Protecting users from government seizures and coercion of miners is paramount for Bitcoin, says Kevin Pan. Bitcoin (BTC) needs to become more resistant to governments as a priority, the CEO of one of its biggest mining pools has said. Pan: Privacy is Bitcoin’s “real problem” In an interview with cryptocurrency media outlet Bitcoin Magazine quoted…
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The Premier of Bermuda, Edward David Burt, has said that cryptocurrencies are a great equalizer and characterized fintech innovation as a national strategic imperative. The Premier of Bermuda, Edward David Burt, has said that cryptocurrencies are a great equalizer and characterized fintech innovation as a national strategic imperative. In an interview for Forbes published on…
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Crypto Briefs is your daily bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – keeping you up-to-date with under the radar crypto news from around the world. Trading news Binance said that Binance Futures has increased its maximum leverage to 125x for BTC/USDT contracts and enabled a leverage adjustment function on its web and testnet trading…
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Brave surpassed yet another milestone this year, reaching the number of 8 million monthly active users. The news was followed with a surge in the price of their native Basic Attention Token (BAT). The price is up by c. 10% since the news was announced on October 16h. At pixel time (09:35 UTC), the thirtieth…
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Raiffeisen Bank participates in the first successful global tokenized collateral trial. Twenty-eight organizations including Raiffeisen and 17 other banks have participated in the successful completion of the Ivno Global Tokenized Collateral Trial. This is the first global token trial on the R3 Corda platform, hosted on Microsoft Azure, as reported on Oct. 17. Efficiencies in…
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As the IMF says a fresh crisis looms, one Bitcoin analyst reminds the industry that fiat currencies trend to zero in just 27 years. Bitcoin (BTC) may only be ten years old, but it is about to match half the lifespan of the average fiat currency — while actually increasing in value. Average fiat dies…
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Recently, there was a minor upside correction in bitcoin price above the USD 8,000 level. However, BTC/USD failed to gain momentum above the USD 8,100 level and struggled to test the USD 8,200 resistance. As a result, there was a fresh decline below USD 8,000 and USD 7,900. Similarly, ethereum, EOS, bitcoin cash, litecoin, ripple,…
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As exchanges expand Bitcoin derivatives, the CFTC clears the way for Ether futures. But will investors be interested in such a tool? The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) hasn’t come to bury Ether, it’s come to regulate it. That was the message drawn from Heath Tarbert’s remarks from the stage at Yahoo Finance’s…
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Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Binance DEX is preparing to list BCH-1FD, a pegged token that tracks the value of Bitcoin Cash. Changpeng Zhao (aka “CZ”), CEO and founder of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has proposed to list a token pegged to Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on Binance DEX, the platform’s decentralized counterpart. According to the post published…
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It seems that the major economies are about to intensify the war for control over money. The Group of Seven (G7) largest advanced economies has instructed its members to compete with cryptocurrencies and stablecoins by improving the existing financial system – and consider issuing digital fiats. In a detailed report from the G7 Working Group…
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