Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Exchange news US-based crypto exchange Kraken might launch support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network by the end of the year. In response to a question on the timeline for integrating this…
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Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22) may have come and gone in most parts of the world, but in crypto-mad Japan, the festivities are still ongoing – with one of the country’s newest exchanges running a month-long bitcoin (BTC) giveaway promotion. Rakuten – an e-commerce business empire that also runs a takeaway food delivery service and…
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Cars, pinball machines, virtual private networks (VPN), more cars – these are some of the things people have recently purchased with their bitcoin (BTC) profits. Some BTC owners are hodlers, some are traders, but all wish to build a world where they own and manage their fortunes and are able to complete everyday purchases with…
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Source: a screenshot, Instagram/Coinbase In an attempt to attract more institutional traders, major crypto exchange Coinbase agreed to acquire another major player in the crypto industry, Tagomi, a New York-based crypto brokerage. Terms of the acquisition, that is pending regulatory approval, weren’t disclosed. Tagomi was launched 18 months ago and was backed by Peter Thiel,…
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From exclusive trading services to investment in Bitcoin (BTC) mining farms, major crypto players are expanding their product list in order to attract more large investors. Today, in an attempt to attract more institutional traders, major crypto exchange Coinbase said agreed to acquire another major player in the crypto industry, Tagomi, a New York-based crypto…
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After a series of lower highs for bitcoin (BTC) price since its last major rally in 2019, some investors in the number one cryptocurrency may be forced to adjust their expectations, the latest return figures suggest. Following a decline in the bitcoin price of nearly 9% over the past 7 days, the digital asset is…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Blockchain news United Russia, Russia’s ruling political party, which has been using blockchain-powered voting for its primary elections, says it has suffered a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, Read more »Pay, Trade,…
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After a sharp downside correction, bitcoin price found support near the USD 8,650 level. BTC started an upside correction and it is now (08:30 UTC) trading near the USD 9,000 level. To continue higher, it must clear the USD 9,050 and USD 9,200 resistance levels. On the other hand, most major altcoins are trading in…
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The growing custodial banking layer creates a systemic risk for Bitcoin (BTC), warned popular crypto researcher Hasu and offered two solutions. While some say that Bitcoin could be scaled by increasing its block size, allowing more transaction per block, this would worsen the assurances of the transactions, Hasu said in a recent post on Deribit…
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After two weeks of soaring, Bitcoin (BTC) fees’ flight to new highs seems to be over, at least for now, descending more than 50%. Bitcoin fees started rising after the reduction of the miners’ reward on May 11, surprising even the industry insiders and reaching new, ‘ridiculous’ highs this year. However, they’ve been seen dropping…
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