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LeapRate: Daily Market News: Markets bounce back

Wednesday, 22 January 2020 12:26

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 22,... The post Daily Market News: Markets bounce back appeared first on LeapRate . Daily Market News: Markets bounce back was first posted on January 22, 2020 at…

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CoinSpice: Forget Harry and Meg, Her Majesty is Offering £100,000 for Software to Track Your Bitcoin

Monday, 20 January 2020 22:34

TL;DR: Her Majesty (Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs) is offering £100,000 to anyone who can help the agency better track cryptocurrency users. It’s part of a growing effort by governments to overcome the rise of privacy-oriented tools and project-specific coins. Her Majesty is Offering £100,000 for Software…

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ZyCrypto: XRP Ultra Bullish Scenario: What’s Ahead For XRP’s Price If It Is Classified As A Commodity?

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 08:43

Ripple’s XRP has been languishing below the psychological $0.30 level for the last couple of months. Ripple’s woes worsened after class-action lawsuits were filed against Ripple by early investors who claimed the company sold them unregistered securities. This confusion around XRP’s classification is likely making some potential…

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The Block: Bitcoin’s ‘Twitter sentiment’ data gets rolled out by a blockchain data firm

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 10:45

New Zealand-based blockchain data and research firm Brave New Coin (BNC) has launched a new metric for bitcoin. Dubbed “Twitter Sentiment,” the metric analyzes over 34 million bitcoin-related tweets every week, BNC announced Monday. The firm uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms that search for tweets containing words…

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Blockonomi: A New Wrinkle for Ethereum DeFi: Loans Backed by Crypto Collectibles

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 11:33

The Ethereum decentralized finance arena is blooming fast in just about every direction. Some of its most interesting growth so far has come from the lending sector, with the fledgling success of the Maker project being a prime example. As intriguing as Maker is, its automated Dai…

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ZyCrypto: Here’s Why It Is Best To Keep Your Wallet Keys Than Storing Your Coins On Centralized Crypto Exchanges

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 12:19

Following the January 19 incident, when the Euro Pacific Capital CEO, Peter Schiff claimed to have lost all the Bitcoins he has ever owned, experts are suggesting and encouraging users on keeping coins in crypto exchanges instead of storing them in wallets that require security seed phrases…

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Crypto Briefing: DeFi: Synthetix 2020 Upgrades Target User Growth

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 12:53

The team behind Synthetix Network has unveiled protocol enhancements lined up for 2020. Existing infrastructure is slated for an upgrade and a range of new products are scheduled for later this year. Upcoming Achernar Release Synthetix is one of the most discussed projects in the DeFi landscape,…

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The Block: UK’s central bank to explore digital currency

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:35

The Bank of England (BoE), the U.K.'s central bank, has officially announced that it will explore potential use cases for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The post UK’s central bank to explore digital currency appeared first on The Block.

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Crypto Briefing: Analysis: Steep Bitcoin Retracement Still Possible

Tuesday, 21 January 2020 13:38

Bitcoin’s latest price action brought with it a sense of optimism felt throughout the cryptocurrency market. Some of the most prominent analysts in the industry claimed that BTC had begun a new bull run, but different technical patterns estimate that a correction is underway. A Rally Lacking…

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