Can the approaching holiday season boost Bitcoin and crypto prices? Let’s analyze the charts of the top performers of the past seven days. The New York Digital Investment Group LLC (NYDIG) has received approval from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer its shares to institutional investors, including registered investment advisers, their…
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Most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains as Ethereum price seems unaffected by the hard fork. Sunday, Dec. 8 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting discreet gains on the day by press time, as Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around the $7,550 mark again. Market visualization courtesy of Coin360 Bitcoin price…
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Crypto is ten years old now, but how significantly has its underlying technology changed since its birth? At the most basic and abstract level, things are still fundamentally the same, in that (real) cryptocurrencies still rely on distributed and cryptographically secured consensus networks to confirm transactions. However, in terms of the specific protocols used Read…
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Several research studies have suggested that fake trading volumes are rampant in the crypto markets. Trading volume inflation is reportedly a much more common occurrence than previously believed, which has made it challenging for market data providers to deliver accurate data. In this article, we will discuss the measures that leading crypto market data providers…
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A guide to Bitcoin halving — a pre-scheduled event that will reduce the asset’s supply, potentially driving the price upward. Will the Bitcoin price change? Historically, the price has gone up following a halving, but it ultimately depends on the supply/demand ratio. Essentially, Bitcoin halving cuts down the supply of BTC, making the asset more…
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The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com. This article has been brought to you by DappRadar, a dapp data aggregator and analysis firm. _______________ Dapps are arguably the most dynamic innovation of the blockchain era. With tons of different use cases,…
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As the cryptocurrency market stagnates, Bitcoin is left vulnerable to miner capitulation, which could lead BTC to lower price ranges. The stagnation of the cryptocurrency market has put Bitcoin’s (BTC) price at risk of further decline, as it struggles to recover beyond key resistance levels. A descending price increases the probability of the so-called “miner…
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Ethereum was supposed to bring us the “world computer,” but even 3,000 transactions per second is woefully inadequate. Vitalik Buterin has claimed that Ethereum will support 3,000 transactions per second after the upcoming Istanbul fork. Will this unleash a new wave of Ethereum creativity? Might we expect a surge in traffic on the Ethereum network?…
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Countdown to Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork continues, with only 1,000 blocks remaining before the network overhaul. As of press time, Ethereum has passed block #9068000, putting it within 1000 blocks of the scheduled Istanbul hard fork, which should take place at around 23:30 UTC. The much-anticipated shift to Istanbul will be the Ethereum network’s first…
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Microsoft’s blockchain-enabled cloud service Microsoft Azure announced new tokenization and blockchain data management services. Microsoft’s blockchain-enabled cloud service Microsoft Azure announced new tokenization and blockchain data management services. In a post published on the official Microsoft Azure blog on Dec. 6, the IT service giant announced the Azure Blockchain Tokens and blockchain data manager. New…
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