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The ‘ETH Is Used 440x More Than Bitcoin’ Claim Is Not So Simple

While Ethereum (ETH) supporters are celebrating claims that “ETH is used 440x more than Bitcoin for transacting” and this proves that ether is money, other crypto industry players warn that it’s not so simple. Adam Cochran, Partner at decentralized autonomous organization Metacartel Ventures, made waves in the Cryptoverse yesterday with his research of 10,000 Ethereum addresses and 32 findings he made.

Bitcoin Shoots Past $8,000 | Live Bitcoin News

Holy mackerel! Bitcoin has fired past the $8,000 mark! What has happened? Not that we’re complaining, but this is a massive gain for a currency that was misfiring heavily up until a few weeks ago! Just yesterday, the currency was trading for about $7,700. This, itself, was a massive jump from where the currency was prior.

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By | Bison Trails, a blockchain “infrastructure-as-a-service” company, recently confirmed that it has added support for Keep Network, which serves as a privacy protection layer for Ethereum (ETH). Keep Network aims to address the challenges involved with allowing private and secure data to be used on a…

Will the real decentralized oracles please stand up?

As the crypto economy and DeFi have evolved, smart contracts and oracles have proven to be important in tandem. Lots of oracle platforms are attempting to bridge real-world information onto the blockchain. A major focus will be on what projects are currently doing live, while noting pertinent roadmap information.

The HODLCommodity’s Redistribution Mechanism

One of the core concepts of the HODLCommodity relates to the reserve. It’s a temporary but important feature of the network economics; the dynamic referred to as random redistribution. Photo by Josh Redd on Unsplash Let’s first start with understanding the reserve. The HODLCommodty reserve does not belong to any one individual; it belongs to the network itself.

ETH Trippin – Marko Zubak

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CFTC Commissioner Who Has Been Friendly Towards Crypto Is Stepping Down – Crypto.IQ | Bitcoin and Investment News from Inside Experts You Can Trust

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Brian D. Quintez has decided to not pursue a re-nomination and his 5 year term expires at the end of this month. Notably, Commissioner Quintez was quite favorable towards the crypto space, and likely played a critical role in getting CFTC approval for Bitcoin Futures/Options.

IBM Launches Rapid Supplier Connect to Help In Coronavirus Relief Efforts

IBM has launched Rapid Supplier Connect, a blockchain-based solution to help battle medical supply chain shortages due to the coronavorus pandemic. The network will help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify new, non-traditional suppliers who have pivoted to address the shortage of equipment, devices and supplies needed for coronavirus relief efforts.

Japanese Financial Watchdog Certifies Crypto Self-Regulatory Bodies – InsideBitcoins.com

Japan’s crypto space is getting two new members, as the Financial Services Agency recently gave the green light for two companies to operate. As the financial watchdog earlier today, it has recognized the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Business Association (JVCEA) and the Japan STO Association as self-regulatory groups that will help govern the sale of digital tokens and derivatives in the country.

EY Exec Says Over 130 Crypto Clients Represent the Biggest Part of Its Blockchain Business | The Daily Hodl

Big Four accounting firm EY is rapidly growing its services for crypto clients. Speaking at the online EY Global Blockchain Summit 2020, Paul Brody, the firm’s blockchain leader, says digital and crypto assets are driving the largest part of its blockchain business.

Lessons From Steven Seagal On Digital Asset Endorsements – Law360

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent enforcement action against actor Steven Seagal over his paid promotion of Bitcoiin2Gen’s initial coin offering is a stark reminder that celebrities can easily run afoul of securities regulations that are designed to protect investors, says Michael Buffardi at FTI Consulting.

Judge Gives Early Approval to $25M Class Action Settlement in Tezos ICO | The Recorder

“This is new terrain in this litigation, so that is also something to take into account,” said U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California in granting preliminary approval to the proposed deal to settle claims brought on behalf of investors who alleged that the initial coin offering on the Tezos blockchain violated U.S.

Visa 2Q profits up 3.6%, helped by more spending on network

Visa said Thursday that its fiscal second-quarter profits increased 3.6% from a year earlier, helped by growth in payments being processed over the company’s namesake network. The San Francisco-based company reported net income of $3.08 billion, or $1.38 per share, in the three months ended March 31.

Noted Tax Haven Cayman Islands Sees New Bills to Bring Local Crypto to FATF’s Heel

On April 28, the legislative assembly of the Cayman Islands gazetted five new pieces of legislation governing crypto businesses – especially exchanges. The Virtual Asset Service Provider Bill would establish definitions and registration requirements for companies providing crypto services including exchanges, custodians and decentralized financial operators.

Bitcoin cash price movement in close pursuit of BTC | Cryptopolitan

The Bitcoin Cash price line observed an uptrend on the 29th of April as the altcoin market turned bullish. The cryptocurrency rose by over 11% on the day’s chart and crossed the $268 mark. The TradingView analyst Kyer believes that the cryptocurrency would soon break the resistance placed at the $267 level.

NEO price analysis: Buyers looking at $10.00 resistance area

NEO has risen to its highest trading level since March 12th as the popular cryptocurrency tracks the broader market higher. NEO technical analysis shows that the cryptocurrency is likely to test towards the $10.00 resistance level. NEO is breaking higher this week, as the cryptocurrency continues its recent recovery from the $4.00 technical area.

Cryptocurrency value jumps by $35 billion in one day

Stunningly, the cryptocurrency market skyrocketed more than $35 billion in value in less than 24 hours. Yes, you read that correctly. A single Bitcoin hit a high of $9,388.30 U.S. — the highest level since March 7 — before settling in at $8,633.54 as of press time.

Kraken Expands Trading Pairs to 155 with New Conversions

Kraken, a cryptocurrency exchange operating from the United States, is adding 11 new trading pairs through expanded options for converting ether (ETH), USDT and Pound Sterling (GBP). Prior to today’s move, Kraken users had to convert their crypto holdings into fiat currencies in order to buy another crypto coin.

90 Percent of Cryptocurrency Firms May Be Bankrupt in Six Months: Swiss Blockchain Federation – BeInCrypto

The Swiss Blockchain Federation has reported that up to 90 percent of cryptocurrency and blockchain firms in Switzerland could be bankrupt in six months without any government intervention. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation which has severely hampered the industry’s activities.

Brave integrates Binance’s crypto widget – Decrypt

In brief Brave has launched a crypto widget for Binance. It lets users handle their Binance affairs. More widgets are on the way, says Brave. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency-friendly browser, Brave, today integrated a trading widget that taps into the world’s biggest and – to get the PR chumps back on our side – most noteworthy cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.

Bitcoin Witnesses Two-Months High Value; Interest in Bitcoin Is Increasing

Bitcoin rallied above $9,000 today and reached a high of $9,400, the highest value witnessed in two months. However, it remains at the two-months highest level for a moment and retreats back below $9k. The 20% increase in just one day makes April 30 the best day for Bitcoin since the start of the year.

MyCryptoMixer’s Bitcoin Mixing Service Saw a Surge of Mixing Volumes Since Its Inception in 2019

One of the greatest financial chronicles of the past decade has been the extraordinary rise of Bitcoin (BTC) and its underlying blockchain technology. The digital currency was designed to revolutionise peer-to-peer transactions in a decentralised manner, in which the exchange of personal information and financial transactions no longer require an intermediary to process these data.

The Fed Jawbones Bitcoin to 1 Million Bucks

Dude in his gamer chair, checking on his trade, going up a little, stop-buy overhead. He’s going to double down, at least that is what he says. “I’m going to get to one whole bitcoin by the next 25%, with a 2.5-ish futures position on top, and ride that to 100k.

Crypto market rally cools, but Bitcoin stands pat – Decrypt

Following , the yesterday’s big rally crypto market is cooling its heels a bit. Total market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies peaked yesterday at around $263 billion. Today, that figure is down to about $247 billion-a drop of $16 billion in less than 24 hours.

The Case For A Full-Blown Pre-Halving FOMO As Bitcoin Rally Stalls at $8.8k ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Bitcoin has in the last 24 hours recorded an unprecedented jump. Starting in the early hours of Wednesday, the digital asset has climbed from its long term support of $7.8K to reach as high as $9.4K achieved a few hours ago.

Bitcoin Brief Break Above $9,000 Followed By Consolidation Points Towards Strong Selling Pressure – The Cryptocurrency Post

The past 24 hours have been really crazy for Bitcoin after breaking above $8,000. The digital asset has continued its bullish momentum and managed to climb above $9,000 today hitting a peak of $9,460 on Binance.

A BTC 6 Contest to Create a Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Sidechain is On

Ten days were not enough for blockchain developers to win a new Bitcoin (BTC) contest, launched by Paul Sztorc, an independent BTC researcher, and tap into a BTC 6.1 (USD 53,600) prize fund. Contestants still have 12 days to go, as the competition ends on May 12, when BTC halving is estimated to happen.

Mike Novogratz: ‘Bitcoin, Gold Are Setting Themselves Up for Multi-Year Bull Market’ – Part 2 – BeInCrypto

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz recently hosted a webcast entitled, “Got Gold? Add Bitcoin BUY NOW ,” the first part of which we covered in a previous article. While the first installment addressed the economic fallout from COVID-19, this part will focus on the role of what Novogratz describes as Most people who know anything about the economy have heard the word inflation.

Litecoin Retains 200-day MA Support and Awaits a Strong Rebound

Litecoin, at the time of writing this analysis, was trading above $40 at $41 with a fine uptrend and retaining support from a 200-day daily moving average LTC/USD fails to retain support from 50-day daily Moving Average The 20-day Bollinger Bands laid do not project about any unprecedented volatility as

Ripple CTO of Youtube banned

In the Wake of the corona of the crisis, a topic to determine actually, in the Crypto-Space: Bitcoin. Responsible for the Narrative of the “digital gold currencies” around the number 1 of all Crypto. News to other Coins, therefore, currently a little less to the train.

Is Stellar Lumens Awaken?

Stellar is a project that in 2014 “spun off” from the Ripple cryptocurrency. This blockchain platform positions itself as a fast and open alternative to more traditional payment solutions. Stellar users have a whole range of possibilities – international payments, currency exchange, the creation of applications on smart contracts …

IBM Blockchain Helps Combat COVID-19 Supply Chain Shortages

Source: Thinkstock – IBM recently launched a blockchain-based network designed to help government agencies and healthcare organizations identify suppliers and address COVID-19 supply chain shortages. The initiative, IBM Rapid Supplier Connect, is part of IBM’s approach to combat COVID-19 and tackle the shortage of equipment, devices, and supplies needed for coronavirus relief efforts.

New Blockchain Fund Facilitates Philanthropic Coronavirus Donations

The blockchain industry continues to thrive during the coronavirus crisis. A new venture in Amsterdam aims to provide a decentralized fund to support people suffering from financial hardship during these uncertain times. It is evident that the coronavirus pandemic will continue to affect daily life for some time to come.

Cypherium Blockchain Joins Microsoft for Startups

Cypherium blockchain joins the Microsoft for Startups program with the goal of becoming a part of the company’s blockchain-as-a-service, or BaaS, offering in the coming months. Cypherium blockchain uses a combination of proof-of-work, or PoW, and HotStuff consensus algorithms. The latter is also used by Facebook’s Libra project.

Bitcoin SV Price Analysis: BSV falls from grace after explosive price rally

Bitcoin SV trades 1.5% higher despite the dramatic fall from the highs. The price is now holding above the psychological 200.00 level. Bitcoin SV has pulled back after hitting a high of 228.54 earlier in the session. In the price rally yesterday the pair also had a great session and today the rally continued earlier on in the session before the dramatic sell-off.

World’s First Crypto Bank Adds Support for Ripple’s XRP

Sygnum Bank, the first crypto bank licensed by FINMA, announced on April 30 that Ripple’s XRP tokens are now available through its banking services platform. Users can access deposit, exchange, and credit services using the popular digital currency.

Chainlink: Collabs with Tezos, Bancor, CasperLabs, IRISnet, HyperDAO, Bloom, Acala Network and…

The technical integration is headed by top Tezos teams Smart Chain Arena, the team behind the widely-used Tezos smart contracts programming language SmartPy, and Cryptonomic, the team behind popular Tezos tools like the Galleon wallet, Conseil API, and Nautilus Cloud. Both teams are committing major code contributions to Chainlink’s GitHub repo.

Riot Blockchain announces purchase of 1,000 next generation Bitmain S19 Pro Antminers

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) (“Riot” or the “Company”), one of the few Nasdaq listed public cryptocurrency mining companies in the United States, announces the purchase of 1,000 next generation Bitmain S19 (110 TH) Pro Antminers for USD $2.4 million from BitmainTech PTE. LTD

Top Miners Confirmed to Support Phoenix Ethereum Classic Hard-Fork- Phoenix Status Update…

We’re happy to announce that the top miners, whom make up at least 68% of the hash-rate share on Ethereum Classic, have confirmed support for the Phoenix hard fork which is expected to occur at block 10_500_839, around Jun 3, 2020.

Crypto Trading Platforms All Want Unique Blockchains | Live Bitcoin News

Several cryptocurrency exchanges are looking to build their own blockchains, which means that somewhere down the line, we’re likely to see the birth of several crypto exchange-birthed tokens. Some trading platforms have already made this goal a reality. Binance, for example, is the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by volume.

Matic Announces a Privacy-Centric Coronavirus Tracking App

Blockchain scalability solution, Matic, launched a privacy-focused coronavirus tracking mobile application. According to an April 29 announcement, the new app – dubbed Tracy – leverages the Matic network for contact tracing and quarantine management. The solution also uses decentralized data storage solution, MóiBit, to store sensitive data.

Stellar (XLM) transactions will now be monitored by Elliptic – Decrypt

In brief The Stellar Foundation has partnered with blockchain forensics firm Elliptic. Stellar (XLM) transactions and wallets will be screened for money laundering risks, compliance, sanctions, and more. The move sacrifices privacy, but could be attractive to institutional investors. If you had any inkling that using products on the Stellar blockchain could be done privately, think again.

EOS price is going down with the market | Cryptopolitan

EOS price seems to be following Bitcoin BTC in the bullish and bearish runs on the 29th of April, the altcoin market gets its share of bulls as well. Alongside the other important altcoins, EOS expressed its bullish momentum over the course of the day and moved across the $3.050 mark.

Nasdaq Partners With R3 to Help Build Institutional-Grade Digital Assets

The world’s second-largest stock exchange and capital markets technology company, Nasdaq, has entered a partnership with enterprise blockchain solutions platform, R3. R3 announced the partnership on April 29, 2020, stating that Nasdaq will use its blockchain software, Corda, among other services. Their intention is to help financial institutions easily build and deploy institutional-grade digital assets.

Bitcoin futures hit highest volume since Black Thursday – Decrypt

In brief The Bitcoin’s futures market had its best day yesterday since Black Thursday’s historic crash, netting $30 billion in volume. The price of Bitcoin briefly peaked above $9,000. Spot volume clocked in at a fourth of futures volume. The Bitcoin futures market had its busiest day on Wednesday since the historic Black Thursday market crash in mid-March.

Hut 8 Provides Update on CEO Search

Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – April 30, 2020) – Hut 8 Mining Corp. (TSX: HUT) (OTCQX: HUTMF) (“Hut 8” or “the Company”), one of the world’s largest public cryptocurrency mining companies by operating capacity and market capitalization, today announces that as planned and

Bitcoin Roars Back After Sell-Off. It May Have More Room to Run, Analyst Says.

Bitcoin in recent weeks has roared back from its sell-off. The cryptocurrency could be set to break out further, according to researchers at Fundstrat Global Advisors. It was recently trading at $8,851.40, up 1.27% in the past 24 hours, according to CoinBase. Bitcoin had flown as high as $9,411.56 Thursday afternoon, before paring back gains.

Bitcoin dominance over crypto market spikes to 2017 levels – Decrypt

In Brief Bitcoin is close to achieving the same market dominance that it reached following the 2017 bull run. It demonstrates a rising interest in Bitcoin over altcoin competitors. Bullish sentiment due to recent performance ahead of the Bitcoin halving could be partly responsible for this unexpected spike.

Andreessen Horowitz just closed its second crypto fund

Two years ago, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) took the wraps off a dedicated crypto fund from a subset of its limited partners, who’d provided the firm with $300 million in capital commitments.

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Bitcoin Lender Genesis Global Issues $2 Billion in Loans During Record Quarter | Bitcoin News

Genesis Global Trading has reported a 100% jump in new loan originations in the first quarter. The cryptocurrency lender and trading platform added a record $2 billion in new loans in the three months leading to March 2020, up $1 billion from the previous quarter.

Bitcoin Shaping up to be a “Higher Gold 2.0” as Bullishness Grows

Bitcoin has seen some immense bullishness throughout the past couple of days, with the benchmark cryptocurrency incurring a notable uptrend that allowed it to climb from lows of $7,700 to highs of $9,500.

Market Wrap: There’s a Bright Side to Bitcoin’s Drop on Worsening Unemployment

Bad U.S. jobless data pulled markets lower Thursday, affecting even bitcoin. But there may be a silver lining for the cryptocurrency. At press time, the world’s largest cryptocurrency was up just 1% over 24 hours at $8,864, with 10-day and 50-day technical indicator moving averages converging, thus signaling sideways sentiment.

Bitcoin, Ethereum & Ripple – American Wrap: 4/30/2020

BTC/USD dropped from the intraday $9,476 to $8,547. The first digital coin lost nearly $1000 in a matter of hours before recovering to $8,8820 by press time. Despite the sell-off, BTC is still 10% higher from this time on Wednesday. A sustainable move below $9,000 has created a strong bearish momentum; however, the coin is heavily bought on the dips.

Alibaba will use the blockchain to track down copyrighted music | Invezz

Blockchain use cases continue to pile up, as major corporations keep coming up with new ideas. Of course, there are many of these ideas that are still only theoretical use cases. Some will even stay in that form for a long time, or maybe even forever.

The Result of The First Plasm Network Lockdrop

Before we go in detail about the results, let’s first talk about what a ‘Lockdrop’ is. Lockdrop is a new and relatively fair method of distributing tokens to the network, invented by the Edgeware team.

Time to Pay a Little Attention to Riot Blockchain, Inc. (RIOT) Again

Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) went up by 4.31% from its latest closing price when compared to the 1-year high value of $5.53 and move down -357.02%, while RIOT stocks collected +13.08% of gains with the last five trading sessions. Press Release reported on 04/22/20 that Riot Blockchain Contributes to Local Hospitals to Aid COVID-19 Relief Efforts Riot Blockchain, Inc.

The ‘Great Lockdown’ Is Boosting Demand for Bitcoin Custody Solutions

Thanks in part to the uncertainty of the coronavirus crisis and rising bitcoin prices, bitcoin wallet startups have seen a sudden uptick in activity. For example, over the past two months the Austin, Texas-based bitcoin startup Unchained Capital, with over $50 million in assets under management and $150 million worth of bitcoin transactions processed, garnered several dozen new institutional clients, representing hundreds of individuals.

Prediction rate is 93%😱Cryptoindex AI Daily Predictions and News for 04/30/2020

C ryptoIndex is a tool for exposure to the crypto market and serves as a smart benchmark for all cryptocurrencies. The AI-based Cryptoindex algorithm is continuously analyzing more than 2000 coins applying over 200 factors, processing more than 1 million signals per second to provide a highly sophisticated index of the top 100 coins.

Bitcoin Is Not Cash For the World: Recap of Webit Fireside Chat with Roger Ver

Cointelegraph joined the Webit Virtual fireside chat with Roger Ver, who believes that cryptocurrenc…

ZenLedger Tames Messy Tax Reporting for Cross-Platform Cryptocurrency Trading – CardRates.com

In a Nutshell: Seattle-based ZenLedger offers tax reporting software as a service (SAAS) for cryptocurrency investors and traders. It provides transaction tracking, profit/loss calculation, and tax-form generation for the full range of coins, currencies, exchanges, and wallets. ZenLedger is equally suitable for individual traders and for CPAs supporting multiple crypto investors.

Major mining pool commits support to Ethereum 2.0 test network – Decrypt

In brief OKEx Pool is throwing its support behind the Ethereum 2.0 Topaz testnet. The exchange-owned pool is collaborating with Prysmatic Labs to become a testnet validator and promote the looming Ethereum upgrade. OKEx Pool is expected to offer ETH staking services following the launch of the Ethereum 2.0 mainnet.

Market Wrap: There’s a Bright Side to Bitcoin’s Drop on Worsening Unemployment – CoinDesk

Bad U.S. jobless data pulled markets lower Thursday, affecting even bitcoin. But there may be a silver lining for the cryptocurrency. At press time, the world’s largest cryptocurrency was up just 1% over 24 hours at $8,864, with 10-day and 50-day technical indicator moving averages converging, thus signaling sideways sentiment.

Bitcoin Halving - Historical Scenario Analysis Charts in Excel & Googlesheets

Any seasoned professional trader or portfolio manager will tell you that all market moves are relative to the context of the prevailing market. One of the most frustrating things about most Bitcoin halving predictions and models is that they ignore this context almost entirely, instead relying purely on what the trendiest technical indicator chart from a TradingView chart ‘implies’.

Bitcoin RSI Hits Highest Since June 2019 Top, May Signal Bull Market

The latest rally in Bitcoin has caused the Relative Strength Index to reach shocking highs. Such a reading would typically indicate a pullback is due, however, it can also be a signal that the bull market is back in full force.

Binance CEO: US needs to reset its crypto regulations – Decrypt

The CEO of Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, thinks that the US needs to loosen up on its crypto regulations because they are stifling innovation in the space.

How To Speed Up Or Accelerate Bitcoin Transactions, Even Bump One That’s Completely Stuck – 3 FREE Options!

There’s a few paid services out there that will unfreeze a stuck Bitcoin transaction, or speed up one you’ve already sent. But today we’re just focusing on places you can use for free to give your transaction the nudge it needs.

Bitcoin $9000, Ripple $0.2200, Ethereum $200. Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction – European Wrap

BTC/USD dropped from the intraday $9,476 to $8,547. The first digital coin lost nearly $1000 in a matter of hours before recovering to $8,8820 by press time. Despite the sell-off, BTC is still 10% higher from this time on Wednesday. A sustainable move below $9,000 has created a strong bearish momentum; however, the coin is heavily bought on the dips.

Shares in Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust Up By 14% After Crypto’s Price Rallies

Amid the sharp rise in bitcoin’s price Wednesday, shares in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) also saw notable gains. Bitcoin’s sudden rally – which many analysts are associating with expectations around the coming miner reward halving event – helped propel the investment vehicle to a 14.3% gain on the day, with a market price per share at $9.60 at the session close.

A Bitcoin-free future: Will cryptocurrencies leave a legacy behind?

You don’t say, Robert, you don’t say. Robert Mapplethorpe, a famous American photographer from the late 20th century, spoke these famous lines. Frankly, I am sure if Mr. Mapplethorpe would have witnessed 2020 in the flesh, he would bite his tongue for expecting the unexpected. I mean, just hear me out.

Vitalik Buterin Highlights the Benefits of Ethereum 2.0’s Implementation – Herald Sheets

The co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin has recently stressed the benefits to be expected from the implementation of ETH 2.0, especially in regards to its issuance model. This was discussed on the latest episode of the POV Crypto podcast. In the course of the podcast, Vitalik Buterin highlighted the impact of the transition to the …

Nasdaq Will Use Blockchain to Build Digital Asset Marketplaces, Partners with R3 | CoinCodex

Stock exchange operator Nasdaq has partnered with enterprise blockchain development firm R3 to work on solutions for digital asset marketplaces. Nasdaq’s Market Technology division will be using R3’s flagship Corda blockchain platform to help build trading platforms for digital assets.

Interest in Bitcoin Spikes Worldwide During COVID-19 Crisis

The demand for cryptocurrency in certain countries is growing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bitcoin ( BTC) peer-to-peer trading volume in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Morocco has peaked over the past few weeks, marking new all-time highs.

Borderless, Secure and Transparent: Blockchain Advantages for Lotteries

Author: Natallia Maksimenko Having deep expertise in intercultural communications, Natallia is fond of foreign languages and cultures. She strongly believes that people should continually develop to stay on track, that’s why she permanently widens her knowledge in various spheres. Currently, Natallia is fully immersed in crypto, blockchain and financial techs.

Litecoin Price Prediction – LTC/USD Faces Downtrend, Can The Bulls Break $51 Hurdle?

The Litecoin price managed to fend off $50 for now but the bearish signals are still very much around. LTC/USD Market Key Levels: Resistance levels: $58, $60, $62 Support levels: $36, $34, $32 Today, LTC/USD is looking bearish as the price tested and printed below $50 to touch the low of $45.98 support level.

Justin Sun and Vitalik Buterin to Soon Become Best Friends for the Betterment of Crypto Industry – Herald Sheets

There is a significant indication that the CEO of Tron (TRX) Justin Sun and the co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) would soon make up their differences for the development and betterment of the cryptocurrency industry. It’s obvious that the duos are not in good terms, considering the number of times they have come head to head …

ETH/USD Ascends to 227.50, Then Declines: Sally Ho’s Technical Analysis 30 April 2020 ETH

Ethereum (ETH/USD) gave back some recent strong gains during today’s North American session as the pair receded to the 202.30 level after trading as high as the 227.50 level during today’s Asian session. Stops were elected above the 213.05 level during yesterday’s North American session, an upside price objective related to buying activity that originated around the 90.00 level in March.

Mainstream and Crypto Bear Markets Have Not Stopped Binance Expansion

Over the past three years, Binance has expanded its operation, even through a major crypto bear market. This trend has continued into the current coronavirus-induced mainstream financial crisis. “We always continue to expand even during the bear market in 2018, which is when we launched our community blockchain initiative, Binance Chain,” Binance co-founder Yi He told Cointelegraph.

CBDCs Come in Many Forms – Here’s a Quick Guide – CoinDesk

George Calle is Market Intelligence Lead at R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm. In just a few short years, digital currencies have progressed hugely. But while the early adopters of cryptocurrencies dreamed of entirely new digital coins transforming the way we pay for things, the volatility of cryptos like bitcoin has made this vision impossible, to date.

Blockchain Firm Bison Trails Adds Support for Keep Network, a Privacy Protection Layer for Ethereum (ETH)

Bison Trails, a blockchain “infrastructure-as-a-service” company, recently confirmed that it has added support for Keep Network, which serves as a privacy protection layer for Ethereum (ETH). Keep Network aims to address the challenges involved with allowing private and secure data to be used on a public (permissionless) blockchain network.

Litecoin LTC price sees minor slip to $47 as analysts warn of more losses | Cryptopolitan

Some mild losses scattered among the top altcoins, with EOS and Tezos both losing over four percent of their value over the last 24 hours. Litecoin isn’t trailing too far behind as the coin slips 2.38 percent.

Daily Digest: Massive Bitcoin Price Increase, $60M USDT Issuance, BTC Futures Skyrocket and More | Coinspace

Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies skyrocketed again in what seems to be a new bull market influenced by Bitcoin’s halving event in two weeks. At the same time, Tether has issued $60 million USDT coins while Andreessen Horowitz raised $515 million for a

“My eToro Account Is Now 100% Allocated to BTC” Expert Crypto Analyst Goes All In On Bitcoin [BTC]

The sharp rise in Bitcoin (BTC) price seems to have awakened the bulls as one analyst tweeted out his belief in BTC’s future. Can BTC braze the fears of post halving selloffs witnessed in the past to break yearly highs?

Here’s Why Bitcoin’s Stock-to-Flow Model Is as Reliable as Moon Cycles, According to Prominent Economist

As the clock is ticking in anticipation of the third Bitcoin halving, Bitcoin’s stock-to-flow (S2F) model starts attracting more criticism

The Number Zero and Bitcoin – Digg

Satoshi gave the world Bitcoin, a true “something for nothing.” His discovery of absolute scarcity for money is an unstoppable idea that is changing the world tremendously, just like its digital ancestor: the number zero. “I n the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one of the greatest single achievements of the human race.

‘Bitcoin Jesus’ calls for end to coronavirus lockdown – Decrypt

Roger Ver, formerly known as Bitcoin Jesus until he switched his preaching to Bitcoin Cash, wants the coronavirus lockdown to come to an end. “The lockdown is a disaster,” Ver said in an email interview with Decrypt. “It is one of the worst things to happen to the US in a long long time.

Andreessen Horowitz just closed its second crypto fund

Two years ago, the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) took the wraps off a dedicated crypto fund from a subset of its limited partners, who’d provided the firm with $300 million in capital commitments. Now, the firm says it has closed a second fund in the same vein, this time with $515 millio…

RESOLVE, Peer Ledger, and Truvi Join Forces to Utilize Blockchain and AI Technology to Expedite Critically Needed PPE and Supplies in Response to COVID-19

RESOLVE and Peer Ledger Announce Blockchain Partnership to provide a Technology Platform to Aggregate Makers to Speed Critical Supplies like PPE to Health, Food, and other Workers & Communities, with Free Access for COVID-19 Response until September 2020. Truvi joins with RESOLVE to…

Top 3 Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Ripple and Ethereum Fire Up To New April Highs

Cryptoassets to close trading in April in the positive following a COVID-19 triggered price crash in March. Bitcoin bulls step above $9,000 is a major milestone but bulls refuse to rest until $10,000 is in the rearview. The cryptocurrency market is explosively bullish on Thursday led by Bitcoin.

Global Cryptocurrency Market Forecast Overview 2020 – Ripple Labs, Intel, Nvidia, Amazon.Com, Advanced Micro Devices, Xilinx, Bitfury Group

This report focuses on the Global Cryptocurrency Market status, future forecast, growth opportunity, key market and key players. This Market report covers the overall and all-inclusive analysis of the Cryptocurrency Market with all its factors that have an impact on industry growth. This report is anchored on the thorough qualitative and quantitative assessment of the Market.

A16z raises $515 million for its second crypto fund

Top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has announced a second crypto fund – worth $515 million. Announcing the news on Thursday, a16z said the fund would invest in crypto and blockchain startups that are focused on payments, decentralized finance (DeFi), Web 3 and more.

https://www.crypto-news-flash.com/160-million-tether-minted-during-bitcoin-price-rallye-to-9-000

US Lawmakers Ask Congress to Utilize Blockchain Technology to Provide Economic Relief | The Daily Hodl

A group of US lawmakers is urging the Treasury Department to tap blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the nation’s efforts to buffer the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin dated April 23rd, 11 legislators led by Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.)

Latest Version of Open Source IPFS Improves Performance – DevOps.com

By Mike Vizard on The team behind the open source InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) announced this week that a significantly faster version of the peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol is now generally available. IPFS is a distributed file system that makes use of a global namespace to connect all computing devices.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-30/crypto-exchanges-boost-hiring-in-wake-of-coronavirus-crash

General Availability of Platform 6, the Enterprise Blockchain Application Platform

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200430005827/en/ Enterprise-class apps leveraging blockchain rely on a combinaison of on-chain and off-chain features. Although the on-chain capabilities – supported by blockchain frameworks like Ethereum, Quorum, Corda or Hyperledger Fabric – usually are the most hyped component of a project, the off-chain features actually represents the largest portion of the development effort (typically more than 80%).

Payment Startup Mezu Aims To Be The Zoom Of Digital Payments

Video conferencing and streaming shows aren’t the only things getting a boost because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Turns out so are digital payments. At least at Mezu, the privacy-focused payment app that launched in 2017.

TZero Expects To Be A Registered Security Broker-Dealer In Q2 2020

tZero’s CEO Saum Noursalehi plans to expand the adoption of crypto, security tokens and mainstream trading with a one-stop-shop. But tZero must be an approved retail broker-dealer in the United States to accomplish this goal. An approval, Mr. Noursalehi plans to achieve by the second quarter 2020.

Props Project distributed app platform secures $2M in token sale and moves to Algorand – SiliconANGLE

The blockchain-based distributed app network Props Project today announced the company raised approximately $2 million in token-sale strategic financing led by Union Square Ventures and Borderless Capital. Props also announced that it would move its infrastructure from IBM Corp.’s HyperLedger to Algorand Inc.’s public blockchain network.

New report: Boomers and zoomers flocking to crypto – Decrypt

In brief Q1 was especially grim for Bitcoin, which was down 9.78%. But it was pretty good for other cryptos, including SV (up 76.0%), LEO (26.83%), LINK (25.4%), XTZ (20%,) and BCH (10.48%.) Boomers and zoomers accounted for most of the site’s traffic.