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One of the most anticipated events of 2020 within the cryptocurrency industry has taken place. Bitcoin underwent its third halving after AntPool successfully found block 630,000. Now, the rate of issuance of the flagship cryptocurrency has dropped by 50 percent. Consequently, miners will be rewarded 6.25 BTC per block for the next four years, which […]

The crypto industry was pleased to learn that legendary macro investor Paul Tudor Jones believes that Bitcoin poses an attractive investment prospect. The comments regarding BTC came within an investment note regarding the current global economic outlook. He even went so far as to note that the cryptocurrency could be similar to gold in the […]

Crypto exchange Coinbase can’t seem to catch a break. The San Francisco-based outfit was under fire on Sunday after multiple users took to Reddit and Twitter to complain about downtime during a very critical trading session. Going down but locked out Bitcoin experienced a 15 percent price drop on Sunday, just 48 hours before halving. […]

Chainlink’s immense bullishness throughout 2019 and 2020 has coincided with the emergence of a prominent growth curve that has been guiding it higher. The reactions LINK posts to tests of this curve have been quite significant in the past, with it acting as a catalyst for some of its largest parabolic swings. It does appear […]

In a first for the cryptocurrency market, a community-consensus for Ripple last week approved an amendment to the XRP ledger, allowing users to delete existing wallets. Community requests met Voted over two weeks with an 80 percent majority, the “ DeletableAccounts Amendment” allows XRP wallet users to remove old, inactive accounts while recovering “reserve” funds. […]

With the Shelley node running, the launch of Cardano’s proof-of-stake era has never been closer. The misinformed critics have been citing fictitious delays, however, Cardano is set to launch Pioneer’s program today in which limited pool operators will start testing Shelley. Cardano critics turn a blind eye to development progress While it’s been around for […]

Bitcoin’s halving is finally here. After years of waiting, the long-awaited event has arrived that will see the number of coins issued per block cut in half — hence “halving — from 12.5 to 6.25. Although BTC investors on Twitter and other forums are claiming they’re over the moon about the halving, on-chain data paints […]

Despite the introduction of Bitcoin futures and the entrance of like Fidelity Investments and the Intercontinental Exchange (Bakkt) into the cryptocurrency space, Wall Street investors still largely shun BTC. Warren Buffett — one of the world’s richest men — recently doubled-down (or what must be quadrupled-down by now) on his sentiment that Bitcoin is intrinsically […]

Ethereum’s much-awaited 2.0 “Serenity” update, rumored for a July 2020 launch, presumably marks a new era for staking applications. ETH fanatics, at least on social media, look forward to passive returns compared to the popular buy-and-hold alternative. A ConsenSys survey completed last week delved into such specifics, concluding most Ethereum holders do, in fact, want […]

Bitcoin’s intense strength seen throughout the past several days and weeks showed some signs of degrading today. This comes after BTC shed over $20 billion off of its market capitalization during its sharp $2,000 decline seen yesterday evening. The benchmark cryptocurrency is now flashing some signs of immense short-term bearishness, as indicated by a few […]