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Various analysts are warning traders that they shouldn’t expect a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) this year. Despite bitcoin doing better than ever – it’s now trading in the high $30,000 range – such a product is still likely to carry several red flags wherever it goes.A Bitcoin ETF May Not Happen This YearTodd Rosenbluth – head of ETF and mutual fund research at CFRA Research – explained in a recent interview that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is becoming even pickier when...

UK’s National Health Service is planning the implementation of an Internet of Things project to build and manage COVID-19 vaccine provisions. The solution will use a pubic distributed ledger network – Hedera Hashgraph.Monitoring COVID-19 Vaccines Supplies Using DLTAccording to an official announcement, the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) will aim to digitally monitor its supplies of COVID-19 vaccines in the months to come. Using the public DLT network Hedera Hashgraph, a digital asset...

Bitcoin has recently fallen from its $40,000 high and is now trading for about $4,000 less at $36,000. Despite this little setback, Jack Dorsey – the bearded CEO of both Square and social media giant Twitter – says he’s sticking with the coin and is refusing to rescind his support.Jack Dorsey Still Has “Passion” for BTCIn a recent tweet, Dorsey comments that he’s maintaining his “passion” for the world’s largest and most popular digital currency by market cap, claiming that it’s likely to...

Nationalbankgebäude am Bundesplatz in Bern Foto CC 3.0 by Baikonur, Wikimedia Wie einige Schweizer Medien so salopp nebenbei in kurzen Meldungen berichtenlässt die Schweizer Nationalbank Markennamen registrieren. Und alles deutet auf die Lancierung einer Art Franken Token oder wahrscheinlicher eines digitalen Frankens hin: Die SNB liess vor kurzem ein gutes Dutzend Marken...

Bitcoin aus dem Weltall: Ein alternativer Kanal für Transaktionen Dank Starlink soll schneller Internet-Zugang bald auch in abgelegenen Regionen Tatsache werden. Fotoquelle (c) Starlink Der Gründer von PayPal, Tesla und SpaceX Elon Musk hat bereits 500 – 1’000 Starlink-Satelliten ins All geschossen. Mit der Satelliten-Technik wird schnelles Internet bald auch in abgelegenen Regionen wie auf dem Land möglich. Wobei schnelles Internet nicht...

Swiss Blockchain Federation Die Swiss Blockchain Federation hat die Vernehmlassungsantwort zur Verordnung zur Anpassung des Bundesrechts an Entwicklungen der Technik verteilter elektronischer Register (DLT) eingereicht. Sie unterstützt die Vorlage über weite Strecken. Änderungen schlägt sie an der Banken-, der Finanzmarktinfrastruktur- und Geldwäschereiverordnung inklusive einer Klarstellung bei der «Travel Rule» vor. Nach der Teilnahme an...

e-Toro – one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platforms – has put out a notice to its customers warning them that the company may be instilling various limits on purchase orders in the coming weeks.e-Toro: We May Have to Implement Buying LimitsThe announcement came in response to what the company calls an unprecedented demand for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. With the recent spikes experienced by bitcoin (the asset is currently up to $36,000, about 300 percent higher than where...

While the crypto market is celebrating a new all-time high to the second-largest crypto, Ethereum, Bitcoin saw a minor 3% price spike over the past 24 hours as it trades slightly below $38K. On a larger scale, BTC has been trading sideways for the past 12 days after nailing its ATH level at $42,000 On January 8, 2020.From there, Bitcoin started to consolidate as it forms a giant symmetrical triangle pattern, as can be seen on the following 4-hour chart. Over the weekend, Bitcoin fell from the...

Trading above $35,000, Bitcoin continues to pass milestone after milestone as reports show that the cryptocurrency received the most capital inflow this month compared to tech stocks and traditional investments. Long Bitcoin Wins Most Crowded TradeA recent survey conducted by the Bank of America on fund managers with over $500 billion in AUM reveals that investors are bullish on Bitcoin’s price in the long term. The study shows that “long bitcoin” dethroned “long tech” as the most crowded...

Less than two years after entering the Japanese market, Enjin Coin has received approval from the country’s JVCEA to be listed on the cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck. Thus, the asset has become the first gaming token authorized for usage in the Asian nation.JVCEA Approves Enjin Coin’s Listing On CoincheckLaunched following several high-profile exchange hacks in 2018, Japan’s Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) received approval from the country’s financial regulator, the FSA, to...