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FAANG stocks And Digital Assets Are Flying

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 1:57 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Which would you prefer, a large pizza split into eight slices, or a large pizza split into 12 slices? A normal, rational person might suggest that it really doesn’t make much of a difference, as it’s really the same amount of pizza. This poor Australian girl, however, will probably never live down the time her “friend” Brad filmed her saying that she’d prefer eight slices, because she couldn’t possibly eat 12 slices of Pizza. Well, today Jen can finally point out that the eternity of new-wave momentum traders are giving

Analyst Who Called Bitcoin’s Tuesday Low Expects a Move to $13,000

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 9:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin has bounced strongly after plunging as low as $11,100 on Tuesday. As of the time of this article’s writing, the leading cryptocurrency trades for $11,600 on leading exchanges. This is just under 5% above yesterday’s lows. An analyst that called that the cryptocurrency would bottom in the $11,100-11,200 region says that the asset is primed to move to $13,000. Other analysts think Bitcoin will do so. They note that since the cryptocurrency is holding above $11,500, it remains in a bullish medium-term state. Technically speaking, there is some resistance

Venezuela May Soon Be Collecting Taxes in Crypto

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 1:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Bolivarian Council of Mayors in Venezuela signed the so-called "National Tax Harmonization Agreement" for 305 municipalities in the country, including the Petro (PTR) as a means to collect payments of taxes and sanctions.The cryptocurrency is becoming increasingly widely used as the result of a new campaign. According to the government, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, will be in charge of implementing a single registry of taxpayers through a digital consultation tool.She will also be in charge of creating an information exchange and monitoring system for companies to record

A Crypto Trader Thinks Ethereum Could Plunge Towards $300 as Momentum Slows

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 9:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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After Bitcoin and Ethereum attempted to surge past $12,000 and $400, respectively, the momentum has tapered off. Over the past day, the leading cryptocurrencies have plunged lower despite a weakening U.S. dollar. As of the time of this article’s writing, ETH is down 2.85% in the past 24 hours and now trades for $385. Analysts say that Ethereum is primed to move towards $300 as last week’s highs hold as resistance. The bearish sentiment can be corroborated by the trajectory of gold, which has flipped negative after a strong rally

Why Chinese Miners Won’t Stage a 51% Attack on Bitcoin

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 7:32 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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China accounts for more than half of the world’s Bitcoin mining capacity but Jameson Lopp, the co-founder and CTO of Casa, has hosed down fears that Chinese miners are a threat to Bitcoin in a blog post on Aug. 9.Although many people have raised concerns over the concentration of such much hashpower being located in China, Loop pointed out that even in the event of a 51% attack on Bitcoin, attackers are limited in what they can actually do. He explained that attackers can't steal people's Bitcoin arbitrarily, nor change the consensus

What Would the Re-Election of Alexander Lukashenko Mean for Crypto?

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2020 10:33 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Protests have erupted in Belarus following the country’s presidential election on Sunday, but the possible continued presidency of Alexander Lukashenko may be good news for crypto.Lukashenko reportedly won re-election against opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote on Aug. 9. However, officials from many nations and within Belarus are condemning the election results as flawed, with reports of falsified ballots. ‘Europe's last dictator’The president of the eastern European nation has served since 1994, during which time he has made a number of statements

BAND Token is Now Available for Trading on Huobi Global

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 6:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Band Protocol, the cross-chain data oracle platform, said that its token BAND has been listed on Huobi Global exchange.The company clarified in a press release on its blog that trading on BAND token will start on August 10. Huobi will support BAND/U.S. dollar, BAND/BTC and BAND/ETH trading pairs. Regarding deposits, the company stated that they will be available from August 9 and for withdrawals, they will be available from August 10.The company noted that at present, withdrawals and deposits will be limited only to BAND-mainnet coins and that the time for

Economic Crisis Leaves US Government Officials in State of Confusion

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Time Stamp: August 9, 2020 1:20 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The continuing economic trauma from the COVID-19 crisis has left US government officials in a state of confusion. While some argue for opening the economy, others are advocating for a complete shutdown. The lack of clear economic policy direction is becoming more and more apparent as the crisis unfolds. The difficulty appears to be the potential impact of another shutdown weighed against the continued economic stagnation from partial closures. US Economy Bleeding Out The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari is on the side of complete closure. In

Chinese State Grid Launches Blockchain-Based Blackout Insurance Policy

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 1:30 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A branch of China’s state-backed grid released its first blockchain-powered blackout insurance policy issued to the chairman of a local company that needed to compensate for a power outage loss suffered recently.According to Shupeidian, Zhejiang Ningbo Power Supply Company, in partnership with Yingda Taihe Property Insurance Co., Ltd., released the policy to a sprinkler manufacturing company in Ningbo, Zhejiang province.Both companies believe that the process of issuing insurance via a blockchain network provides a commercial solution to compensate for the loss caused by an electric outage in a faster and

Slow But Steady: FATF Review Highlights Crypto Exchanges’ Struggle to Meet AML Standards

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 9:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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In June 2019, the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) introduced its revised set of standards for virtual asset service providers. The document establishes the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements that regulated VASPs —  the term mainly referring to cryptocurrency trading platforms — must eventually implement in their day-to-day operations. The guidelines are framed as recommendations, and the FATF leaves it to the participating nations’ governments to develop their own regulations in accordance with suggested principles.The watchdog has also set a 12-month review timeframe to monitor the public and

What is Wrapped Bitcoin? A Guide to WBTC

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 12:24 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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WBTC is a way for Bitcoin to run on the Ethereum blockchain. Performing quick and affordable transactions using Bitcoin (BTC) has long been a problem of the community ever since it became more popular. This is why there have been many developments planning to address this issue.  But what if we can make our BTC coins functional on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain? Would there be a difference? Wrapped BTC (WBTC) is a multi-institution project that aims to solve common BTC problems by creating its ERC-20 token counterpart. And in the