Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the last quarter of this year and this decade: Total crypto market capitalization in Q4 October We started this quarter with looking who is to blame for Bitcoin price crash. We were in for a surprise when a German bank stated that Bitcoin prices are in for a major boost next year and that current prices do not take into account the upcoming halving. Speaking of which, the discussions on the halving and what it might mean for the future of BTC miners h...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Isatech, the tech firm and crypto exchange operator bidding to by the for-sale Mexican presidential plane, appears to have raised its offer to the Mexican government. The company, which made a multi-million dollar offer in its own cryptocurrency, has promised to provide the government with blockchain technology softw...

As the focus on blockchain shifted from hype to quality last year, in 2020, the technology is facing an opportunity to have an increased social impact, says Sheila Warren, the head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum, the organizer of the Davos meeting. However, the business-driven projects that are likely to succeed this year will be the ones that demonstrate adequate governance and a collaborative approach, she added. Warren says that in 2019, the organi...

CCBOX.IO is a micropayment tool which allows you to receive payments from faucets quickly and easily. You collect as much coins as you can, and once reaching the minimal payout threshold you will get sent those coins directly into your wallet. CCBOX.IO is a new micropayment gateway and getting famous. It is having good features for both Faucet Owners as well as Users. CCBOX.IO does not use wallet addresses; using the API KEYS, funds are transferred from the owner’s account to the recipient’s acc...

After bitcoin (BTC) forcefully broke through the USD 10,000 mark on Sunday, followed by a flash-crash down to USD 9,700 on Monday morning, analysts now predict that even larger gains may lie ahead for the number one digital asset. While the short-lived sell-off seen in the early hours of trading on Monday may have scared off some short-term speculators, the consensus in the community appears to be that this is normal profit-taking, potentially combined with a so-called “gap fill” on the CME futu...

New investors are the lifeblood of bitcoin (BTC). New investors rushed to buy BTC in December 2017, and it's new investors that are needed if the most popular cryptocurrency is to enjoy significant gains in 2020 and beyond. Research firm TokenInsight made this point in its annual mining industry report, writing that in "the long run, the main factor supporting the bitcoin price is the inflow of new investors." Also, Su Zhu, CEO of Singaporean hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, recently speaking of...

Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Cryptocurrencies have been all over the news lately. This is largely due to their wild price fluctuations. However, what seems to be forgotten amongst all the talk of all-time highs and 60% corrections is that you can actually use them to buy things with. You know, like a currency? Every year the list of retailers prepared to accept payment in some form of cryptocurrency is expanding too. Today...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Long lines are reportedly forming at Venezuelan stores that accept Petro (PTR) pay, reports Venezuelan media outlet Panorama. The news outlet published photographs of what it says are customers queuing up to spend their state-issued, oil-backed tokens at some of what Caracas claims are the 4,300+ stores nationwide th...

Though only recently announced, Ethereum's (ETH) latest upgrade has been announced as a success, while the price of ETH is showing a rise in the last week. At the time of writing (11:15 UTC), ETH is trading at c. USD 130. It dropped 0.73% in the last 24 hours, but the price appreciated 3.6% in the week leading up to the Muir Glacier upgrade. In comparison, bitcoin (BTC) is down by almost 1% in a week, while majority of other coins among the top 10 advanced by 1%-12% in the past seven days. As wr...

2020 will see the mining pools start to integrate more altcoin mining with huge market potential and risks, says token data and rating agency TokenInsight. The agency's 2019 mining industry report claims that there are only 64 mineable coins including Bitcoin (BTC) with more than USD 100,000 trading volume in 24 hours, and these (with BTC) account for 82% of total crypto market capitalization. What we're seeing now is altcoin mining and staking entering the “main” stage, says the report. These w...

One of the best-known privacy coins, Zcash (ZEC), has jumped on the news that its community has said 'yes' to changes to Zcash mining rewards, meant to support the coin's development. ZEC has gone up 12% in the past day, 30% in a week, and a whopping 132% in a month, landing on USD 66 (at 10:21 UTC). The 25th coin by market capitalization of USD 578 million started rallying already at the beginning of January, dropping somewhat several times on its appreciating path, but then making a higher com...

Uzbekistan’s president has produced a draft decree that will see tax authorities in the country waive taxes on cryptocurrency trading and transactions – for both Uzbeks and non-nationals living in the country. As previously reported, the government has been keen to implement the new measures – as well as new mining regulations – since the turn of the year. However, according to a document posted on the government’s official website, the draft decree could be implemented as early as February, wit...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Blockchain news Alibaba subsidiary and AliPay operator Ant Financial has announced that its enterprise blockchain platform will move out of beta testing and go live in February. Per a report published by Bihal23, Guofei Jiang, Ant Financial’s vice president, has stated that the new platform will allow small firms and micro-enterpr...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulations news Russia’s Central Bank has said it is ready to test stablecoins in regulatory sandbox conditions. The bank’s governor, Elvira Nabiullina, is known as one of Russia’s greatest arch-skeptics. But per Interfax, Nabiullina now says she wants companies who “want to issue tokens secured by assets” to test their coins in ...