Craig Wright once again promised to provide evidence that he is the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto, but mentioned the latter in the third person. The incident happened during the London conference CC London Investment in Blockchain and AI Forum 2019, reports Cointelegraph. “Either I am Satoshi, or he coordinated me. Choose. It doesn’t bother me much, because he […]
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Next week, the so-called "death cross" should appear on the daily bitcoin chart (when a 50-day moving average crosses a 200-day moving average from above). If confirmed, this cross will be the first since March last year, writes analyst Coindesk Omkar Godbol. The cross of death is a long-term bearish indicator. This is a lagging indicator, which in practice often leads traders to fall into the trap, as shown in the graph below. The 50-day moving average fell below the 200-day moving average on March 31, 2018 (top left). The sale ended at around $ 6,400 and the price of…
James Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, believes that Facebook’s unrealized Libra project has a great idea, but the organizers will not be able to achieve what was planned. Daimon announced his assumptions during his speech at a conference of the Institute of International Finance. The head of JPMorgan Chase drew attention to the fact that although Libra's idea is not bad, it cannot be called innovative. He compared the Libra asset with the stablecoin of his own company, that is, we are talking about JPM Coin. Dimon noted that this stablecoin is aimed at the corporate market, and the financial…
On Saturday, October 19, miners mined the “jubilee” 18 millionth bitcoin. At the time of writing, 85.72% of all bitcoins were mined, and annual inflation is 3.72%. There is 207 days left until the next halving. During this time, 374,375 new BTCs will appear. After halving the award, annual inflation will drop to 1.80%. Recall that the 17-millionth coin was mined on April 26, 2018. Subscribe to ForkLog news […]
cryptocurrency margin trading In June 2019, the Binance cryptocurrency exchange introduced a new version of its platform with support for margin trading – Binance 2.0. Margin trading is a form of trading in which traders can borrow funds from the exchange to increase the size of their position, which allows you to increase potential profit (but at the same time increases potential loss). Margin trading is especially popular in markets with low volatility (for example, in the foreign exchange market). Due to the high volatility of the cryptocurrency market, this type of trading is associated with great risks, therefore margin…
Today, ACINQ crypto project introduced a new wallet for smartphones, which is designed to carry out operations with Bitcoin cryptocurrency in the Lightning Network. It is called Phoenix. The ACINQ development team claims the Phoenix service is the next generation LN wallet. Thanks to the video that the company representatives attached to the tweet, you can make sure that thanks to the new development, you can create a wallet within three minutes and conduct the necessary operations with cryptocurrency. In addition, the user has the option to back up data and, accordingly, restore the account. We're very excited to introduce…
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange announced a reorganization of the company structure and a number of other major changes. 5/5: Please read this blog post for additional information: https://t.co/jisUlJtq7L – Poloniex Exchange (@Poloniex) October 18, 2019 First of all, Poloniex will separate from the parent company Circle. As a result, a new company is formed – Polo Digital Assets, Ltd, which will be supported by a certain “large investment group”. […]
Recently, attackers often use fake plugins for the WordPress content management system for the purpose of hidden mining of cryptocurrencies. It is reported by AMB Crypto. A cyber security report by Sucuri said hackers clone plugins for WordPress to create a backdoor on the victim’s website and subsequently mine the cryptocurrency. One of these fake plugins is […]
The Central Bank of Canada is considering launching a digital currency from the Central Bank (CBDC), which will help it deal with the “direct threat” of cryptocurrencies and collect more information about how people spend their money, The BlockCrypto reports . Closed Presentation An internal presentation by the Bank of Canada prepared for the manager Stephen Strip and the board of directors of the bank offers a detailed public view of the bank's views on its own digital coin. According to the presentation, the currency will be widely available and coexist with coins and paper money at the first stage,…
Russian experts do not share the point of view of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, which expects a surge in fraud after the launch of digital currencies from Telegram and Facebook. Earlier, a similar idea was expressed by the director of the department for counteracting unfair practices of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation Valery Lyakh. He pointed out that young people interested in investment projects could become the most vulnerable to scammers. “Everything suggests that probably in the near future […]