As Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to its 2020 high of $11,392 this week, its correlation with gold increased and at the moment, BTC’s monthly correlation with gold on daily returns sits at 0.66, according to data from CryptoCompare. The correlation started to increase as gold broke...
Month: July 2020
Hackers Have Been Using Dogecoin to Deploy Malware for 6 Months & No One Noticed
A new study indicates that hackers are actively relying on the Dogecoin (DOGE) blockchain to expand a malware payload named “Doki.” According to cybersecurity researchers at Intezer, Doki is a fully undetected backdoor that abuses the Dogecoin blockchain “in a unique way” in order to...
Overstock’s Blockchain Ventures Booming in Q2
Recent Q2 financial details from blockchain-involved company Overstock show triple digit percentage growth compared to the same time in 2019. “Total net revenue was $783 million, an increase of 109% year over year,” a public statement said on July 30. “Gross profit was $180 million...
The Future of Crypto Mining is All About Computing Power, Says RRMine Global CEO
RRMine Global CEO, Steve Tsou, said at a Cointelegraph China Great Bay Area International Blockchain Week pre-event interview on July 29 that the future of crypto mining will transit from labor-intensive companies to technology-intensive and capital-intensive companies. It will be all about computing power. Computer...
This Coin’s Supply Goes Up as Its Price Rises
Ampleforth (AMPL) is a cryptocurrency built with an elastic supply that expands and contracts depending on demand. According to its co-founder Evan Kuo, the team was trying to learn from the failures of the gold standard and Bitcoin (BTC) to create a more flexible monetary...
Aave (LEND) Staking Proposal Could Extend DeFi Token’s 600% Rally
On July 29 the price of Aave (LEND) surged 23% as the project released its tokenomics update proposal called Aavenomics. The upside move brought LEND’s market cap to $447 million and will surely have investors curious on whether the DeFi-related token will surge higher as...
Binance Confirms Crypto Debit Cards Shipping to Europe
Binance has confirmed the shipping of its crypto debit cards to Europe following a tweet from Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, several days ago. “We began shipping a limited quantity of Binance Cards on July 24,” a Binance representative told Cointelegraph in a July...
Fan Token Platform Socios Secures Key Regulatory License
Socios.com, a blockchain startup aiming to tokenize the sports industry, has secured a major regulatory license allowing it to issue its own payments and loyalty card. Issued by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit, or FIU, the new license has been granted to the new Estonia-based...
5 Years In, Ethereum Network Growth Echoes Nvidia’s Pre-2016 Bull Run
In July 2016, a mere four years ago, Nvidia was a $26-billion company focused on GPU chips and graphic card production. In comparison, the long-standing sector leader was Intel Corp, with a $166-billion market capitalization. The nearly 40-year old chip manufacturer was a blue-chip Fortune...
US Banks Get Crypto Custody Nod, but Instant Demand Surge Is Unlikely
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a division of the United States Treasury that supervises banking in the country, on July 22, issued an interpretive letter clarifying that nationally chartered banks are allowed to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers extended to...