Arthur Hayes’ ‘sub $50K’ Bitcoin call, Mt. Gox CEO’s new exchange, and more: Hodler’s Digest, Sept. 1 – 7

The New Zealand police have returned the office building back to recently hacked crypto exchange Cryptopia and granted permission to resume trading. However, the exchange is not ready to renew its activity, according to a message purportedly sent by a Cryptoptia staff member on the official Discord channel on Feb. 24.After the hack that led…

The committee meeting was Johnson’s first as committee sponsor; she chose to concentrate on digital assets and the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act in her opening. 168 Total views 34 Total shares The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) held its first meeting with its new membership Sept. 28.…

The global blockchain in energy utilities market is expected to grow by 60 percent by 2024, according to a new report from Infoholic Research LLP published on Feb. 15.Per the report, the global blockchain in energy utilities market was assessed to be $210.4 million in 2018, and is expected to reach $3.4 billion by 2024.…

The SEC has charged three individuals for defrauding investors out of millions through the Steven Seagal-backed Bitcoiin2Gen ICO. 1739 Total views 13 Total shares The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged three individuals for various cryptocurrency frauds including the 2018 initial coin offering for the Steven Seagal-promoted altcoin, Bitcoiin2Gen.A Feb. 1 SEC announcement estimates…

“The report really is ready to go and I would expect we will drop it — I hate to say it again — in coming weeks," said Jerome Powell. 704 Total views 33 Total shares At his confirmation hearing in front of members of the Senate Banking Committee, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said the…

Bitcoin has long had to deal with accusations of bubbledom being levelled at it, although it can hardly protest. During the last decade its price has ballooned on multiple occasions, only to come tumbling back down, albeit generally to a slightly higher level than pre-pump.Our old friend, Nouriel Roubini, considers cryptocurrency the “mother and father…

Bitcoin (BTC) price is proving to be relatively stable at around the $16,000 level, heavily outperforming both safe-haven and risk-on assets, including gold and stocks. But in the near term, the digital asset faces a major roadblock in the form of whales.On Nov. 12, the price of Bitcoin reached $16,199, a level not seen since the…

Dogecoin (DOGE) pared a portion of its massive daily gains on April 4 as investors speculated on the meaning behind Elon Musk’s latest cryptic stunt.Elon Musk pumps Dogecoin by over 30%In what appears to be a late April Fool’s joke, Musk-owned Twitter changed its official blue bird logo to mimic Dogecoin’s symbol — a Shiba…

Polygon’s decentralized finance footprint continues to grow, with 0x releasing a version of its decentralized exchange liquidity aggregator API on the “Ethereum scaler.” 2300 Total views 11 Total shares 0x has released a Polygon version API for its decentralized exchange (DEX) liquidity aggregator, opening up the 0x API tool to the expanding Polygon market.The DEX…