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Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures are on schedule to launch on Sept. 23, coinciding with a technical pivotal point on BTC’s daily chart. Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures Bakkt, a subsidiary of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), was recently granted approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for crypto-settled Bitcoin futures. These contracts are meant to allow institutions […]

A forgery crisis is disrupting the global gold industry, reported Reuters, emphasizing the need for an easily verifiable store of value—like Bitcoin. Forgeries slip into the gold supply Gold bar forgeries are seeping into the vaults of the world’s largest financial institutions. Unlike ‘fake’ gold bars, which are made with cheaper metals plated with gold, these […]

Bitcoin dropped $700 in 30 minutes and hit $9,500 after hovering over $10,000 for more than a week. Despite the bullish sentiment seen across the market as Bakkt’s Bitcoin futures launch approaches BTC could be signaling that a shakeout is underway. Bitcoin technical analysis After testing the support given by the 200-twelve-hour moving average 8 […]

Earlier this week, Wright lost the Kleiman case and was ordered by a judge to give away half of his Bitcoin holdings to the Kleiman estate. British podcaster Peter McCormack said he was willing to bet $10,000 that Craig Wright won’t be able to move the Bitcoin associated with Satoshi Nakamoto, even offering 2 to […]

Josh Rager, a respected crypto trader, noticed a strong relationship between one on-chain metric and the price of Chainlink. Primer on Chainlink So far, Chainlink has had an amazing year. Since early December 2018, LINK went through a bull rally that took its price up nearly 26x. Along the way, Google published a guide on […]

Brad Garlinghouse clarifies on looming lawsuit and increased Q2 XRP sales.

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will roll out China’s sovereign digital currency, DC/EP, as early as November this year, distributing it to seven institutions including Alibaba, Tencent, and the four largest banks in the world, two separate sources told Forbes. Paul Schulte, a former executive at China Construction Bank and Lehman Brothers Hong Kong, […]

A 24-year-old woman in Sydney was found guilty of stealing 100,000 XRP—worth $300,000 at the time of the theft—in January of last year, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. The perpetrator, Katherine Nguyen, is the first Australian found guilty of a crime involving cryptocurrency theft in the country. Background on the arrest Australian authorities arrested Nguyen […]

Wikipedia, the 7th most visited website in the world, is the latest website to join Brave Browser as a verified publisher. Wikipedia will now be able to accept tips and donations in Basic Attention Tokens, which could meaningfully increase the non-profit’s revenue. 7th most visited website becomes Brave publisher Brave is revolutionizing the online advertising […]

Binance admitted to leaking sensitive customer data through a third-party vendor which the exchange contracted in late 2017. Although the investigation is still ongoing, the crypto exchange announced it will offer free lifetime VIP memberships to all affected customers. Nonetheless, it seems the price of BNB plunged in response to the admission. Following the announcement […]