, and fluent crypto transactions anywhere in the world, had already...
Crypto-Games to Expand With New Player-Focused Features
26.9.2019
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Launched in 2014, the Crypto-Games.net platform has been working on achieving synergy between online gambling and the emerging cryptocurrency technology for five years now. This online gaming website allows its users to use various...
Casa Looks For Fresh Capital to Catch a Bigger Bitcoin Wave
26.9.2019
Jameson Lopp. Casa, the U.S.-based private key security specialist, also known for its plug-and-play Bitcoin and Lightning node, is looking to raise more capital to finance their business growth as the company aims to ride the Bitcoin adoption wave, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Jameson Lopp told...
Casa Looks For Fresh Capital to Catch a Bigger Bitcoin Wave
26.9.2019
Jameson Lopp. Casa, the U.S.-based private key security specialist, also known for its plug-and-play Bitcoin and Lightning node, is looking to raise more capital to finance their business growth as the company aims to ride the Bitcoin adoption wave, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Jameson Lopp told...
Blockstream's Samson Mow on Their Main Focus and Mining Via Satellite
25.9.2019
While mining operations have become a “cash cow business” for Blockstream, this major, U.S.-based blockchain company now puts its main focus on building their Liquid network, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Samson Mow told Cryptonews.com.
Liquid, launched a year ago, is an inter-exchange settlement...
Kraken is Working on ‘Major Change’ in User Experience - Dan Held
24.9.2019
Dan Held. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube / Dan Held
Improving user experience is one of the main focus areas at Kraken this year and the popular, U.S.-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange plans “major change” in the next 2-6 months, Dan Held, Director of Business Development of the company...
How to Bet on Bitcoin Volatility Using Bitcoin Options
22.9.2019
Even though bitcoin volatility has decreased substantially over the past decade, the world’s leading digital currency is still more volatile than traditional assets. While that may make some investors nervous, it offers an excellent opportunity for volatility traders.
For example, this week,...
The Specs Behind Bitcoin’s Lightning Pass Their First ‘Formal’ Security Test
22.9.2019
A pair of researchers have released the results of a formal verification of the lightning network, saying it's "as secure as bitcoin."
How Good Are Bitcoin Recovery Services?
21.9.2019
Source: iStock/Ladislav Kubeš
One of the biggest differences between cryptocurrency and fiat currency relates to personal responsibility. Sure, you generally have to avoid being financially wasteful with your dollars and cents, but if you happen to use your credit card to buy goods online that...
Altcoins, Seasons, and 20 Crypto Jokes
21.9.2019
In the "everything's connected" news: BTC has been going below and above USD 10K again. Speaking of BTC, while it may be more dependent on the governments than many people think, ETH, which has climbed above USD 200, may surpass BTC daily transaction fees. Speaking of ETH, BitPay will start...
Crypto and the Latency Arms Race: Crypto Exchanges and the HFT Crowd
21.9.2019
B2C2's Max Boonen discusses the convergence of high-frequency trading and the crypto market in the second of a three-part series
Bitfury Strengthens its Focus on Software Development
20.9.2019
Alex Petrov. While the cryptocurrency mining-related business generates huge profit, full-service blockchain technology group, Bitfury, aims to expand their software product portfolio, Alex Petrov, the Chief Information Officer of the company, said.
Speaking with Cryptonews.com during the Baltic...