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Bitwise Applies To Listing Bitcoin ETF In USA Bitwise, a cryptocurrency asset manager, has filed an S-1 Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list an exchange traded fund (ETF) backed by bitcoins. The fund is proposed to be tied to the Bitwise Bitcoin Total Return index, which tracks the movements of the first cryptocurrency and its "significant hard forks".

Bitfinex Freezes $ 860,000 Criminal Assets in Bitcoin by Court Order A British court ordered the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange to freeze assets worth $ 860,000 in bitcoin. As the exchange and crypto-analytical company Chainalysis found out, they were associated with the activities of ransomware, reports New Money Review..

Vitalik Buterin presented the Ethereum roadmap for the next 5-10 years Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveiled the project roadmap for the next 5-10 years on his Twitter. As the developer explained, it covers the Ethereum 2.0 period and even ideas for a later stage..

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Classic can be added as a separate shard in Ethereum 2.0 Ethereum Classic blockchain can be added as a separate shard in Ethereum 2.0, says project founder Vitalik Buterin. “Technically, it’s quite possible,” he said in a thread on Reddit..

YAM-inspired meme project Spaghetti Money raised $ 200 million in assets in 12 hours Investors have invested over $ 200 million in the pools of the Spaghetti Money meme project 12 hours after its launch. Spaghetti Money supports collateral in WBTC, WETH, MKR, COMP, YFI, LINK, SNX and LEND.

Steem validators to hard fork to freeze $ 5 million in Hive supporters' assets Steem blockchain validators intend to carry out another controversial hard fork this Wednesday. The hard fork includes two changes. The first of them is aimed at reducing the period of blocking STEEM tokens in staking from thirteen weeks to four.

Three companies began commercial use of the xRapid system based on the XRP cryptocurrency After a series of highly publicized test launches, the three companies have begun commercializing Ripple's xRapid product, CoinDesk writes, citing a statement from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, which he made at the Swell conference in San Francisco on Monday..

Tom Lee lowered the forecast for the bitcoin rate by the end of the year to $ 15,000 Fundstrat Global Advisors co-founder Tom Lee revised his forecast for the bitcoin rate by the end of the year, having reduced it from 25 to 15 thousand dollars, but even this forecast, given the current state of affairs, is still very optimistic..

Yearn.finance token drops to $ 9,700 amid general decline in DeFi space Outstanding growth in yearn.finance (YFI) in the third quarter was replaced by a sharp correction in the fourth. Today the price of YFI fell below $ 9,800, thus losing almost 80% of the value from the peak of about $ 44,000..

Steve Wozniak: Bitcoin is better than gold The co-founder of Apple Computers believes Bitcoin outperforms gold in several ways. He stated this in a conversation with CNBC at the Money20 / 20 conference in Las Vegas.. Wozniak believes that one of the main advantages of bitcoin is the limited emission volume, which is lacking in fiat money..

Binance Exchange Promises to Resume Trading Soon Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced the completion of technical work and is preparing to resume trading on the platform at 13:00 Moscow time. Before that, users can cancel active orders, enter / withdraw funds and use other functions associated with their accounts.

Financial Stability Board: Cryptocurrencies pose no risks to the global economy Financial authorities, including central banks, supervisors and finance ministries, believe that cryptocurrencies pose no risks to global economic stability.

Sony Leverages Blockchain In Education And The Internet Of Vehicles Japanese tech conglomerate Sony filed a patent application describing how blockchain could be useful in education. Sony originally announced its plans to use blockchain in this area in August.

Tahini network of Canadian restaurants&'S moved all cash reserves to bitcoin Tahini, a Canadian chain of Middle Eastern restaurants&# 039; s announced the conversion of all its cash reserves to bitcoin. According to the company on Twitter, the crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic hit restaurateurs hard as people almost stopped visiting their establishments..

User lost $ 16 million in bitcoin by downloading the old version of the Electrum wallet GitHub user 1400BitcoinStolen told how he lost 1,400 BTC ($ 16.25 million) by downloading an old version of the Electrum bitcoin wallet. He left his comment in a thread, started in February 2019, discussing the problem.

Poloniex and Bitfinex Withdraw From Washington State After New Exchange Rules Go Into Force Back in April, politicians from Washington pieced together and drafted regulations to regulate bitcoin exchanges. These rules have come into force. Legislators pushed Bill 5031 through the House and Senate, which was later approved by Washington Governor Jay Inslee.

Alibaba's payment app will restrict OTC cryptocurrency trading Alibaba's payment arm Ant Financial will partner with Chinese regulators to stop cryptocurrency trading between individuals on its mobile app.

Falling to $ 3,200 won't disrupt bitcoin's uptrend - Fundstrat analysts The bitcoin rate may head to the $ 3,200 mark, analysts at Fundstrat Global Advisors warn in a report released on June 13. The lack of reliable support at $ 6,900 suggests that the next stop for the cryptocurrency price could be between $ 5,000 and $ 5,500, they write..

Binance Opens Peer-to-Peer Cryptocurrency Exchange for Cash Cryptocurrency exchange Binance today announced the addition of the ability to exchange cryptocurrencies in person as part of transactions on its peer-to-peer platform.. “Thanks to this, users will be able to directly buy and sell cryptocurrency through the selected offer, and then transfer or receive cash offline in person,” the exchange explains..

New York Stock Exchange Operator Seeks Permission to Listing Two Bitcoin ETFs The operator of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has approached the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with a proposal to change the rule that will allow the exchange to list two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pegged to Bitcoin on the NYSE Arca trading platforms.

One of the users lost another $ 32,000 due to the vulnerability of the Bitcoin wallet Electrum The piggy bank of cybercriminals who have been exploiting the vulnerability of the Electrum bitcoin wallet for many months has received another $ 32,000. According to the Whale Alert service, on November 13, another transfer of 2,042 BTC was received to one of the confirmed addresses of the hackers.

Tron's decentralized applications turnover in the first quarter was $ 1.6 billion In the first quarter of this year, $ 1.6 billion passed through decentralized applications on the Tron network, the number of users exceeded 432,000, and 64% of the total number of Dapps were associated with gambling..

Nicolas Maduro finds a new use for Petro - a crypto casino Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has approved the opening of an international casino at the Humboldt Hotel in Caracas, where visitors will have to place bets in the national cryptocurrency Petro, Bitcoin.com writes, citing local media.

Mark Cuban advises investing in bitcoin up to 10% of assets, while Fred Wilson - only 5% Investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban told visitors to the website of the American magazine Vanity Fair about how to get richer. In the video tutorial, he named nine points that, in his opinion, can help increase capital in the long term..

BTCPay Crypto Processing Service Raises Funding From Square Crypto Cryptocurrency payment processing service BTCPay Server received a $ 100,000 grant through its new BTCPay Foundation division from Square Crypto, founded by Twitter creator and bitcoin bigot Jack Dorsey..

Craig Wright withdrew lawsuit against Adam Beck and agreed to cover all legal costs Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright decides to drop prosecution of Blockstream CEO Adam Back.

Korean IT giant Kakao launches blockchain platform Klaytn with LG and UnionBank A division of the South Korean IT company Kakao - Ground X - on Thursday launched the Klaytn blockchain platform, which has been tested since October last year.

Bitcoin network fees reached $ 20; over 220 thousand transactions awaiting confirmation Sending a transaction on the bitcoin network this morning has become an expensive pleasure, with fees reaching $ 20 amid skyrocketing demand. Now, at its peak, users send 49 transactions per second, while the network can hardly cope with 10 of this volume, processing 3 transactions per second..

MetaMask's client base surpasses 1 million monthly users amid interest in DeFi The developers of the MetaMask extension for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain reported exceeding the mark of 1 million monthly active users. Last May, they reported a value of 264,000 users.

JPMorgan Says Bitcoin Significant Long-Term Growth Potential Bitcoin may continue to rise as it outperforms gold as an "alternative" currency, Business Insider writes, citing a Friday report from JPMorgan.. The bank noted a relatively low capitalization of bitcoin, explained by the fact that it is chosen mainly by young investors, while the older generation prefers to keep their assets in gold in physical form.

JPMorgan: Square's Bitcoin Investments Are "Strong Signs of Confidence in the Future" of Crypto Square last week announced a $ 50 million investment in Bitcoin. JPMorgan analysts see this as "a strong sign of confidence in the future of Bitcoin" and evidence that the payments company sees "great potential" in cryptocurrency as an asset..

224-year-old Swiss bank opens $ 250 million fintech fund with focus on tokenization Asset manager Lombard Odier Investment Managers, part of a Swiss bank founded in 1796, has opened a new fintech fund. It focuses on companies specializing in asset tokenization, writes The Block.

Monero Hash Rate Rises 180% After Activating RandomX Algorithm The Monero cryptocurrency is experiencing a rapid increase in hash rate after a recent update, along with which the RandomX Proof-of-Work algorithm was added to its protocol, aimed at reducing the efficiency of ASIC miners.

The Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 client with full SegWit support is being prepared for release The new version of the Bitcoin Core client, published for public comment on February 15, includes full support for the Segregated Witness (SegWit) technology, which was implemented in the bitcoin blockchain last summer..

Hong Kong crypto exchange froze withdrawals amid arrest of its co-founder by authorities Hong Kong Cryptocurrency Exchange CEO Global announced the arrest of its co-founder by the authorities. “One of our founders received money from illegal sources from an international fraud group and came under investigation as part of a national operation to combat fraudulent SIM cards and bank accounts,” the exchange writes..

Facebook bans ads for cryptocurrencies and ICOs Facebook's updated advertising policy mentions binary options, cryptocurrencies and ICOs. In particular, the ban includes advertisements that are directly related to the above-named products, as well as services "which are often associated with misleading practices," writes Facebook Product Management Director Rob Liesern in his blog.

Ethereum startup Status.IM cuts 25% of employees The Ethereum browser startup Status.IM is cutting a quarter of its employees amid a lingering decline in the crypto market, CoinDesk writes. As its co-founder Jarrad Hope explained, the size of the company turned out to be much larger than its capabilities, since it was not ready for the drop in the ether rate by 80%..

Coinbase shares how it helped MicroStrategy invest $ 425 million in bitcoin American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase helped MicroStrategy invest $ 425 million in bitcoin, Coinbase itself reported today. MicroStrategy invested its first $ 250 million over a five-day period in August through the Coinbase Prime brokerage service, which the exchange opened based on the Tagomi platform acquired in May..

Digital yuan may be used at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics A spokesman for the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People's Bank of China commented on the latest media reports on the progress in developing the digital yuan. According to him, the development work to create such a currency is "progressing steadily.".

PayPal CEO spoke about his investments in bitcoin and the reasons for leaving the Libra project PayPal CEO Dan Shulman spoke to Fortune magazine about the payment company's decision to leave the Libra Association and his personal investment in cryptocurrencies.   In October, PayPal became the first company to announce its exit from the Facebook stablecoin project; following him, several other potential participants made the same statements.

BitMEX CEO: Wait $ 20,000 for Bitcoin, thanks to the Fed Bitcoin may rise to $ 20,000 amid emergency measures by the US Federal Reserve, says Arthur Hayes, CEO of BitMEX crypto-derivatives exchange. «Quantitative easing forever. When the Fed is Converting Again, Expect Bitcoin at $ 20,000», – he wrote, commenting on an article by the Zero Hedge portal under the heading «Fed lost control over rates again».

Binance CEO spoke about «attempted attack» to the futures exchange Binance cryptocurrency exchange CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted this morning about an attempted attack on his company's new futures platform.   According to Zhao, a market maker from a smaller futures exchange tried to attack the Binance Futures platform, causing a sharp short-term fluctuation in the price of bitcoin..

British bank Barclays has suspended cooperation with crypto exchange Coinbase British bank Barclays has stopped serving the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, writes CoinDesk, citing sources familiar with the situation. Coinbase has already partnered with ClearBank, founded in 2014, to continue trading in the UK, but the change has impacted the usability of the exchange's services for customers, the sources said..

Brian Kelly: 2019 will be a watershed year for bitcoin in the global financial space Brian Kelly, CNBC expert and founder of digital asset management company BKCM, believes that 2019 could be a pivotal year for the perception of Bitcoin in the global financial space..

Gate.io exchange will launch a blockchain with its own token and DEX The Gate.io exchange this Monday announced its own blockchain based on the Proof-of-Stake mechanism called GateChain, on the basis of which a decentralized exchange will subsequently be launched. According to the roadmap, the distribution of own tokens of the new GT blockchain will take place in the second quarter, the testnet will be launched in the third quarter, the mainnet and DEX in the fourth..

Vitalik Buterin deposited 3,200 ETH to the address of the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract The Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract was officially presented on Wednesday and has collected 31,877 ETH by the time of publication. Of these, 3,200 ETH came from the wallet of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, according to data in the blockchain.

The first draft law on the regulation of cryptocurrencies was submitted to the State Duma A group of companies consisting of ANO Law of Robots, Voronkov Ventures and Heads Consulting developed and sent the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov a draft law on the regulation of decentralized virtual property, in particular cryptocurrencies and tokens.

The court found the Quoine exchange guilty of canceling the transactions of the broker B2C2 for 3,092 bitcoins The International Commercial Court of Singapore found the Quoine cryptocurrency exchange Winnew in the cancellation of 3,092 bitcoin deals made by a B2C2 market maker two years ago.

Coinhive hidden miner distributors may face criminal prosecution in Japan The Japanese police are investigating the case of the distribution of the program for the hidden mining of cryptocurrency Monero, writes the local edition Mainichi, citing its own sources.

Why is the rise in the correlation of bitcoin with S&P 500 - bearish sign? Bitcoin's correlation with traditional markets has hit a multi-month high and this is a bearish signal, says analyst firm Santiment. Bitcoin's correlation with stock markets cyclically moves between positive and negative values, analysts say.