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Bitcoin Taps $16,500 as All-Time High Comes Into Play

During Friday morning’s Asia trading session, Bitcoin reached its highest price since January 2018 as it topped out at $16,490 according to Tradingview.com. The massive move has built upon November’s momentum adding a further 5% to the king of crypto over the past 24 hours. This week alone, BTC has made 7% and since the beginning of the month less than a fortnight ago, it has cranked 20% outperforming nearly every other traditional asset class. Chart – tradingview.comBTC...

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Two Historically Rival Tribes in Brazil Join Forces to Create a Cryptocurrency to Fight Government Exclusion

Two indigenous tribes from the northern region of Brazil  have joined forces to create a cryptocurrency to save their future and have access to a decent income after a lack of attention from that country’s government. The two tribes are known for their with ancestral rivalries. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is known for his derogatory —perhaps even racists— comments on the country’s indigenous peoples, repeatedly asserting that any attention towards indigenous lands and...

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Russia Seeks Imprisonment for Undeclared Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Transactions

In the latest turn of events, the Russian Ministry of Finance has taken a harsh stance wrt cryptocurrency regulations. Crypto holders on not disclosing their digital assets (worth 45 million rubles or more) at least twice in a period of three years stand to face a jail term of up to three years. This, however, is an amendment from a previous version. Russian BTC And Crypto Holders Could Face Jail Term As per the latest update on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency regulation, Russia’s...

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As Bitcoin Grows, DeFi Takes Some Nasty Hits

Is decentralized finance (DeFi) dying? Or here’s a better question… Is the DeFi space on the verge of suffering?The DeFi Space Isn’t as Strong as It Used to BeThese are the thoughts that are likely going through the minds of crypto analysts and industry experts alike at the time of writing. Bitcoin has been the biggest digital hit of 2020, having risen by more than 50 percent since mid-March. The currency is doing better than ever, but it’s come with a catch. All those who were invested in...

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Bitcoin Dips Following Introduction of COVID Vaccine

Well, the news is out. We’re on the verge of fully developing a coronavirus vaccine. The remedy comes by way of Pfizer, which is one of many companies that have been working on a formula to combat this deadly disease that has been putting certain portions of the world on lockdown for roughly eight months. This is good news to say the least, and yet it appears to have had a negative effect on bitcoin, which seemingly fell by more than $1,000 after the announcement was made.Bitcoin Falls After...

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Another Crypto Exchange in China Goes Kaput

China is proving itself to be a hard nut to crack when it comes to crypto. The country is on the verge of releasing its new digital yuan to the public, and already the nation wants to make sure it doesn’t have any competition to worry about. Thus, it is cracking down on all cryptocurrency exchanges, and it appears another one doing business in China has just shut its doors permanently.China Has Shut Down Another Trading FirmToken Better is a prolific cryptocurrency trading platform based in...

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Tezos Delphi Update Goes Live To Reduce Gas Consumption

A few months after compiling the latest protocol proposal, Tezos has officially implemented its 4th network upgrade in the past two years. Dubbed Delphi, it went live earlier today and aims to dramatically reduce the gas consumption along with other “small bug fixes.” The Delphi Upgrade Live On The Tezos Blockchain The Delphi proposal was initially submitted in early September. It brought numerous bug fixes, but perhaps more importantly, the upgrade provided substantial...

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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Creates a Fresh 2-Month High, is $500 In Play?

ETH/USD – Ethereum Stalls At Price Channel Upper Border Key Support Levels: $456, $438, $430.Key Resistance Levels: $475, $490, $500. Yesterday, Ethereum managed to create a fresh high for November (and a new 2-month high) as it spiked into the $475 resistance (September high-day closing price). Before this, it was struggling to close above $456 for the past five days of trading. Unfortunately, ETH ran into the upper border of a rising price channel and struggled to break...

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BitMEX To Enhance Its Trade Surveillance and AML Capabilities Following CFTC Fiasco

The popular Bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX has taken a step towards improving its trade surveillance and AML efficiency endeavors by collaborating with Eventus Systems. Founded in 2013, Eventus is a global provider of multi-asset trade surveillance and market risk solutions.  BitMEX will integrate the cloud-based version of the Eventus Validus platform with its already existing processes in the upcoming weeks. As a result, the exchange will “be able to more efficiently...

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Beam To Launch A Privacy-Focused DeFi Platform Called BeamX

The team behind the mimblewimble-based privacy coin Beam will launch a DeFi platform enabling developers to create confidential, decentralized, and user-friendly financial applications. Dubbed BeamX, the platform will arrive on November 19th, with the first iteration being an experimental network, while the mainnet should be released in Q1 2021. Beam Announces DeFi Platform Called BeamX The press release shared with CryptoPotato described the new platform as a new...

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