2019

Bitcoin Erupts Past $12,000: Here’s What Analysts Think Comes Next

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 10:14 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Just hours after the daily candle close, Bitcoin has begun to erupt higher. The cryptocurrency just minutes ago crossed above $12,000 for the first time since the flash crash on August 2nd. BTC bulls are believed to be in control after Bitcoin closed the weekly candle above the ever-important $11,500 level. Analysts think that Bitcoin will continue higher as long as $11,500 holds. Bitcoin Surges Past $12,000 Just minutes ago, Bitcoin broke past $12,000 for the first time since the August 2nd flash crash. The cryptocurrency is now up 3%

Analysts Expect Chainlink (LINK) Reversal After 50% Eruption to $14

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 6:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Chainlink (LINK) has erupted higher in the past week, recently crossing above $14 for the first time ever. The asset trades at $14.40 as of this article’s writing, which means that it is up by approximately 20% in the past 24 hours. The asset’s outperformance comes as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major crypto-assets have stalled at local highs. LINK is prepared to drop from here, say some analysts as certain technicals suggest the bull trend is weakening. Chainlink Could See a Bearish Reversal, Analysts Say Hands down, Chainlink (LINK) has

What Hope Do Bears Have If Bitcoin Holds $11,500? Analyst Asks

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Despite the parabolic performance in some altcoins, Bitcoin is stagnating around the high-$11,000s. As of the time of this article’s writing, BTC is trading for $11,600. This comes after it was rejected last week at the $12,000 level yet again, marking a loss for bulls. Analysts say that Bitcoin managing to hold the $11,500 level would bolster the medium-term bull case dramatically. One trader went as far as to say that the cryptocurrency closing the weekly candle at $11,500 could leave bears without much hope. He isn’t the first commentator

Ampleforth Down 66% — Welcome to Rebasing

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 9:55 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The elastic supply token Ampleforth (AMPL) has lost two-thirds of its market cap in a matter of days. The atypical characteristics of the token attracted many investors that jumped in. After a dramatic surge in price and market cap, the tables have turned and Ampleforth has entered a corrective phase. The token is understood by many as just an experiment, and it may impact the way future tokens are created. AMPL: The Ultimate Digital Money? Ampleforth is not your typical cryptocurrency. It’s quite a complex token with some revolutionary ideas,

What is Flexa Coin? A Guide to FXC Token

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 4:16 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A look at the Flexa project, its background, history, and its native asset, Flexacoin. We will also talk about its underlying protocol, as well as its role in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) field. The Flexa project claims to be the “simplest and safest way” to allow retail usage of crypto-currencies today. This DeFi project has acquired its reputation and value by enabling different crypto-assets to be used for payments on its digital wallets. And these are done in an instant and highly-secure manner for users and merchants alike. Built on

BTC and ETH Crypto Derivatives in Demand, Market Expected to Grow Further

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 12:42 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The crypto options market has been evolving rapidly over the second quarter of 2020. According to TokenInsight’s recent crypto derivatives industry report, trading volumes are seeing a 166% year-on-year increase compared to Q2 2019. The derivative products driving these volumes are futures and options. While futures grow with traders betting on a bullish price sentiment, both open interest and volumes of options have reached all-time highs.All-time highs On Wednesday, open interest in Ether (ETH) options hit an all-time high of $351 million on Deribit and $37 million on OKEx. In fact, open

Slow But Steady: FATF Review Highlights Crypto Exchanges’ Struggle to Meet AML Standards

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 9:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In June 2019, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) introduced its revised set of standards for virtual asset service providers. The document establishes the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements that regulated VASPs —  the term mainly referring to cryptocurrency trading platforms — must eventually implement in their day-to-day operations. The guidelines are framed as recommendations, and the FATF leaves it to the participating nations’ governments to develop their own regulations in accordance with suggested principles.The watchdog has also set a 12-month review timeframe to monitor the public and

Title Token for Blockchain Estate Registry, Part 3

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The advantage of the cross-blockchain protocol for public registries is that it can unite any number of existing ledgers in one ecosystem and does not need to upgrade the protocols of such blockchains. In simple terms, the protocol works as an aggregator of tokens across blockchains. The protocol conceptually comprises two major elements:The format requirements for an entry by knowing the standard of a record, the user’s machine can automatically collect records from various ledgers in one bundle.The hook, which is the algorithm that scans blocks of ledgers and extracts

Eerily Accurate Analyst Thinks Bitcoin Could Hit $20,000 in the Next 3 Months

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 3:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin has finally started to show weakness after recovering from last weekend’s flash crash. After falling as low as $10,500 last weekend, the leading cryptocurrency surged as high as $11,950 before retracing. As of the time of this article’s writing, BTC trades for $11,500, sliding to this critical level from the aforementioned highs. The retracement for Bitcoin has been bearish, especially considering it was rejected at $12,000 again. Some remain optimistic that Bitcoin bulls are in control, though. One historically accurate analyst that predicted BTC’s macro price action is still

Ransomware Attacks Demanding Crypto Are Unfortunately Here to Stay

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 3:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Year after year, the ransomware landscape changes dramatically. In 2019, a new resurgence of attacks occurred as businesses and government institutions became the main targets of ransomware, given their capacity to yield larger payouts. The most recent attack was against Garmin, a navigation systems company, on July 23. Due to the attack, many of its online services such as customer support, website functions and company communications were affected. Reportedly, the Russian cybergang Evil Corp launched the attack, demanding $10 million in cryptocurrency to restore access to Garmin’s services. Overall, according to a

What is Wrapped Bitcoin? A Guide to WBTC

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 12:24 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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WBTC is a way for Bitcoin to run on the Ethereum blockchain. Performing quick and affordable transactions using Bitcoin (BTC) has long been a problem of the community ever since it became more popular. This is why there have been many developments planning to address this issue.  But what if we can make our BTC coins functional on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain? Would there be a difference? Wrapped BTC (WBTC) is a multi-institution project that aims to solve common BTC problems by creating its ERC-20 token counterpart. And in the