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Altcoin trading platform Coinexchange.io has announced that it is shutting down due to financial difficulties.In a statement on Oct. 1,  the platform noted that the closure was purely a business decision and is not connected to any security breach or other incident.No longer economically viableCoinexchange.io is currently seeing daily traded volumes of roughly $700,000, according to…

Investing in cryptocurrencies will always receive some skepticism from officials who started in traditional markets. Today in London, Andrew Bailey expressed this sentiment, arguing anyone putting money into Bitcoin should be prepared to lose the shirt off their back.Bailey gave his thoughts on the cryptocurrency to members of the U.K. Parliament at a Treasury Select…

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed below $26,000 into the Sep. 3 weekly close as analysis brushed off overly bearish trader sentiment.BTC/USD 1-day chart. Source: TradingViewBTC price weekly close puts $25,900 in focusData from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price avoiding volatility over the weekend, operating in a tight $200 range.An absence of direction provided a

Bart Wyatt leads Block.one’s Blockchain Team and is responsible for guiding the development of the company’s strategic vision for EOSIO. Bart came to Block.one as a veteran in the industry with six years dedicated to asset tokenization and decentralized identity. Prior to joining Block.one, Bart oversaw technology teams at several firms that specialized in personal…

Blockchains produce huge amounts of data and it seemed that only data scientists and blockchain research firms like Chainalysis and CipherTrace were making use of it. Recently, crypto investors like Willy Woo and Philip Swift have begun to incorporate on-chain data into their rigorous Bitcoin analyses and the results have been astounding. Despite these efforts, on-chain…

Why did the crypto market lose 15% of its value in one weekend? Thank the Bank of Japan for playing a starring role.

BlackRock executive Russ Koesterich says gold is failing as an equity hedge amid massive outflows from bullion ETFs into assets like Bitcoin. 2019 Total views 12 Total shares With the price of gold down more than 11% over the last six months, some investment managers are questioning its status as a hedge asset.According to Bloomberg,…

It's not just for projects building on Waves though. 2863 Total views 13 Total shares The Waves Association announced on Wednesday a new grant program for cross-chain interoperability development.The pool consists of one million WAVES tokens, worth approximately $3 million as of press time. Projects will be eligible for grants up to 300,000 WAVES to…

The Bitcoin Odyssey is funded by Digital Currency Group, GBV Capital, White Star Capital and GSR, among other organizations. 986 Total views 28 Total shares Cryptocurrency exchange Okcoin, along with the Stacks Accelerator and Stacks Foundation, announced on Thursday the start of the “Bitcoin Odyssey,” a one-year commitment among investment firms to invest $165 million…