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CryptoCompare‘s November review showed a significant interest in crypto derivatives trading. While regulated bitcoin futures and options on CME are up 35.2 percent since last month, more volume was traded on crypto exchanges, with OKEx reporting a total monthly derivatives volume of $91.5 billion. Derivatives trading becoming more and more popular both among institutional and […]

In an interview with Modern Consensus, Craig Wright showed a document explaining the origin of his alleged alias Satoshi Nakamoto. The blurry excerpt from an academic journal seemed timestamped to early 2008, but closer inspection showed that not only was the format wrong but that the entire date could have been photoshopped. Wright tries to […]

Bill Pulte, the heir to the Detroit real estate giant PulteGroup, has set his sights on sending Bitcoin to those in need living in Africa. Pulte, who gained popularity by giving out hundreds of thousands of dollars to strangers on Twitter, is big on Bitcoin and believes it could be used to fight poverty in […]

The IOTA Foundation is launching a new web wallet for users to manage low amounts of funds without compromising their data. Although the Foundation continues to work on the development of IOTA and different tools to push its adoption, this cryptocurrency recently reached price levels not seen since 2017. The new IOTA burner wallet In […]

Ripple announced a massive funding round that is set to push the development and adoption of its decentralized cryptographic ledger technology. Following the announcement, XRP surged over 5 percent, and multiple technical indicators are signaling a further advance. Ripple raises $200 million In a blog post, Ripple, a San-Francisco based technology company, revealed that it […]

New York-based investment firm Fortress Investment Group has issued a new letter to creditors of the long-collapsed exchange Mt. Gox, proposing to purchase Bitcoin claims at a lower price than previously offered. In July, Fortress offered to purchase claims at $900 per BTC, double the bankruptcy value of Bitcoin at the time of the Mt. […]

Bitcoin (BTC) has had a volatile past couple of days, with bears orchestrating a violent sell-off that sent it as low as $6,400 before buyers stepped up and catalyzed a major relief rally that sent the crypto back up to the $7,000 region. This rally has lost its momentum today, as BTC is currently inching […]

Despite the high levels of volatility seen yesterday, Bitcoin stabilized around $7,200. Now, a renowned technical analyst suggests that it is a good time to be “stacking sats” while another estimates a further correction. Bitcoin is fairly “cheap” In a recent tweet, Ecoinometrics points out that Bitcoin is trading at a “cheap” price relative to […]

Over the past 24 hours, the market experienced high levels of volatility. This could be related to one of the largest Ponzi schemes in the history of the cryptocurrency industry. PlusToken moves a large amount of Ethereum On Wednesday, Ethereum experienced a massive upswing. After hitting a low of $116.70, Ether quickly recovered surging over […]

While the crypto industry aims to be as decentralized as possible, it still succumbs to the influence of just a handful of big names in the industry. Here are ten people whose actions and accomplishments, both exceptional and questionable, moved the market in 2019 and left a permanent footprint in the industry. The crypto market’s […]