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August 7, 2020

Rival Bitcoin Cash Camps Look Set to Compromise

Bitcoin Cash’s ABC and BCHN camps look set to compromise on the protocol’s coming upgrades in November. Amaury Sechet, the lead developer of Bitcoin Cash (BCH), has announced new plans for the network’s coming November upgrade designed to find a compromise between proponents of the ‘Bitcoin ABC’ and ‘BCHN’ proposals.Sechet posted on August 6 that […]

‘The Enron of Europe’ — What We Know So Far About the Wirecard Scandal

Australian YouTuber Dagogo Altraide posted a new video to his 2.5M subscribers detailing the fall of FinTech company Wirecard. A new video takes viewers through German financial technology company Wirecard’s journey from being one of the top businesses in the world to one who’s shares plummeted by more than 98% before filing for insolvency.  In an […]

Investors Dollar-Cost Averaging Bitcoin Since 2017 Made a 61.8% Return

Data shows investors who dollar-cost averaged into Bitcoin even since the $20,000 peak are profitable. Researchers at Coin Metrics found that investors who dollar-cost averaged into Bitcoin (BTC) since the $20,000 peak in 2017 would still be profitable. According to researchers, an investor who continuously bought BTC over the past three years would have a […]

Podcast Host Lists Himself on Balancer: ‘EVAN’ Increases 500% in 2 Hours

Personal tokens are growing in popularity with the host of ‘Week in Ethereum’ listing EVAN tokens on Balancer”. The host of the ‘Week in Ethereum’ Podcast and former Director of ConseSys, Evan Van Ness is the latest person to tokenize himself on the blockchain — a growing trend in the gaming and marketing sectors. Within […]

Ransomware Threatens Production of 300 Ventilators Per Day

The DoppelPaymer gang deployed a ransomware attack against ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA-approved Coronavirus ventilator manufacturer Boyce Technologies has been targeted by ransomware launched by the DoppelPaymer gang, who are  threatening to leak data from the company.Cointelegraph has viewed the DoppelPaymer blog, where the gang lists example files of the […]

Raoul Pal: ‘It May Not Be Worth Owning Any Asset Other Than Bitcoin’

Raoul Pal, CEO and founder of Real Vision, says Bitcoin may soon become his only asset for long-term investments. CEO and founder of Real Vision Raoul Pal says his “conviction levels” in Bitcoin are rising on a daily basis as he compares the crypto asset to traditional investments on various timescales.Applying economic cycle theory in […]

August 6, 2020

Pomp: Goldman Sachs’ Interest In Blockchain Shows Innovation Out of Necessity

Anthony Pompliano states innovation inevitability in light of recent blockchain comments from new Goldman Sachs brass, Mathew McDermott. Mathew McDermott has assumed the role of global head of digital assets for banking giant Goldman Sachs, touting future blockchain predictions. “In the next five to 10 years, you could see a financial system where all assets and […]

North American Investors Vastly Favor Bitcoin Over Other Cryptocurrencies

North America-based institutional investors tend to buy and hold cryptocurrency more than those based in East Asia, according to Chainalysis. Bitcoin (BTC) is the most popular cryptocurrency for trading in every region of the world, but North American investors are the cryptocurrency’s biggest fans, a new report says.On Aug. 6, major crypto analytics firm Chainalysis […]

Someone Transferred a Billion Dollars in Bitcoin for Less Than $5

An unknown Bitcoin wallet paid a mere $4 to transfer over $1 billion. According to information provided by the crypto Twitter account, Whale Alert, 92,857 BTC ($1,092,603,640) were sent from an unknown wallet for a fee just of $4 at current market rates.Although the Bitcoin network is well known for its generally low transaction fees, […]

Record $830M CME Bitcoin Futures Open Interest Highlights Bullish Trend

Top traders’ net exposure and institutional investors’ growing open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts show the market remains tilted toward bulls. Bitcoin (BTC) has been in a fairly strong bullish trend since mid-March when the price rebounded from the massive crash which saw the price drop as low at $3,600 on some exchanges. Regardless of whether […]