📯 Daily News Update for Jan 16th
💸 Breaking: Ethereum Developers Postpone Constantinople Hard Fork, Price Plunges:
The core developers of Ethereum have called for a delay to the activation of Constantinople, just hours before the long-awaited hard fork was scheduled to go live on the third-largest cryptocurrency’s network. Read more
#ethereum #constantinople
📣 Lightning Network Dev. Warns Against Marketing Lightning as The Answer to High Bitcoin Fees:
In a tweet, Lightning Network infrastructure lead Alex Bosworth wrote: “There’s a bit too much emphasis placed on the idea that LN is all about low fees. Fees on the network are charged at a market rate. We cannot control this market therefore we can’t guarantee low fees all the time." Read more
#alexbosworth #jackdorsey
💱 Binance CEO Criticized for Appearing to Advise Storing Crypto on Exchanges:
Binance CEO Chengpeng Zhao “CZ” has come under attack after appearing to advise crypto holders to store their holdings on exchanges or on personal storage devices like USB drives or hardware wallets. Read more
#wallets #exchanges #binance
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 24
Change 1 day: -1
Change 7 day: -17
Change 30 day: +8
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💸 Breaking: Ethereum Developers Postpone Constantinople Hard Fork, Price Plunges:
The core developers of Ethereum have called for a delay to the activation of Constantinople, just hours before the long-awaited hard fork was scheduled to go live on the third-largest cryptocurrency’s network. Read more
#ethereum #constantinople
📣 Lightning Network Dev. Warns Against Marketing Lightning as The Answer to High Bitcoin Fees:
In a tweet, Lightning Network infrastructure lead Alex Bosworth wrote: “There’s a bit too much emphasis placed on the idea that LN is all about low fees. Fees on the network are charged at a market rate. We cannot control this market therefore we can’t guarantee low fees all the time." Read more
#alexbosworth #jackdorsey
💱 Binance CEO Criticized for Appearing to Advise Storing Crypto on Exchanges:
Binance CEO Chengpeng Zhao “CZ” has come under attack after appearing to advise crypto holders to store their holdings on exchanges or on personal storage devices like USB drives or hardware wallets. Read more
#wallets #exchanges #binance
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 24
Change 1 day: -1
Change 7 day: -17
Change 30 day: +8
🔥 Brought to you by @cryptoexplorerchannel
🗞 Daily Update for Jan 18th
🇷🇺 Russia Denies Buying $10 Billion in Bitcoin:
Like I told you 3 days ago..Russia is not planning to buy $10 billion in bitcoin this quarter, according to an official with the Russian State Duma. Elina Sidorenko, chair of the Duma’s cryptocurrency group, says the rumors are nonsense. “This statement has no common sense,” Sidorenko told ForkLog. Read more
#politics #russia #fakenews
🥩 Buy Bitcoin at Some Grocery Stores in the US:
Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with coins-to-cash converter Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks in a number of U.S. states. Read more
#bitcoin #grocery #coinstar
🔶 Ethereum Hard Fork Constantinople Rescheduled to 28th February:
The aborted Constantinople network upgrade has created several problems for Ethereum. One of these problems is a significant group of miners continuing to mine as if the hard fork had actually taken place. Read more
#constantinople #ethereum
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 28
Change 1 day: +1
Change 7 day: +11
Change 30 day: +9
🇷🇺 Russia Denies Buying $10 Billion in Bitcoin:
Like I told you 3 days ago..Russia is not planning to buy $10 billion in bitcoin this quarter, according to an official with the Russian State Duma. Elina Sidorenko, chair of the Duma’s cryptocurrency group, says the rumors are nonsense. “This statement has no common sense,” Sidorenko told ForkLog. Read more
#politics #russia #fakenews
🥩 Buy Bitcoin at Some Grocery Stores in the US:
Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with coins-to-cash converter Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks in a number of U.S. states. Read more
#bitcoin #grocery #coinstar
🔶 Ethereum Hard Fork Constantinople Rescheduled to 28th February:
The aborted Constantinople network upgrade has created several problems for Ethereum. One of these problems is a significant group of miners continuing to mine as if the hard fork had actually taken place. Read more
#constantinople #ethereum
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 28
Change 1 day: +1
Change 7 day: +11
Change 30 day: +9
🗞 Daily News for Mar 4th
🔶 Ethereum Blocks Drop to 12 Seconds:
Average block times in ethereum have dropped to their lowest level ever at just 12.5 seconds, down from 21 seconds per block. That’s after the Constantinople upgrade kicked-in on Thursday, delaying the difficulty bomb for another 12 months. Read more
#ethereum #constantinople
⛓️ Coinbase Sought Neutrino After Losing Control Over Customer Data Being Sold:
Coinbase’s controversial acquisition of Neutrino was motivated by a desire to ditch its existing tech partners because they ”were actually selling client data to outside sources,” the head of sales at Coinbase said on Saturday. Read more
#neutrino #coinbase
🔷 Major US Retailer Ditches Visa – Now Considering Bitcoin’s Lightning Network:
US retail giant, Kroger, is no longer accepting Visa credit cards at its chain of Smith’s food and drug stores. So Anthony Pompliano tweeted an offer to hook them up with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network nationwide. Read more
#pomp #bitcoinacceptance
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 34
Change 1 day: -10
Change 7 day: -13
Change 30 day: +16
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🔶 Ethereum Blocks Drop to 12 Seconds:
Average block times in ethereum have dropped to their lowest level ever at just 12.5 seconds, down from 21 seconds per block. That’s after the Constantinople upgrade kicked-in on Thursday, delaying the difficulty bomb for another 12 months. Read more
#ethereum #constantinople
⛓️ Coinbase Sought Neutrino After Losing Control Over Customer Data Being Sold:
Coinbase’s controversial acquisition of Neutrino was motivated by a desire to ditch its existing tech partners because they ”were actually selling client data to outside sources,” the head of sales at Coinbase said on Saturday. Read more
#neutrino #coinbase
🔷 Major US Retailer Ditches Visa – Now Considering Bitcoin’s Lightning Network:
US retail giant, Kroger, is no longer accepting Visa credit cards at its chain of Smith’s food and drug stores. So Anthony Pompliano tweeted an offer to hook them up with Bitcoin’s Lightning Network nationwide. Read more
#pomp #bitcoinacceptance
Fear and Greed Index:
Today: 34
Change 1 day: -10
Change 7 day: -13
Change 30 day: +16
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