September 2019 | Page 50 of 145 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

Video Interview: Francis Pouliot on Liquid Network, Bitcoin Privacy

On the first day of the 2019 Baltic Honeybadger conference, prominent bitcoiner and Bull Bitcoin CEO Francis Pouliot spoke with Bitcoin Magazine just a few hours after Bull Bitcoin announced it would be joining Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain federation. “The first step for Liquid’s integration is to accept L-BTC payments,” said an exuberant Pouliot within the…

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Range-Bound Market Tests Macro Milestones

Summary: Amid an otherwise uneventful market structure, bitcoin seems to be making a consolidation pattern known as a “head and shoulders bottom.” The pattern is still forming and is not yet actionable, but if it manages to break to the upside, it could push the market to retest its $12,500 high. The bulls really want…

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CipherTrace Scout App Takes Crypto Investigations Mobile

news Blockchain forensics firm CipherTrace has developed a mobile tool for flagging bitcoin and ethereum tokens with a criminal past. Announced today, CipherTrace Scout grants street-level investigators more freedom to identify, track and document illicit crypto transactions from the field, company representatives and law enforcement experts said. The software builds on a suite of investigatory…

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Facebook Set on 2020 Launch for Libra, Despite Regulators’ Pushback

David Marcus, the head of Calibra at Facebook, has said that a 2020 launch for Libra remains the company’s goal, despite regulators’ intense hostility toward the project.In an interview with Swiss newspaper NZZ on Sept. 20, he said that in the intervening time, the team behind Libra would need to address all concerns adequately and…

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US Congress Schedules Sept. 24 Hearing With SEC — Crypto on the Agenda

The United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services has scheduled a hearing with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton and four other SEC commissioners to discuss, among other topics, crypto.In a memorandum from Sept. 19, the Committee on Financial Services stated that it will hold a hearing on Sept. 24 entitled “Oversight…

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CME Group to Launch Options on Bitcoin Futures in Q1 2020

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group is adding options to its Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts in the first quarter of 2020, pending regulatory review.The development was announced in a news release on Sept. 20.“Flexibility to hedge Bitcoin price risk”Tim McCourt — CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products — said:"Based on increasing client…

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Ethereum, Dogecoin Signal First Bullish Trend Reversal in 2 Years

When the Binance ban for users in the United States was first announced a few months ago, the market feared that significant volume and money would exit. Interestingly enough, as the launch of Binance America nears, altcoins are suddenly starting to move upwards with decent volume. Sell the rumor, buy the news.Cryptocurrency market 7-day performance. Source:…

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Bitcoin Miners Get Bullish as Difficulty Set for 60% Quarterly Growth

Bitcoin (BTC) will see its mining difficulty grow by 60% in the third quarter of 2019, according to new data.Bitcoin metrics show big competition in playUploading historical and future projections to Twitter on Sept. 19, well-known analyst Kevin Rooke said difficulty had already expanded at an average of 42% each quarter since 2016.With the exception of…

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CME Group Is Launching Bitcoin Options Early in 2020

news Derivatives marketplace CME Group has announced that it will offer options on its bitcoin futures contracts starting in the first quarter of next year. The Chicago-based company first launched its futures product back in December 2017, at the same time as its Windy City rival, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). In its announcement on…

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Verizon Just Won a Patent to Create Virtual SIMs on a Blockchain

news Telecommunications conglomerate Verizon is eyeing the use of blockchain technology to underpin the dynamic creation of virtual SIM cards. The company was granted a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the concept on Sept. 10, in which it sets out how it the invention could do away with pre-inserted, branded physical SIM…