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Bitcoin's 28 percent drop this week has turned the tide in favor of the bears, but a sustained break below $8,000 looks unlikely in the short-run, the price charts indicate.
Read more: www.coindesk.com
Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), talks about digital currency, bitcoin and regulations on digital currency during a press conference held for the National People’s Congress 2018. He said, there’s no imminent regulatory measures on digital currency. Future regulations are dynamic depending on the technology and regional trial.
Read more: 8btc.com
A subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee is set to hold a hearing next week on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Read more: www.coindesk.com
In an apparent first, the African nation of Sierra Leone has employed Blockchain technology in tallying its presidential elections, according to Agora CEO Leonardo Gammar March 7.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
Although seniors are indeed less enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies than millennials, they tend to invest larger sums of cash in cryptocurrencies, a South Korean survey shows.
Read more: cryptovest.com
PayPal has filed a patent to speed up cryptocurrency transaction times by eliminating the verification time of payments. Bitcoin expert argues that this is already made possible through existing technologies in the cryptocurrency industry.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
French startup Qarnot unveiled a new computing heater specifically made for cryptocurrency mining. You’ve read that right, the QC1 is a heater for your home that features a passive computer inside. And this computer is optimized for mining.
Read more: techcrunch.com
The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange tweeted that they would be undergoing scheduled maintenance on their wallet service on Thursday, March 8, which has extended without comment from the company for over a day.
Read more: cointelegraph.com
New reports indicate that crypto mining firm Bitmain is quietly preparing to open new facilities in Washington state.
Read more: www.coindesk.com
Synereo, the startup linking the attention economy to crypto coins, launched the WildSpark social network, to build a system of rewards based on content posted on several traditional platforms. The rewards in crypto coins would be available for posters on Imgur, Medium and YouTube, distributed with no middleman or pay cuts.
Read more: cryptovest.com
Gemini, Cboe’s partner on crypto futures, has provided ethereum trading since at least 2016 and has a daily eth auction. Cboe, therefore, would now have the infrastructure to add ethereum futures, especially since they’ve gained some three months experience with bitcoin futures where trading has been fairly smooth.
Read more: www.trustnodes.com
Twitter might start banning cryptocurrency-related accounts that resemble spam, a company representative said. However, sometimes it ignores scams while prohibiting anti-scam fighters.
Read more: cryptovest.com
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