Crypto News Roundup for Nov. 4, 2021

Jul 29, 2020 at 12:40 UTCUpdated Jul 29, 2020 at 13:02 UTCBitcoin price and RSI (TradingView)Bitcoin Looks Overbought but Analysts Play Down Drop FearsWith bitcoin rising to its highest level in 11 months this week, some investors are beginning to worry that the cryptocurrency is overbought and may be due for notable price drop.  But…

Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) traded flat on Monday after a relatively uneventful weekend for crypto majors in the absence of a strong catalyst that could help add buying pressure to a dim market.Bitcoin traded just over $29,300 while ether flirted around the $1,850 mark. Both assets have returned slightly over 1% for investors in…

CoinDCX has expanded the Okto wallet into an Okto ecosystem to give users a single-click mobile experience in Web3.A points program has been launched and a blockchain and the $OKTO token to power that chain will come later this year.Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX has expanded what started as the Okto wallet into an Okto ecosystem

Jun 30, 2020 at 21:21 UTCFrenchman Alex Masmej, 23 years old, recently raised $20,000 on Ethereum by tokenizing himself. Now he wants his investors to vote on his life choices.  His “control my life” experiment challenges token holders to tell him whether to take a run or eat only veggies. That may sound a little…

U.S.-listed crypto companies rose Wednesday as bitcoin {{BTC}} climbed past $51,000 for the first time since December 2021, taking its market cap to $1 trillion.Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, added about 2.9% in the last 24 hours, while the CoinDesk 20 Index, a measure of the largest digital assets, rose around 2.1%. Ether

Eliza Gkritsi is CoinDesk's crypto mining reporter based in Asia.Hut 8 Mining's (HUT) site in Drumheller, Alberta is currently running at 15% of its installed hashrate due to electrical issues, with a restoration expected in 10-12 weeks, the firm said on Tuesday.The miner, which is undergoing one of the most significant mergers in the industry…

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it will give a total of $3 million worth of BNB tokens to users living in areas affected by the Sept. 8 earthquake in Morocco.Users who had verified their address details before Sept. 9 to show they live in Marrakesh-Safi province will each receive $100 worth of the token. Users who

news New York state is looking beef up its cryptocurrency-focused regulatory staff, according to a job advert posted online on Thursday. As outlined in the ad, the new Deputy Superintendent for Virtual Currency will be tasked with creating and maintaining compliance measures for virtual currencies including markets, involved businesses and other regulatory bodies for the…

Blockchain security platform Quantstamp is hoping to quell the increasing threats of flash loan attacks with a new service that claims to catch exploits before they go off, the company told CoinDesk.The Economic Exploit Analysis service detects common attack pathways used by exploiters through automated tooling before protocols get hacked. The service has been released…