South Korean presidential committee recommends allowing Bitcoin derivatives(news)
(businesskorea.co.kr)- Qatar bans crypto, local BTC nodes still operational(news)
(internationalinvestment.net) - Bitcoin’s 2019 USD transaction volume ($3.8T) nearly surpassed the entire internet’s USD digital tx vol. ($4.1T)(opinion)(news)(statista.com)
- Bitcoin hash rate hits ATH, now 8x higher than $20,000 price top(opinion)(news)(blockchain.com)
Poloniex denies suffering a data leak after resetting some users’ passwords(news)(infosecurity-magazine.com)- Venezuela to sell oil and gold for petro(opinion)(news)(elnacional.com)
- Former head of Barclays Technology launching crypto/fiat banking w/mastercard, for UK only(opinion)(news)(ziglu.io)
- Bitcoin miner Argo installs 3,600 new Bitmain machines, increasing its capacity by 75%(news)(londonstockexchange.com)
- Tyler Winklevoss: Crypto will become crucial to your everyday life the way email is(opinion)(twitter.com)
- 44% of Brazilian FinTechs aim to innovate by learning from Bitcoin and its blockchain(opinion)(news)(sahiwal.tv)
- Crypto researcher Virgil Griffith granted $1M bail in North Korea case(news)(twitter.com)
- South Korea confirms no income tax on crypto profits(news)(drive.google.com)
- Crypto exchange Bithumb hit with massive tax bill of $69M(news)(businesskorea.co.kr)
- China may soon have its 1st blockchain related ETF(news)(neris.csrc.gov.cn)
- Bitcoin’s stock-to-flow model indicates a 2020 halving rally(opinion)(medium.com)
- Wall Street bull Mike Novogratz predicts the price of Bitcoin to reach $12,000 in 2020(opinion)(twitter.com)
- Coinbase wins US patent for sending Bitcoin via email, it takes 48 hours to clear(news)(patft.uspto.gov)
- US Congress candidate says “Bitcoin and ammunition” are wise investments for the new decade(opinion)(news)(twitter.com)
- Binance blocks and suspends user for using privacy focused Wasabi wallet(news)(twitter.com)
- ‘Japan’s Amazon’ Rakuten now allows users to convert loyalty points to Bitcoin(news)(global.rakuten.com)
- Uzbekistan officially defines cryptocurrency trading rules(news)(bitnovosti.com)
- Bitfinex increases its supply of Bitcoin by 30% in one week(news)(eng.ambcrypto.com)
- Youtube has removed crypto related videos for unclear reasons(news)(twitter.com)
- P2P Bitcoin exchange Hodl Hodl expands gift card trading with Coincards partnership(news)(cryptoninjas.net)
- Chinese authorities confiscate nearly 7,000 crypto mining machines(news)(m.news.cctv.com)