Day: January 11, 2021

XRP tumbles despite former Amazon exec joining Ripple as engineering lead

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Amid legal action from the SEC, Ripple has brought in fresh blood from Amazon to lead its engineering team. In a statement released today, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that former Amazon vice president of delivery experience, Devraj Varadhan, has joined Ripple as its new senior vice president of engineering. Ripple’s all-star engineering team continues to grow – thrilled to welcome Dev as our new SVP of Engineering! https://t.co/OH5ceDOX4K — Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) January 11, 2021 Varadhan has 15 years’ experience at Amazon, where he worked on software development for…

Central Washington Raises Concerns Over Possible Bitcoin Mining Boom

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A region in the Pacific Northwest of the United States is on high alert because of concerns about a possible invasion of bitcoin (BTC) miners. The state has previously experienced an influx of Chinese bitcoin miners, due to decreasing electricity prices. Bitcoin Bull-Run Could Revive Interest in Mining, Officials Warn Per the Seattle Times, bitcoin’s bull-run is putting the public utility districts (PUD) in Central Washington on high alert, monitoring for suspiciously high power bills. PUD officials claim crypto miners from China have come to the region to take advantage…

"THIS IS ONE IN A LIFETIME BET" – Raoul Pal Bitcoin

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▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io “THIS IS ONE IN A LIFETIME BET” – Raoul Pal Bitcoin With the crazy rise of Btc many are checking out bitcoin news/crypto news to see if it’s still worth it to buy bitcoin. Well today we want to share this video feature Raoul pal on his take and his bitcoin price prediction. ——– Check Out These Similar videos: Why Investors Are Piling Into Bitcoin Despite the Risks | WSJ ALERT!!!! THIS BITCOIN MOVE IS DIFFERENT!!!!!!!!!! [here is what’s next..] WHAT THE…

Hold your horses! $9K Bitcoin price drop not a trend change, data says

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After Bitcoin (BTC) price flirted with a $42,000 all-time high on Jan. 8, it stabilized in a tightening range between $39,000 to $41,500 for two days and the pennant structure on the shorter-term timeframes hinted that a breakout to $45,000 was a possibility.  This all changed quite suddenly Jan. 10 as the $39,000 support failed to hold and Bitcoin price entered a steep correction. BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView A swirling and cruel 26.6% drop took BTC down to $30,100 over the next 30 hours and $1.5 billion in cascading…

Ethereum Briefly Shatters $1,000 Support as Market Downturn Intensifies

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Ethereum has seen some intense volatility throughout the past few days, with buyers taking full control of its price action last week before it saw a massive selloff This decline erased a week’s worth of gains and sent the cryptocurrency’s price tumbling down to lows of $900 that were set this morning This came about in tandem with Bitcoin seeing some weakness as well, with the benchmark cryptocurrency BTC has plunged towards $30,000, with sellers being in full control of its price action as the cryptocurrency fails to find any…

Bitcoin Bull Run: OGs on Why This One’s Different

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Think back to 2017. Crypto was everywhere. The celebrities hawking ICOs included DJ Khaled, “Floyd Crypto Mayweather” and longtime blockchain enthusiast Paris Hilton. The most watched comedy on television, “Big Bang Theory,” named an episode “The Bitcoin Entanglement.” Long Island Iced Tea made the world’s most natural pivot, rebranding itself as Long Blockchain Corp. (The stock jumped 200%.)  And now? Crickets. Even though the price of bitcoin seems to break a new record every five minutes, erupting from $4K to $40K in less than a year, for some reason this…

Hedera Hashgraph presents e-Apostille PoC to Texas Secretary of State

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Enterprise blockchain platform Hedera Hashgraph has presented a proof-of-concept, or PoC, to the Texas Secretary of State, showing the potential of blockchain technology to issue, secure and verify documents. The PoC was a collaboration with content services provider, Hyland, and was spearheaded by trade association, the Texas Blockchain Council, who announced the venture on Jan. 11. It centers around a system for issuing electronic Apostilles. An Apostille is a method for verifying that the seals and signatures on documents issued by public authorities are authentic. An Apostilled document is recognized…

Cointelegraph predictions for the first 5 CBDCs of 2021-2022

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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have been an integral part of progressive discussions within the cryptocurrency community. CBDCs are virtual representations of the fiat currency of a particular country. They are often based on blockchain technology and are issued and regulated by the official monetary organization of the country. The feature that makes them different from cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether is that CBDC’s are backed by the central bank’s deposits of the country’s currency and are regulated by the central bank while cryptocurrencies are not. Cointelegraph discussed with Thomas…

Diferencias entre Blockchain y Criptomonedas

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▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Diego Spannaus, Director Ejecutivo de Comercio Exterior y Factoraje de HSBC, habla en entrevista sobre las Diferencias entre Blockchain y Criptomonedas. 09 de noviembre 2020 COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOS Para más información entra: No olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos en Facebook: Twitter: Sitio: Suscríbete a nuestro canal: #blockchain #criptomoneda #moneda ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

Bitcoin’s recent correction could be retail-driven, Nexo CEO speculates

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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped substantially since Jan. 8, totalling a decline of more than $10,000 at time of publication. Retail investors could be part of the rationale behind the drop, according to Nexo CEO Antoni Trenchev.  “The price correction we’re seeing was brought about by retail investors following the lead of institutions that created the Bitcoin high,” he told Cointelegraph on Jan. 11, adding: “Once BTC passed $40K, earnings were at a height that triggered smaller investors who are, understandably, more prone to selling quickly. There has been…