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Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced it decided to launch Bitcoin options trading by the end of this year.According to the announcement, the Malta-based exchange currently offers spot trading meaning purchase or sale of foreign currency, financial instrument or commodity for instant delivery on a specified spot date. It also offers futures trading and both of it in cryptocurrencies, A per the company, starting cash-settled options trading in BTC/USD pair begins on December 27 due to...

The digital money market was the most comprehensive in the positive segment zone on Monday as sentiment gave signs of progress contrasting with the previous seven days. Bitcoin price was drifting in the $7,400 region during early Asian trading.Although the vast majority of previous selling pressure has fallen, we haven’t seen a generous recovery in Bitcoin at the moment. In any case, consolidation may likewise provide a recovery opportunity for long-term HODLers.After a previous mixed week,...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 767. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Der Bitcoin-Tiefpunkt ist nahe, bullische Umkehr wird „stark“, Brave Browser mit 10 Millionen Nutzern & EOS Voice kündigt Beta an. 1.) BTC-Analyse: Der Bitcoin-Tiefpunkt ist nahe, bullische Umkehr wird „stark“https://coincierge.de/2019/btc-analyse-der-bitcoin-tiefpunkt-ist-nahe-bullische-umkehr-wird-stark/ 2.) Brave Browser mit 10 Millionen Nutzern – Basic...

Sequel to earlier reports that its digital currency was in the works, the Chinese are reportedly set to test its new digital currency electronic payment (DC/EP) in two cities of Shenzen and Suzhou. Sources further indicate that the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) will become the first Central Bank in the world to introduce its digital currency. It has also further emerged that the PBoC is set to work with seven state-owned corporate entities to run this test: three telecoms companies and four...

Great news for the Ethereum community: the network’s Istanbul improvement has been successfully completed. Expected to increase the speed of the Ethereum network and its gas efficiency, the hard fork was activated at block number 9,069,000. #Ethereum's #Istanbul network upgrade is now live! Congratulations to everyone who worked to make it happen. Want to learn more? Check out details on Istanbul's included changes here: https://t.co/KIMLb0ujce — Ethereum (@ethereum) December 8, 2019...

After in September, Bakkt’s physically-backed Bitcoin futures platform finally started its work, a lot of crypto believers wondered what is next. Well, there is something. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved a new investment fund that will invest in Bitcoin futures contracts. The registration statement filed by Stone Ridge Trust VI for the NYDIG Bitcoin Strategy Fund began with its work on Monday after the company, already in October filed Form N-2 with the...

Smashboard is a blockchain-enabled app that plans to help sexual abuse victims in India. The app plans to reduce the trauma that’s associated with reporting incidents. Smashboard plans to add more features to help victims in the future. The Me Too movement in India gained steam last year when popular figures decided to come out with their stories of sexual abuse by those in positions with power. The movement spurred a series of anonymous testimonies from victims of sexual abuse in India...

HODL is such a popular trading strategy in the crypto community that it has transcended into a meme. HODLers are flexing their muscles as they refuse to sell even if they are in profits. Add to that the halving and we have the recipe for bitcoin rocket fuel. Many bitcoin traders laugh at the idea of HODL (holding on for dear life). They think that it is not a sound trading or investing strategy. If you buy and hold on the way down, it’s very likely that you’ll use the same approach on the...

The number of bitcoin addresses with any balance exceeded its January 2018 high. Even though the metric is not perfect, it provides a rough estimate of bitcoin’s adoption rate. The synchronicity in the growth of this metric and the explosion of dormant bitcoin addresses suggests accumulation. Most people only refer to the price of bitcoin to gauge the health of the top cryptocurrency. If there’s a brutal sell-off, critics are quick to assume that the digital asset is dying. A...

Smart people are famous for revaluation of their beliefs, and now the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) is ready to try implementing their own cryptocurrency to stay ahead of the market. The same man who was calling for a “clampdown on Bitcoin”, Agustín Carstens, now says: “We have a responsibility to be at the cutting edge of the debate. There is really no choice but to do so, as otherwise, events will overtake us…” By “events” Carstens presumably means thousands of companies that...