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Corporate Bitcoin treasuries are here, which can only mean good things

Holding Bitcoin (BTC) in treasury will soon become a corporate standard. Wall Street firm MicroStrategy recently made headlines when it decided to allocate a large portion of its treasury to Bitcoin, buying over 21,000 BTC in August and almost 17,000 more in September, making its CEO, Michael Saylor, seem quite prescient already. MicroStrategy stock rallied…

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Smart contract standards: Making DeFi transactions on Ethereum more secure

Decentralized finance continues to make its impact on the crypto market, and with over $13 billion of total value of assets locked, DeFi projects are clearly resonating with eager crypto investors. Yet while the DeFi space has been progressing over the last year, a number of illegitimate projects have come to fruition, reminding some of the 2017…

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US Regulator Wants to Put an End to Unfair Practices Against Crypto Businesses

2020 was a tough year for crypto, but it seems like the last few months are trying to compensate hodlers for the bad times. And now, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is bringing more good news to the crypto space. A recent regulatory proposal issued by the OCC seeks to ensure that…

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US Regulator Seeks End to Bank Deplatforming of ‘Disfavored’ Industries (Like Crypto)

Nov 21, 2020 at 2:00 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 21, 2020 at 2:14 a.m. UTCWednesday's letter gave small banks regulatory cover to provide crypto custody services, but larger banks may need more specific guidance. (Mark Van Scyoc/Shutterstock, modified using PhotoMosh)US Regulator Seeks End to Bank Deplatforming of ‘Disfavored’ Industries (Like Crypto)Call it the CPR for Operation…

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Ends Week Up 50% After Tapping 2-Year Highs

Nov 20, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 20, 2020 at 11:15 p.m. UTCPrices for shares of Riot BlockchainBitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Ends Week Up 50% After Tapping 2-Year HighsAs bitcoin continues surging toward record highs, bitcoin mining companies ride its coattails. Shares of the publicly traded bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain rose 50% this week,…

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Law Decoded: Green lights of the SEC, black flags of Binance, Nov. 13–20

Editor's noAmid a political news cycle that has been stuck in a nauseating loop, covering crypto is often refreshing. Partisan forces have yet to dig out the trenches. A lot of the current task is just getting working definitions in play. Meanwhile, the technology advances at a mind-boggling rate, and there are still enough outrageous scams,…

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Bitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Ends Week Up 50% After Tapping Two-Year Highs

Nov 20, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. UTCPrices for shares of Riot BlockchainBitcoin Miner Riot Blockchain Ends Week Up 50% After Tapping Two-Year HighsAs bitcoin continues surging toward record highs, bitcoin mining companies ride its coattails. Publicly traded bitcoin mining company Riot Blockchain rose 50% this week, trading hands just below $6.00 at week’s end. Bitcoin gained…

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4 reasons why Bitcoin price is on the verge of a new all-time high

Earlier today the price of Bitcoin (BTC) hit $18,815 on Binance for the first time in nearly three years. Following the breakout, BTC is on track to see a new all-time high in the near term for four significant reasons.The factors that make a new record high likely are growing institutional demand, reduced selling pressure,…

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Poloniex exchange goes down on the brink of new Bitcoin all-time high

When all eyes are on Bitcoin, exchanges sometimes suffer difficulties. 2378 Total views 20 Total shares With a new all-time price high in sight for Bitcoin, crypto exchange Poloniex recently went offline.“Poloniex is currently unavailable due to an unexpected issue,” the exchange’s customer support Twitter page said on Friday. “We are investigating the issue and…

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Video: Nick Szabo, Adam Back And David Chaum On The History Of Bitcoin

Listen To This Episode: AppleSpotifyGoogleLibsyn In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s Bitcoin In Asia, some of the godfathers of Bitcoin — Nick Szabo, Adam Back and David Chaum — discuss the history of the technology with host John Riggins. This episode was recorded during a live panel from Seoul at Korea Blockchain Week and is…