On April 28, the legislative assembly of the Cayman Islands gazetted five new pieces of legislation governing crypto businesses — especially exchanges. How the new legislation would change the Cayman Islands’ crypto industry The Virtual Asset Service Provider Bill would establish definitions and registration requirements for companies providing crypto services including exchanges, custodians and decentralized
Month: April 2020
April 29th was undoubtedly one of Bitcoin’s biggest days in months. On this day, the cryptocurrency finally broke from its consolidation pattern under the $7,800 resistance in a strong fashion, reaching $9,000 at the trading session’s highs — more than 15% higher where it had started. The move was unexpected, so unexpected that the move
As Telegram again delays the launch of its Telegram Open Network (TON) after missing their April 30 deadline, some key players in the crypto industry don’t want Telegram to launch the coin at all. Michael Novogratz, CEO of crypto merchant bank, Galaxy Digital, and one of the biggest Bitcoin (BTC) bulls, expressed a sceptical stance
During the last few weeks, the world has been dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. These days, however, many of the world’s citizens are growing more concerned over the government’s reactions than the virus itself. Moreover, with the U.S. economy feeling the hardship of over 30 million unemployed Americans and the petro-dollar on life support, many
Bitcoin price recently exploded from under $7,800 to over $9,400, just twelve full days before the asset’s block reward halving. The powerful push from last month’s extreme low set during Black Thursday, to current levels, has caused a bullish engulfing candle to form on monthly Bitcoin price charts. But what exactly does this mean for
The Bitcoin (BTC) whales have not been perturbed by the sharp rallies or the waterfall declines in Bitcoin in the past three years. As Cointelegraph recently reported, some major whales have not moved their Bitcoin holdings for an average period of 4.7 years. This suggests that the early adopters are in for the long game
A small southern Italian town of 550 residents, Castellino del Biferno, has started minting their own currency, called Ducati, as a method to support their local economy during the coronavirus Pandemic. The town mayor Enrico Fratangelo, had been studying minting money for 12 years before having the opportunity to put his ideas to the test.
In response to customer demand, leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance launched trading support for the community-led Steem (STEEM) hard fork Hive (HIVE) on April 27. HIVE can now be traded against Bitcoin (BTC), Tether (USDT), and Binance Coin (BNB), however, withdrawals and deposits will not go live until April 29. While Huobi’s recently introduced support for
Wednesday marked one of Bitcoin’s most powerful rallies in weeks. Within the span of just over 12 hours, the price of the leading cryptocurrency rocketed from $7,700 to a high of $9,000 — a dollar gain of $1,300 and a percentage gain of 17%. It was a move that shocked Bitcoin investors across the board,
On March 16, YouTube released a statement warning its creator community that video removals may increase during the coronavirus pandemic. The popular video-sharing platform said that its system currently relies on a combination of people and technology, noting that machine learning is being leveraged to detect potentially harmful content. Once these algorithms find “harmful content,”
Cryptocurrency trading in Malaysia has surged as the country endures an extended lockdown, costing its economy an estimated $550 million a day. Regulated cryptocurrency exchanges are reporting substantial growth in trading volumes and new users as people seek “a good store of value in difficult economic times.” Increased Crypto Trading Volumes and New Users Interest
The past 24 hours have been explosive for the Bitcoin market. Ever since breaking past $7,800 on Wednesday morning, the cryptocurrency has been in a nearly unstoppable uptrend, rallying past resistance after resistance in the $7,000s, $8,000s, then most recently, the ever-important $9,000 level. This steep uptrend comes on the back of an influx of
Uphold, a digital money platform providing access to investments and payments using blockchain technology, has announced the expansion of its stablecoin offerings alongside the launch of a “Stablecoin Center.” The Center, according to the announcement, will offer access to six stablecoins in the platform, including four of the most popular in terms of market volume:
On Wednesday Bitcoin (BTC) price blasted through a series of key resistance levels as traders ponied up and set their target on the $9K mark. According to data from Cointelegraph Markets and CoinMarketCap the BTC/USD pair has rallied approximately 14.5%, notching a $1,123 gain. With the block reward halving just 13 days away, bullish investors
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Blockstack PBC filed its annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as part of its regulatory obligations resulting from project’s the initial coin offering, or ICO. The SEC report was published on April 29. It details some of the high profile deals made by Blockstack throughout the year, as well as a
Decentralized file- and web-hosting protocol InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) announced its largest upgrade so far. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, the developers will release IPFS version 0.5. on April 28. IPFS 0.5 reportedly makes uploading new data 25 times faster, fetching content two to five times faster, while finding nodes that have it
The largest oil field in the People’s Republic of China has been a target for individuals and organizations attempting to mine bitcoins with free electricity. After a bunch of mining farm operators allegedly got caught last summer, a dog kennel owner was recently busted for running cable lines in order to siphon free electricity from
In the early morning hours, Bitcoin price surged above $8,000 for the first time since the historic Black Thursday market collapse. The recent high marks longest stretch of consecutive green weekly candles since the 2017 cryptocurrency bull market, which pushed the price of the first-ever cryptocurrency to an all-time high of $20,000. Will this rare
Despite its nascency, central bank digital currencies and their offshoots have rapidly evolved into a serious alternative to typical bank accounts. A CBDC is electronic money issued by a central bank for use by consumers and companies in lieu of traditional money. The concept was popularized in a particularly interesting paper published in 2016 by
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