The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Find the latest, and the most interesting, cryptocurrency news collected from around the net.

Bitcoin bull Jack Dorsey keeps role as Twitter CEO following board review
Twitter CEO and major Bitcoin bull Jack Dorsey will keep his role at the company, according to a recent decision by a Twitter board committee.
HSBC Bangladesh uses blockchain to import 20,000 tons of fuel oil from Singapore
HSBC Bangladesh has completed the country's first blockchain-powered cross-border trade settled using a letter of credit.
Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms
The co-founder of crypto data aggregator Markets Science, Twitter-user 'Bitdealer,' has shared a chart indicating negative correlations between 11 top DeFi tokens and BTC over the past 45 days to Nov.1, with AAVE showing neutral correlation and UNI showing confluence if less than 0.1.
PayPal crypto services to go global early 2021, support for CBDCs coming
Senior executives at global payments giant PayPal have revealed further details about its plans to aggressively push into the crypto sector next year during the firm's Q3 2020 earnings call, including plans to support central bank digital currencies.
Ripple, PayPal, and Twitter join coalition calling for fair elections
"We believe voting should be safe and accessible to everyone, everywhere," said Ripple.
Huobi denies rumors of executive's arrest as Bitcoin outflows continue
Following the OKEx founder's arrest that resulted in over 200,000 BTC being caught in limbo due to him being the sole holder of the multi-sig withdraw keys, Bitcoin investors have been wary of holding their coins on centralized exchanges.
CertiK dissects the Axion Network incident and subsequent price crash
The price collapsed in excess of 99%, netting the attackers a cool 1300 ETH - worth an estimated $500K at time of publication.
PayPal Raises Crypto Buying Limit to $15K/Week for 'Eager' Customers
That includes crypto services coming to Venmo and international customers in the first half of 2021, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said.
Crypto derivatives volume more than triples spot trading
Other niches, such as derivatives trading, have since experienced watershed growth, as noted in a recent report from United States crypto exchange, Kraken.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Bounces From $13.2K; Ether on Centralized Exchanges at 2-Year Low
Nov 2, 2020 at 21:35 UTC.Bitcoin opened the week recovering from a dip while ether balances on centralized exchanges fell.
SEC Finalizes Rule Change That Could Juice Token Sales
Nov 2, 2020 at 20:15 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 20:23 UTC.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has increased limits dictating how much capital companies can raise before registering in a move that could be a boon for security token offerings.
Who Is Better for Bitcoin, Trump or Biden?
Nov 2, 2020 at 20:00 UTC.In a chaotic year of dueling recriminations and very different visions of the future, the real question of this U.S. presidential election is: Who is better for bitcoin?
Huobi says all is fine amid massive USDT exchange deposits and BTC withdrawals
Does someone know something the public doesn't?
Mastercard President Says Crypto Patents Will Pay Off When Central Bank Digital Currencies Arrive
Nov 2, 2020 at 19:07 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 19:59 UTC.Mastercard President Michael Miebach said the payments processor's massive trove of cryptocurrency patents will give it an edge once central bank digital currencies debut.
Artist, gamer or property mogul? Follow the NFT road to find earnings
Amid the growing appetite for digital art, in-game utility tokens and other forms of crypto collectibles, the NFT metaverse is experiencing a surge toward broad-based commercialization.
Decentralized Exchange Volume Dropped 25% in October
Nov 2, 2020 at 18:33 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 19:07 UTC.Monthly volume on decentralized exchanges fell for the first time since April, dropping 25% after three consecutive months of doubling aggregate volume through Q3, according to Dune Analytics.
Huobi Denies Rumors a Senior Executive Was Arrested
Nov 2, 2020 at 18:22 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 18:44 UTC.Huobi said Monday the rumors alleging one of its senior executives had been arrested were false.
SEC votes to simplify exempt offering rules for securities
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission voted to amend a set of rules to simplify and improve the "Overly complex" procedures for exempt securities offerings.
Brave Browser: Number of monthly users increases 130% in 1 year
Brave has now onboarded 20 million active users and almost 1 million content creators.
Price analysis 11/2: BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH, LINK, BNB, LTC, DOT, BSV, ADA
The bears have currently dragged the price back to the 20-day EMA. A break and close below the 20-day EMA could drag the price to the uptrend line.
Bitcoin in "overbought territory" says researchers as BTC suddenly corrects
According to researchers at Santiment, Bitcoin has been in an "Overbought territory." Merely two hours after the report came out, BTC dropped 4 percent.
JP Koning: In the CBDC Race, It's Better to Be Last
Nov 2, 2020 at 17:33 UTC.Is America being left behind? China is on the verge of issuing a central bank digital currency while America twiddles its thumbs.
Tron Blockchain Stalled for Hours by 'Malicious Contract,': Sun
Nov 2, 2020 at 17:10 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 17:21 UTC.The Tron blockchain halted creation and execution of blocks due to a "Malicious contract" against a super representative on Nov. 2, according to multiple reports.
Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan's 4M Transactions, Bitcoin's 33-Month High, Uniswap's Second Governance Vote
DeFi contractionIn the last week of October, DeFi protocol tokens were bleeding red.
5 signs that the real Bitcoin rally may only be just beginning
The price of Bitcoin has pulled back substantially since its yearly high at $14,149 a few days ago.
Bitcoin Mining Firm Hut 8 Appoints Jaime Leverton as CEO
Nov 2, 2020 at 16:22 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 16:38 UTC.Publicly traded mining company Hut 8 announced Jaime Leverton as its new CEO Monday, set to replace interim CEO Jimmy Vaiopoulos on Dec. 1.Former CEO Andrew Kiguel stepped down in late April and then-CFO Vaiopoulos was elevated on a temporary basis while the company's board of directors searched for a permanent replacement.
Lightning Network Gets a Marketplace for Payment Channel Liquidity
Nov 2, 2020 at 16:01 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 16:51 UTC.The team behind the Bitcoin Lightning Network's leading software implementation is launching a marketplace for Lightning users to lease liquidity for payments on the second-layer network.
DeFi Trading App Dharma Now Connects Directly to US Bank Accounts
Nov 2, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Nov 2, 2020 at 17:21 UTC.The startup for trading in decentralized finance, Dharma, has now enabled automated clearing house purchases in 13 U.S. states.
ECB's Christine Lagarde is "prepared" for digital Euro as crypto interest rises
Christine Lagarde - the former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund and the current President of the European Central Bank - invited public reactions and commentary on the topic of a potential Euro-backed digital currency via a Twitter post this weekend.
Ethereum price faces a potential 30% correction after failing to break $400
The weekly chart shows a precise range as Ether's price couldn't break through the resistance zone at $450. However, some bullish indicators are also seen on the charts.
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