Day: May 3, 2019

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, EOS, Binance Coin, Stellar, Cardano, TRON: Price Analysis May 3

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The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) has been loading up on digital assets for its cryptocurrency platform Bakkt, according to its chief executive officer Jeffrey Sprecher. This has helped ICE buy assets at a discount, which would not have happened if the markets were in a…

Tron (TRX) Prices Flat, Did Justin Sun Consider Investing in BitFinex?

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Tron (TRX) range bound but up 4.5 percent Justin Sun could invest in BitFinex IEO The integrity of any blockchain team lead them to success or failure. Therefore, the decision of Tron’s co-founder Justin Sun to contemplate  investing in an IEO of a trusted exchange headed by a questionable team should under ordinary circumstances  raise red flags. At spot rates, Tron (TRX) is up 4.5 percent from last week’s close, and bulls are aiming at 4 cents. Tron Price Analysis Fundamentals BitFinex is under siege. Apart from the mess around…

Ethereum Foundation Re-Releases Community Website

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The Ethereum Foundation has decided to release a new iteration of their community website ethereum.org, according to an official tweet on April 30. According to an Ethereum Foundation blog post on the same day, ethereum.org is intended to be a repository of community-created Ethereum content, such as documentation and tutorials built by community members. The Ethereum team goes on to say: “This is a website for a community that is busy getting things done: on-boarding new developers and users, educating ourselves and each other, and building.” This is reflected in…

Ripple (XRP) Performance Dismal, Central Banks Fight Back

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Ripple (XRP) performance dismal, bulls add 1.3 percent in 24 hours. Despite apparent efficiency, a central bank official said he sees no potential in Ripple An official from Singapore’s MAS is skeptical of Ripple’s capabilities after the country’s Project Ubin linked with Canada’s Project Jasper effecting the first transaction. Reflecting this negativity is Ripple (XRP) poor performance in the top-10 and failure to close above 34 cents as prices range. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamental Over and above everything, Ripple is, first of all, a global fund transfer and payment platform.…

Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 Bets on Segwit Adoption and Hints at Offline Tx Signing

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After several months of development, the Bitcoin Core 0.18.0 client was successfully launched with some modifications aimed at improving the efficiency of BTC mining and including some changes that in some way favor Segwit’s adoption. One of the fundamental tweaks of this new update is that it expects users to configure their software to be Segwit compatible. If this compatibility is not supported, “getblocktemplate” command calls will fail, generating a lower reward for the miners. “Calls to `getblocktemplate` will fail if the segwit rule is not specified. Calling `getblocktemplate` without segwit specified…

Bitcoin (BTC) Spikes But The Main Party is After $6,000

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Bitcoin (BTC) table-topping, up 11 percent in the last week A bullish profile developing but buyers must clear $6,000 resistance A crypto analyst at Fundstrat is encouraging traders and investors to focus on the longer-term technical profile after today’s upswings. After closing above $5,600 minor resistance, Bitcoin (BTC) is up 5.4 percent in the last day as buyers aim at $6,000. Bitcoin Price Analysis Fundamentals After last week’s tepid market movement, Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are back. Visible from all coin trackers, it is a sea of green and Bitcoin, not…

ICO says that voice data collected unlawfully by HMRC should be deleted

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An ICO investigation into HMRC’s Voice ID service was prompted by a complaint from Big Brother Watch about the department’s conduct. The investigation focused on the use of voice authentication for customer verification on some of HMRC’s helplines since January 2017. The ICO found that HMRC failed to give customers sufficient information about how their biometric data would be processed and failed to give them the chance to give or withhold consent. This is a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation. The ICO issued a preliminary enforcement notice to…

Binance API Seemingly Reveals That Margin Trading Has Been Enabled for Nine Trading Pairs

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Changes made to the public Application Programming Interface (API) of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance seemingly reveal that the company has enabled margin trading for nine trading pairs. As Cointelegraph previously reported in March, the API had been updated to add two variables. The name of the first added variable is “isSpotTradingAllowed,” while the second is “isMarginTradingAllowed.” The self-explanatory variable names seemingly suggest that Binance is in the midst of implementing margin trading capability. A Reddit user pointed out on May 1 that the isMarginTradingAllowed flag — which was previously disabled…

Tokenized Securities Exchange Currency.com Launches to the Public

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Belarus-based tokenized securities exchange Currency.com has announced it is launching to the public today after a spell in beta mode since January. The platform – which claims to be the world’s first such exchange – allows investors to directly trade and invest in tokenized financial instruments, with payment being made directly in bitcoin (BTC) or ethereum (ETH). Currency.com has also launched an app for both iOS and Android allowing users to access the exchange on the go. Other features added for the launch include 50 percent margin close outs and selling…

German Police Seize Six Figures in Crypto From Suspects Involved in Dark Web Site

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German police, along with Europol, have shut down servers of a dark web marketplace and seized six figures in crypto from the arrested suspects, Europol announced on May 3. The Wall Street Market, reportedly the world’s second-largest dark web market, has been shut down by the German Federal Criminal Police under the authority of the German Public Prosecutor’s office. According to the report, German authorities arrested three suspects and seized over 550,000 euros ($615,000) in cash  along with bitcoin (BTC) and monero (XMR) in six figure amounts (actual value unspecified)…