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Bitcoin is once again trading above $9,000 at the time of writing, proving its resilience and suggesting that perhaps its latest drop below that level was something of a fluke, and yet there are some analysts out there that are rejecting the notion of short-term gains and saying only hodlers should buy bitcoin right now.Maybe We Shouldn’t Buy At This TimeHodling is the process of holding bitcoin or any cryptocurrency no matter what. Whether the price goes up or the price goes down, it doesn’t...

Traditionally at the start of May, Fairspin shares its game statistics of the previous month. The casino conducts all transactions in TPLAY tokens, which means all deposits and withdrawals are to be verified through the blockchain explorers while keeping players’ anonymity safe and sound.Top April Winnings on FairspinBeing on the market since 2018, the bitcoin casino has gained a club of loyal players who have got VIP status. So far, the sum of winnings on Fairspin is over 75,000 ETH or...

XRP saw a 1.5% price rise over the past 24 hours as it managed to climb above the $0.20 level again.The cryptocurrency is facing resistance at the 100-days EMA now.Against Bitcoin, the XRP woes continue as it keeps trading at lows not seen since December 2017.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USD:Support: $0.20, $0.192, $0.18.Resistance: $0.208, $0.225, $0.235.XRP/BTC:Support: 2100 SAT, 2071 SAT, 2022 SAT.Resistance: 2200 SAT, 2300 SAT, 2360 SAT.XRP/USD: Ripple Facing 100-days EMA...

Jonathan Levin gründete Chainalysis im Jahr 2014 um zunächst zu untersuchen, wie Menschen Bitcoin verwenden. Heute beträgt der (Buch) Wert von Chainalysis mehr als 1 Milliarde US-Dollar. Chainalysis, das Unternehmen für Blockchain-Analysen, gab heute bekannt, dass es eine Partnerschaft mit der Smart Contract Security Alliance (SCSA) eingegangen ist. Die SCSA, ein Zusammenschluss von führenden Unternehmen aus der Branche, gibt Empfehlungen...

Global retailer Overstock has filed for a dismissal of a lawsuit that alleges the company is misrepresenting a “digital dividend” token to its shareholders.Accused On Misleading Information To ShareholdersThe online retailer Overstock has been among the firms that adopted and advocated Bitcoin early on. Now the company is caught in a legal battle, accused of spreading misleading information in representing the essence of its new digital token to its shareholders.The so-called OSTKO security...

With the third-ever Bitcoin halving in the history books, the price of the asset is reacting by a notable 13% surge. As a result, the number of profitable days of holding the primary cryptocurrency has increased to over 93%, according to a data monitoring website.Almost All BTC Positions Are In ProfitBitcoin’s halving historically attracts a lot of attention. This one was no exception. While there were a lot of predictions that the price would tumble mainly because of miner-induced selling...

The Bitcoin halving event took place on May 11, three days ago. As expected, that day was volatile to both sides, but the bottom line was that Bitcoin maintained the crucial support zone around the $8K mark.The latter includes the significant 200-days moving average line (marked light green on the following daily chart), together with a mid-term ascending trend-line.The day following the halving was calm… very calm. It was actually ‘the calm before the storm.’ Since yesterday, Bitcoin fired...

EIT: 60 Millionen Euro für Europas Innovatoren Im Rahmen der gemeinsamen Anstrengungen der Union zur Bewältigung der COVID-19-Krise gibt das Europäische Innovations- und Technologieinstitut (EIT) den Start der „EIT-Initiative zur Krisenbewältigung“ („EIT Crisis Response Initiative“) bekannt. Der EIT-Verwaltungsrat hat beschlossen, 60 Millionen Euro an zusätzlichen Mitteln für Innovatoren zu mobilisieren und hochwirksame Lösungen zur...

Schweizer Parlament will die Rechtssicherheit im Bereich der DLT-Anwendungen erhöhen. Nachdem sie an ihrer Sitzung vom 24. Februar 2020 auf die Vorlage 19.074, mit der die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für die Technik verteilter elektronischer Register (Distributed-Ledger-Technologie, DLT) verbessert werden sollen, eingetreten war, hat die Kommission nun die Detailberatung dieses Geschäfts vorgenommen. In ihren Augen ist es – namentlich...

The social media platform, Reddit, has begun testing two types of Community Points running on the Ethereum blockchain announced last month. Upon the completion of the trial period, which should end by the summer of 2020, the distribution will start with 50 million tokens to users, moderators, and Reddit itself.Reddit’s Community Point Initiative BeginsAs CryptoPotato reported last month, the social media platform planned to incentivize users to be more engaged by allowing them to earn...