Day: December 18, 2018

Bitcoin Surges 10% To $3,550, Yet Calvin Ayre Expects BTC To Fall To $0

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Bitcoin (BTC) Booms, Crypto Market Cap Nears $115 Million On the first anniversary of Bitcoin (BTC) hitting $20,000 (for the first time?), the crypto market as a whole has posted a stellar performance, which comes after weeks of dismal price action and lower lows. At the time of writing, as per data compiled by Live Coin Watch, the collective valuation of all cryptocurrencies in circulation is currently $115.57 billion, a $12 billion increase since Ethereum World News’ previous market update published on Sunday. This strong move, which has put BTC…

Peter Thiel-Backed Electronic Brokerage Firm Tagomi Launches

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Tagomi Holdings Inc., an electronic brokerage startup backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm, has launched, according to a Dec. 17 press release. Tagomi is an electronic brokerage for digital assets. The firm’s offerings include cross market execution, capital management, post-trading reporting, as well as settlement and custodial services. According to Chief Executive Officer of Tagomi, Jennifer Campbell, the company aims to ease the operational challenges related to trading digital assets. The company caters to clients that “require institutional operational standards.” As Cointelegraph reported in October, institutional investors…

How to Spend and Give Bitcoin Cash Over the Holidays

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Economy & Regulation It’s the season of giving and many Bitcoin Cash (BCH) advocates will be spending some of their coins on gifts for family and friends this year. With the holidays approaching, we take a look at some of the various methods BCH holders can use to spend peer-to-peer electronic cash. Also read: A Look at Some of 2018’s Most Popular Cryptocurrency Traders    Plenty of Places to Spend BCH This Holiday Season This time of the year is known as the season of giving, a spell that’s meant to be…

More Services Using Privacy-Focused Zcash’s Shielded Addresses

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According to a recent post from Z-Cash’s official blog, more services are now offering the use of shielded or private addresses now as a result of the Sapling upgrade. The upgrade was touted as significantly improving the speed and efficiency of Z-Cash and enabling it to require less resources. The goal of the Zcash project is that all people inevitably prefer to use shielded or private addresses, as they wrote, “this is just the beginning for Zcash’s mission toward a shielded ecosystem.” Shielded addresses are different from transparent addresses, which…

More Services Using Privacy-Focused Zcash’s Shielded Addresses

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According to a recent post from Z-Cash’s official blog, more services are now offering the use of shielded or private addresses now as a result of the Sapling upgrade. The upgrade was touted as significantly improving the speed and efficiency of Z-Cash and enabling it to require less resources. The goal of the Zcash project is that all people inevitably prefer to use shielded or private addresses, as they wrote, “this is just the beginning for Zcash’s mission toward a shielded ecosystem.” Shielded addresses are different from transparent addresses, which…

Traditional Investors Shift to Over-The-Counter Bitcoin Markets

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In its recent analysis published Dec. 17, research firm Diar has found that institutional investors have shifted towards higher liquidity over-the-counter (OTC) physical Bitcoin (BTC) markets. Diar noted growing investment in OTC funds like that offered by major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. According to the report, Coinbase outperformed Grayscale’s Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC) on OTC markets in terms of BTC trade volume. While OTC trade volumes are dwarfed by non-OTC investment, it is still significant as OTC markets are only open for 31 percent of annual tradable hours. Grayscale reportedly…

What Can Blockchain Do For Data Storage?

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Blockchain. It’s a concept that has a great deal to offer – including everything from giving logistics companies constant sight on the location of their supplies or ensuring that proper royalties are paid for music. It feels like the possibilities are increasing all the time, and now it could even prove to be the catalyst for changing the recognised face of data storage. Typically, we think about storage as something that’s located on-premises, in the public cloud or in a colocation facility. But blockchain offers the prospect of creating a…