December 12, 2019

German Fintechs Rush to Offer Crypto Custody Services Under New Law

Fintech companies in the Federal Republic are quickly moving to develop and offer custodial solutions for digital assets under the new German legislation that will allow banks to store, transfer and trade cryptocurrencies next year. Berlin-based Solarisbank has established a subsidiary that will focus exclusively on the niche. The new entity and another German startup,...
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Dutch ING Bank is Building a Custodial Solution for Digital Assets

More and more banks will expose their clients to cryptocurrencies. ING is no different, as it too is working on custodial services for digital assets. This news isn’t entirely surprising, as banks continue to struggle to turn a profit. A new Plan for ING Bank Introducing new products and services is the only way forward...
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Litecoin Lights Path To Crypto Market Bottom, Halving Nothing but Hype

Litecoin, the silver to Bitcoin’s digital gold, is often a leading indicator for the rest of the cryptocurrency market.The post appeared first on NewsBTC
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The Chainlink Bull Run May Not Be Over Yet, Despite Recent Price Decline

Chainlink has seen a massive price rise in recent times, surging to fresh all-time highs in July of 2019 concurrently with Bitcoin’s rise to its 2019 highs of $13,800. Although both cryptocurrencies have both retraced from these highs, LINK is still trading up significantly from its year-to-date lows.Analysts are now noting that Chainlink may soon...
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Bitcoin Mining Centralization Reaches Record Levels, Majority in China

Chinese Bitcoin miners now control a record proportion of the network’s hashrate, according to new research. An estimated 65% of BTC mining now happens in China. CoinShares, a digital asset investment fund, noted this high since the firm started monitoring the network in late 2017. Research jointly published in October 2018 out of Princeton and...
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MakerDAO may be partly centralized to better solve obscure issues

Over the past few months, MakerDAO has received significant attention from much of the crypto-community, both positive and downright critical. After developer Micah Zoltu recently revealed its massive vulnerability aspect, the community is still trying to wrap its head around how such a ‘centralized’ governance system could function in the crypto-ecosystem. In a recent interview...
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Stacking Sats or Xmas Charity? Billionaire Philanthropist Loads Up on Bitcoin

A billionaire internet philanthropist claims to have just bought 12 Bitcoin. Bill Pulte, the grandson of successful property developer William John Pulte, is known for extravagant online giveaways in which he bestows chunks of money on random Twitter followers.Pulte recently came out as a big fan of the peer-to-peer digital monetary system. He celebrated this...
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“The Godfather” NFTs are Live on OpenSea and the Ethereum Blockchain

The future of non-fungible tokens looks rather bright. When major global franchises get in on the action, a lot of positive attention will be brought to the blockchain industry. The latest NFTs to be issued all relate to The Godfather movie franchise. More NFTs Arrive on the Ethereum Blockchain The Ethereum-based collectibles are issued by...
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Bitcoin a far cry from the valuation of ‘digital gold’

Digital gold, for now, is a long shot. Since its conception, Bitcoin has longed to overtake the premier store-of-value of the modern financial gold, its traditional and tangible equivalent, gold. While the cryptocurrency and the commodity have seen a strong battle throughout 2019, fighting candle-and-stick to stake their claim at being the hedge against collapsing...
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Mining Report Shows 65% of Bitcoin’s Hashpower Stems From China

As the end of 2019 approaches, Coinshares Research has published its bi-annual mining report that contains informative research and observations about the bitcoin mining industry. Since Coinshare’s last report published in June, BTC’s hashrate grew by 50 exahash per second (EH/s) and the firm believes a decent portion of the power stems from China. Also...
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“Blockchain, not Crypto”: Tron Founder Loses Chinese Social Media Presence

The Weibo account of the founder of the smart contract platform Tron has reportedly disappeared suddenly. The news follows crypto-related accounts at the platform being shut down last month.The development seems to support the narrative that China is in favour of blockchain technology but not of existing crypto projects. However, other prominent cryptocurrency personalities and companies...
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Top 5 Crypto Christmas Presents for 2019 

With 12 days to go until Christmas, the countdown is officially on! Check out these top crypto goodies that any self-respecting crypto HODLer wants to find in their stocking. 1. Cryptotag Zeus – Starter Kit What do you get for the crypto HODLer who has everything this Christmas? The chance to engrave his (or her)...
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ECB to Set Objectives for Own Digital Currency, Lagarde Suggests

The European Central Bank (ECB) should determine objectives for its digital currency taskforce by mid-2020, ECB President Christine Lagarde said during her first policy meeting. What’s the Purpose of a Digital Euro? Earlier today, the ECB’s Governing Council met to decide the benchmark interest rate and the monetary policy. After the event, new ECB President...
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Bitcoin Faces Another Rejection, But Here’s Why the Bull Case Remains Strong

Bitcoin has fallen into a bearish pattern of incurring major upwards movements that are followed by nearly instant rejections, which leaves behind large wicks on BTC’s candle chart and typically spells trouble for which direction it trends in the near-term.Yesterday, Bitcoin further extended this pattern after it incurred a fleeting surge up to highs of...
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Bitfinex’s Lightning node growing faster than any other: Report

Arcane Crypto’s research division, Arcane Research, recently published the 50th issue of its weekly update report this year. Among a host of topics, the report touched upon Bitcoin blockchain activity and the changes to its price valuation over the last seven days. At press time, Bitcoin was priced at $7233 with a market cap of...
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$100 Billion Total Crypto Market Cap Must Hold Or Swift Capitulation Will Follow

The cryptocurrency market has struggled to recapture the wonder, wild speculation, and interest of the mainstream public ever since the crypto hype bubble of 2017 burst causing the price of most crypto assets to drop over 90% or more.The post appeared first on NewsBTC
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The China Ban: Justin Sun’s Weibo Account Got Shut Down

The popular Chinese social platform, Weibo, had reportedly closed Justin Sun’s account. Tron’s Founder and CEO is one of the most influential people within the cryptocurrency community, and the closure of his account could be regarded as a continuation in China’s negative views on cryptocurrencies. Weibo Closes Sun’s Account Weibo, the famous Chinese social network,...
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Orchid (OXT) is launching on Coinbase Pro

On Friday, December 13 after 10am PT, transfer OXT into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for OXT will be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions, with the exception of New York State. Additional regions may be added at a later date. Per previous launches, transfers will open during business hours, Pacific time. On...
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Justin Sun Hilariously Booted from Weibo as TRON (TRX) Resumes Brutal Slide

Justin Sun’s Weibo account got deleted for violating community laws and regulations. Co-founder of Binance, Yi He, was also booted from Chinese social media site. Sun vows to resolve situation as TRX price suffers flash drop. Controversial TRON (TRX) founder Justin Sun had his Weibo account deleted on Thursday, along with the co-founder of Binance,...
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Interest in Bitcoin Returned to Crypto Winter Levels

Amidst a grinding price slide, Bitcoin boredom has set into crypto markets. Interest indicators fell to levels not seen since March, according to Google Trends. Yearly Google searches for ‘Bitcoin’ peaked at the end of June, at a value of 100. They have been steadily falling since. Today, Bitcoin searches measured 23. They were last...
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Crypto-Asset Guidelines to Be Drafted Based on Industry Input

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is calling for feedback on the prudential regulatory treatment of crypto-assets.The post appeared first on NewsBTC
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Croatian Post Launches Crypto Exchange Service at 55 Branches

Croatian Post, the biggest provider of postal services in the Republic of Croatia, is now offering a cryptocurrency exchange service at 55 post offices throughout the country. Currently, five cryptocurrencies are supported. This follows a successful implementation and positive results of a pilot program at a few branches. The Post found interest in this service...
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Croatian Post Now Offers Crypto Exchange Service at 55 Branches

Croatian Post, the biggest provider of postal services in the Republic of Croatia, is now offering a cryptocurrency exchange service at 55 post offices throughout the country. Currently, five cryptocurrencies are supported. This follows a successful implementation and positive results of a pilot program at a few branches. The Post found interest in this service...
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Money on Chain: The New Breed of BTC-backed Stablecoins

Stablecoins play a growing role of importance in the cryptocurrency industry. Despite new entrants coming to market, Tether remains the leader in this industry. Money On Chain, an up-and-coming stablecoin project, will try its hand at doing something completely different.  Analyzing the Stablecoin Landscape A few years ago, no one expected the concept of a...
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Bitcoin At Risk Of 12 More Months Of Bear Hibernation, Possible Lower Low

Bitcoin’s downtrend is showing no signs of stopping, and one important and commonly-used technical analysis indicator suggests that there may not be an end in sight until another 12 or more months of bear market price action and consolidation takes place.The post appeared first on NewsBTC
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Poloniex updates listing, delisting policies days after DigiByte episode

Days after the DigiByte controversy broke out, cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has announced that it is updating its listing and delisting policies. According to the official blog post, projects could be delisted if it no longer satisfies certain important criteria that the exchange looks for in its listed assets The blog read, “As part of our...
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Ethereum Price Analysis: Coming Down

Ethereum has a bearish short-term and medium-term trading outlook The four-hour time frame shows that an inverted head and shoulders pattern has been invalidated The daily time frame continues to show a bearish pattern playing out to the downside Ethereum is coming under increasing technical selling pressure below the $150.00 level, as the second largest...
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Stellar Lumens puts an end to its largest airdrop to date

The Stellar Development Foundation is shutting down its $120 million airdrop program amid fraudulent account sign-ups. Stellar’s largest airdrop to date is over In September, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF)—“a non-profit organization founded in 2014 to support the development and growth of the open-source Stellar network”—partnered up with Keybase, a free group messaging community and...
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Mining-Based US Ponzi Scheme Busted After Raking in $722 Million

Five men were charged in connection with BitClub, an alleged $722 million Ponzi scheme. The founders were caught saying they targeted the “typical dumb MLM [multi-level marketing] investor.”  BitClub Network Goes Down On Nov. 10, the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, accused Matthew Brent Goettsche, Jobadiah Sinclair Weeks, Joseph Frank Abel, and Silviu...
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Monero profitability drops to new lows post-RandomX upgrade

According to data from BitInfoCharts, mining profitability on the Monero blockchain has plummeted to new lows, showing returns that are lower than even those recorded between February and March, earlier this year. The chart also showed that profitability has been dropping since late June, marking an almost 87.4% drop in profitability since. This drop in...
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