Status of the Bitcoin network as of Friday, January 17, 2020 at 12:00:01 EST: Total bitcoins: 18,166,121.044972 Height: 613,296 Difficulty: 14,776,367,535,688.640625 Statistics for the past …
Adam Back Trashes LN to Big Up Liquid (TrustNodes)
There are tradeoffs, Blockstream’s Adam Back (pictured left) diplomatically said in regards to the Lightning Network (LN) with those “tradeoffs” being mostly negative in a …
Crypto News Roundup for Jan. 17, 2020 (CoinDesk)
US SEC Charges Convict and Associates for $30M Fraudulent ICO (Cointelegraph)
The U.S. SEC has charged Boaz Manor and his associates with raising over $30 million through a fraudulent ICO
Ripple Is One of the Best Workplaces According to Fortune (Coinspeaker)
Coinspeaker Ripple Is One of the Best Workplaces According to Fortune Despite some legal processes that the company is involved in, Ripple has a reason …
Everstake deploys consensus node on the Neo3 Preview1 TestNet (cryptoninjas)
Everstake, a Kyiv-based staking service platform, announced today it has joined the Neo3 testnet as a consensus node operator. This marks the beginning of decentralization …
Binance in Talks to Launch Crypto Trading Joint Venture in Japan (CoinDesk)
The exchange said it is discussing a strategic partnership with a Softbank subsidiary and Japan-based exchange TaoTao to work together to provide “trading services” in …
Bitcoin Right at the Limit of Breaking Downtrend — Price Analysis (Cryptoglobe)
The leading crypto has drifted up on the short term charts, when it could have drifted down. This may signal the final push up through …
Crypto investments in 2019 surpassed $600 million on Grayscale (AMBCrypto)
The correlation between Bitcoin and other altcoins was becoming evident in 2019, where Bitcoin reflected great promise in the first half, but underwent a period …
Chainalysis Report Confirms Huobi and Binance are Invovled in Laundering Illicit BTC Streams (The Merkle)
Chainalysis is a well-respected blockchain analysis firm. In its yearly report, the findings do not paint a positive picture for some key crypto exchanges. The …