Month: February 2020

Bitcoin (BTC) was fighting to keep support at a key level on Feb. 27 as markets worldwide continued to suffer from fears over coronavirus. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 The make-or-break moment for BTC bulls Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph markets showed BTC/USD fluctuating around its 200-day moving average (200 DMA) just below $8,800.
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Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance publicly expressed distrust towards self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) creator and Bitcoin SV (BSV) founder Craig Wright. In a tweet published on Feb. 24, Zhao explicitly said that Craig Wright “is a fraud.” He also seemingly recommended not to invest in Bitcoin SV: “Investing in a
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Chamath Palihapitiya, the billionaire chairman of spaceflight company Virgin Galactic, has recommended that everyone hold Bitcoin (BTC) as a form of crisis insurance.  Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Palihapitiya said he believes that “everybody should probably have 1% of their assets in Bitcoin.”  Palihapitiya said that Bitcoin comprises a “fantastic hedge,” as every other financial
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Opposition continues to grow against implementation of the controversial Programmatic Proof-of-Work (ProgPoW) proposal in the Ethereum community. ProgPoW is an ASIC-resistant PoW algorithm meant to replace ETHhash, the current hashing algorithm for the platform. First mooted two years ago, it suddenly reemerged as a concrete plan set for the middle of this year following a
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For the millions of remitters in South Korea, speed and cost matters—time delay in payments can interfere with covering critical expenses like emergencies, tuition payments and unexpected bills. However, for many years, the remittance market in Korea was controlled entirely by large financial institutions—leading to high foreign transfer fees and costly delays. Rule changes introduced
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The US Securities and Exchange Commision has rejected New York based firm Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application, citing ongoing concerns over market manipulation and a lack of surveillance-sharing agreements. Commissioner Hester ‘Crypto Mom’ Peirce has publicly disagreed with the rejection. NYSE Arca had submitted a proposed rule change to allow the listing
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Polkadot is readying itself for its expected network launch after it announced its integration with Chainlink oracles on February 25. The progress made with the integrations is an indication of a systematic approach that will allow porting with Ethereum infrastructure. Polkadot Announces Integrations of Chainlink Oracles The integration of Chainlink oracles is vital in the
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Anthony Pompliano, host of the “Off the Chain” podcast and co-founder of Morgan Creek Capital, said he would not buy XRP when asked in an interview with CNN’s Julia Chatterley. Pomp set Bitcoin apart from other blockchain projects and said XRP has nothing driving value that he could point to. Pomp Shows No Love For
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Bitcoin (BTC) struggled to maintain $9,000 support on Feb. 26 as analysts sought confirmation that more significant levels would remain intact. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC crisscrosses $9,000 Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD briefly falling through the $9,000 barrier several times on Wednesday.  The build-up had taken just three days,
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South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bithumb, has announced it will take another step towards global expansion by strengthening integration with its international arm. On Feb. 26, Bithumb launched a new digital asset transfer service between the South Korean exchange and Bithumb Global, an new international digital asset exchange released by Bithumb in October 2019. Meanwhile,
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