Today’s Top News
Not a lot of news, but what we have today is great news! Enjoy these ditties from XRP and Bitcoin.
XRP Leads the Market
Binance added XRP futures to its platform yesterday, and no sooner than it did, XRP’s price jumped 14 percent, taking the rest of the market with it. Bitcoin bounced over $8,000 as XRP thrust itself to $0.21. Meanwhile, Singaporean exchange BITBOX delisted XRP — FORBES
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Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits a New All-Time High
The long-running propaganda war between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash spilled over onto Reddit last week as paid microworkers boosted the visibility of a pro-BTC anti-BCH skreed. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin hash rate climbed to a new high of 119 exahashes per second on New Year’s Day. — COINDESK
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Today’s Bitcoin Chart
Hot Crypto Reads
It’s a year in review, and Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong looks forward to the next decade. You don’t want to miss any of these stories.
Review of Q4 2019
The total market cap for crypto was up 44 percent in 2019. In the first half, it went up 138 percent then fell 38 percent in the last half. Bitcoin saw its seventh best quarter in Q2 last year while Q3 was the fifth worst quarter in history and Q4 the fourth. This analysis of last year’s crypto performance is one of the best reads of the day. — BRAVE NEW COIN
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Makes 10-Year Predictions
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, is predicting what will happen in crypto over the next decade. Among them include faster applications, increased privacy in a prominent blockchain, consolidation, crypto ubiquity in tech startups, mass crypto adoption in emerging nations, rapid adoption of crypto among legacy financial institutions, the U.S. Federal Reserve establishing its own digital dollar, more people will earn a living in crypto, and BTC to create more billionaires as it rises to $200,000. — CRYPTONEWS
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5 Ways Blockchain Tech Will Shape Business in 2020
Since we seem to like predictions, here’s one on the technology underlying crypto. We all know how major corporations are experimenting with blockchains, but what’s interesting about these predictions is the discussion on hybrid versus federated blockchains. You’ll love the other four talking points too. — CDO TRENDS
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Decentralized Finance Year in Review
Decentralized finance (DeFi) sprung up from out of nowhere in 2019. This market report highlights key developments, such as the 137.23 percent increase in total value locked. Dai saw almost 1,000 percent year-over-year increase in value locked. Uniswap’s liquidity surged over 5,000 percent. Get the lowdown on what happened in DeFi in 2019. — DEFI RATE
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Poll: How Much Of Your Income Do You Earmark to Buy More Bitcoin?
How much of your monthly income do you spend on buying Bitcoin? — TWITTER/@ZACKVOELL
Allen Taylor is a veteran award-winning journalist and former newspaper editor. He is a freelance writer focused on fintech, including blockchain and crypto projects, and manages crypto blogs through CryptoBloggers. Follow me on Twitter and Steemit.