Distributed Dialogues: Political Censorship in China

On the latest episode of Season 2 of Distributed Dialogues, the hosts took a deep dive into the state of political repression in the People’s Republic of China. Interviewing experts and dissidents at the Oslo Freedom Festival, this thorough examination of Chinese political life combines insight and research with the real, lived experiences of people […]

Bitcoin News Summary – October 29, 2018

The post Bitcoin News Summary – October 29, 2018 appeared first on 99 Bitcoins. Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds.  Crypto markets remain steady this week. Markets were largely unchanged from last week, with Bitcoin holding the $6,400 level, Ethereum keeping its $200 level, XRP steady at 45 cents and […]

Dev: Ethereum May Fail if it Relies on Infura to Run Nodes, Potential Solution

Afri Schoedon, an Ethereum developer at Parity Technologies, said that the network cannot rely on Infura to process 10 billion requests per day. Created by Michael Wuehler, an author at ConsenSys and NYC Ethereum founder, Infura is an infrastructure that allows decentralized applications (dApps) to process information on the Ethereum network without running a full […]

Bitcoin Opinion: The Long [Achievable] Road to Adoption

It has been a pain to watch the bitcoin charts these past couple of months, but lucky enough I’ve been busy reading about the latest discussions around technology developments to take my mind out of it. Why is the market crashing? What’s bringing it down? Who’s responsible for this calamity? When will it recover? I, […]

Newsflash: Canadian Bitcoin Exchange ‘Hacked,’ Says All Funds are Gone

A small Bitcoin exchange based in Alberta, Canada, has gone offline. Before their Twitter page went offline, MapleChange had announced on Twitter that they “[had] no more funds to pay anyone back.” In the way of an explanation, the exchange had, approximately one hour before deleting its Twitter page, said that a “bug” had enabled […]

Crypto Week In Review: China, Japan, U.S. Regulators Approve Crypto

Declining volatility in crypto markets has allowed startups, investors, and industry leaders to slow down, and postulate about the future of this nascent industry, catalyzing a series of positive developments. For one, in the past week, certain crypto-centric entities were awarded wheelbarrows of regulatory traction, with leading governmental agencies from Japan and the U.S. expressing […]

Bitcoin Price Weekly Analysis: BTC/USD Remains Supported Near $6,380

Key Points Bitcoin price is holding the $6,380 and $6,350 support levels against the US Dollar. There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance at $6,420 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair needs to surpass the $6,420 and $6,460 resistance levels to gain momentum. Bitcoin price […]