Google Search Can Predict Bitcoin Price Increases, Study Finds

Oct 21, 2020 at 10:01 UTCBan All Ransomware Payments, in Bitcoin or OtherwiseWe all know it’s illegal to kidnap someone and ask for a ransom payment. But should it also be illegal for the victim to pay the ransom?Earlier this month the U.S. Treasury Department did just that. It notified the world that certain ransom…

Sep 19, 2020 at 13:00 UTC (KevinAlexanderGeorge/iStock via Getty Images Plus)Why the First US Crypto Bank Is a Big DealKraken became the first crypto exchange to win a U.S. banking license this week. Here’s why that matters.  This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. On this edition of The Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at: DEXetition – Uniswap’s…

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, says it expects to have 645 full-time compliance employees on staff by the end of the year — a 34% increase from last November — as it continues to rapidly build out its compliance department. Including contractors, the crypto exchange already has over 1,000 employees focused on compliance, according

Etherscan, one of the most commonly used Ethereum blockchain scanning websites, introduced a tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help users interpret the source code of smart contracts, according to a post on its website.The tool, based on AI technology developed by OpenAI, allows users to ask for an explanation of the entirety or…

The Solana Foundation is disputing the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) classification of its SOL token as an unregistered security.Earlier this week, the SEC filed lawsuits against crypto exchanges Binance.US and Coinbase, which charged the exchanges with trading Crypto Asset Securities, including SOL.“The Solana Foundation strongly believes that SOL is not a security,” the…

markets View Bitcoin has erased nearly 24 percent of the price losses seen in 12 months to December 2018. Sunday’s high above $7,500 could come into play again if a contracting triangle on the hourly chart ends with a bull breakout. A UTC close below $6,762 would validate the bull exhaustion signaled on Sunday and allow…

news Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is planning to enable futures trading. During a presentation at the Asia Blockchain Summit in Taipei on Tuesday, Changpeng Zhao, founder and CEO of the exchange, showcased a futures trading interface on Binance with features including longs and shorts on crypto assets. “Binance will be launching…

Jul 15, 2020 at 10:31 UTC(Marian Weyo/Shutterstock)Evertas, an insurance provider focused on the cryptocurrency space, has raised $2.8 million in a seed round led by Morgan Creek. Plug n Play, Kailash Ventures, RenGen, Vy Capital and Wavemaker Genesis also participated.  Mark Yusko, founder, CEO and chief investment officer of Morgan Creek Capital, has joined Evertas’ board…

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) would try to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that can easily coexist with private payment methods, Executive Director Shinichi Uchida said in a speech.Seeking “vertical coexistence,” with other payment methods used by the public, a CBDC should be made of “relatively plan, easy-to-cook material,” Shinichi Uchida said on…