A senior researcher at nChain, Craig Wright, sent the Commission on the US Exchange Commodity Trading (CFTC) introductory information on cryptocurrency mechanics in response to a request from the Office. But even in the official document I did not miss the opportunity to remind everyone that it was he who allegedly was the creator of Bitcoin Satoshi Nakamoto. “My name is Dr. Craig Wright. Under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, I completed […]
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We live in such a dynamic time when people begin to evaluate which technologies will be decisive in the future. Bitcoin in this sense is no exception. Investors and crypto enthusiasts keep track of which trends will be the most significant and important in the field of currency rates in 2019. Bitcoin ATMs According to some reports, 2019 will be the year of the mass appearance of Bitcoin ATMs throughout the United States. Recently, 30 new devices appeared in Chicago, as a result, their total number reached almost 100 devices. In another major city of Philadelphia, the total is close…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the start of reviewing a proposal to change the rules for listing Bitcoin-ETF , issued by the NYSE Arca and Bitwise Asset Management, with its entry in the Federal Register on February 15. From this date, the regulator will have 45 days to make the primary decision: approve, reject the proposal or request additional time for its consideration. Members of the public are given 3 weeks to provide the SEC with any comments on this matter. NYSE Arca and Bitwise announced their intention to launch Bitcoin-ETF in January of this year,…
ShapeShift, a veteran of the bitcoin industry, is preparing for a major rebranding of its instant cryptocurrency exchange platform. As part of this process, the company is starting on Monday a closed beta test of the new site. The head of the company, Eric Vorges, made a statement during the ETHDenver conference, which takes place these days in the capital of the state of Colorado. The company has made additional announcements on its official website for […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, like several other leading developers of the platform, does not see a serious security threat in the bug that was identified in the code of the upcoming Constantinople system upgrade. Earlier it was reported that the detected vulnerability affects some smart contracts with the possibility of self-destruction. In particular, the function called Create2, assigned to EIP-1014, can replace a self-destructed smart contract by simultaneously changing the ones specified in […]
The steady decline in the price of bitcoin forced his RSI to a four-year low. According to Rob Sluymer, technical analyst at Fundstrat Global Advisors, the weekly relative strength index, or RSI, a measure of the magnitude of price changes, for the first time since January 2015 was below 30. RSI is measured on a scale from 0 to 100, despite the fact that when the indicator is below 30, the asset is considered oversold, and when above 70 – overbought. “BTC is again at a historically oversold level and is re-testing important support that needs to be held in…
One of the authors of the Forbes publication suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) is an excellent substitute for fiat money and has all the properties of traditional financial assets. “Money can be a medium of exchange, wealth accumulation or a unit of account. Many say that Bitcoin does not fit these criteria. But I’m all right now , ”wrote Clem Chambers (Clem Chambers). He told why bitcoin can be a great exchange unit. One of the arguments was that when financial institutions make payments, customers have to wait for the transfer, and when the transaction is carried out in the blockchain…
Based in Singapore, the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange will go into maintenance on Monday, February 18, in connection with the upcoming upgrade of its trading platform to version 2.0. According to the message on the website of the exchange, the update will start from 08:00 local time (UTC + 8) and is expected to last about 14 hours. 24hr Notice: KuCoin Platform 2.0 Upgrade Scheduled for 08:00 AM […]
The price of bitcoin can still fall not only below $ 3000, but in the long run to $ 1500. Nevertheless, the first cryptocurrency remains at least “under 50% undervalued,” Brian Kelly, the CEO of the investment group BBC CNM and permanent commentator on CNBC, told Cointelegraph in an interview. “For me, as an investor, the main issue is price. I look at the price […]
A bill has been passed in Luxembourg creating a legal framework for blockchain-assets, which are inherently securities. It is reported by CoinDesk. The Chamber of Deputies of this European country adopted the bill on February 14. 58 deputies voted for the new rule, only two legislators are against. The bill with the number 7363 is intended to eliminate legal uncertainty in the financial market. In particular, the document sets the rules […]
