Cryptocurrency trading platforms in Hong Kong will soon be subjected to full legal scrutiny as the nation’s financial watchdog plans to release a new regulatory framework. The Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it plans to regulate all cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, Reuters reported Tuesday. Hong Kong has struggled in the past with unclear rules for crypto exchanges. After a first failed attempt in 2018, the country published an...
Read More »No, Miner Capitulation Isn’t Why Bitcoin Dropped Yesterday (Opinion)
Bitcoin, after a massive rise to last year’s high, trimmed gains in a sudden selloff yesterday. YouTube-based BTC commentator Carl Martin a.k.a The Moon, opined that the cryptocurrency is experiencing selloff from miners. But is that actually true? Is bitcoin dipping because of miner capitulation? Nope, there’s no tangible proof to corroborate the same. Carl ‘The Moon’ Martin Thinks That Bitcoin Miners Are Capitulating In a tweet, Carl Martin, who also goes by the name of...
Read More »Bitcoin Just Had the Second Largest Difficulty Adjustment in History
The Bitcoin network just went through the second-largest negative difficulty adjustment and its most significant one since the start of the ASIC era. The 16.05% decline exceeded previous expectations indicating a readjustment of somewhere between 7% and 10%. Record-Setting BTC Mining Difficulty Adjustment The mining difficulty on the Bitcoin network goes through an automatic adjustment every 2,016 blocks. It’s a feature enabling the system to self-sustain in relation to...
Read More »Bitcoin at $709: A Snapshot of Top Cryptocurrencies From 2016 U.S. Elections
It goes without saying that a lot has happened over the past four years when it comes to cryptocurrencies. We went through the market’s most parabolic cycle in 2017 and a prolonged bear market in 2018. In 2020, the market is arguably in a bullish state coming into this year’s US Presidential Elections, where Donald Trump will battle to keep his presidency against Joe Biden. At times like these, it’s worth taking a step back and see how the market looked during the previous...
Read More »Altcoin Nightmare: Market Cap Down $10 Billion as Bitcoin Dominance Surges
Bitcoin continues to struggle ever since it peaked above $14,100 during the weekend. The situation with alternative coins is even worse, and the total market capitalization has dipped to about $390 billion. Bitcoin’s Struggles Since Its 1,000-Day Peak CryptoPotato reported over the weekend that the primary cryptocurrency spiked to a new 2020 high of about $14,100. The difference between this record and the previous ones registered in October was that it surpassed the 2019’s...
Read More »PayPal CEO: Only 10% of Clients Have Access to Crypto Services, There’s a Waiting List
PayPal CEO Daniel Schulman said that the large online payment processor will add numerous new cryptocurrency-related features at the start of next year. In the most recent earnings call reported by Fortune, Schulman noted that the platform will enable crypto payments for goods and services at 28 million merchants. He reassured that it will not result in any “incremental fees for either consumers or merchants.” PayPal’s mobile payment service app Venmo, will also support...
Read More »Bitcoin Fee Ratio Multiple at Lowest level Since Jan 2018, But What Does it Mean?
Bitcoin’s Fee Ratio Multiple (FRM) is a metric for measuring the distance proof-of-work blockchains have to cover in order to sustain current security levels solely through transaction fee revenue. According to analytics provider Glassnode, FRM is linked to demand and caused by higher transaction fees. It is currently at its lowest level since January 2018. The #Bitcoin Fee Ratio Multiple (FRM) is at its lowest level since Jan 2018. FRM is linked to demand and caused by...
Read More »Whale Alert: Over $400 Million Worth of USDT Just Sent To Huobi – Is Something Cooking?
Over $400 million worth of the most popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) has been sent to the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi over the past couple of hours. Two of the transactions were sent from an unknown address with a total worth of around $304 million, while another transfer worth $100 million was sent from Bitfinex. Over $400 Million Worth of USDT Flows In Huobi in Hours Whale Alert, the popular service that tracks abnormally large transactions, just flashed a few times in a...
Read More »Blockchain Could Help Reduce Nuclear War Risks: Report
The King’s College London’s research arm, the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS), has published a report arguing that blockchain technology can enhance the trust between countries fighting to dismantle nuclear warheads, thus reducing the risks of potential wars. Blockchain To Help With Nuclear Warhead Dismantling? Ever since their emergence during World War II, nuclear weapons have been a global threat to the human species. The United Nations have classified them...
Read More »TRON’s Justin Sun Reveals An Unsuccessful Attack On The Network, All Funds Are SAFU
One of the most popular blockchain projects, TRON, had undergone an attack by a malicious contract earlier today. Company CEO Justin Sun detailed the events in a recent tweet, reassuring users and developers that the system and all assets are “absolutely safe.” TRON’s Mainnet Attacked TRON’s founder and CEO took it to Twitter to explain what transpired on the network. He said that during a routine 4.1 version upgrade period, the mainnet “was attacked by a malicious contract...
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