Just days after Jeff Bezos announced that his era, as the CEO, comes to an end at Amazon, the e-commerce giant, has indicated that it is prepared to explore the world of “digital currencies” – by launching what appears to be a Mexico-based pilot project. The firm said, in a job posting for a Software…
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Source: iStock/Marco_Piunti Prosecutors in Japan have pressed charges against 13 people and one corporation accused of handling stolen NEM (XEM) tokens raided from the c.USD 530 million Coincheck hack in early 2018, still the biggest crypto exchange security breach in history. At least four people were released without charge after police arrested over two dozen…
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While coronavirus ruled the markets in 2020, it seems that the meme virus is in charge this year. As bitcoin (BTC) is playing by its playbook today – once again correcting its gains after another strong rally – a new superstar in the cryptoverse, Tesla’s Elon Musk, is on his dogecoin (DOGE) jokes again. "Bought…
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Bitcoin price extended its decline below USD 45,000, but downsides were limited. BTC is back above USD 45,000 and it is currently (13:00 UTC) showing positive signs. If the price stays above USD 45,000, there are chances of a steady rise towards USD 47,000. Besides, most other major altcoins are trading in a steady uptrend.…
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While Ethereum (ETH) maximalists are hard at work trying to compete for attention and investments Bitcoin (BTC) is getting, their competitors are now focusing on ETH’s weaknesses. First, Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson has criticized Ethereum 2.0 and its scaling model, while ADA almost doubled in the past seven days. Then, Binance CEO and Founder…
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Source: Adobe/Снежана Кудрявцева The South Korean central bank – the Bank of Korea (BOK) – wants Seoul to draw a line between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and cryptoassets, and hopes the government will make an eleventh-hour adjustment to a key crypto law that promulgates next month. The BOK made its recommendation in a new…
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The beginning of February brought some much-anticipated optimism in terms of crypto market sentiment, as nearly all major coins have improved their moving 7-day average sentiment score (sentscore). In turn, the combined moving 7-day average sentscore for 10 major coins, increased from 5.8 last week to 6.33 today, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment…
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Source: a screenshot of a tweet by Elon Musk on April 1, 2018. The coin of the moment is at it again – with dogecoin (DOGE) rocketing back into the top 10 tokens per market capitalization, and Elon Musk is again being linked to the meme-themed asset, despite recent claims that his DOGE-themed Twitter posts…
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Elon Musk. Billionaire and Tesla’s head Elon Musk’s Twitter activity is not only stirring controversy, but it also triggers abnormal trading volumes and double-digit returns, according to a recent paper by the Blockchain Research Lab (BRL). Musk, owner of a Twitter account with 45.5m followers, continues to move markets through his never-ending stream of opinions…
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Internet sleuths are speculating that arch crypto trickster and the world’s richest man – the Tesla and SpaceX supremo Elon Musk – may be the secret owner of a crypto wallet crammed to brim with the token du jour: dogecoin (DOGE). The meme-based token has recently rocketed into the top 10 per market cap thanks…
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