Day: September 1, 2020

Miley Cyrus’ VMA Appearance Proves That She Still Refuses to Grow Up Miley Cyrus’ Attitude at the VMAs Was a Step Backwards

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Miley Cyrus delivered a risqué performance at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. She’s back to letting her relationship history dictate her image. Miley’s nearing 30 years old; this attitude isn’t cute anymore. Miley Cyrus hasn’t carried that ‘girl-next-door’ image in a long time, but she did recently claim a return to her Hannah Montana days might be on the cards. Her VMA Appearance Was Like Deja Vu If her attitude at the VMAs is any indication, Miley’s regressing to the days where twerking and thrusting were the norm. Clad…

Bitcoin Monthly Closes Above The Clouds For First Time Since 2016

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Last night, Bitcoin closed out August and opened September with a new candle. At the same time, the leading cryptocurrency by market cap also closed its first monthly candle above the Ichimoku cloud since 2016. That year, BTCUSD closed above the key level twice, unable to hold the first time around. On the second, successful attempt, the crypto asset rose more than 1500% over the next 12 months. Will Bitcoin hold and head off on a new uptrend, or is another retest of support necessary for the cryptocurrency to hold…

Could California become its own crypto-country?

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A Brexit-inspired plan wants to make California its own nation, separate from the USA. The people behind the plan are now looking to establish cryptocurrencies as the financial backbone of the proposed nation. The movement is called “Yes California,” though it is more commonly known as the “Calexit movement.” The group recently appointed a Blockchain expert named Alastair Caithness to analyze how an economy based on digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) could be used to guarantee a Universal Basic Income, or UBI, for citizens. Caithness praised the idea of a…

Leading Stock Exchanges in Switzerland, Germany, Austria Now List Bitcoin ETP

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A bitcoin exchange-traded product by 21Shares is now listed on leading stock exchanges in three countries: Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. The company offers 11 cryptocurrency exchange-traded investment products in total. Growing Number of Stock Exchanges List Bitcoin Products Zug-based 21Shares announced Tuesday that its bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) has been admitted to Wiener Börse, the Vienna Stock Exchange. With this latest listing, the company wrote: The largest exchange in each of the three DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) countries has now admitted a bitcoin ETP. This achievement further demonstrates institutional…

3 Reasons Why Warren Buffett Is Betting Against U.S. & Longing Asia

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Warren Buffett has bought stakes in five Japanese trading firms, reports say. Buffett trimmed Berkshire Hathaway’s position in U.S. banks and built a position in Barrick Gold. Growing Japanese investments coincide with the Fed’s radical monetary policy change and the fading dollar. Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett’s message has been clear. They lack faith in the U.S. financial market in the short term and have offset the risk with a gold position. Now, Buffett is jumping into the Japanese market. The performance of Barrick Gold, Buffett’s stock pick. | Source:…

Signing Deshaun Watson Will Not Save the Texans From Bill O’Brien

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The Texans have talked about signing Deshaun Watson to a contract extension before the 2020 season starts. Head coach/GM Bill O’Brien has become infamous for making roster moves best described as ‘baffling.’ While Deshaun Watson is talented enough to keep fans watching, no one is good enough to save their team from its head coach/general manager. The future of the Houston Texans lies in the capable hands of Deshaun Watson. What success the Texans have in the years to come will be because of their dynamic, young quarterback. This, of…

Russia’s New Blockchain Voting System Isn’t Ready, but It’ll Be Used This Month Anyway

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Russia’s new blockchain-based voting system needs more work before it can be used in nationwide elections, according to the nation’s Central Election Commission. While recent user tests were promising, the commission concluded improvements are still needed regarding how voters are identified, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Tuesday. The e-voting system is built on the enterprise version of the Waves blockchain and was developed under the auspices of the state-backed telecommunications giant Rostelecom, as CoinDesk has reported. The blockchain’s nodes will be hosted on the company’s servers. Despite the issues, the solution…

Here’s Why Analysts Are Bullish

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Bitcoin just moved past $12,000 for the first time since the strong rejection around 10 days ago. The leading cryptocurrency now trades for $12,020, though it has not yet flipped the pivotal $12,000 level into resistance. Analysts are keeping their eyes to the charts as the short-term reaction to $12,000 will dictate Bitcoin’s directionality in the coming days and weeks. Chart of BTC’s price action over the past day and a half from TradingView.com Related Reading: Crypto Tidbits: MicroStrategy’s $250m Bitcoin Purchase, ETH DeFi Boom, BitMEX KYC Bitcoin Moves Past $12k,…

Blockchain Bites: Patoshi’s Patterns, Canaan’s Losses, DeFi’s ‘Weird’ Moment

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Decentralized exchange volume recorded a third straight monthly high, Coinbase’s boardroom was mixed up ahead of a potential public listing and Tezos settled a class action asserting its $232 million ICO was an unregistered securities sale. You’re reading Blockchain Bites, the daily roundup of the most pivotal stories in blockchain and crypto news, and why they’re significant. You can subscribe to this and all of CryptoX’s newsletters here.  Top shelf DEX wrecks?August trading volume on decentralized exchanges set its third consecutive monthly record high after climbing 160% from July, according to Dune Analytics. Aggregate…