Chinese State-Run Media Believe BTC Price Surge Is Just ‘Hype’ While Praising Blockchain

Two Chinese state-run media outlets have published a brief news item urging citizens to focus more on blockchain technology than on the “hype” of the recent surging Bitcoin prices across the board. China’s Government to Focus on Blockchain Both Sina and Xinhuanet have stated that the recent rally in BTC prices has no clear explanation. Instead, the reporters behind the article, Mao Zhenhua and Zhang Xiaohui, said people should focus on pro-blockchain state policies. Within the brief piece, the state-run press agency ensures that people are “gradually seeing the potential…

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Network Landmarks, Derivatives Records- 2020 Bitcoin Metrics See a Number of All-Time Highs

While the price of bitcoin has spiked to levels not seen in three years a number of other factors show that the current run-up is similar to the 2017 bull run. Active bitcoin addresses have neared all-time record highs, while the network’s hashpower has remained high as well coasting along at 130 exahash. Moreover, bitcoin derivatives markets have crossed record levels as well as open interest in options, and futures have never been so high. Following a 1,079 day wait, on November 30, 2020, BTC broke its record price high…

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Mining City: A Blueprint for Success?

“Together we grow!” This is the slogan of Mining City, a company with a solid foundation in the cryptocurrency market. Is this catchphrase a real promise, or an overstated declaration? Let’s find out. Brick by Brick Cryptocurrencies are considered by many as the “gold of the digital age”. Just as the discovery of gold deposits in North America caused the famous Gold Rush, the introduction of Bitcoin in 2008 significantly affected the financial circulation on the Internet. It is safe to say that we are dealing with a “Crypto Rush”,…

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Peter Schiff Lays Into Grayscale and CNBC, Claims Conspiracy to Pump BTC Value

Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff is now training his guns on Grayscale Trust’s GBTC after the validation of his regular anti-bitcoin rhetoric was cut short by a resurgent crypto market. After rapidly falling to around $16,500 on November 26, BTC quickly recovered before it went on to set a new all-time high of $19,864 on November 30, 2020. Schiff Alleges a Conspiracy Realising that his long-standing rhetoric against BTC is not bearing fruit, Schiff now accuses Grayscale of fueling the bitcoin bubble through its paid for commercials on CNBC.…

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Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation

Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios. The head of the Portfolio Strategy team of the firm’s research arm said he has changed his mind about bitcoin after previously stating that it did not have a place in investment portfolios. Alliance Bernstein Recommends Bitcoin Allocation Alliance Bernstein’s Inigo Fraser-Jenkins reportedly told clients on Monday that he’s changed his mind about bitcoin. Once a bitcoin skeptic, Fraser-Jenkins told clients in 2018 that bitcoin had no place in investment portfolios. However, in a note to…

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The Bitcoin Magazine FOMOmeter

As bitcoin the asset eclipses all-time price and market cap highs, and Bitcoin the decentralized network continues to prove its value proposition as an alternative to fundamental issues within the legacy system, waves of investors are feeling the FOMO (or, “fear of missing out”).  Metrics like the price of BTC, unique addresses used or confirmed transactions per day can offer glimpses into the growth of Bitcoin FOMO on a network scale. But they don’t highlight the whales, institutional leaders and influential figures who are publicly signaling support for Bitcoin and…

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Video: Debating Technology-Driven Deflation

Listen To This Episode: Apple Spotify Google Libsyn Overcast In this off-the-cuff episode of Fed Watch, Christian and I dove more deeply into the technology-driven deflation debate we started last week with our guest Jeff Booth. We brought up the “chicken or the egg?” conversation that did not get resolved fully last time: Is the deflation from technology first or is the inflationary environment first? In other words, which force is primary? We discuss that topic again, and also touch on the problem presented by the fact that not all…

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Visa, Blockfi Launching Credit Card With Bitcoin Rewards — Get BTC Back on All Transactions

Blockfi has unveiled a credit card with bitcoin rewards in collaboration with Visa. This is “the first credit card that lets you earn bitcoin back with every purchase,” Blockfi detailed. Visa Credit Card Offering Cash Back in Bitcoin Crypto financial services provider Blockfi announced on Tuesday that its customers can start signing up for “The world’s first bitcoin rewards credit card” that will launch early next year in collaboration with Visa. “We’re excited to announce an innovative new product we’ve been working on for a long time: the first credit…

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After Lightning-Paced Tier-1 Sellout, ClinTex’s CTi Token Is Now Trading on KuCoin

PRESS RELEASE. ClinTex is all set to fulfill its promise of reducing cost and time wastage in the medical trials industry, with its CTi token available for public trading on KuCoin on Wednesday. Using the combination of blockchain, artificial intelligence and smart contracts, ClinTex is an innovative medical trial platform that will usher in an era of data sharing, analytics and management in pharmaceutical development that will revolutionize the current industry. The aim: eliminate issues that cause time and resources to be wasted and remove duplication of efforts. Sharing is…

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Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Hoard Last Year

A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain sleuths believe the Chinese government may have already sold a great number of the coins and simply added the proceeds to the central treasury. Plustoken Masterminds Sentenced to Up to 11 Years in Prison Just recently, a Jiangsu Yancheng Intermediate People’s Court…

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