December 14, 2019

Crypto Tidbits: Bitcoin Mining Still China-Centric, Ethereum Istanbul Live, Banks Use Blockchain For Bonds

Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. Bitcoin, again, saw an effectively flat week, losing a few percent in the past seven days (which isn’t much in the grand scheme of things), according to the latest data from Coin360. Altcoins have posted similar results, with a majority of cryptocurrencies shedding a percent or two, just around...
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Why Fund Managers Will Buy Bitcoin at $1 Trillion

Large funds are constrained by rules about profitability and portfolio balancing – hence they may be forced to shed assets like bitcoin that have the potential to return magnanimous gains. Diversification and Profitability Constraints Make Fund Managers Sell So far, stock selection rules and the fact that fund managers need to show profitability in their...
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Apple Shares Skyrocket as Trump Proceeds US-China Trade Deal

Friday, Dec 13 saw phase-one deal of the US-China trade deal. Following this, shares of Apple (AAPL) have increased considerably. The shares rose 1.36% on Friday to an all-time high of $275.30. The new tariffs will be applied from Sunday. Following this, Apple will manage to waive 15% tariff that would have been applied to...
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What’s So Cool About the First Ethereum-Based Home Sale?

If you’ve perused Crypto Twitter at all over the past few months, you’ve likely heard the term “decentralized finance” or “DeFi” tossed around in relation to Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by the market capitalization of its cryptocurrency.While some see it as a joke, a tokenized home — yes, an entire property — was purported to...
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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bollinger Suggests HUGE BTC Move Coming Up Very Shortly

The BTC consolidation continues: for the past four days, Bitcoin’s price range had been shrunk to $150 only. From above $7300, from below $7150. This is coming after almost two weeks, since December began, of nearly zero volatility. The only people who benefit from such a market are those who run crypto margin exchanges. However,...
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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Foundation Made $100 Million by Selling ETH at ATH

According to a recent statement by Vitalik Buterin, he managed to convince the Ethereum Foundation to sell 70,000 ETH at the height of 2017’s parabolic run, resulting in a $100 million liquidity. ETH is still the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. However, its price today is nowhere near what it used to be two years...
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Christmas Comes Early for Bitcoin.com Games Players

Bitcoin.com’s very own online gaming platform has a special promotion for the holiday season. Each day for the next 12 days, the players ranking in the top 10 places on the Stars leaderboard will be eligible to participate in a daily Christmas raffle. Players can win gift cards from Adidas, Columbia, Footlocker, Delta, and other...
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Monero Rejects FinCEN Identification Guidelines

Monero Compliance Workgroup published a statement suggesting that “The Funds Travel Rule” does not apply to XMR itself. Such a scenario limits scrutiny of Monero and preserves its privacy-enabling properties. Monero published its stance on regulations that require money services businesses (MSB) to trace user identities. The U.S. Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published...
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Bitcoin Volatility Dwindling, Has BTC Taken an Early Vacation?

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets are slowing down. There has been very little activity over the past week as volumes and volatility decline. Technical indicators are also lining up which could indicate a larger move is imminent or is BTC on vacation for the rest of the year? Bitcoin Slowing Down This may not be such...
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Bitcoin app Bottle Pay halts ops over EU money laundering laws

Bottle Pay, a social media tipping site based on Bitcoin, announced the company’s shutdown on December 13 due to new EU guidelines. Launched in June 2019, the company shut down barely three months after it secured a $2 million seed funding round. In an official tweet, Bottle Pay says, To maintain our integrity as service...
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Sweden Joins China and Others in Central Bank Crypto Race

It seems that not a day goes by without another central bank jumping on the crypto train. Yesterday it was South Korea, today it is Sweden as plans to roll out the crypto krona gather pace. e-Krona Pilot Partnership Sweden’s central bank is poised to sign a deal with multinational professional services company Accenture to...
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Quadriga’s bankrupt customers want to dig up deceased CEO for ‘exhumation’

Remember Gerald Cotten? The CEO of Quadriga, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, who died last year with sole knowledge of the exchange’s $130 million cryptocurrencies, and turned out that he spent it on yachts, private jets and gold coins. Yes, that guy. His bankrupt-customers want to dig up his deceased body. According to a letter, dated...
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Cryptocurrency In The Nordic Countries: 2019 Results

Cryptocurrency is all over the place now and the Nordic countries are definitely not an exception to it. Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark are now considered to be countries with the best standards of living. However, they can also offer a lot in terms of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies.  That is a no-surprise anymore that...
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Ripple’s ODL Saves Remittance Fees of SendFriend’s Users

Ripple based money transfer startup SendFriend is supposed to save 80% remittance fees. David Lighton, the co-founder and chief executive of SendFriend explained how XRP impacts the payment process. As per Lighton, traditional money transfer firms usually charge up to 10 percent of the total amount being transferred from end to end. However, when SendFriend’s...
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Vietnam & Singapore Tops the Fintech Investments in South-East Asia

Fintech investments have seen a great rise in 2019. Many startups have emerged attracting Venture Capitals to invest more in fintech sector. Singapore and Vietnam countries have emerged as winners in South-East Asia Fintech Investments. Singapore companies have received 51% of the total investment in South East Asia. Vietnam is second with an investment of...
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How Crypto is Evolving into a Trustless Banking System With DeFi and Dai

The primary pull of decentralized crypto assets is financial freedom from the flawed banking system. Bitcoin is one step but without greater adoption it is still just a speculative vehicle. DeFi and decentralized protocols based on banking are another and they’re gaining traction fast.Crypto Exchanges too CentralizedMany envisaged 2019 being the year of the DEX....
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Cryptocurrency Bollinger Band Squeeze Will Spur Next Big Move

Technical indicators are getting to that stage where another big move is becoming imminent on cryptocurrency markets. After several weeks of consolidation this is usually the case which leaves us with the big question; up or down?Bitcoin Still in SlumberVery little has happened on BTC markets over the past day or so. A slump that...
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Facebook Employee Exposes Financial Details of 29,000 Colleagues

Facebook tends to make a lot of headlines for the wrong reasons. This time is no different, as a data theft event affects roughly 29,000 employees’ data. It would appear that the social media giant has a data breach on its hand with quite a big impact. Another PR Nightmare for Facebook The personal financial...
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Bitfinex Integrates Know Your Transaction by Chainalysis

Blockchain analysis firms continue to gain more attention. In the case of Chainalysis, the company will now collaborate with Bitfinex to keep criminals at bay.  It is crucial for any cryptocurrency exchange to ensure no illicit money streams pass through its order books. Chainalysis Tool Helps out Bitfinex That is often easier said than done,...
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Why Bitcoin Price Crossing $10,000 is so Important: Top Investor Explains

For some reason or another, Bitcoin investors have long gravitated to round numbers. $1, that’s important. $100, make sure you watch that level. $1,000, all hands on deck. According to a prominent cryptocurrency investor and commentator, there’s truth to the importance of these round numbers, especially in this nascent market.Related Reading: Last Weekly Golden Cross...
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The Country With Europe’s Highest Interest Rate Has Cut It 5 Times This Year

Around half of European countries, over 20, now have 0% interest rates and a few are already in negative territory. Ukraine, which has the highest benchmark interest rate on the continent, has just reduced it again, for the fifth time this year. The race between central banks to cut rates, when there is inflation, has...
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