On Thursday, June 20, the price of Bitcoin overcame the $ 9,500 mark, thereby updating the 13-month high. The last time at these levels, the first cryptocurrency was traded in early May 2018, after which it began a long decline. On a number of exchanges, for example, on Bitstamp, Bitcoin touched the $ 9,600 mark. In total, over the past 24 hours, “digital gold” has grown […]
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Bitfinex, a popular Bitcoin exchange, has announced technical work that can take up to seven hours and will be aimed at improving the experience of user interaction with the platform in the trading process. Among other things, this means creating the foundation for launching derivative instruments. Maintenance is scheduled for the next Wednesday, June 26, but this date may be postponed to a later date at […]
LVC Corporation, a subsidiary of LINE, which focuses on blockchain technology and digital assets, is one step away from obtaining a license from a Japanese regulator in a crypto exchange. It is reported that the LINE application for the launch of a regulated digital asset platform is already at the final stage of consideration by the Japanese financial regulator, FSA. It is expected that this month the company may receive a long-awaited license. Having obtained a license, the company will be able to launch BitMax trading service, which will allow 80 million LINE users in Japan to buy and sell…
The Prosecutor's Office of South Seoul has charged one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges in South Korea, Bithumb, with a leak of confidential financial data of over 31 thousand users, as a result of which in July 2017 considerable funds were stolen from the platform. This writes Cryptonews with reference to ZDNet Korea. In addition to Bithumb, in the framework of the same case, charges of violating the law on […]
The cost of Bitcoin cryptocurrency continues to increase and Tyler Winkloss, co-founder of the Gemini exchange, believes that if the exchange rate exceeds $ 10,000, then we can confidently expect that the price will rise to $ 15,000. Tyler Winklevss spoke about his assumption on Twitter. Note that Winkloss is not the only one who predicts a rise in the BTC rate. This week, analyst Tom Lee, founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors, said that within a few months, BTC could reach not only $ 20,000, but even increase 4-fold, reaching $ 40,000. Analyst Oliver Isaac suggests that by the end…
One of the world's largest securities depositories, the Euroclear Group, together with the European Investment Bank (EIB), Banco Santander and EY have developed a comprehensive blockchain solution for the issue and settlement of European commercial papers (ECP). According to the press release , the proposed blockchain solution will reduce the lengthy processing of transactions between several market participants. Another key benefit will be full transparency and traceability of actions related to ECP, reduction of operating costs and time. This will make the release of ECP on the same day a new market standard, the statement stressed. The partners completed a…
cryptocurrency to its platform Stock exchange cryptocurrency KuCoin announced the listing of the token Binance Coin (BNB) . KuCoin users will be able to start trading BNB from 18:00 UTC on June 19, and they will have access to BTC and USDT trading pairs. Adding BNB to KuCoin is presumably more important for the stock exchange than for the token, which is one of the most popular coins in the industry and currently ranks 7th on CMC for market capitalization. Currently, Binance Coin's capitalization is $ 4.98 billion and costs about $ 35 per coin. Binance Changphen "CZ" cryptobirds CEO…
The countries of the so-called “Big Twenty” or the G20, have included the regulation of relations in the cryptocurrency industry and the blockchain in the list of the most important directions in politics. According to Asian media, the G20 parliaments recommended that their governments consider the global regulation of the cryptocurrency industry during the summit in Osaka, Japan. This step is necessary because the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) expressed concern in the spring of this year due to the growing use of cryptocurrencies in criminal activities. The Osaka summit will take place on June 28-29, it is already known…
An updated forecast for the development of the situation on the cryptocurrency market from Tom Lee, partner and head of research at FundstratGlobalAdvisors. The confident movement of Bitcoin to the level of $ 10,000, the main trigger of the FOMO, returned the expert to the decisive global predictions of the future main cryptocurrency. “We are confidently in a bull market” Currently, Tom Lee is set to a range of BTC trading in the range of 20-40 thousand dollars by the end of this year. “I think that Bitcoin is going to easily overcome all previous historical highs at $ 20,000…
Currently, the only way to mine Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and other coins with the SHA-256 algorithm are special purpose integrated circuits (ASIC), specially designed for this purpose. In this article we will analyze the best ASIC miners announced in 2019, their performance, daily income, consumption and market availability. In recent months, Bitcoin began to grow, which is accompanied by an increasing hashrate, which recently broke the previous historical record. The emergence of more efficient equipment also continues to fuel interest in Bitcoin mining, especially in areas where electricity prices are really low. Although for most users, Bitcoin mining is still…