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June 22, 2020

3 Things to Know About BTC Futures and Crypto Exchange Liquidation Engines

Some Bitcoin derivatives exchanges profit massively from position liquidations but traders can avoid this by actively managing stop-losses. Most traders fail to understand how Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives exchanges handle their risk. There is a consensus that the winners get paid by the losing parties, but it is not as simple as it seems.Insurance funds were […]

$10M Investment From Tether Won’t Change Celsius’ Mission of Sharing

Alex Mashinksy says that new equity investors, including Tether, will have no say in Celsius’ mission of sharing 80% of profit with its users. Tether (USDT) makes a $10 million equity investment in the crypto lending platform Celsius Network (CEL) at a $120 million pre-money valuation, bringing the post-money valuation to $150 million. The company has […]

June 21, 2020

Cyprus Hospital Ready to Store COVID-19 Test Results on Blockchain

VeChain’s medical records blockchain platform in Cyprus lets people prove, and control, COVID-19 test results. Blockchain tracking platform VeChain announced on Twitter on June 20 that its blockchain-based medical data management platform co-developed with digital healthcare solution firm I-Dante has gone live and will store COVID-19 testing results. The platform, dubbed E-NewHealthLife, was deployed in […]

How and Why Major Stars Are Embracing Tokenization

The next step toward blockchain adoption could be tokenized technological solutions implemented as a financial instrument within the entertainment industry. Over the last two years, the cryptocurrency industry has gone through a paradigm shift, as developers, projects and users have begun applying blockchain technologies to ever more innovative and intriguing use cases.Among these, the tokenization […]

Bitcoin’s Battle, Robinhood Tragedy, $2.1B Black Hole: Hodler’s Digest, June 15–21

Why Bitcoin hitting $9,600 could be a big deal, Robinhood vows to make improvements after customer’s suicide, and Wirecard’s missing billions. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — […]

Blockchains Are an Excellent Solution for Privacy, Part 2

The second part of a series of articles on the advantages and challenges in the usage of blockchain technology for collecting and sharing information, without violating users’ privacy. From a technical viewpoint, blockchain is a growing records list that is cryptographically tied to and managed by a peer-to-peer network. At the same time, they join […]

Developer Who Successfully Hacked Bitcoin Wallet Ensures Bitcoin Is Still Safe

John Cantrell ensures people that Bitcoin is still safe despite the fact he successfully hacked a Bitcoin wallet. John Cantrell, Bitcoin and Lightning Network project developer, recently revealed he had successfully hacked a Bitcoin address. His article, however, received a number of responses with many concluding Bitcoin isn’t secure. Cantrell felt people missed the point […]

Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch This Week: BTC, ETH, ADA, LEO, XMR

A few major cryptocurrencies are attracting buyers on dips, which suggests that investor sentiment remains bullish. Only about 3.5 million Bitcoin (BTC) are available for trading, according to new data from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. The remaining 11.4 million are held as long-term investment and 3.7 million are believed to be lost. This suggests that if […]

The Hard Truth About Trading — Can the Average Joe Succeed?

The ins and outs of trading, as explained by Bill Hermann, Matthew Ficke, and David Carman. Crypto trading is a zero-sum game with clear winners and losers.This competitive stage yields countless self-proclaimed profitable traders on Twitter and YouTube. As the players downtown make their livelihood trading for institutions like Galaxy Digital and Pantera Capital, how […]

United States in Distress: Changemakers Needed Now

The world’s leading technological and economic country is significantly outdated on two major levels requiring dramatic changes: government and politicians. As with most of the globetrotting crypto and blockchain set, I find myself grounded. Me, in my Manhattan apartment for the past several months, watching the COVID-19 pandemic grow out of control while systems break […]