While it’s commonly believed that the price of ETH follows Bitcoin, research shows that ETH is an independent asset. Cryptocurrency market sentiment is often influenced by various factors, such as expert forecasts or political events. However, if analyzing on a wider time frame, it turns out that the prices of most cryptocurrencies — especially of…
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A major Hong Kong crypto event, will be taking place half a year later due to the coronavirus outbreak. A number of cryptocurrency-related conferences across Asia are being delayed in response to the regional coronavirus outbreak. TOKEN2049, a major crypto event held annually in Hong Kong, is the latest one to postpone its conference. Originally…
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Cointelegraph’s editors have chosen who we believe will be the 100 most influential people in crypto and blockchain in 2020. Surveying the landscape as the most widely read publication covering cryptocurrency and blockchain, Cointelegraph’s editors had the ambitious idea to put together a list of the most influential people in this hectic, hype-filled, world-changing, weird…
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Crypto news for your ears instead of your eyes. This week’s episode of the Bad Crypto podcast condenses the latest blockchain news into easy listening format. And it’s a good week to be in the know on crypto and blockchain topics. Bitcoin’s bull run continues, and the price is lately flirting with $10,000. The Winklevoss…
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Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has expressed skepticism regarding top-10 digital currency BSV, claiming that the coin “offers nothing for Wikipedia.” Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has expressed skepticism regarding top-10 digital currency Bitcoin SV (BSV), claiming that the coin “offers nothing for Wikipedia.” Wales made his statement right after the team behind the CoinGeek London conference…
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Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, plans to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto channels by hiring a former TradingView exec. Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is planning to further bolster its fiat-to-crypto gateways by hiring a former TradingView exec. Iskander Malikov, a former chief operating officer at major trading chart analysis…
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Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb has sold more than a billion XRP so far and has another 4.7 billion left to sell, according to a new analysis. Analysis by blockchain monitor Whale Alert suggests that Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb sold off more than one billion XRP between 2014 and 2019. In a Medium post published on…
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The Tokyo High Court has overturned the previous acquittal of the unnamed man, who used Coinhive to make website visitors mine Monero. A Japanese court has demanded a man who infected website visitors with cryptocurrency mining malware face justice — after acquitting him. As local daily news outlet The Mainichi reported on Feb. 7, the…
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WRX, the first IEO from any Indian exchange, can strengthen sentiments of Indian crypto industry amid an ongoing battle over the status of crypto. Despite regulatory uncertainty and banking restrictions imposed by the Reserve Bank of India, WazirX — the Indian cryptocurrency exchange recently acquired by Binance — launched its WRX coin through an initial…
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The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is looking to hire a specialist with a cryptocurrency background. The United Kingdom’s major financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is looking to hire a specialist with a cryptocurrency background. Specifically, the FCA is seeking an intelligence associate with crypto expertise to address digital assets…
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