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Bitcoin dominance drop and resistance at $55K stoke altseason hopes

Bitcoin dominance drop and resistance at $55K stoke altseason hopes

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The overall cryptocurrency market saw a second day of gains on April 27 after the weekend sell-off proved to be a good buying opportunity for retail and institutional investors. Lower gas fees following the Ethereum network’s Berlin upgrade along with an increase in institutional buying and decentralized finance activity lifted the price of Ether to …

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Top 10 Cryptocurrency Companies to Watch Out for in 2020

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Advertisment Cryptocurrencies continue to rise in popularity since their inception a decade ago. Their rise has been tremendous until they have started to affect the economic activities of certain countries. It should not come as a surprise to find people discussing or chatting about crypto-related topics or news whenever you make a visit to any …

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Holiday Spending up 14.6% as E-Commerce Beats Brick-and-Mortar

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E-commerce sales hit record highs this year as Americans continue to move their holiday shopping online. According to Mastercard’s SpendingPulse report, online retail grew 18.8% over last year’s holiday season. That’s enough to make online sales a record 14.6% of holiday shoppers total spend, the report says. Online consumers this year spent 17% more on …

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Argentina Using Bitcoin To "Skirt Capital Controls"

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One BTC’s trading at $9,143 USD in Argentine exchange Ripio Argentina’s black market peso fell 4.56% to an all-time low of 76.75 against USD President Alberto Fernandez says Argentina is in virtual default, compares its economic solution to the 2001 crisis Argentina is recording its highest volume week ever on LocalBitcoin, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange …

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PSBT, static typechecks, fixes and improvements. : litecoin

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Release notes for python-bitcoinx: https://github.com/Simplexum/python-bitcointx/blob/master/release-notes.md python-litecointx release is mainly syncing with python-bitcointx, as the main functionality is there. The library now has module to handle PSBT and an example of the module usage: : https://github.com/Simplexum/python-bitcointx/blob/master/examples/sign-psbt.py PSBT should work for litecoin without problems after you switch the chain parameters with with ChainParams(‘litecoin’): or select_chain_params(‘litecoin’). Both libraries …

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Canaan's New 5-Nanometer Chips to Escalate ASIC Arms Race With Bitmain

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Chinese mining application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) manufacturer Canaan will launch new, improved mining machines with 5-nanometer chips in Q1 2020. Chinese industry news outlet 8BTC reported on Dec. 24 that the new ASICs will have significant advantages compared to the previous generation. The new firm’s 5nm manufacturing process is expected to improve performance, power and …

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Huawei Denies Receiving Billions In Financial Aid From Chinese Government

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Using a combination of publicly-available records, the WSJ estimates Huawei received $46 billion in loans and lines of credit from state-controlled lenders, as well as $1.6 billion in grants. The company was also able to save as much as $25 billion in taxes between 2008 and 2018 thanks to incentives aimed at China’s tech companies, …

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bitcoin core – Does a trusted blockchain import from BitcoinCore require that chainstate and blocks be from the same source?

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Can the chainstate folder from a pruned node be used with the blocks folder from a full node to provide the full blockchain? Assume that both nodes have been running for months. If the blocks folder contains references to filenames in the chainstate folder, then the answer is no. I know this because the filenames …

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Chinese Police Seize Thousands of Miners, Arrest Dozens of Scammers

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In the last couple of days, Chinese media have reported on police forces in one province of the vast Asian country seizing close to 7,000 mining rigs using stolen electricity and in another province arresting 72 multi-level marketing scheme operators for alleged fraud. Also Read: Chinese Regulators Question 8 Crypto Companies in Shenzhen Police Seize …

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