Can Security Tokens Save Crypto From the Bear Market Blues?

markets View Bitcoin created a “spinning-top” candle on Wednesday, pouring cold water over the optimism generated by the triangle breakout witnessed earlier this week. The spinning top has made today’s UTC close pivotal. A close above Wednesday’s high of $10,834 is needed for the continuation of the recent rally. A UTC close below the spinning…

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Jan 9, 2021 at 8:28 p.m. UTCMonthly bitcoin miner revenue since January 2016Bitcoin Miners Saw 33% Revenue Increase in DecemberBitcoin miners generated an estimated $692 million in revenue in December, up 33% from November, according to on-chain data from Coin Metrics analyzed by CoinDesk.Extending November’s own 48% increase, miner revenues continued to soar as bitcoin…

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news Do your bitcoins really exist? The answer might seem like an obvious “yes,” but the brewing “Proof of Keys” movement, launching today, argues the answer is not so clear. How in control a person is of their coins depends on where and how the bitcoin is stored. So participants will be taking their money…

Tokenization of assets could be the answer to the risky complexities of settling the movement of funds and securities, said Michael Hsu, the acting head of the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency."Tokenization is focused on solving an actual problem, and that problem is settlement." Hsu said at the DC Fintech Week event

Nov 20, 2020 at 9:10 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 20, 2020 at 9:12 a.m. UTCEther prices for the last 24 hours(CoinDesk 20)Ether Trades Above $500 for the First Time Since July 2018Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency ether has jumped to 28-month highs, taking year-to-date gains to nearly 290%.The second-largest cryptocurrency by market value crossed above $500 soon before…

Oct 28, 2020 at 15:14 UTCUpdated Oct 28, 2020 at 15:44 UTCGemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss(Wikimedia Commons/TechCrunch Disrupt)Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has launched trading denominated in the euro.In an announcement Wednesday, the company said all listed cryptocurrencies could be purchased and traded with euros.Euro deposits can be made via…

Institutional investors may benefit from the approval of spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as these products will allow them to trade a proxy with low management fees and engage more actively in arbitrage strategies and options hedging, Goldman Sachs (GS) said in a report.Spot bitcoin ETFs were finally approved in the U.S. on Wednesday