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The Bitcoin markets experienced extreme levels of fear, with the Crypto Fear and Greed Index reaching a historic all-time low. As BTC hovers around $10,000 traders claim it should be taken as a buying opportunity. Meanwhile, a handful of respected traders first believe a dip to $8,500 is more likely. The bear-case for Bitcoin’s future […]

Top crypto exchange Coinbase has added support for IDEX on its official wallet, allowing its customers to trade hundreds of new cryptocurrencies on the third-party “hybrid decentralized” exchange. The move comes months before the purported launch of Binance U.S., the regulatory compliant, North American arm of retail exchange giant, Binance. As previously reported by CryptoSlate, […]

It’s about remembering the people who were there in the beginning. All the cryptocurrency in the world traces its origins to raw mathematics — if you can solve complicated math problems faster than anyone else, then you stand to profit. As a result, members of the mining community find themselves in a figurative arms race […]

The past couple of days have seen the Bitcoin network go through a huge spike in transaction output activity, reaching almost 25 million BTC on Aug. 21. However, data from TokenAnalyst showed that this could be explained by a sudden rise in the number of addresses sending funds to themselves, with a single Bitcoin address […]

Mining difficulty could be an indicator for predicting BTC prices. All three of the major bull runs in Bitcoin’s history started after mining difficulty reached its bottom, meaning the market could see robust gains this year, says crypto researcher PlanB. Predicting Bitcoin bull runs with mining difficulty Despite being known for its incredibly high volatility, […]

Although most coins are still staggered, Ethereum Classic, Basic Attention Token, and Ravencoin still posted strong gains. Do the indicators suggest their prices will keep rising? Ethereum Classic On June 3, Ethereum Classic hit a yearly high of $9.85. The move followed a nearly 200 percent upswing that began in early December 2018 when it […]

History’s third largest Ponzi, Plus Token, took in nearly 10 million Ethereum—worth $1.9 billion—from over 800,000 victims, according to analysis conducted by Elementus. These coins have the potential to flood the ETH market should the perpetrators cash out. Background on the Plus Token Wallet Ponzi Plus Token Wallet, a mobile app promoted across China, South […]

Coinbase’s newly launched decentralized web feature will enable users to access dapps on any desktop browser. WalletLink will securely link users’ Coinbase Wallet apps with their desktop browser, while keeping their funds safe, according to a press release. Coinbase Wallet experience no longer limited to mobile devices The largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S., Coinbase, […]

Litecoin’s halving on Aug. 5 reduced the network’s mining difficulty and hashing power by almost 30 percent. The difficulty dropped from just under 16 million a day before the halving to 11.40 million on Aug. 22, raising questions about security and fee markets on the network. Litecoin’s halving drastically reduces network mining difficulty The world’s […]

Crypto exchanges are starting to allow retail users to speculate on the price of high-end footwear, potentially unlocking an endemic new use case for cryptocurrency as the default medium of exchange for collectibles, as pointed out by Three Arrows Capital CEO Su Zhu. I think one use case that is under-explored is the fact that […]