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Winklevoss’ Gemini Adds Support for Hong Kong, Australian and Canadian Dollars

Gemini, a major cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers, has just added support for three new fiat currencies on its platform.According to an official announcement on Aug. 17, Gemini now allows users to trade in the Hong Kong dollar (HKD), the Australian dollar (AUD), and the Canadian dollar (CAD).The three new fiat currencies come in addition to the United States dollar, allowing Gemini users in Hong Kong, Australia, and Canada to buy and sell crypto with native currencies.However, HKD, AUD, and CAD are currently not offered through Gemini’s crypto

Coinbase‌ ‌to‌ ‌Offer‌‌ ‌Bitcoin-Backed‌‌ ‌‌Loans‌‌ ‌to‌ ‌US‌ ‌Customers | Bitcoin News Summary Aug 17, 2020

 Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings. One of the largest and most regulated crypto exchanges is capping credit lines at $20,000 per customer and offering an interest rate of 8% for bitcoin-backed loans with terms of one year or less. Yam, a DeFi token, suffered a fatal Code flaw which saw about $750,000 worth of tokens get locked up permanently and irretrievably. The project launched on Tuesday and had already accumulated over half a billion Dollars

Two Attacks on ETC Network Leave Community Needing a Solution, Fast

Ethereum Classic, a 2016 hard fork from Ethereum’s main blockchain, has suffered multiple concerning network attacks over the last two years. Two such attacks occurred within a seven-day span, totaling millions of dollars in losses. With the dust settling from the two 51% attacks, further details are now coming forward, as provided by a number of industry experts.“There is no debate about the attacks,” ETC Labs CEO Terry Culver told Cointelegraph on Aug. 7, answering a question on whether or not the network difficulties were in fact 51% attacks. “Community

Make It Rain Gold! Winklevoss Twins on Elon Musk & Space Mining

The Winklevoss Twins of the “The Social Network” and “Bitcoin Billionaires” fame have said Elon Musk wants to mine gold from space. They tried to convince Barstool Sports blogger David Portnoy that Bitcoin, with its limited supply, was a better investment. Making It Rain In a Twitter video on Friday, the Winklevoss Twins tried to explain that gold was not a great hedge against the dollar. While the dollar keeps being printed, gold only exists in limited amounts… at least on Earth. Furthermore, the twins suggested that Elon Musk was

Stocks Correct While Digital Assets Stay Firm And a New DeFi Project Get Mashed

Finally, the new-age tech investing has become delicious with the latest buzzword project, called Yam Finance. This particular protocol, which first entered the idea phase on August 1 and whose developers released the first implementation of their product on Tuesday, managed to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of investments, before crashing out in a blaze of social media-hosted meme-economy glory last night. No duh, the coding was rushed and unaudited. It was bound to have flaws. In many cases finding a bug in your software is a

Bitcoin a Hedge Against Elon Musk Mining Asteroid Gold, Say Winklevoss Twins

The Winklevoss Twins suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) is a better investment than gold because the metal’s supply will increase after Elon Musk starts mining asteroids.In an interview with internet personality and Barstool Sports founder David Portnoy, the Winklevoss Twins claimed that Bitcoin is a better investment than gold because gold does not have a fixed supply:“There’s billions of dollars of gold floating in asteroids around this planet, and Elon [Musk] is gonna get up there and start mining gold. [...] That’s why gold is a problem, because the supply isn’t

$99 Gas Fees on Ethereum Are Crippling DeFi’s Growth

The surging popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on Ethereum (ETH) has contributed to skyrocketing fees, with the network processing an all-time high of $6.87 million in total fees yesterday. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Synthetix (SNX) founder and CEO, Kain Warwick warned that high fees were impacting the growth of DeFi, stating:“In the last three months, we’ve gone from an environment where DeFi was expensive to use and a little bit slow, to now, [where] for a lot of people it’s prohibitively expensive.”Ethereum fees have spiked nearly 100% over the past 24

90% Crypto Investors Worry About Their Investment – What Will Happen After Their Death

Cryptocurrency and blockchain have become the most trending topic worldwide, especially on the internet. Mostly, investors and traders are involved more in cryptocurrencies. Because the crypto market gives good returns, and it offers an excellent opportunity for the traders too.Recently, a study revealed that 90% of the crypto investors are worried about their investment in cryptocurrencies. They are wondering what will happen to their crypto assets after their Death. However, some people have some proper plans for it. But some investors, particularly younger ones, are only thinking about their own.How

Cointelegraph Launches Newsletter for Professional Investors

Every 1st and 15th, Cointelegraph Consulting provides the latest inside scoop on cryptocurrency price action and rationale in its Market Insights newsletter. Here’s a preview of one of this month’s editions. Editor’s noteCrypto asset prices have flown upward in recent weeks, with various altcoins posting gains reminiscent of the great 2017 digital asset bubble. Assets such as Chainlink (LINK) and Band Protocol (BAND) have tallied triple digits percentage gains. Bitcoin (BTC), the industry’s pioneer asset, has also shown significant upside action. The asset travelled up slightly past $12,000 on Aug. 2 before

Championing Blockchain Education in Africa: Women Leading the Bitcoin Cause

It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in the technology and financial industries. In the U.S, women only hold a quarter of computing-related jobs. Some sectors, like software engineering, fare even worse, with female representation as low as 15%. And now along comes blockchain, a technology that promises a global revolution through decentralization. Blockchain has already begun to transform many industries, from finance and supply chain management to healthcare and governance.  However, it has yet to significantly change the demographics of the tech industry. According to a study conducted by

Bitcoin Price Suddenly Drops by $500 in Seconds to Fill Futures ‘Gap’

Bitcoin (BTC) dropped several hundred dollars in seconds on Aug. 10 as $12,000 once more proved too hot to handle. Cryptocurrency market daily snapshot Aug. 6. Source: Coin360BTC price finds new focus at $11,700Data from Cointelegraph Markets and Coin360 showed BTC/USD nosedive 4% during Monday trading, bouncing off $11,500 and since returning to $11,700.In doing so, Bitcoin neatly filled the latest gap in CME Group’s Bitcoin futures markets, which lay just below $11,700. BTC/USD 1-day price chart. Source: Coin360A classic move, Cointelegraph predicted on the day that markets would likely attempt to