Bitcoin price hangs in the balance — Friday’s $2.26B BTC options could result in more downside

The Ethereum Foundation, or EF, has launched public “attack networks” for Ethereum 2.0 based on existing stable clients.The networks are designed to give security researchers a sandbox environment where they can try to break Ethereum 2.0’s networks by exploiting potential issues in the clients. Currently there are two “beta-0” attack networks based on the Lighthouse…

Greg King, CEO of Bitcoin trust issuer Osprey Funds, thinks the U.S. SEC has too many things on its plate this year to get to the issue of crypto ETF approvals. 134 Total views 2 Total shares The CEO of Osprey Funds — the issuer of over-the-counter Bitcoin trust OBTC —isn’t holding his breath for a…

The Philippine central bank has confirmed in a virtual briefing that it has formed a committee to look into issuing a digital currency. 977 Total views 13 Total shares The Philippines has become the latest country to look at the possibility of releasing its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC.According to a report by…

The proposal introduces a new stkMKR token which will act as a bonding asset for MKR staked in governance proposals. 196 Total views 4 Total shares The community behind decentralized stablecoin platform MakerDAO is mulling over a major tokenomics shift that could replace its governance token, MKR.A proposal was made on the MakerDAO forum by…

A number of international blockchain-based solutions have taken up the challenge of preventing further outbreaks in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the most recent country to propose solutions reliant on a distributed database.As reported by the Emirates News Agency on March 25, the UAE’s Ministry of Community Development…

The website Kycnot.me has compiled a list of cryptocurrency exchanges that do not require identity verification to preserve the independence of crypto. 1314 Total views 39 Total shares A new website seeking to compile an active list of every cryptocurrency exchange that welcomes traders in some capacity without forcing them to hand over personal information…

Users of IOTA, the 24th biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, were unable to confirm transactions for 24 hours due to a mainnet incident on Dec. 29.According to an official statement on the issue, the IOTA network experienced a mainnet incident that began at 2:50 AM UTC on Dec. 29, and was fully resolved by 2:50…

A bug on an Immediate-or-Cancel order led to the drainage of nearly $700,000 from Lifnity's LFNTY-USDC pool. 143 Total views 1 Total shares Decentralized exchange (DEX) Lifinity had its LFNTY-USDC pool drained by an arbitrage bot on Dec. 8. According to Lifinity’s Discord channel, an unexpected response to a failed trade caused the $699,090 loss.A

As 2019 comes to an end, traders will closely analyze the events scheduled for 2020 that might boost cryptocurrency prices. One of the most talked-about and watched events would be the halving of Bitcoin miner rewards in May 2020.While Bitcoin’s price had surged following the previous two halving events in 2012 and 2016, it is…