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Ripple Spent Less Lobbying but Had More Lobbyists Working With Trump's Staff
17.1.2020
Donald Trump, the President of the U.S. Source: a screenshot, Instagram, realdonaldtrump
Compared to 2018, California-based blockchain startup focusing on payment technologies, Ripple, had more lobbyist but spent less on lobbying in the first three quarters of 2019, according to OpenSecrets.org...
Bitcoin Climbs To New 2020 High, Altcoins Gaining Bullish Momentum
17.1.2020
After a short term downside correction, bitcoin price found support near the USD 8,550 area. Later, BTC/USD started a fresh increase above the USD 8,650 and USD 8,850 resistance levels. A new 2020 high is formed near USD 9,000 and the price is currently (09:00 UTC) trading with a bullish...
Novogratz Wondered About the 'Mysterious' Altcoin Rally
16.1.2020
Mike Novogratz. The prominent Bitcoin bull Mike Novogratz admitted to his followers on Twitter that he struggles to understand the recent altcoin rally.
“I’m not sure I understand the altcoin rally. Happy for those making money on it. But not sure what changed. Maybe new year, new money,...
Liquid Cancells Pre-Sale of Non-Existent Telegram’s Token
16.1.2020
Telegram’s much-anticipated Gram token pre-sale has been canceled and all funds have been returned to investors, said Japan-based crypto exchange Liquid.
Elaborating on the reasons behind the cancellation, Liquid explained:
“At the time of the Gram Token Sale on Liquid, it was anticipated that...
Ripple Plays 'USD 500bn XRP Market' Card in Court
16.1.2020
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. On January 15, Chief District Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the Northern District of California heard Ripple Lab’s case for dismissing a class action and now the company's fate, as well as that of the "half a trillion XRP market", is in her hands.
The judge now needs...
Dash Up 70% in Two Days – What’s Driving the Rally?
15.1.2020
As nearly all coins in the crypto market surge, the privacy-focused cryptocurrency dash (DASH) stands out as one of the biggest winners, recording a gain of about 70% over the past two days alone.
In fact, large gains in the price of dash started to occur already in early January when the price...
Bitcoin SV Rally Cools Off as Craig Wright Opens 'Pandora's Box'
15.1.2020
Craig Wright. Source: a video screenshot, Coingeek
While Craig Wright news prompted bitcoin SV (BSV) rally is still based on speculations, rather than clear answers, the price of now the 4th largest coin has already dropped from its heights reached earlier today.
At pixel time (11:15 UTC),...
Exchange Tokens 'May Decline' if Bitcoin Doesn’t Start a Bull Run
14.1.2020
If the major digital assets, bitcoin (BTC) included, can’t prompt another bull market in 2020, exchange-based tokens may decline due to the possible trading volume shrinkage, says TokenInsight, a token data and rating agency.
Their latest annual report on the cryptocurrency spot exchange industry...
Will Bitcoin SV Repeat Pump & Dump of 2019?
14.1.2020
Craig Wright. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Crypto Finder
Rumors about the self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Australian computer scientist Craig Wright have seemingly fuelled a rally of more than 100% in Bitcoin SV (BSV) – the cryptocurrency backed by Wright – over the past seven days.
A...
Bitcoin and Altcoins In Steep Uptrend
14.1.2020
Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above the USD 8,250 and USD 8,350 resistance levels. BTC/USD even broke the USD 8,500 level and it seems like it could continue to rise towards USD 8,650 and USD 8,800. On the downside, the previous resistance near USD 8,350 is likely to act as a buy zone...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 2
13.1.2020
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Venezuelan Petro-accepting Merchants Panic as Crypto Drive Hits Snag
13.1.2020
The Venezuelan government’s attempts to kickstart its cryptocurrency-powered economy appears to have hit a series of wrinkles – with the central Bank of Venezuela suspending service on its Petro-accepting Point-of-Sale (PoS) devices.
Per El Nacional, the central bank has indefinitely ceased Petro...
Crypto Market Sentiment Jumps Up; Bitcoin Climbs Up
13.1.2020
Source: iStock/da-kuk
The cryptocurrency market sentiment is still showing sings of being well on its path to recovery, and it's finally making larger jumps. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins went up for the second week in a row, from 4.79...
ETF Giant WisdomTree Plans to Launch a Stablecoin
13.1.2020
Jonathan Steinberg, CEO of WisdomTree. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, WisdomTree ETFs
There are new developments coming from the New York-based international investment giant WisdomTree Investments, as it now plans to launch a stablecoin, and it wants to do so ahead of the competition.
It's...
Cosmos Surges on Coinbase Pro Listing
10.1.2020
Cosmos (ATOM), ranked 16th by market capitalization, surged after popular crypto exchange Coinbase Pro announced it will list the coin.
As of pixel time (11:53 UTC), ATOM is trading at USD 4.28, up almost 7% over the past 24 hours, turning its weekly losses into a gain of 1%. While bitcoin (BTC)...
How Vintage Sardines Became Fishy Talk of Crypto Town
10.1.2020
We talked about a number of interesting exhibitors at the Customer Electronics Show (CES 2020) in Las Vegas, but one participant has been stirring up the waters of the Cryptoworld lately with their unconventional offering - namely, sardines-backed stablecoin.
You've read it well. A Luxembourg-based...
More Altcoin Mining to be Integrated by Mining Pools in 2020 - Report
10.1.2020
2020 will see the mining pools start to integrate more altcoin mining with huge market potential and risks, says token data and rating agency TokenInsight.
The agency's 2019 mining industry report claims that there are only 64 mineable coins including Bitcoin (BTC) with more than USD 100,000...
Ethereum Classic Rallies Ahead of Agharta More Than Before Atlantis
9.1.2020
As the 20th coin by total market capitalization, Ethereum Classic (ETC), is set to go through another upgrade, Agharta, in three days, its price is up by more than 30% in the past month, which is 4 times more than in a month leading to its previous upgrade, Atlantis, on September 12, 2019.
In...
Monero Flips Tron, Cardano, Tezos, Breaks Into the Top 10
9.1.2020
Source: iStock/isa_ozdere
After jumping by 27% in a week, Monero (XMR), the most popular privacy coin, has broken into the list of the 10 largest coins.
The 10th largest coin with a market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion has now surpassed networks such as Cardano (ADA), Tron (TRX), Tezos...
How Many Cryptos Died in 2019?
8.1.2020
Data from various sites show that between 500 and a thousand coins have perished in 2019, and this number could in fact be higher. However, these sites disagree on whether 2019 saw fewer or more coin deaths than the year before.
It's not really possible to say how many dead coins are out there...