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Rare Bitcoin Stale Block Event Sees $3 Double-Spend
The Bitcoin network has seen its first stale block event since October 2019 resulting in a $3 double spend. With mining difficulty at an all-time high (ATH) and hash rate distributed...
Bitcoin, Crypto UTXO Analysis Reveals Critical Onchain Insights
Jesus Rodriguez, of Into the Block, recently published some really interesting data on the UTXO sets of Bitcoin and other leading public blockchains. The data gives excellent insight...
Bitcoin Trading Volumes in Venezuela Continue to Climb
Many Venezuelans have been buying up Bitcoin in ever-increasing numbers to hedge against currency devaluation. An Unparalleled Currency Crisis Venezuela was once one of the wealthiest...
Binance Pledges $1.5 Million for Coronavirus Victims
Bitcoin exchange Binance is leading the charity effort to provide support to coronavirus victims by pledging $1.5 million. Binance Leading the Effort to Help Coronavirus Victims The...
Bitcoin’s ’10-Day Returns’ Since 2013 are Off the...
Bitcoin can yield thousands of percent of gains within a short time frame. But those returns have been counted only in the best days for the coin. Bitcoin Moves Sharply, Creating Days...
Sunday Digest: Bitcoin Price Saunters And Ripple Steals Headlines
This week saw the World Economic Forum in Davos. What better opportunity for US Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, to take a dig at 17-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg? Of...
French Central Bank Exec Opposes Private Crypto Assets
Central bankers who initially discounted Bitcoin and other public crypto assets as fraud, Ponzi schemes or scams, have suddenly changed their stance. Banks Now Love Crypto, But Only...
Bitcoin is the Only Asset With “Sharpe Ratio” More Than...
Bitcoin Twitter commentator PlanB has claimed that BTC is the only asset that has a Sharpe ratio of greater than 1. The Sharpe ratio describes the increased rate of return received for...
Litecoin Founder Charlie Lee Proposes Miner Donations
A 1% donation of the block reward to fund Litecoin (LTC) development – this is what Charlie Lee, the coin’s founder, proposes as a solution to underfunded initiatives. Litecoin...
Can Bitcoin Price Hit $424,000 Sometime in Late 2021?
YouTube bitcoin and crypto price analyst Benjamin Cowen yesterday released a new video examining the BTC 20-week moving average (20MA) as a macro-level market indicator. What does it...
Bitcoin is the Most Popular Crypto Asset Amongst Investors
The Bitcoin and crypto market cap figures that we get from CoinMarketCap, whilst being infinitely more reliable than its data on daily volumes, just tell us how much of each particular...
Nedbank Not Looking to Shut Down Crypto Exchange Bank Accounts
Contrary to reports, prominent South African bank, Nedbank is not considering closing down accounts belonging to crypto exchanges in the country. Nedbank Not Taking New Digital Asset...