Category: BTC
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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin White Paper: A 12-Year Old Summary of Robust Unstructured Simplicity
Cryptocurrency supporters all around the world are celebrating the fact that today is the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a summary of the invention created by the pseudonymous inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin’s inventor published the paper on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing list and ever since then, the financial world hasn’t been the same. 12…
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Report: Bitcoin Set for its Biggest Breakout Yet
A recent Coinmetrics report says on-chain fundamentals are hinting at bitcoin experiencing its biggest breakout yet. The report notes that bitcoin is already showing signs of this following its rise by about $1,000 in one day on October 21. The digital asset has subsequently set a new all-time high for the year. A New Precedent…
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Nearly 24% of Ether held on exchanges — three times the percentage of Bitcoin
Only 8.1% of Bitcoin is held on exchanges compared to Ether where almost one-quarter of the supply sits on exchanges.
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Fidelity Investments’ Digital Asset Custody Services Arm Expands to Asia
Fidelity Digital Asset Services has revealed the company is expanding into Asia and plans to help high-net-worth investors and family offices in the region with custodial crypto products. Fidelity is working with the Singaporean startup Stack Funds, a fully-insured custody operation servicing traditional financial institutions. Fidelity Investments Inc., is an American multinational financial services corporation…
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Willy Woo: Signs that BTC is decoupling supports its ‘safe haven’ status
Bitcoin’s decoupling from stocks began within days of its NVT price hitting an all-time high, according to Willy Woo.
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Atari Has Launched Their IEO Public Sale Today
PRESS RELEASE. NEW YORK/PARIS – October 29, 2020 – Bitcoin.com Exchange, one of the leading authorities in cryptocurrency exchanges announces the launch of the Atari Token (ATRI) public sale today at 12:00 UTC. Public sale of the ERC-20 Atari Token (ATRI) is now available on Bitcoin.com Exchange: https://exchange.bitcoin.com/ieo/ Price listed at USD0.25 in Contribution Currencies:…
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Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency firm Coinbase…
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‘David Hasselhoff Invented Bitcoin’ – 9 Celebrities Wish Bitcoin a Happy Birthday
Ahead of the 12th anniversary of the Bitcoin white paper, a large group of celebrities published cameo videos saying “happy birthday” to the world’s first cryptocurrency. A number of popular stars appear in the videos including Charlie Sheen, David Hasselhoff, Carole Baskin, Gilbert Gottfried, and more. On Halloween, this Saturday, October 31, a great number…
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The $750 Million Pre-Halloween Bitcoin Options Expiry Has Started to Spook Traders
Even though cryptocurrency traders have been exuberant over the price rise, a number of analysts are focused on the large bitcoin and ethereum options expiries set to end before Halloween. Data from Skew.com shows $750 million in Bitcoin options is set to expire and prices could get volatile. The price of bitcoin (BTC) touched an…
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Bitcoin can’t help bank the unbanked claims Mastercard CEO
The CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is too volatile and opaque to drive financial inclusion, however, CBDCs are a different story.