We are back with another crypto summary and jokes article to start this new crypto year. First, let’s see what happened at the very end of 2019 and beginning of 2020. Ethereum’s unplanned Muir Glacier upgrade was two days away when 74% of the clients were ready for it, and finally the network saw a…
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Pretty much everyone in the developed world has heard of Bitcoin (BTC) by now. It’s been featured in countless news articles and bulletins, and it’s been discussed by business leaders, economists, celebrities, and the general public. The question is: has the coverage it’s received actually been good for its development, and has it and its…
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In Spring 2019, we witnessed the end of the so-called “crypto winter” when the price of bitcoin rallied past the USD 5,000 mark in the first days of April to peak at over USD 13,000 in June. While the altcoin market is still struggling to recover, bitcoin (BTC) managed to put itself back on the…
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Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the last quarter of this year and this decade: Total crypto market capitalization in Q4 October We started this quarter with looking who is to blame for Bitcoin price crash. We were in for a surprise when a German bank stated that Bitcoin prices are in for…
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Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the third quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q3 July July was a very busy month. Telegram’s token Gram jumped 201% even before public sale, and DOGE skyrocketed after the announcement that it’ll be listed on Binance. In other coin news, Tron (TRX) was…
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Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the second quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q2 coinpaprika.com April The quarter started with Bitcoin price suddenly jumping by 16% in an hour, reaching USD 4,882 per coin, the level last seen in November 2018, then it went above USD 5,000. This all…
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Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the first quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q1 January The year started with the celebration of Bitcoin’s 10th birthday – the day that saw the first block in the Bitcoin blockchain mined, aka the Genesis block. On the same day, the first Proof…
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Just because it was a holiday week doesn’t mean that there were no crypto news. The head of the People’s Bank of China’s digital currency research institute confirmed that a “digital form of the yuan” is on its way, but said it’s different from BTC or stablecoins as it’s not for speculation. Meltem Demirors, chief…
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If you were following blockchain and cryptocurrency news from Japan this year, you’d be forgiven for thinking only massive companies were in on the action. Companies with long-running blockchain and cryptocurrency interests, such as SBI, Monex, Rakuten and GMO Internet have continued to dominate the headlines. This week, they have been joined over the past…
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Exchanges are the portals through which members of the general public can get their hands on Bitcoin, Ethereum and other coins. They are the vehicles of wider crypto adoption. And ever since Mt. Gox emerged in 2010, they’ve been evolving, adding services, trading pairs and functionality. Unsurprisingly, this process of evolution is going to continue…
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