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After alleged hack, Russian crypto exchange Livecoin shuts down January 18, 2021
Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced a full shutdown following an alleged hack in December 2020. Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has announced it is shutting down after abruptly halting operations in late December 2020.According to Livecoin’s main page, the exchange is unable to continue operations due to financial and technical damages caused by an alleged […]
Helen Partz
Chainlink surpasses Bitcoin Cash making LINK the 8th largest cryptocurrency January 18, 2021
The market capitalization of Chainlink has surpassed Bitcoin Cash, as the DeFi market continues to prosper with TVL exceeding $24 billion. Chainlink (LINK), the oracle-focused blockchain protocol, surpassed Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to become the eighth-biggest cryptocurrency as of Jan. 18.The market capitalization of Chainlink now hovers at $9 billion and roughly $500 million away from […]
Joseph Young
Mitsubishi and Tokyo Tech create blockchain system for P2P energy trading January 18, 2021
Beginning in April, the electronics giant and university R&D team will evaluate and tweak the new trading system's performance before commercialization. Mitsubishi Electric has teamed up with researchers from the prestigious Japanese university, Tokyo Tech, to jointly design a blockchain-based trading system that can support more flexible, peer-to-peer energy trading.Announced on Jan. 18, the new […]
Marie Huillet
Bitcoin meets Biden: 5 things to watch for BTC price this week January 18, 2021
The week in which the U.S. presidency changes sees limp stocks and a rangebound Bitcoin, but what could provide a fresh shake-up? Bitcoin (BTC) is back in familiar territory as the week begins after a weekend spent ranging in its new, albeit large, trading corridor above $30,000.With the United States presidential inauguration just days away, […]
William Suberg
Bitcoin gets physical: Art or digital heresy? January 18, 2021
"Physical Bitcoins are a rarity, they’re sort of like Picasso and Van Gogh paintings were back in those days. Nobody realized how rare they were." Since 2011, a group of enthusiasts and collectors have been obsessed with the physical manifestation of Bitcoin.On the face of it, physical Bitcoin seems like a contradiction to the key […]
Andrew Fenton
SBF leads $50M funding round to bring DeFi to Maps.me's 140M users January 18, 2021
A travel and mapping application with 140 million users worldwide has raised $50 million to integrate decentralized finance protocols into its platform. Leading offline mapping application Maps.me has conducted a $50 million fundraising round to embed decentralized finance tools onto its platform.The funding round for “Maps.me 2.0” was led by Sam Bankman-Fried of Alameda Research […]
Samuel Haig
Bitcoin open interest hits $8.8B as 45% of BTC options expire in 2 weeks January 18, 2021
The open interest on Bitcoin options has hit $8.8 billion but data show bulls are in favor after BTC’s rally to a new all-time high. Over the past two months the open interest on Bitcoin options has held reasonably steady even as the figure increased by 118% to reach $8.4 billion as (BTC) price rose […]
Marcel Pechman
Core contributors, investors debate Yearn token mint January 18, 2021
After a stormy weekend for DeFi's original yield vault, dust is settling and a path forward is being paved What started as a simple governance proposal to build a war chest for the the Yearn.finance development team has now spilled over into a wider conversation about incentivization, sustainability, and fair project launches in the decentralized […]
Andrew Thurman
Former Canadian prime minister names Bitcoin as possible reserve currency January 17, 2021
Bitcoin could be part of a basket of reserve alternatives to the U.S. dollar, according to Stephen Harper. Stephen Harper, who served as prime minister of Canada for nine years, says there may be a place for Bitcoin and central bank digital currencies as part of a basket of reserve currencies to replace the dollar.In […]
Turner Wright
Hedge fund predicts $115K Bitcoin price and the fall of ‘speculative’ altcoins January 17, 2021
Analysts say Bitcoin and Ether’s growing dominance of the crypto market are signals that the current bull market is drastically different than the last one. New data from Pantera Capital, an investment firm and hedge fund, suggests that Bitcoin’s (BTC) current price action is closely following the stock-to-follow model’s trajectory and the firm’s analysts believe […]
Jordan Finneseth