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Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap, is exploding at the time of writing, and has shot up past the $8,800 mark.Bitcoin Is Heading for Bigger and Better HeightsThis, by itself, is a vast improvement over where the asset stood yesterday morning, which was $8,500. That means that bitcoin has improved by well over $300 in less than a day. Perhaps people like Sonny Singh of Bit Pay, Tim Draper, Ross Ulbricht and Charles Hoskinson all had a point to their...

Bitcoin SV creator says Kleiman estate will find nothing in the 16,000-plus document cache he submitted to courts on Jan. 14. Court filing confirms that no new information came to light regarding a bonded courier, or the private keys to Satoshi’s fortune. Wright said 2020 would be the year when reality comes back to bite those who pushed the ‘Aussie Man Bad’ narrative. Creator of Bitcoin SV, Craig S Wright, revealed to CCN that the Kleiman estate will get nothing,...

Dash gains 62% in a matter of hours early on Wednesday morning. Highest coin price recorded for the cryptocurrency since July 2017. CoinMarketCap reports an incredulous 2.2 trillion in trade volume. The cryptocurrency Dash returned to prominence on Wednesday after a sizable 62% growth surge over a matter of hours. On Tuesday afternoon, one unit of Dash was seen trading at a price of $80.56. By shortly after midnight, its value had ballooned to $130.96, before falling...

During yesterday’s turbulent price movements, most cryptocurrency exchanges recorded notable 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain flows. The Chinese-based Huobi stands above all in terms of inflow with $157M and only $78M out.Huobi’s Impressive 24H InflowsThe popular monitoring resource, TokenAnalyst, examined the 24-hour Bitcoin on-chain inflows and outflows of eight of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the report, Huobi’s inflow outperforms dramatically every other exchange and is...

Multi-award winning singer, songwriter and music producer Akon has revealed that his Akon City has received regulatory approval. In a tweet posted by the singer on Monday, Jan 13, he revealed that he had “finalized the agreement” for the city.Just finalized the agreement for AKON CITY in Senegal. Looking forward to hosting you there in the future pic.twitter.com/dsoYpmjnpf— AKON (@Akon) January 13, 2020Akon CityPlans for the futuristic city were first revealed back in 2018 in a personal...

The Bitcoin SV pump has caught many crypto investors by surprise. A Twitter user has been following BSV’s price action and has a theory as to why the price of the bitcoin hard fork suddenly spiked. If market manipulation is truly the cause of the surge, investors should take caution as a massive dump is possibly on the horizon. While bitcoin maximalists are excited about the king of cryptocurrency’s over 24 percent pump, one bitcoin hard fork is leaving nearly...

Fidelity Digital Assets, the cryptocurrency arm of financial giant Fidelity Investments, is making a foray in the European market. As per the latest development, Fidelity will offer custodial solutions for Bitcoin to European-based Nickel Digital Asset Management.Currently, Nickel Asset Management has launched its another cryptocurrency offering. This is the Nickel Digital Gold Institutional Fund allowing institutional players to leverage opportunities in the crypto space.Just last month,...

A report released by the professional social networking platform LinkedIn has put blockchain as the most sought-after “hard skill” for 2020. According to LinkedIn, being skilled in blockchain technology will ensure that such a person chased by recruiters.In 2018, LinkedIn rated “Blockchain Developer” as the top emerging job of the year.Hard and Soft SkillsThe report differentiates specifically between hard and soft skills. Hard skills are skills that have to do with specific knowledge about a...

Blockchain has been a buzzword for some time, evoking a sense of mystery and magic for tech enthusiasts – or just plain confusion for the average Joe.Despite the hype, it’s also received a fair amount of criticism – largely from those in the mainstream financial world who, due to their skepticism of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, have gone to bash its underlying technology.Blockchain technology has also received flak from those who say it is too complicated to implement. And then there are...

Bitcoin battle becomes three-way shootout as BSV replaces BCH as fourth-largest capped cryptocurrency. BSV has been on a tear all week – seven-day gains stand at 286%. But is there any substance behind BSV’s market growth? A Bitcoin flippening was witnessed for the first time this week as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was replaced by Bitcoin SV (BSV) as the world’s fourth-largest capped cryptocurrency. The BSV Flippening BSV gained over 100% on Tuesday alone, eventually topping...