Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin prices fell from $8,000 to as low as $7,450 this morning — a downswing of more than 7%. According to data from Rekto, over the past hour, derivatives exchange BitMEX saw over $205 million worth of XBT Perpetual Swap contracts liquidated. That is to say, a large number of bitcoin levered…

PeerNova, an enterprise blockchain software startup that helps banks and financial institutions simplify reconciliation and other data processes, has raised $31 million in new funding. The round was led by Mosaik Partners, with participation from retail giant Overstock’s investment arm Medici…

Vanity Fair reported four mysterious trades that happened in June and September. These trades were out of the ordinary because the trader or group of traders responsible bought tens of thousands of S&P e-mini contracts minutes before the markets closed. What makes these trades more suspicious is…

Last month, Sony picked up flack for not releasing the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Open Beta on the Russian PlayStation Store. News has emerged that the exclusion is also carrying over to the full launch of Activision’s hotly-anticipated shooter. The game won’t be available on Sony’s flagship…

Bitcoin's price fell to less than $7,500 today and traders believe a "long squeeze" is to blame. $7.5K: Bitcoin’s Price Tanks to Four-Month Low written by Omkar Godbole @ https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-price-tanks-to-four-month-low October 23, 2019 Omkar Godbole

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg will be testifying before lawmakers on Libra and more later today. Watch the livestream here. How to Watch Mark Zuckerberg’s Grilling in Congress Today written by Daniel Palmer @ https://www.coindesk.com/how-to-watch-mark-zuckerbergs-grilling-in-congress-today October…

Blockchain startup PeerNova has received $31 million through a Series B round, bringing the company’s total fundraising to $74 million. PeerNova Validates Shift to Enterprise Blockchain With $31 Million Funding written by David Pan @…

Just as Bitcoin (BTC) trading was becoming ‘boring’, a flash crash has erased as much as $500 in rapid-fire selling. Byte Tree CEO, James Bennet, says that this sudden decline was the result of a significant drop in network velocity. Loss Deepened Within Minutes BTC slid from above $8,200 at the…

Bitcoin (BTC) is much more than its market price, recently commented Cameron Winklevoss, one of the co-founders of the Gemini exchange. He also added that comparing BTC to gold is just a temporary milestone. Bitcoin is a “Source of Truth” One of the Winklevoss twins called BTC “a source of truth“,…

The ICO sales of 2017 managed to achieve high returns despite the bear market, but projects that launched in 2018 saw a harsher fate. Recent research by Messari Crypto unsurprisingly shows that the best time to buy into a one of these token sales was back in 2017.  2018 Saw Record Numbers, but…

Bitcoin must attract a giant $2.88 billion in net positive demand if it is to keep its $8000 price in the run-up to the block size halving event. Demeester: Bitcoin Halving Run-Up Needs $2.8B That was according to Adamant Capital founding partner and commentator Tuur Demeester, who this week offered…

Investors in Centra Tech, a defunct crypto firm that was accused of fraud, defended their renewed class certification bid in a Florida federal court yesterday, after being denied in an initial motion. During its initial coin offering (ICO), Centra was promoted by celebrities like DJ Khaled and boxer…