The following article was submitted by Tamara Backovic, Content Specialist at fortunly.com. Bitcoin has been teeming with potential since the day it was rolled out. Of course, the timing of its introduction helped, giving humankind a promising alternative to the fundamentally broken fiat money at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. Many people around the world…
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Liquid, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, is introducing Bitcoin perpetuals with 100:1 leverage ratio. The exchange is the latest one that is adding the Bitcoin product to its platform. The difference between futures and perpetual contracts is that unlike futures, perpetuals do not have an expiry date. As stated by Liquid, a perpetual contract also does…
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Bitstamp is a Luxembourg-based crypto exchange that has teamed up with Silvergate Bank for their new product called SEN Leverage. SEN is an abbreviation for Silvergate Exchange Network that allows for 24/7, real-time withdrawal and deposits of US dollars. Silvergate Bank is a California state-chartered bank. Since the launch of the network, some of the largest…
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While there is no proof who the real Satoshi Nakamoto is, legal cases and Bitcoin awards for proclaimed "Satoshis" are quire common. The latest one involves the most famous "Satoshi" of all: Mr. Craig Wright. Mr. Wright has fought several legal battles in the crypto industry, with the latest being against his former business partner…
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The CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, has recently won a patent from the US Patents and Trademark Office for a unique technology that allows the owner of the patent to send bitcoin to email addresses. The patent was granted on December 17th, after being filed two four years ago - on March 17th, 2015. What…
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The "people's currency" is yet again experiencing lows and this time the reason may be a very serious one. It's usually market sentiment and recent price decreases have been less than volatile, as Bitcoin was trading around $8,000. What is even more concerning is that Bitcoin was noting new highs recently, "assuring" investors of brighter…
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While many wonder what would happen to the price of Bitcoin, very few investors think about where the next boom of the crypto would come from. It is not only the price that would determine the next step for Bitcoin, but also the developments that would come in due course. According to Jack Dorsey, the…
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Bitcoin is getting new traction in South American countries. While the price fluctuations of the currency are still valid and the market is extremely volatile, there is no denial that the "people's currency" is "rain making" in South America. According to recent press releases, adoption of Bitcoin in South America has increased significantly in the…
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Bitcoin giveth and taketh away, like no other asset class before it, but analysts keep searching for Bitcoin’s “twin”, assuming that one might exist from another era that would provide an insight into the future price behavior of the world’s favorite digital asset. This search is not some kind of new age, outside of the…
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Every now and then, a juicy article appears in the press that commands re-writes across the entire news spectrum. In other words, no matter where you go, you cannot avoid reading the same storyline, over and over again. Bloomberg created one of these “honey pots” on Monday, and before you could say, “What the…,” a…
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