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Nov 30, 2020

Data shows Bitcoin price drops days after BTC futures open interest hits $1B

There was a time when BitMEX derivatives exchange reigned sovereign over other exchanges, and the company effectively held a 50% market share until July 2019. For this reason, traders kept a close eye on every indicator connected to BitMEX, including its funding rate, open interest, and basis.Open interest measures the…

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Nov 30, 2020

Paul Tudor Jones Bitcoin fractal hints at possible explosive BTC rally

Based on the fractal, Bitcoin is in an early phase of a prolonged rally that could allow BTC to experience exponential growth in the longer term.Bitcoin versus gold price fractal. Source: BloombergBitcoin may be on the same trajectory as goldThere are two main reasons why Bitcoin could follow the macro…

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Nov 30, 2020

Pizza Hut to accept Bitcoin for pies in Venezuela

A famous U.S.-based pizza chain has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments in all its stores in Venezuela.According to a Nov. 27 tweet from crypto services firm CryptoBuyer, Pizza Hut stores in the South American nation now accept crypto as a form of payment for food and drinks. The move follows the…

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Nov 27, 2020

Biden considering Gary Gensler for Deputy Treasury Secretary

With 55 days until his inauguration as President of the United States, Joe Biden is reportedly considering the former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a permanent position in his administration. According to a Nov. 25 report from CNBC, the president-elect is floating Gary Gensler for a position…

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Nov 27, 2020

Bitcoin exodus: OKEx users move crypto off exchange as withdrawals resume

After a five-week-long suspension of all user withdrawals, cryptocurrency exchange OKEx resumed normal services at 8:00 am UTC on Nov. 26.Having announced the re-opening last week, OKEx then indicated it would be launching a compensation and rewards program to express its gratitude to customers for holding out during the disruption…

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Nov 27, 2020

Compound liquidator makes $4M as oracles post inflated Dai price

The crypto market suffered a powerful crash on Thursday morning UTC, which sent prices of major currencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) tumbling in excess of 10%.When traders rush for the exits, the price of stablecoins generally increase as the demand for stability rises. In today’s crash, however, the…

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Nov 25, 2020

Japanese firm Layer X Labs develops blockchain-based e-voting protocol

Japanese firm Layer X has announced the development of an electronic voting system based on a blockchain protocol as part of a wider “smart city” initiative being pursued by Tsukuba City.The Tokyo-based company said that the new system will meet the technical needs of electronic voting, including the prevention of…

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Nov 25, 2020

As US election dust settles, crypto traders and analysts eye new administration

While some in the community continue to question the outcome of the US Presidential election, mainstream media outlets and the Associated Press have definitively called the race for former Vice President and current President-Elect Joe Biden. But with uncertainty out of the way, traders and analysts are now looking to…

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Nov 25, 2020

Big mining move: Bitcoin’s hash power increases 42% in two days

The hash power of the Bitcoin (BTC) network has jumped by roughly 30% over the past 24 hours, which if sustained, suggestsg a major difficulty adjustment may soon be incoming.According to Coinwarz, Bitcoin’s hash rate currently sits at 157.5 exahashes per second (EX/s) after briefly pushing above 160 EH/s. As…

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Nov 25, 2020

Report: Crypto crimes declined in 2020, but DeFi hacks are on the rise

Cryptocurrency-related crimes have slowed down in 2020, but some sectors within the crypto industry have become a new hotbed for criminal activity, a new report says.Citing major crypto analytics firm CipherTrace, Reuters reported on Nov. 10 that total losses from crypto thefts, hacks and fraud dropped from $4.4 billion in…

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