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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Has Light Response to OKEx While Ether Options Traders Make Beacon Bets

Bitcoin’s price is rebounding after an OKex-related dip. Meanwhile, ether options traders have a bearish "beacon chain" attitude.

Markets  ·  16 October 2020
Bitcoin

This New Service Plays Matchmaker Between Solo Miners, Big Mining Farms

Compass by HASHR8 matches individual miners with mining farms to host their hardware.

Tech  ·  16 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: OKEx Private Key Snafu Sends Bitcoin Lower as China DeFi Rises

OKEx withdrawal suspension sends bitcoin lower, China becomes hotbed of DeFi development, Filecoin first-day trading leaves market cap above $800M.

Markets  ·  16 October 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Price Dips 3% on OKEx News, Analysts Aren’t Too Worried

While market sentiment may remain temporarily weak after the OKEx news, a price crash looks unlikely.

Markets  ·  16 October 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11.5K; Ether Futures Open Interest Flattens

Bitcoin's price is trending up while ether futures open interest has stopped growing in the past month.

Markets  ·  15 October 2020
Bitcoin

Is Crypto Converging With Public Markets?

Between bitcoin treasury holdings growing and crypto-focused SPACs, private crypto markets and public equities markets are closer than ever.

People  ·  15 October 2020
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Nigeria Is Developing Strategies for National Blockchain Adoption

Nigerian authorities are developing a roadmap for the adoption of blockchain technology in public administration and payments on a national scale.

Policy & regulation  ·  15 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: As Ethereum Enthusiasm Builds, ‘Bear Case’ Could Still See Prices Double

There's a lot of money to be made in and around maturing Ethereum-centric markets, where a "bear market" means prices double.

Markets  ·  15 October 2020
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World’s Growing Stockpile of Negative-Yielding Debt a Positive for Bitcoin, Say Analysts

The search for profit is likely to intensify with amount of global debt offering negative yields more than doubling in the past seven months

Markets  ·  15 October 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slips to $11.2K; Uniswap Flows Dominate Ether

Bitcoin price is dipping a bit while ether flows display Uniswap’s prominent market position.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020
Bitcoin

A $10B Firm Makes Bitcoin Its Primary Treasury Asset

Stone Ridge Holdings Group announces $50 million in new funding for its digital asset subsidiary as well as significant BTC treasury holdings.

People  ·  14 October 2020
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Brainwallets: The Bitcoin Wallet You Probably Shouldn’t Use (Unless You Have To)

A “brainwallet” refers to a private key that is stored in the user’s memory in the form of a seed phrase or a passphrase.

Tech  ·  14 October 2020
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First Mover: Privacy Is Litecoin’s Ace in the Hole as JPMorgan Touts Bitcoin

After lagging behind bitcoin for the past couple years, Litecoin founder Charlie Lee is looking to privacy features as his ace in the hole.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020
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Bitcoin Steady Above $11,400 as Hashrate Reaches New High

Bitcoin's record hashrate indicates fundamentals are stronger than ever, according to Skew Markets.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020
Bitcoin

JPMorgan Calls Square’s $50M Bitcoin Investment ‘Strong Vote of Confidence’ for the Cryptocurrency

Other payment companies will also likely follow in Square's footsteps or risk getting shut out of a growing segment, JPMorgan wrote.

Markets  ·  14 October 2020