Day: June 12, 2019

Bitcoin Needs to Pass $8,200 to Start Next Leg Up

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Bitcoin Needs $8,200 Over the past few days, Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have made their presence known once again, boosting the leading cryptocurrency from a multi-week low of $7,450 to $8,150 as of the time of writing this. While this solid price action, which comes after BTC has ostensibly topped at $9,100, has many enthused, the trend isn’t bullish just yet. In a recent podcast with Forbes contributor Benjamin Pirus, prominent analyst Ledger Status, known as Brian Krogsgard off of the ‘interwebs’, explained that Bitcoin has one more key level to…

‘Most Ambitious’ Blockchain Startup Since Ethereum Raises $15 Million

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By CCN Markets: A blockchain project called Helium has raised $15 million in a round led by enthusiastic technology investors like Multicoin Capital and Google (via venture fund GV). Multicoin wrote a passionate blog post, praising the project as one of the most ambitious crypto ventures since Ethereum itself. Helium reportedly will bring reduced costs to deploying wireless networks, as Multicoin partner Tushar Jain explains:  “The Helium vision is the most ambitious we have seen in the blockchain space since the advent of smart contracts on Ethereum: Helium represents a…

‘Most Ambitious’ Blockchain Startup Since Ethereum Raises $15 Million

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By CCN Markets: A blockchain project called Helium has raised $15 million in a round led by enthusiastic technology investors like Multicoin Capital and Google (via venture fund GV). Multicoin wrote a passionate blog post, praising the project as one of the most ambitious crypto ventures since Ethereum itself. Helium reportedly will bring reduced costs to deploying wireless networks, as Multicoin partner Tushar Jain explains:  “The Helium vision is the most ambitious we have seen in the blockchain space since the advent of smart contracts on Ethereum: Helium represents a…

Bittrex to Expand to Euro Markets, Lowers Trading Fees for US Customers

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has lowered trading fees for United States-based customers and announced its expansion to euro markets in a blog post published on June 12. The exchange announced the launch of euro markets later this summer, which will enable fiat trading in euros for the first time in its history. Bittrex is also offering lower trading fees for its U.S. dollar markets, starting with a promotional month with 0 maker and 0.15% taker options. The exchange also notes that it will automatically lower fees to the promotional rate for…

Bitfinex Announces Support for OKEx Exchange Token

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Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is now listing two tokens from the exchange OKEx: its native utility token OKB and the stablecoin USDK, according to a press release on June 12. Bitfinex will offer trading pairs with the new tokens and other significant fiat and digital currencies like U.S. dollars, bitcoin (BTC), EOS, tether (USDT) and ether (ETH). The native utility token OKB is designed to let OKEx users carry out a variety of functions on the exchange, including settlement of trading fees, the ability to construct a partner exchange, and subscription…

Radix Replayed 10 Years of Bitcoin Transaction History in 15 Minutes

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Radix has managed to achieve a speed of over 1 million transactions per second while replaying Bitcoin transactions history. The team that has developed Radix, a public decentralized ledger built without blockchain, has announced its new achievement. According to the team, they’ve managed to build and deploy tests that are able to replay the whole Bitcoin transaction history on the Radix ledger. The test demonstrated amazing results. It needed just 15 minutes for pushing 10 years of Bitcoin transaction history with full signature and transaction validation. How did we achieve…

Zcoin Cryptocurrency Pumps 85% in 48 Hours Because Privacy Matters

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By CCN Markets: Zcoin (XZC) gained 85% over the past 48 hours as cryptocurrency traders speculated on the build-up to the launch of Sigma – a technical upgrade on the Zerocoin privacy protocol. Created in 2013 by a Johns Hopkins University professor, the Zerocoin protocol influenced an entire generation of privacy coins. Those include well-known cryptocurrencies like Zcash (ZEC), PivX (PIVX), and up until now, Zcoin. Zcoin Takes Moonshot on Sigma Launch From Monday’s low of $7.67, the value of XZC soared to $14.19 by Wednesday afternoon, marking 85% gains…

Craig Wright Ordered to Personally Appear at Bitcoin Theft Mediation

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Craig Wright has been ordered to appear personally at mediation to address allegations that he stole 1.1 million bitcoin (BTC) from Dave Kleiman, court documents filed on June 10 show. The Australian entrepreneur had requested permission to appear by videoconference, arguing that physically attending the courtroom would have caused him “unjustifiable hardship.” However, his motion was opposed by the plaintiffs, who argued that the discovery already performed so far in the case delivered “sufficient information to fairly evaluate the claims at issue.” The court sided with the plaintiffs, with Judge…

Bitcoin (BTC) Halving In An Electioneering Year, Is LTC Pacesetting?

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Bitcoin (BTC) adds 6.1 percent Ahead of next year’s halving, BTC is likely to inch higher Tone Vays, a Bitcoin supporter and a former Financial Analyst at JP Morgan, is edgy of the current uptrend. BTC is ranging, and prices aren’t steady above $8,000. That’s what’s visible in the daily chart. Therefore, unless otherwise there is a break above $8,500 and later $9,100, BTC may topple below $7,500. Bitcoin Price Analysis Fundamentals Thus far, it has been a perfect start for cryptocurrency investors. Recording double-digit gains over the last two…

Less Than 5% of Crypto Code Commits on Github Made By Women: Report

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Less than 5% of the code committed to the top 100 cryptocurrency projects on Github were contributed by women, according to a Medium article posted by journalist Corin Faife on June 10. The author gathered more than 1,026,804 code commits for his research. While 691,134 were made by developers with a male name, just 47,678 were made by a female name. A further 287,992 were pseudonymous or produced by someone with a name that could be of either gender. Faife found that Github users with a male name contributed two-thirds…