2022-12-31 20:51 |
Yes, this is that classic newsroom fallback for staff-depleted holiday periods: the year-in-review listicle. But whereas in other years that might seem a little dull, a cop-out even, this one is different. origin »
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An interesting observation recently made by Willy Woo on the 18th of December 2020 was that over a period of 11.2 years, $1 invested in Gold appreciated to $1.82 whereas Bitcoin appreciated to $2,98,3The post Bitcoin: Here's what more institutional participation has meant appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-12-20 19:30 | |
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Over the years, there have been multiple cryptocurrency hacks and thefts. Some of these ventures have been resolved successfully, whereas others go dormant and suddenly note follow-up activity. The year is 2016 when cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked.
2020-6-16 19:00 | |
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Bitcoin offered a wild, outlandish upside in comparison to gold. Despite the “gold rush” of the past two decades, BTC turned out to be a unique “wild card” when it comes to hedging against inflation.
2019-10-20 18:14 | |
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Over the last decade, crypto start-ups in the virtual asset industry have been able to generate the primary cash flow via conducting Initial Coin Offerings, whereas new exchanges in the sector would file IEOs to bolster their funding.
2019-10-18 23:30 | |
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After analyzing the movement of bitcoin in 2019, some technical analysts argue that its growth to $ 1 M is inevitable. Harold Christopher Burger at Medium aptly noted: – Predictions are all over the board, with some economists like Nouriel Roubini predicting a price of 0 within five years, whereas John McAfee has famously predicted […]
2019-9-10 16:08 | |
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Over the years, Bitcoin has had its share of active criticism from economists and people in the financial sector. Some analysts considered the volatility of Bitcoin to be extremely inconsistent, whereas others suggested that the virtual asset had no “intrinsic value.
2019-6-30 16:30 | |
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In a handful of oil fields in the Great White North, natural gas, an otherwise wasted drilling by-product, is being put to work. But it’s not being used to well more oil; it’s being used to mine bitcoin.
2019-5-8 20:07 | |
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Major darknet markets come and go in eras, so it seems, and the current one may be ending. Two of the biggest digital black markets seem to be disappearing, both at the same time.
2019-4-27 21:17 | |
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In the cryptocurrency world, stablecoins have become a lot more prominent in the past few years. Whereas Tether’s USDT asset continues to generate the most liquidity, a fair few competitors have emerged in the past 18 months.
2019-4-1 11:12 | |
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Every darknet market which has effectively launched in the distant or recent past will effectively shut down eventually. Whereas some of the most promising darknet markets were shut down in the past few years, things have gone rather quiet in the scene.
2019-3-28 12:17 | |
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In the world of cryptocurrency mining, plenty of changes have occurred throughout the years. Whereas CPU mining once was people’s only option to generate Bitcoin, things have taken a few interesting twists and turns over the years.
2018-12-22 20:00 | |
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In what is a rare, time-sensitive window, bitcoin’s volatility since September 14, 2018 has been less than that of the most popular indexes from traditional finance sectors.
2018-10-25 23:00 | |
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A popular school of thought among many people in the crypto space is that a small number of Bitcoin owners with a big enough load of bitcoin to move the market are behind the unstable markets and the price manipulation.
2018-10-11 16:30 | |
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Today marks the official release of Bitcoin Core 0. 17. 0, the 17th generation of Bitcoin’s original software client launched by Satoshi Nakamoto almost 10 years ago and still the dominant Bitcoin implementation on the network today.
2018-10-3 16:28 | |
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Kin Ecosystem Foundation, the nonprofit governance organization for the Kin cryptocurrency, has announced the appointment of Matthew DiPietro as its chief marketing officer (CMO) today, September 18, 2018.
2018-9-18 19:38 | |
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Bitcoin [BTC] has broken all the hashrate records ever since its inception. The hashrate of the top cryptocurrency has been witnessing a continuous increase whereas the mining profit has been fluctuating over the years.
2018-8-8 04:58 | |
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Earlier this week, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland issued a new document as part of its annual economic report that warns citizens of the dangers of digital currencies.
2018-6-20 22:29 | |
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With the creation of Bitcoin and its blockchain, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced an entirely new practical application for cryptography, unearthing an unexplored area for computer science and technological development.
2018-6-11 17:04 | |
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U.S policymakers seem to be doing their best to suffocate dollar on-ramps into crypto, leaving the door open for other mature markets to gain a competitive edge.
Russian troops in Ukraine receive millions in crypto donations, despite international sanctions. CoinDesk investigates how these funds are flowing and talks to fundraisers.
Sportswashing and crypto company hubris are no longer in play in Super Bowl commercials this year. And that's a good thing.
Whereas corporations accumulate capital, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) accumulate engagement and focus on returning benefits to all participants.
Moves to outlaw staking and stop banks from servicing crypto companies will harm the industry and send it overseas, says CoinDesk's chief content officer Michael Casey.
In a CoinDesk exclusive, the co-founder of Yuga Labs, Wylie Aronow, shares a frank letter touching on his recent diagnosis of heart failure and responding to accusations of racist and nazi imagery embedded within the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT project.
FTX’s collapse is an inevitable outcome for an industry yet to find its use case. For crypto to survive, it needs to learn from the very financial sector it set out to replace, says Brent Xu, the CEO of Umee.