April 2020 dapp ecosystem report Our April 2020 overview of the dapp ecosystem provides the first opportunity to see how the sector reacted to both the financial and the social shock triggered by the global lockdown caused by Covid-19 in mid-March. Looking at the three main blockchains, E...
On May 6, a case of foreign-related bitcoin property damage compensation was publicly adjudicated in Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, in which the court determined bitcoin as legal virtual property. All bitcoin obtained through illegal means in the case should be returned or disco...
China's dominance of the Bitcoin mining space isn't new but a Cambridge University research has come up with an interactive map that visualises the approximate geographic distribution of global Bitcoin hashrate according to mining distribution. Put together by Apolline Blandin, Anton De...
As Bitcoin has now crossed the $9,000 mark and is hovering around $9,200 at press time, many saw this as a clear sign that the world’s largest cryptocurrency has entered its pre-halving bull run. While it’s still too early to tell whether this will be the case with the latest price spike, there...
With six days left until the Bitcoin halving, the event has become one of the most talked-about topics in the crypto industry. Experts have been racing to weigh in on the effects the halving will have on the market, with many arguing over whether or not the halving has already been “priced in.”...
On May 5, Li Lihui, former president of the Bank of China and the head of the blockchain research group of China Internet & Finance Association, gave a live program entitled "Digital Currency: Possible Reconstruction of the Global Monetary System" on People’s Daily Online. ...
With Ethereum 2.0 set for launch in coming months, a manual auditing of the top 10,000 Ethereum addresses to learn about liquidity, profitability, and market manipulation among others by a Partner at Metacartel Ventures has revealed through a data set that Ethereum's Ether is as equally dist...
The past five Aprils have always been good for Bitcoin and have yielded positive Q2 returns, data from a research and metrics provider has shown thus suggesting that the coming halving may spring surprises. Messari Research, which has been seeking to answer the question of whether the upcom...
After the massive beating Bitcoin took in mid-March, many believed that the coin would see its price gradually increase as its May halving approached. However, as time went by, several sharp spikes showed that the Bitcoin market was extremely sensitive to any news coming out of the U.S. Fed...
A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin talking about cryptocurrencies has gone viral on social media after gaining traction on Twitter, with many seeing it as an incredibly bullish sign for the industry. Despite its size, popularity, and market capitalization, the crypto industry larg...
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