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Erratic Processing Power: Bitcoin’s Hashrate Gains 45% in a Day, Then Loses 41 Exahash
11.11.2020
Seven days ago Bitcoin’s network difficulty saw the largest drop in nine years as it slid over 16% last week. Similar to the crypto asset’s price, the hashrate has been extremely volatile according to statistics. After dropping to 111 exahash per second (EH/s), the network hashrate...
ShapeShift Delists Privacy Coin Zcash Over Regulatory Concerns
10.11.2020
XMR, DASH and ZEC "were delisted at the same time for the same reason – to further derisk the company from a regulatory standpoint."
Data show traders neither bullish nor bearish over sub-$15.5K Bitcoin price
10.11.2020
On-chain and crypto exchange data show pro traders feel less confident about Bitcoin’s bullish momentum under the $15.5K level
3 Reasons Bitcoin Has Rallied Over 60% in Just Two Months
10.11.2020
We've all watched bitcoin rally sharply since September. But what's driving the bull market?
Ex-Microsoft Dev Gets 9 Years in Prison Over $10M Theft Involving Bitcoin Mixing
10.11.2020
The former Microsoft software engineer was sentenced Monday for an elaborate criminal scheme involving bitcoin and digital gift cards
Grin Network Victim of 51% Attack, Unknown Miner Commands 58% of the Hashrate
10.11.2020
The privacy-centric cryptocurrency network Grin (GRIN) has been the victim of a 51% attack according to a number of reports. Allegedly an unknown entity gained control of over 57% of the network hashrate on Saturday. According to the Grin website, the team is recommending people wait...
DEX volumes pumped over 1,000% in Q3 before October saw the DeFi craze cool
9.11.2020
Despite pullback, trading volumes on decentralized exchanges are still significantly higher than Q2
Canada’s Tax Authority Asks Court to Force Crypto Exchange to Hand Over Data on All Users
8.11.2020
Canada’s tax authority is reportedly asking a federal court to force cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare to hand over information and certain documents on all of its users since the beginning of 2013. The Canadian crypto exchange has over 200,000 users. Canada Revenue Agency Wants Data on...
Cash App’s Bitcoin Revenue Soars 1,000% to $1.63 Billion in Q3, Square Announces
7.11.2020
Cash App, a mobile payment service of Square Inc., generated more than $1.63 billion in bitcoin revenue in Q3 2020, which is an increase of more than 1,000% over the same period last year. The company recently invested 1% of its total assets, or $50 million, into bitcoin. Cash App’s Bitcoin...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Loses Steam at $15.9K; Over 600K ETH Yanked From DeFi
6.11.2020
Bitcoin’s price was close to $16,000 Friday but lost momentum while ether locked in DeFi is on a downward trend
US Voting Over, But Near-Zero Interest Rates, Inflation Are Here to Stay
6.11.2020
Juan Villaverde is an econometrician and mathematician devoted to the analysis of cryptocurrencies since 2012. He leads the Weiss Ratings team of analysts and computer programmers who created Weiss cryptocurrency ratings.
Dr. Bruce Ng is an educator in the field of Distributed Ledger Technology...
Canada Tax Collector Seeks to Force Crypto Exchange Coinsquare to Fork Over Client Records
6.11.2020
The demand mimics a play tax enforcers at the IRS deployed against Coinbase
Bitcoin Consolidates Gains While Ethereum, Altcoin Bulls Take Over
6.11.2020
After a sharp rally towards the USD 16,000 zone, bitcoin price faced sellers. As a result, BTC started a downside correction below USD 15,750 and USD 15,600. The price is currently (13:00 UTC) consolidating gains above the USD 15,350 and USD 15,200 support levels.
Also, most major altcoins gained...
Bitcoin’s Market Cap Is More Valuable Than the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Reserves
6.11.2020
At its current price per unit, the decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin’s market valuation has surpassed the overall value of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights market (SDR $281 billion). Since the massive global market rout on March 12, bitcoin has risen...
US Seizes Previously Undetected Silk Road Bitcoins Worth Over $1 Billion
5.11.2020
The U.S. government has seized over $1 billion in bitcoin from previously undetected transactions associated with the Silk Road marketplace and is now seeking the forfeiture of the cryptocurrency. US Confiscates $1 Billion in Bitcoin From Silk Road The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit seeking...
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5.11.2020
monday.com is an online Work OS platform where teams create custom workflows in minutes to run their projects, processes, and everyday work.
Over 100,000 teams use monday.com to work together.
They have launched a brand new app marketplace for monday.com, meaning you can add tools built...
More People Dipping Toes Into Web Monetization
5.11.2020
Léonie Watson:
I do think that Coil and Web Monetization are at the vanguard of a quiet revolution.
Here’s me when I’m visiting Léonie’s site:
Enjoy the pennies!
My Coil subscription ($5/month) doles out money to sites I visit that have monetization set up and installed.
Other...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Over 9% as the Crypto Asset’s Value Nears $15K
5.11.2020
The crypto economy has jumped over the $400 billion mark and is now hovering around $414 billion at the time of publication. The largest crypto asset in terms of market cap, bitcoin has over 9% during the last 24 hours steadily marching toward the $15k zone. During the last 30 days, Bitcoin (BTC)...
Bitcoin Jumps Above $14.5K, Taking 2020 Gains to Over 100%
5.11.2020
Bitcoin's price jumped to a 33-month high of $14,558 soon before press time, taking the year-to-date gain to 101%
US Election: Crypto Prediction Markets Flip To Favor Trump Over Biden, Bitcoin Rallies
4.11.2020
As the race between the two main opponents in the US presidential elections inches towards the end, crypto prediction markets flipped to favor the still-President Donald Trump over the potential-President Joe Biden.
Now, according to these markets, there is a 75% (36% several hours ago) chance...