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Bitcoin Mining Questions Reportedly Included in Chinese National College Exams

Chinese national college exams have reportedly included questions about cryptocurrencies in one of the test papers. About ten thousand applicants have to answer a question concerning Bitcoin mining in July this year.“Why Bitcoin Miners Would Cluster In The Province Of Sichuan?”As announced, the question looks for an analysis of the economic geography in Sichuan province and how it reflects on the Bitcoin mining industry in the region. This year’s national college tests’ edition, known as...

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Microsoft Launches a Beta of Its Identity System On a Second-Layer Bitcoin Solution

The American multinational technology company Microsoft Corp. has launched a beta version of its open-source, decentralized identifiers (DIDs) network on Bitcoin’s mainnet. Called ION, it’s designed to bring back the control of personal information from centralized entities to individuals.Microsoft’s DID Employs Bitcoin’s NetworkThe tech giant explained its decentralized identifiers as a technical component “that makes decentralized identity possible.” It outlined that companies and other...

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Hackers Move Another $4 Million Worth Of BTC Stolen In Bitfinex 2016 Attack

WhaleAlert has identified another wave of transfers of some of the funds stolen during the Bitfinex hack of 2016. According to reports, the hackers moved a total of 416 BTC ($4,089,151) at around midnight, Wednesday 10, 2020, to multiple unknown Bitcoin addresses.The hackers transferred the coins to 20 different addresses, with each transaction carrying between 15 BTC to 33.3 BTC. Some of the receiving addresses then moved the funds to other unknown addresses.$5.1 Million Moved in 3 WeeksThis...

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Coinbase is Technically a Casino and Should Be Regulated as Such, Max Keiser Says

The leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, announced yesterday that it plans to explore new altcoins and take them under consideration for future listing on its platform. As a result, the prices of the mentioned altcoins spiked substantially.According to Max Keiser, however, some of the coins exist only to be listed on Coinbase, making the latter “technically a casino.”Coinbase Exploring a Set of New Coins to ListCoinbase is the leading cryptocurrency exchange in the United...

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Binance Launches Its First Bitcoin Futures Contract With Quarterly Expiration

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has launched its very first futures contract with a quarterly expiration date. The contract is already available in its derivatives trading interface – Binance Futures.BTC/USD Quarterly Futures Contract on BinanceBinance has officially launched its very first cryptocurrency futures contract that has a preset expiration date. It’s a quarterly BTCUSD futures contract that traders can engage with a leverage of up to 125x.The new contract is...

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Overstock’s Share Price Surges As Crypto Subsidiary tZERO Records Its Best Month

The popular blockchain company for capital markets, tZERO, has recorded its strongest month in May 2020 as its alternative trading system (ATS) transacted over 400,000 digital securities.Interestingly, the stock price of the parent company Overstock has increased with over 9% since the announcement from tZERO.tZERO Continues GrowingOverstock announced last month that it had completed the issuance of its Digital Voting Series A-1 Preferred Stock (OSTKO) digital dividend. It distributes one...

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#901 Hundert Prozent in 30 Tagen, Markteinbruch innerhalb 3 Wochen, & ETH 2,5 Mio Gebühr für 0,5 ETH

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 901. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: MakerDao steigt 100 Prozent in 30 Tagen, Markteinbruch „innerhalb 3 Wochen“ & Nutzer gibt 2,5 Millionen Dollar Gebühr für 0,5 ETH aus. Die heutige Show wird gesponsert von Bitwala Blockchain Banking – Erhalte 35 Euro für dein kostenloses deutsches Konto inkl. Debit Masterkarte und Bitcoin Wallet – https://bit.ly/Bitwala-Banking 1.) MakerDAO: Der Siegeszug geht...

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EOS Price Analysis: Bulls Eyeing Crucial Break above $2.8 and $3.0

EOS price is trading above a couple of key supports near $2.700 against the US Dollar.The price is likely to start a strong increase if it clears the 55 simple moving average (4-hours) and $2.800.There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance near $2.775 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could decline heavily if it breaks the main $2.650 support zone in the near term.EOS price is showing positive signs above $2.650 against the US...

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Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Technical Indicators Suggest An Upside Break

Litecoin price is trading nicely above a major support at $45.50 against the US Dollar.LTC price is likely to start a strong upward move if it clears the $46.80 and $47.00 resistance levels.There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $47.00 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could only start a bearish wave if it settles below the $45.00 support zone.Litecoin price is showing signs of a bullish break above $47.00 against the US...

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Filecoin (FIL) Spikes 45% As First SEC Approved ICO Nears Launch After 6 Year Wait

Six years on from the publication of its original whitepaper, Filecoin (FIL) has launched an incentivized testnet designed to test the network in realistic conditions.Aiming to build a decentralized file storage network, Filecoin carried out a $250 million ICO in 2017 – the largest Initial Coin Offering at the time. It was also the first ICO to be launched with the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), under a SAFT agreement – Simple Agreement for Future Tokens.According...

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