Showing posts from December, 2020
These off the mark 2020 Bitcoin price predictions prove that forecasting BTC’s value is as futile as picking lottery numbers.

Close, but no cigar! Here are 2020’s worst Bitcoin price predictions

March 12, 2020, will go down in history books as Black Thursday. That day began a two-day, more than 50% collapse in Bitcoin. It also shook ...

Why ‘Black Friday’ Was The Best Thing To Happen Bitcoin In 2020

It is often said that Julius Caesar brought the Roman Republic to an end when he crossed the Rubicon River with the 13th Legion of the R...

Why Crypto Crosses ‘The Chasm’ in a Post-Coronavirus World

In 2021 and in the years to come, the digital-asset space must take steps to identify and implement solutions for its security.

A crypto New Year’s resolution: Modernize security infrastructure

The Diem Association’s rebrand from Libra was supposed to herald a new day for the project, but a touted 2021 launch may not go as planned.

New name, old problems? Libra’s rebrand to Diem still faces challenges

Bitcoin mining equipment maker Ebang announced Thursday it is preparing to officially launch a cryptocurrency exchange in the first quart...

Bitcoin Mining Machine Maker Ebang to Launch Crypto Exchange in 2021; Shares Rise

Binance.US and eToro are the latest exchanges to discontinue XRP trading in America as Ripple faces the SEC's enforcement hammer.

US exchanges are suspending or delisting XRP left and right

Reflecting on 2020, I struggle to think of another year in recent decades with both so many all-time highs and all-time lows. From th...

Governments Will Start to Hodl Bitcoin in 2021

Bitcoin HODLer volume suggests a prolonged correction is not likely, but that could change.

$30K BTC price imminent? This Bitcoin hodler metric hints at the next rally peak

The U.S. division of Israeli crypto exchange eToro is suspending XRP trading for its customers effective next month. The exchange ann...

EToro USA Becomes Latest Exchange to Suspend XRP Trading

Cover Protocol will distribute new "coins" to token holders as Binance announces compensation for affected traders.

Cover Protocol announces compensation plan following mining contract attack

2020 was unforgettable, especially for Bitcoin. To help memorialize this year for our readers, we asked our network of contributors to refle...

Bitcoin’s Strong 2020 Could Bring A Bumpy 2021

Corporations and institutional investors seeking an alternate store of value amid the pandemic crisis drove crypto to new heights in 2020.

Top 10 crypto and blockchain stories of 2020

Large investors continue to accumulate bitcoin, possibly putting upward pressure on the cryptocurrency’s price. The number of whale en...

Number of People Holding Lots of Bitcoin Surges in Rare ‘Whale-Spawning Season’

Polkadot has recounted its gains in 2020, identifying its dominance of the crypto staking scene among other notable milestones for the year...

Polkadot's founder looks back on the year, teases Substrate 3.0 in early 2021

In its public response to the US Treasury Department’s proposed rule, the blockchain analytics firm has argued that they are likely to be in...

Proposed FinCen Rule on Crypto Wallets Would Likely Be Ineffective, Elliptic Says

When it comes to crypto regulation, the United States is falling further behind more progressive and visionary nations.

The US has already lost the 2020 crypto regulation race to Europe

Bitcoin has enough fuel to continue its bull run until its price hits $73,000 next year, as per chartist Alan Masters. The independent inve...

Bitcoin Price Will Top Out At $73,200 in 2021, Claims Analyst

Bitcoin sees a fresh surge in trading activity as $30,000 nears and mainstream interest pours in.

'Rat poison squared' Bitcoin passes Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway by market cap

Bitcoin bulls may be in for a shock as an old fractal predicts a price crash to $20,000. First spotted by Jacob Canfield, an independent ma...

Bitcoin Fractal Sees Price Crashing to $20K as Price Hits Record High

Xapo, one of the earliest bitcoin custodians, is ending its service to U.S. customers as of March 1, according to a customer email dated ...

Xapo to Discontinue Service to US Customers in March

The token has lost more value than former commodities trading giant Enron.

XRP the 'third largest collapse of all time' says The TIE’s Josh Frank

The price of bitcoin (BTC) crossed $29,000 Wednesday evening for the first time ever, pushing further into record territory after hitting...

Bitcoin Hits $29K for First Time Ever, Raising HODLer Hopes for $30K by New Year’s

Ethereum options data show traders anticipate a continued surge to $880 over the next four weeks.

4 reasons why Ethereum options traders expect ETH price to reach $880

2020 will go down in history for various reasons. While the pandemic took center stage, the emergence of Bitcoin, stimulus money, and unprec...

M1 Money Supply Arms Race: Bitcoin Overtakes 23 Countries In 2020 Alone

In 1987, Nobel laureate James Tobin proposed the concept of a retail central bank digital currency . The idea was that central banks sho...

CBDCs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?

The digital asset manager has reduced its holdings of both cryptocurrencies significantly.

Grayscale reportedly dumps massive stakes in XRP, XLM

The first pretrial conference in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple for the sale of XRP has been set f...

Ripple to Meet With SEC in First Pretrial Conference on Feb. 22

Bitcoin liquidity is declining, data from Glassnode shows, which could propel BTC price even higher.

'Bitcoin liquidity crisis' — BTC is becoming harder to buy on exchanges, data shows

Crypto 20/20 hindsight: A visual review of 2020 limited to 2,020 copies... for just 0.02020 ETH

2020 in review: Cointelegraph art team limited edition NFT drop

London-based startup CommerceBlock has revealed that they are working on a new tool for boosting Bitcoin privacy. Their new Mercury Wall...

Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy

It was an exciting year for crypto. Decentralized finance (DeFi) took off like a rocket ship, the non-fungible token (NFT) community acc...

Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem

2020 was unforgettable, especially for Bitcoin. To help memorialize this year for our readers, we asked our network of contributors to refle...

Saving With Bitcoin Was Never So Cool As In 2020