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Place/Date: - December 23rd, 2019 at 1:08 pm UTC · 4 min read Contact: CRIX, Source: CRIX The cryptocurrency industry has come of age as Bitcoin (BTC) celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the years, more than 2,000 cryptocurrencies have come to the fore, leading to an increased demand for online trading platforms. Despite existing cynical beliefs about the industry, crypto exchanges have become quite successful in what seems to be a short time.Now, the most popular exchange platforms not...

Video shows user double-spending BTC transaction by taking advantage of RBF (Replace By Fee) and zero-conf transactions. Controversial features have been a topic of hot debate among Bitcoin developers for years. A simple four-step guide details how to easily purchase goods with Bitcoin and still keep your money. A weakness has been found in the Bitcoin code which apparently makes it possible to spend BTC transactions twice. By taking advantage of Bitcoin’s RBF feature (Replace By Fee), a...

The weekend was positive for Bitcoin with another batch mimicking up during late U.S. trading and early Monday morning in Asia.BTC/USD is currently trading at $7,521 (+ 5.4% on the daily chart). The coin has been recovering since Sunday. During the early Asian hours, the cryptocurrency attempted the area above $7,600.Sentiment among traders and analysts altered back up again as optimism for “a year-end rally” returned to cryptocurrencies.Analysts maintained their range during the sudden...

Over the last decade, specifically after the 2008 global economic recession, chipmakers have emerged as the best performing industry across sectors and regions. The latest industry report shows that the chipmaking industry witnessed a 377% growth in the last 10 years. This is double the growth of the S&P 500 during the same period.This shows that the semiconductor industry remains at the core of this rapidly changing technology. Despite new technologies like AI, blockchain, ML, and others...

XRP price crashes continue to have place. As the price has fallen to $0.20, it means that the coin has lost 95% of its highest all-time value. Currently, Bitcoin dominance is at an all-time high of nearly 70%. This has created a scenario where the XRP token has lost ground. This hasn’t however dampened the confidence of investors into XRP-related projects. Sources indicate that Ripple announced recently that it had been able to get about $200 million in investments this year. Ripple Labs also...

The Bitwise digital asset management is still very much interested in creating a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). On Wednesday, the firm sent a new letter to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), responding to the earlier published 112-page rejection letter it received from the SEC back in October.Published by the SEC on Friday, the new letter addressed the SEC’s manipulation fears. According to the SEC, one of the reasons the Bitcoin ETF could not be approved was the...

Every year, online-provider of sports news Sporting Intelligence conducts Global Sports Salaries Survey. The survey represents the basic annual pay of teams and shows the best-paid of them. According to the latest Sporting Intelligence survey, this year Spanish Barcelona and Real Madrid and Italy’s Juventus have enjoyed the highest salaries. It is notable that Barcelona has managed to keep its top status for the second year in a row.Global Sports Salaries Survey 2019 reads:“Barcelona have...

It’s a good start to the week as Bitcoin and the majority of altcoins have turned green in the crypto market rally. In the last 24-hours, the overall cryptocurrency market added $10 billion.Simultaneously, the BTC price has surged nearly 5% moving above $7600. Bitcoin is currently leading today’s market rally with Ethereum posting under 3% gains. Last week, Bitcoin was struggling to cross $7000 and instead went all down below $6600 levels.However, it quickly managed to cover its lost ground...

Alexander Vinnik is a former BTC-e administrator and fraudster. BTC-e exchange was laundering billions since 2015 and Vinnik’s arrest happened after the U.S. court order. Some facts point that he has connections with the Mt. Gox hack and Russian special service agents.Vinnik Lost FSB Protection in Complicated CaseGreece is preparing for the extradition of Alexander Vinnik to the United States. Local cops arrested him during rest at one of the VIP private resorts. The U.S. officials and a...

After a few days of trading sideways, Bitcoin’s price appears to be headed north. It was trading at around $7,100, and it surged to over $7,650 on Bitstamp before retracing slightly to the current level of approximately $7,500.Bitcoin marks a 4.6% increase at the moment. The interesting thing is that BTC’s dominance is also on the move. Currently standing at 68.9%, it’s obvious that Bitcoin claims a larger part of the market share as altcoins struggle to note any serious gains.Ethereum has...