February 2020 | Page 9 of 132 | Last Cryptocurrency News Feed

Chinese Communist Party Exec Wants State Monopoly on Digital Currency

Chen Weigang, former Vice President of China Insurance Regulatory Commission of the Communist Party, sat down with Yiben blockchain media on Feb 27 to talk about ICO regulations and digital currency trading in China. He told the media that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is an important strategic plan for the Chinese RMB to…

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Ether Futures Volume on FTX Hit Record Highs

Feb 27, 2020 at 20:15 UTCUpdated Feb 27, 2020 at 20:26 UTCHong Kong-based crypto derivatives exchange FTX saw record volumes in ether (ETH) futures on Wednesday amid a sell-off in the cryptocurrency’s price.Daily trading volume on the nine-month-old exchange jumped to a lifetime high of $245 million, marking a 51 percent increase from Tuesday’s volume…

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A 101 Guide to Ethereum’s ProgPOW Controversy

Feb 27, 2020 at 20:00 UTCA 101 Guide to Ethereum’s ProgPOW ControversyWhy the ProgPoW debate is really about process, power and the threat contentious hard forks pose to DeFi. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica,…

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CFTC Holds A Meeting to Learn All About Stablecoins

American financial regulators have sat down with major stablecoin projects in an effort to better understand the industry.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Technology Advisory Committee held a public meeting on Feb. 26 to learn about stablecoins, cryptocurrency insurance, custody practices and cybersecurity.Three stablecoin projects: JPM Coin, MarkerDao and Paxo were in attendance, discussing different aspects…

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Roger Ver: Prison Made a Bitcoin Believer

In a Cointelegraph exclusive interview, Roger Ver bears it all ‒ how his prison experience made him see Bitcoin’s potential, why Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is better than Bitcoin (BTC), and why Bitcoin Cash will appreciate 1,000 times.PrisonMost of the crypto community knows that, in his youth, Roger Ver had run-ins with the law; in fact,…

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Draper-Backed Exchange in Lockdown Following ‘Sophisticated’ Attack

Feb 27, 2020 at 19:05 UTCUpdated Feb 27, 2020 at 19:33 UTCDraper-Backed Exchange in Lockdown Following ‘Sophisticated’ AttackCoinhako, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Tim Draper, has restricted user withdrawals after falling victim to a "sophisticated attack."The Singapore-based exchange told users Friday that account send functions for cryptocurrencies had been temporarily disabled. Although a spokesperson initially…

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Steven Seagal Settles Token-Touting Charges With SEC Over 2018 ICO

Feb 27, 2020 at 14:51 UTCUpdated Feb 27, 2020 at 19:23 UTCMartial artist and actor Steven Seagal has been charged for his role in promoting a 2018 initial coin offering (ICO).The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement on Thursday that Seagal did not disclose payments received in return for promoting the…

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Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says Bitcoin’s Price Will ‘Quantuple’ Long-Term

Robert Herjavec, Multi-millionaire co-host of ABC’s “Shark Tank,” said Bitcoin (BTC) is currently valued at only a fraction of its long-term potential.“I think the price of Bitcoin, on a long-term basis, will quantuple, if that’s a word,” Herjavec told Kitco News in a Feb. 25 interview.Herjavec likes digital paymentsAfter speaking on gold, expressing that he…

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Welcome to Bitcoin 2020!

Bitcoin Magazine is the proud host of the Bitcoin 2020 conference being held in San Francisco on March 27th and 28th, 2020. Welcome to Bitcoin 2020, a one-of-a-kind festival celebrating the dawn of a new technological paradigm and the counterculture behind it. Bitcoin is about more than just money; it is a movement rooted in…

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Fake Horses, Real Bets: Unikrn Is Putting Racetrack NFTs on Ethereum

Feb 27, 2020 at 18:02 UTCUpdated Feb 27, 2020 at 18:07 UTCETHER DOWNS: You'll soon be able to breed, race and bet on virtual horses. (Credit: Unikrn)Digital racehorses with unique attributes, trade histories and win records – all with bloodlines named for crypto luminaries like Nakamoto, Szabo, Finney and Buterin.“We’re trying to bridge the gap…