How the Long Tail of the Coronavirus Might Slow Bitcoin’s Hash Power Growth
The shortage of new mining machines caused by the coronavirus outbreak could curb computing power growth from Chinese miners who contribute over 65% of Bitcoin’s hash power.
The shortage of new mining machines caused by the coronavirus outbreak could curb computing power growth from Chinese miners who contribute over 65% of Bitcoin’s hash power.
The Binance exchange has added a feature allowing users put up their crypto holdings as collateral to fund futures trading.
Bitcoin has bounced strongly in the last 24 hours, opening the doors for retest of recent highs above $9,600.
XRP will have another lackluster year in 2020, Galaxy Digital CEO (and Ripple shareholder) Mike Novogratz told a roomful of financial advisers.
The exchange is adjusting its fee structure to incentivize market makers to add liquidity on its futures platform.
Gemini users can now execute trades directly through the TradingView interface.
Bitcoin's technical charts are indicating temporary bull fatigue and hinting at stronger price pullback ahead.
Bitcoin printed a three-month high on major exchanges early on Monday with a key indicator eyeing its first bullish turn in 11 months.
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has greenlit a blockchain-based platform iSTOX to trade tokenized capital market securities such as equity and bonds.
Richard Rosenblum, co-founder of GSR, points out the lackluster growth in listed options hides the real action taking place in OTC hedges.
In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.
Ethereum miners are hoarding ether tokens, and this could indicate high confidence in the project.
Bitcoin's 30 percent rise in January has put the bulls in the driver's seat, opening the doors for a continued rally into five figures.
Launching Feb. 3, Deribit's daily bitcoin index options will appeal to a different kind of trader, the firm says.
Bitfinex has launched margin trading for Tether Gold with select pairs of up to five times leverage.
A lukewarm U.S. economy is making big banks like JPMorgan Chase struggle to produce fast loan growth - even with interest rates close to historic lows. Yet, in the white-hot cryptocurrency industry, lenders are burgeoning.
The recent bitcoin rally is looking solid, with the bulls defending key price support earlier on Thursday.
A greater share of value is being transferred via stablecoins over the ethereum network than its own native cryptocurrency.
Trading volumes in bitcoin options listed on the Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt platform have completely dried up, even while CME’s options product is seeing strong interest.
Though the industry is growing rapidly, a very small portion of addresses hold the majority of assets being locked and borrowed in the DeFi space.
With bitcoin set for its best-ever January, Markets Daily is back with today's crypto news roundup.
Binance US has joined other major exchanges in the staking game, adding staking rewards for cryptocurrencies algorand (ALGO) and cosmos (ATOM).
Bitcoin is eyeing its best January performance in seven years after crossing the all-important 200-day average hurdle overnight.
Bitcoin has risen above a key area of resistance to reach its highest point in nearly 3 months.
Bitcoin is rising in line with a broader uptrend that began well before the coronavirus scare began weighing on traditional markets. In the short term, though, a dip is looking likely.
Volatility in bitcoin SV (BSV) is raising concerns about the resilience and stability of the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency.
Today's daily podcast features trouble at TRON and an attack on Bitcoin Gold. It's CoinDesk's Crypto News Roundup.
Bitcoin's recent pullback looks to have ended. Now prices could challenge a crucial price hurdle near $8,800.
"Bitcoin halving" searches are surging on Google, according to a report from the Norwegian cryptocurrency analysis firm Arcane Research.
Max Boonen, CEO of market maker B2C2, looks at recent trends in crypto market infrastructure.