Archive for October 2019
Market Mostly Trades Sideways as Bitcoin Price Hovers Around $9,100
Thursday Oct. 31 — Cryptocurrency markets are largely trading sideways with most changes among the top-20 coins not exceeding 1% on the day. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) has been trading sideways for the better part of the day and continues to circle around the $9,100 price mark. The coin bounced off a…
Read MoreBitcoin Needs 'Real Use Cases' to Become Digital Gold, Says ICE Chief – CoinDesk
Bitcoin might become “digital gold,” but first it needs to be used more in everyday business, Intercontinental Exchange’s chief executive said. During a quarterly earnings call Thursday, ICE head Jeffrey Sprecher said that he sees use in transactions as the prerequisite to bitcoin becoming a long-term store of value. The company’s Bakkt subsidiary, which runs a…
Read MoreBinance to Open Beijing Office Amid China's Renewed Blockchain Push – CoinDesk
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is opening an office in Beijing, two sources with knowledge of the matter told CoinDesk. The new outpost will join Binance’s current mainland China office in Shanghai. It’s not clear what exactly the office will do or when it will open, but the move follows a slew of announcements from Chinese authorities,…
Read MoreProof-of-Work Doesn’t Solve Every Blockchain Use Case
The Bitcoin white paper was published 11 years ago today, on Oct. 31, 2008, meaning that Bitcoin (BTC) is celebrating its 11th year of existence. From its humble beginnings to over a $300 billion market capitalization in 2017, the success of Bitcoin is truly a remarkable accomplishment. What is Bitcoin? A question with many answers.…
Read MoreHow Bitcoin's Peer-to-Peer Cash System Was Revealed 11 Years Ago – Bitcoin News
On October 31, 2008, on the eve of Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper. Since then the revolutionary design of the network has changed the lives of many and has transformed how we look at money today. Also read: China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes Blockchain The 11th Anniversary of the…
Read MoreUK Banking Pilot Aims to Streamline Compliance Using Factom Blockchain – CoinDesk
Crypto startup Knabu is piloting bank regulatory reporting with Factom, one of the earliest enterprise blockchain companies. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the London-based firm is launching the 30-day pilot today. Knabu is best known as a payments company with a smart-deposit product meant to help companies mitigate the risks of self-custodying assets on a blockchain.…
Read MoreZilliqa Offers $5M Fund to Oxford DLT Students to Support Diversity
Singapore-based blockchain firm Zilliqa launches blockchain workshops in collaboration with Oxford University to encourage diversity in the industry. Together with Zilliqa, the Oxford Women in Computer Science Society (OxWoCS), an Oxford society that aims to support women in computer science, will carry out a series of interactive workshops called Blockchain A-Z, according to a press…
Read MoreKorean Presidential Committee Pushes to Legalize Crypto – Bitcoin News
A South Korean presidential committee is pushing for the government to establish legal status for cryptocurrency to stay competitive globally. So far, the government’s policies have been risk-focused to curb speculation, which the committee says must change. Also read: China Ranks 35 Crypto Projects as President Xi Pushes Blockchain Presidential Committee Pushes for Crypto Legalization…
Read MoreBlockstack Will Pay Liquidity Provider GSR to Trade Its STX Token – CoinDesk
Blockstack, one of the first blockchain startups to have raised money in a Reg A+ offering, has hired GSR Markets to trade its “stacks” (STX) token. According to an Oct. 24 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the blockchain startup will pay GSR for providing liquidity in markets outside of the U.S.…
Read MoreRegulators Hostile to Bitcoin Will Fall Out of Favor, Warns Samson Mow
Hostility to Bitcoin (BTC) from the global regulators is a double-edged sword that can hurt authorities if they lose their power, the Blockstream Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) warned. During a panel at a Liquid meetup at Litecoin Summit on Oct. 29, Blockstream CSO Samson Mow predicted that regulatory restrictions to Bitcoin could have both favorable…
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