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Itâs been a good week for Bitcoin. After languishing at around $6,700, the cryptocoin is up more than 6 percent over the last week to take it above $7,000. And the next halving is now less than three weeks away.
Changpeng Zhao is looking further ahead. He predicts that in a few months, as governments implement quantitative easing measures to stabilize coronavirus-hit economies, Bitcoin will rise. âMathematics works, he told BlockDown 2020, a two-day virtual conference. âIf you increase supply of the fiat currency and Bitcoin is a limited asset, mathematics will eventually work.â For crypto-ATM services like DigitalMint and LibertyX, thatâs good news. Theyâve been expanding their spread of Bitcoin cash machines. The movement of digital coins certainly looks better than that of oil. As a barrel of crude fell into negative territory for the first time, Bitcoin barely moved.
Not all the old stuff being dug up is worthless though. A 21-year-old post on the Cypherpunks mailing list has led to speculation that it was written by a young Satoshi Nakamoto. The post describes a form of e-cash, and mentions many of the issues that came to define Bitcoin.
There may be good news for anyone who lost money on their crypto trades this year. Itâs complicated stuff but IRS virus relief might now mean that itâs easier to offset losses. And the virus could create new blockchain opportunities in its birthplace. A report on the response of Chinaâs blockchain industry to COVID-19 suggests that monetary policies will push people towards digital coins.Â
In the US, a federal judge has issued warrants for the arrest of David Schmidt and Robert Dunlap. Schmidt is a former Republican state senator in Washington. He and Dunlop are alleged to have sold Meta 1 tokens that they claimed were backed by $1 billion in fine art or $2 billion of gold. The SEC froze the cryptocurrencyâs assets and charged the firmâs operators with fraud on the grounds that there were no tokens. The defendants, together with Nicole Bowdler, who claims to be âan Earth Angelâ in touch with the angel Metatron, were charged with fraud.
Libra is hoping that the government will be more lenient towards its plans. The association has revised its white paper in an attempt to meet the demands of US regulators. At least two members of the House Financial Services Committee are not impressed. Outside the US, Facebook remains bullish on its digital coin. Itâs looking for 50 new workers to add to its team of 5,000 to work on Calibra.
In Japan, one of the countryâs largest advertising companies is planning to use the blockchain to reward people who comment on manga, even though those comments may include copyrighted material. And in Malaysia, police have arrested fourteen Chinese men for their involvement in an alleged Bitcoin scam. The men are said to have impersonated wealthy investors.
And finally, some good news. Enterprise blockchain, Hyperledger Fabric, is bringing trust to difficult but vital markets, like aerospace parts. A survey has found that itâs not all drugs on the crypto markets. Fifteen percent of digital spending goes on clothes and 14 percent is spent on food. All that clothes shopping must be giving people the munchies. And players of Upland spent $1,236 on Tier 3 Easter egg properties to raise money for NYCâs battle against the coronavirus. Uplandme, Inc. matched that spend to donate $2,500 to the NYC COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund.
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Joel Comm is an internet pioneer, New York Times best-selling author, futurist speaker and co-host of The Bad Crypto Podcast. Thatâs a fancy way of saying he writes words, says things and loves to play with cryptos
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