Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Security news The Ethereum Classic (ETC) attacker made at least USD 1.7m during the second attack on the network yesterday, according to Bitquery, a blockchain analysis firm. At the same time, the Bitfinex…
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On a day with mostly green numbers in the crypto market, bitcoin cash (BCH) surged strongly, far outperforming both bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, smaller altcoins DASH and LEND also stood out with strong performance overnight. Total market capitalization Bitcoin price Looking at the 4-hour bitcoin chart, it seems…
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It seems that the Cryptoverse might see another episode of the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) forking series. "I am considering to build a new Bitcoin fork inherit from BCH called Bitcoin Cat. It’s a temporary name. Cat is cute and harmless, [they] won’t have a war," said Haipo Yang, founder of crypto mining pool ViaBTC and…
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Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Exchanges news Top-tier exchange volumes increased 42% compared to June, to USD 334bn, now representing 60% of total spot volume, said crypto market data provider CryptoCompare. Meanwhile, lower-tier volumes decreased by Read more…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is leading the rally higher today on what has been a strong day for the broader crypto market so far, with the uptrend for ethereum (ETH) also holding up despite a mixed picture among other altcoins. As noted in yesterday’s market watch, a daily close above the USD 11,500 level for bitcoin could…
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Ethereum Classic (ETC), one of the top 30 crypto networks by market capitalization, suffered another 51% attack in less than a week. (Updated at 06:50 UTC: updates in bold.) "Today another large 51% attack occurred on the #ETC which caused a reorganization of over 4000 blocks. Until further notice ETC pool payouts are disabled and…
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Source: Adobe/Игорь Головнёв Japan’s Kansai Electric Power and crypto exchange DeCurret said that a recent “digital token”-powered, blockchain-based payment pilot was a success – and could be used for settlements in peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity transactions. Per a press release from DeCurret, the firms issued a new digital currency for the pilot project, which was conducted…
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Bitcoin price is holding the USD 11,000 and USD 11,050 support levels. BTC is currently (08:30 UTC) trading above USD 11,200, but it is facing many hurdles near USD 11,400 and USD 11,450. A clear break above USD 11,400, followed by a close above USD 11,500 could open the doors for more gains. Similarly, most…
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After returning into the top 10 club at the end of last week, chainlink (LINK) accelerated its rally today, outperforming top 50 coins, while news on a new partnership has seemingly overshadowed a recent shorting attack, and “LINK marines” were called for duty. At pixel time, (11:55 UTC), LINK, ranked 8th by market capitalization, was…
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One of America’s biggest pro-crypto lobby groups has launched a bid to persuade regulators to help adoption – opening the door for banks to get involved in crypto-powered finance and accept privacy coins too. The call came in an open letter from Coin Center to the American Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s…
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