Today in the morning, the BTC rate began to decline, after lunch for only 5 minutes, the cryptocurrency rate fell by $ 400 – from $ 7,900 to $ 7,500. The cost of BTC fell by about 9%, at this level cryptocurrency was last traded in May of this year. Against the backdrop of the fall of Bitcoin, all altcoins from the TOP-20 demonstrate a decline. Most of all, the cost of Litecoin, Binance Coin, Bitcoin SV, Chainlink decreased by about 10-13%. It is noteworthy that the other day Peter Schiff, a financial specialist who has repeatedly criticized Bitcoin, noted…
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One of the indicators that signal a possible change in the price of bitcoin is the number of open futures positions on the Chicago SME exchange. In October 2019, institutional investors doubled the cost of long positions in BTC futures contracts , the Cointelegraph reports. Institutional Investors Interested in BTC According to a study conducted by analysts on October 22, the estimated value of the long positions of institutional investors rose to a value above 1000 bitcoins, compared with data on October 1, when this value fell below 500 BTC. Data on long-term futures on the CME exchange indicate a…
The investor, Bitcoin bull Tim Draper, believes that the current situation in the Ripple market can be called the “calm before the storm” – in his opinion, in the near future, the XRP rate may suffer explosive growth. During his communication with the participants of the crypto market at the Quora forum, Draper noted that, given the three-fold increase in the Bitcoin exchange rate over the past 5 months, it can be expected that the Ripple coin will also demonstrate similar behavior. According to the investor, the price of XRP should have already increased to about $ 0.6 or $…
appeared Opera web browser developers have added support for TRON bitcoin payments and cryptocurrencies to their application for Android devices, CoinDesk writes. From now on, Opera users will be able to make payments in Bitcoin (BTC) directly from the digital wallet built into the application and interact with decentralized applications on the TRON network. According to the company, these features can help attract new holders to its cryptocurrencies from its database of 300 million users. “Most people heard about Bitcoin, and we decided to add its support, as well as introduce a wider group of users to this function ,”…
Despite the relative reliability of popular and fairly respected exchanges that specialize in digital assets, a trader should pay attention to a number of other criteria, wondering how to choose a cryptocurrency exchange. Knowing the features of the functioning of crypto exchanges will allow even a novice trader to choose the best service for working with cryptocurrency. It is interesting that the specifics of the operation of crypto platforms is significantly different from the business model of Forex brokers. So, when getting acquainted with the digital asset industry, in some cases it will be prudent not to pay attention to…
The developers of the Litecoin Foundation immediately published two proposals for improving the protocol (LIP-0002 and LIP-0003), which provide for the integration of MimbleWimble technology to ensure transaction privacy. [Update on MimbleWimble & Litecoin]: @ecurrencyhodler, @ DavidBurkett38, & @satoshilite have proposed a draft of two Litecoin Improvement Proposals to implement MimbleWimble through Extension Blocks. LIP-0002 EB: https: //t.co/u2ORFy6yfD LIP-0003 MW: https: //t.co/u2ORFy6yfD – Litecoin Foundation (@LTCFoundation) October 22, […]
Another aggressive forecast on the further dynamics of the movement of bitcoin was recently made by a trader under the nickname PlanB. This expert is known for having at one time developed a mechanism for predicting the indicative movement of the first cryptocurrency, linking it with the dynamics of the behavior of the stock market. During a conversation with Global Macro Investor founder Raul Pal last week, the trader admitted that he previously doubted that BTC could reach a six-figure value. Now he is of a different opinion, and there is every reason for a spurt in bitcoin up to…
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the Binance crypto exchange, called the President of Russia the most influential person in the blockchain industry. Zhao announced his thoughts at the rally of the crypto exchange, which was held in Moscow on the eve. He suggests that the bill on the regulation of the crypto industry can be adopted in the Russian Federation in the near future. The manager, however, admitted the likelihood that in the future the crypto exchange will provide data about its users to the regulators of the Russian Federation. As a rule, a company does not disclose the confidential information…
Since 2020, Rospatent plans to launch new projects based on decentralized technologies. This was told to journalists by the head of the department Grigory Ivliev, one of the participants in the opening forum "Open Innovations" in Moscow. The official noted that in 2019 Rospatent already launched the first blockchain projects. In particular, the agency introduced a blockchain platform for copyright registration. Ivliev said that the results of testing of such projects will be summed up by the end of this year. The specialists of Rospatent in the future want to develop a platform for online registration of rights. In addition,…
Blockstream c-Lightning client developer Rusty Russell suggested raising the default transaction fees on the Lightning Network from 1 satoshi to 5 satoshi, as well as charging an additional 0,0005% of the payment instead of 0.000001%. Russell’s proposal was supported by ACINQ CEO Pierre-Marie Padua and Jack Mollers, founder of Zap Solutions. However, other developers believe that a single proposal from the three largest […]