It is a question that many in the crypto community must have asked themselves at least once. The news of Wladimir van der Laan taking a temporary hiatus, prompted us to explore what some might consider to be an improbable, yet highly impactful situation. A Bitcoin Core developer that is also a maintainer of the project’s GitHub account (i.e., someone who can “merge code into the master branch”) is a rare commodity. To put this in perspective, if a Bitcoin Core developer is a black belt, then someone like van der Laan…
Day: September 11, 2020
A DeFi bull run might take $400 Ethereum options traders by surprise
Ether (ETH) price gained 14% from its Sept. 6 low at $320, but this month’s futures and options expiry is less than two weeks away. As its price is still pinned below $400, this raises the question of exactly how confident are derivatives traders of a 9% recovery to $400? By analyzing options model pricing, investors can easily conclude that traders are pricing in the 34% odds of Ether reaching $400 or higher. Still, the Black & Scholes options model main issue is heavily dependent on the number of days…
Chainlink is Setting Up for a Move Higher as Bullish Signs Emerge: Analyst
Macro uncertainty within the global markets has had a trickle-down effect, causing Bitcoin to see consolidation and weakness, which has, in turn, led Chainlink and other altcoins to see similar price action. While looking towards LINK’s recent price action, the cryptocurrency has been caught within a trading range between $11.20 and $13.20, with these two levels being visited and respected on multiple occasions throughout the past few days. One analyst is now noting that where the entire market trends in the near-term will likely depend on Bitcoin’s reaction to its…
Digital Assets Data CEO says mainstream finance still doesn’t trust Bitcoin
Following the news of Fidelity Investments’ Bitcoin (BTC) fund filing, Mike Alfred, CEO of analytics outfit Digital Assets Data, described continued hesitancy in mainstream finance when it comes to Bitcoin. “Many in the traditional financial services/asset management/wealth management verticals remain deeply skeptical of Bitcoin and the ecosystem,” Alfred told Cointelegraph on Sept. 10. “One commenter on my LinkedIn yesterday even called Fidelity’s move ‘Abby’s folly,’” he said, which takes a shot at Fidelity CEO Abigail Johnson in reference to her activities and position as an early Bitcoin adopter. A mainstream…
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck at $10.3K; Uniswap Value Locked Gyrates
It was a quiet day in the bitcoin market while there was action on Uniswap’s total crypto value locked. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,316 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.13% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,199-$10,383 BTC above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bullish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on Coinbase since September 9. Source: TradingView The price of bitcoin was struggling to trend upward Friday, staying in a narrow $10,200-$10,380 range to start the weekend. “Bitcoin has traded off this…
DeFi oracles, explained
The oracle problem and latency are the major risks of running oracles on a blockchain. The oracle problem arises due to a trust conflict that centralized third-party systems bring to smart contracts and blockchain systems that are decentralized. Because the data provided by oracles is directly fed into smart contracts, which function based on this data, it’s evident that oracles hold hierarchical power in the execution of the smart contracts. Due to these immense implications, it’s critical for DeFi apps and protocols to have oracles with reliable data and little…
South Korean exchange traffic has risen sharply since June — Is this why?
Data indicates that Coinone, a South Korean exchange, saw its user base rise by about 10,000 people per month after listing Kakao’s klaytn (KLAY) token in June. The token was listed after Kakao, a tech giant who runs the most popular chat app in South Korea, made crypto transactions a part of their messaging app, KakaoTalk. Shortly after launch, Kakao announced that their messenger’s new crypto wallet function had surpassed 100,000 users in less than a day. KLAY’s surge in value, which has more than tripled over three months, has…
Metals, Bitcoin and Fiat’s Race to the Bottom, Feat. Tavi Costa
The Crescat Capital portfolio manager gives his take on the flashing macro warning signals and why it is an explosive moment for gold, silver and (potentially) bitcoin. Tavi Costa is a portfolio manager at Crescat Capital. In this conversation with NLW, he discusses: The credit exhaustion moment in the engines of global growth The race to the bottom for fiat currencies The explosive moment for precious metals Where bitcoin might fit in this larger framework Original
‘DeFi will outperform Bitcoin in next five years’, says Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead
Dan Morehead, CEO and founder at investment firm Pantera Capital, is convinced that DeFi will outperform Bitcoin in the next five years. In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, Morehead pointed out that despite the poor performance of Pantera’s altcoin funds in 2019, the situation has flipped in the last few months due to the explosive growth of decentralized finance protocols and tokens. At the end of August, Pantera’s digital assets fund was up 123% year to date. “The world has woken up to DeFi and capital has flowed into the…
Governments vs. blockchain privacy, Sept. 4-11
Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note One of the most persistent myths about Bitcoin is its supposed anonymity. More properly termed pseudonymity, BTC wallets are permanently tied to their public keys. Most of you know that. But it took government investigators years of trying to corral Bitcoin transactions on dark web marketplaces like the Silk Road to figure that out. Now, however, blockchain analysis is a growing industry, catering to a range of clients including…