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What is the worst nightmare that could happen to crypto? Experts answer

Amanda is the chief people officer at ConsenSys, a global community of developers, businesspeople, programmers, journalists, lawyers and others made to create and promote blockchain infrastructure and peer-to-peer applications. “My worst nightmare is to wake up in five years and realize the crypto industry has become just like the ‘old Wall Street’ — an exclusive industry. The crypto ecosystem is…

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Bitcoin set for record monthly close with BTC price still below ‘worst case scenario’

Bitcoin (BTC) delivered fresh retests of $60,000 support on Oct. 31 with a matter of hours left until the crucial monthly close. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Record monthly close hangs by a thread Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingViewshowed lackluster price action on Sunday, with BTC/USD below the “worst case scenario” for its October close. Analysts…

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Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Dogelon Mars Lead the Pack of 45 Doge-Like Tokens Capturing Astronomical Gains – Altcoins Bitcoin News

2021 has been the year of decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and meme tokens as well. During the first week of August, roughly 30 dogecoin-like crypto assets existed and today, there are now 45 tokens with the terms “dog,” “shiba,” and “inu” in their names. Many of these coins have seen astronomical gains this year, outperforming some of the…

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Bitcoin white paper turns 13 years old: The journey so far

The 13th birthday of the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper has crept up just as the world continues to deal with a global pandemic, inflation fears, an astounding memecoin mania trendand growing institutional adoption of the cryptocurrency space. On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin white paper to a cryptography mailing list hosted by Metzdow. The Metzdow mailing list…

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Federal Security Service of Russia Seeks Powers to Obtain Information From Crypto Platforms – Bitcoin News

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has issued a draft order allowing its agents to request information from cryptocurrency platforms among other organizations. The move follows changes made to the anti-corruption legislation in Russia, the agency noted. FSB Wants Access to Crypto Data for Anti-Corruption Checks in Russia Russia’s main law enforcement agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB),…

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The Bitcoin White Paper Was Released 13 Years Ago

The research paper detailing the engineering and design requirements to enable the first distributed, uncensorable, electronic digital cash system to come to life was released 13 years ago. The Bitcoin white paper publicized the long-sought resolution to the double-spending problem of all previous attempts to build digital cash. However, contrary to popular belief, the invention of Bitcoin by Satoshi Nakamoto…

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