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ConsenSys announces plans to shed off at least 50% of their workforce. The bear markets are to blame for this move as the company aims to refocus their operational and management strategies.
During the last 24 hours, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has dropped more than 9 percent as the fallout of the prolonged market rout continues. Despite a recent recovery that has taken bitcoin above $4,000, miners are still finding it difficult to remain profitable.
Coinbase said Thursday it had expanded its product to several European countries and overseas territories, including Lithuania, Iceland, Andorra, Gibraltar, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.
In case Cardano penetrates above the key supply zone of $0.050, then the trend has changed to uptrend and have its high at $0.06 price level.
Facebook is reportedly working on developing its own stablecoin, which initially will be focused on the remittances market in India where it will enable users to transfer money via a dollar-pegged cryptocurrency on WhatsApp.
Two U.S. congressmen Warren Davidson and Darren Soto, are introducing a bill that would exclude digital currencies from securities classification and substantially improve the tax treatment for cryptocurrencies.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc is working on the first Bitcoin futures that pay out in cryptocurrency. They are now working with the CFTC to ensure that the project is in line with the current regulations. A decision should be made in early 2019.
As a result of the deal, newly launched TokenSoft Global Markets LLC. will enable issuers to choose whether to host a token sale themselves or work with a broker-dealer to manage the token sale on their behalf.
NEO DevCon 2019, a two-day conference expected to showcase the breakthroughs in blockchain tech an in-depth look at the NEO’s progress, is scheduled for February 16th-17th, at the Hyatt Regency in Seattle.
Despite the recent failure, a community-owned journalism network based on transparency and trust, Civil, will take another ICO chance in February 2019.
Bitcoin moves up on Wednesday reaching two-week highs. The rally combined with the prevailing bull flags indicate that recovery may be peeping just around the horizon – in 2019, for example.
After a large plunge, the BTC is recovering. The market is still uncertain, but the flagship crypto takes its chance to rise. On Thu, Dec 20, 1 BTC is $4,137, reports Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.
The second-largest cryptocurrency exchange, OKEx has created a Bitcoin derivative product called “perpetual swap”. However, there’s no expiry date. The lack of expiry data allows positions to be held on an ongoing basis.
The blockchain-based versions of the Atari games RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch and Goon Squad will feature the integration of non-fungible tokens. The release of the updated blockchain versions is expected to commence in the second half of 2019.
On day 10 of Coinbase’s “12 Days of Coinbase” initiative, the crypto exchange announced the launch (in invite-only mode) of Coinbase Earn, a new way to earn crypto while you learn crypto.