Bitcoin is set to close its one of the most roller-coaster fiscal quarters in a negative area. But the cryptocurrency’s biggest test now lies in the 2020’s second quarter as it arrives in the middle of two very distinctive market catalysts: Halving and Coronavirus. Halving is bullish, at least according to a plethora of bitcoin maximalists and analysts that see the May 2020 event as an upside price driver for the cryptocurrency. They believe that bitcoin’s daily supply cut from Read more …
Bats are a known harbor to a large variety of viruses. Humans rarely interact with bats directly (they are not a common delicacy or pet in China), but other wild animals, such as civets and pangolins, do. Seventeen years before the outbreak of COVID-19, a coronavirus already made the jump to humans, likely starting with a farmer in Guangdong province in Southern China. 2013: SARS In the case of SARS, it remained locally contained until a fishmonger from the Guangdong Read more …
Open-source payments network Celo has announced its first round of development grant recipients. A press release shared with Cointelegraph states that Celo has awarded $700,000 in grants to 13 different companies who are looking to build on top of the network, contribute to the development of the Celo platform, or foster the Celo community. The project has already received more than 50 grants proposals from teams based in 16 different countries and will continue to accept proposals until May 19. Read more …
It took the sudden emergence of a pandemic to demonstrate how pathetic the global financial system really is. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is now doing a live demo on how to print money out of thin air and buy government and corporate securities with it. It seems that Plan B’s model will work indeed. US Central Bank Pumps $1 Million Per Second The US financial system showed the first signs of a crack well before the COVID-19 was even Read more …
After Bitcoin price fell from $10,000 to under $4,000 in one short month, the ultra bearish, panic-induced price action has finally settled into a neutral state. However, if bulls can break above this key level and hold it as support, the price action will flip bullish and likely go on to target $7,800. Neutral Price Action Ready to Flip Bullish With Break Above $6,600 Bearish Bitcoin traders have been having a field day after the leading cryptocurrency by market cap Read more …
The Credits project, a worldwide company engaged in the development of solutions based on blockchain technologies, has recently announced the release of a new line of products. The new developments will be released over the course of 2020 and will help in popularizing blockchain technologies. The decentralized, distributed ledger capabilities of blockchain technologies are increasingly gaining popularity across the world in a variety of industries. However, multiple economy sectors that can take advantage of the solutions offered by blockchain-based products Read more …
The Bitcoin (BTC) network hash rate took a steep dive on March 26, dropping by a whopping 15.95%, which is a 45% sink from its peak highs of 2020. The hash rate dipped from 136.2 quintillion hashes per second on March 1 to just 75.7 EH/s on March 26, according to data from Blockchain.com. Analytics website Coin Dance reported similar findings, with the 2020 peak standing at about 150 EH/s on March 5 and then dropping to 105.6 EH/s 10 Read more …
In a country with more mobile phone subscriptions than people, mobile banking has taken off in Thailand in a big way. After partnering with a fintech remittance company recently, Ripple is now sewing up the Thai market by joining forces with its largest commercial bank, SCB. Ripple to Boost Thai Remittances Further Hot off the heels of its partnership with DeeMoney that allows more than 1 million Thais to send money home, Ripple is now powering a new cross-border payment Read more …
This is a sponsored article provided by AlphaPoint. In 2013, blockchain technology was in its earliest stages. The Bitcoin white paper, ushering in this underlying technology along with the world’s first cryptocurrency, had been published only five years before and was just beginning to gain traction in the wider world. At this dawning moment, AlphaPoint began its own journey to decentralize assets of all kinds and transform the traditional market into one that is more secure, transparent and suited for Read more …
After facing multiple delays, the adoption of Russia’s major cryptocurrency law will be postponed again, now due to the coronavirus. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, says that the country’s crypto law — the bill “On Digital Financial Assets” — is now finalized but won’t be adopted before the end of the spring 2020. Russian authorities have been arguing about crypto regulation since January 2018 According to a March 31 report by Russian news Read more …
Institutions will now be able to trade on every single crypto market simultaneously thanks to GlobalX, an API platform launched on March 31 by San Francisco-based firm Apifiny. The startup hired former executives of Google X, Kraken and AlphaPoint to promote the service. Specifically, Josh Li will act as Apifiny’s chief business officer, having previous experience in Google and Google X, Alphabet’s innovation arm. Michael Fertman will lead the B2B marketing efforts as VP Marketing of Apifiny, coming from the Read more …
A new cryptocurrency wallet insurance product from Coincover offers better protection than many existing custodial solutions, the firm says. The Cardiff, U.K.-based risk management provider announced Tuesday that its insurance policy, underwritten by Lloyd’s of London, would now provide Civic wallet users up to $1 million in cover. The insurance is assigned automatically when a user registers for a Civic wallet and requires no further steps to qualify. The firm said this is the first hot-wallet insurance offering to date Read more …