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The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has listed a Canadian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) aimed at institutional investors in the European region, as per a release shared with the BTC Times. Called “The Bitcoin Fund,” the tradeable product had previously been approved by the Ontario Securities Commission and is currently traded on
News of U.S. President Donald Trump's infection with COVID-19 was quickly followed by a Bitcoin price drop. While the drop itself may be considered minor, with losses of around 1.5%, the gold spot price increased by 1% during the same time frame. There are several potential
Results of a recent survey conducted by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the digital currency research division of the University of Cambridge, found that regulatory headwinds did little to impede the growth of the cryptocurrency sector since 2018, with user growth touching record levels instead. 189% Growth in
News • Bitcoin • Oct 04, 2020
Results of a recent survey conducted by the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the digital currency research division of the University of Cambridge, found that regulatory headwinds did little to impede the growth of the cryptocurrency sector since 2018, with user growth touching record levels instead. 189% Growth in
News • Bitcoin • Oct 04, 2020
The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has listed a Canadian Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) aimed at institutional investors in the European region, as per a release shared with the BTC Times. Called “The Bitcoin Fund,” the tradeable product had previously been approved by the Ontario Securities Commission and is currently traded on
News • Bitcoin • Oct 02, 2020
News of U.S. President Donald Trump's infection with COVID-19 was quickly followed by a Bitcoin price drop. While the drop itself may be considered minor, with losses of around 1.5%, the gold spot price increased by 1% during the same time frame. There are several potential
News • Bitcoin • Oct 01, 2020
Users of Bitcoin derivatives platform BitMEX have withdrawn over 32,200 bitcoin (approximately $337 million at press time) following CFTC charges of anti-money laundering violations and the arrest of the firm's CTO. As a result of the allegations, anxieties boiled up over potential BitMEX asset seizures, with many
News • Bitcoin • Oct 01, 2020
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has charged five entities and three individuals that own BitMEX with operating an unregistered trading platform and violating anti-money laundering procedures. Among those charged are the founders of the company, Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed. According to Bloomberg, Samuel Reed was arrested
News • Bitcoin • Sep 30, 2020
The third quarter of 2020 officially closed as the second-best quarter in Bitcoin history, with the September candle at $10,776 recording a 17.9% quarterly gain. Historical quarterly closing prices for Bitcoin. Source: Skew The only time Bitcoin achieved a higher quarterly close was the fourth quarter of 2017,
News • Bitcoin • Sep 30, 2020
Twitter and Cash App founder Jack Dorsey stirred up controversy in the Bitcoin community after his comments on a recent “mission-driven” policy by crypto exchange Coinbase attracted bouquets from some, and brickbats from others. Dorsey said in a tweet earlier today, “Bitcoin (aka crypto) is direct activism against an unverifiable
News • Bitcoin • Sep 30, 2020
A recent test by Casa co-founder Jameson Lopp revealed that enabling the GLV Endomorphism implementation for Bitcoin Core can make the network faster and more efficient by several notches. Lopp tweeted Monday, “I ran 4 different syncs of Bitcoin Core to benchmark the real-world performance improvements offered by enabling GLV
News • Bitcoin • Sep 30, 2020