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Without quantum security, our blockchain future is uncertain
News that two teams of Chinese scientists have achieved quantum advantage — a technical term for when a computer can perform functions beyond that of a classical computer — may be the signal that we have truly entered a new era. While…
What Bitcoin and Ether’s Options Tell Us About Their Maturity
Of course, we’re still in the early stages of the crypto derivatives market. One exchange, Deribit, has the lion’s share of both bitcoin and ether’s options trades. “It’s still nascent,” Luuk Strijers, the exchange’s chief commercial…
Will Halloween NFTs be hauntingly good or too spooky for crypto?
Halloween is traditionally known for costumes, candy and trick or treating, but this year, the holiday is transitioning to the virtual world as the metaverse unfolds. As such, nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, are being created to showcase…
ProShares Seeks Waiver From CME for Position Limits on New Bitcoin Futures ETF: Report
Starting with the November front-month contract, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will limit the amount of futures that a buyer can buy in the new ETF to 4,000, dropping to 2,000 three days before expiration. As each contract…
Next Bitcoin price crash will be ‘shallower’ than 80%, says Pantera Capital CEO
Bitcoin (BTC) market's tendency to crash by over 80% after logging strong bull runs might come to an end.That is according to a new report published by California-based hedge fund Pantera Capital. In detail, the report notes that the recent…
Bitmain Confirms Halting Its Shipment of Antminers to Chinese Customers — CoinDesk
“From October 11, 2021, Antminer will stop shipping to mainland China (excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan),” according to a statement from Bitmain’s official WeChat account. The move doesn’t affect Bitmain’s overseas customers and the company…
BTC price falls back to $47K as weekly close neatly tracks Bitcoin futures gap
Bitcoin (BTC) retested $47,000 on Sept. 19 as the weekly close looked set to hinge on the CME futures gap.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewBitcoin comes full circle after erasing gainsData from Cointelegraph…
Bitcoin chart fractal suggests BTC price will rally to at least $80K by September
While Bitcoin's (BTC) price has slipped by more than 8.2% after rising to $42,230, the 43.5% rally included 10 consecutive days of gains. But despite BTC currently trading at around $39,700 as of Aug. 2, some analysts anticipate that it can…
SpaceChain, Blockstream and Cryptosat – Cointelegraph Magazine
In the 1988 “Crypto Anarchist Manifesto,” engineer, author and cypherpunk Timothy C. May predicted a social and economic revolution enabled by technological developments, including high-speed networks, personal computers and satellites.…
Ethereum eyes rally to $3K, with 39% ETH price rebound triggering a classic bullish pattern
The price of Ether (ETH) jumped to a three-week high on Monday, triggered by similar gains in the Bitcoin (BTC) market that appeared in the wake of rumors about Amazon’s foray into the cryptocurrency sector.A job posting from the retail…