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A new wallet aims to broaden the adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies but making their addresses easier to remember. The service, dubbed Easypaysy, is the product of Spanish developer José Femenías Cañuelo and launched on Dec. 1. Dev: BTC addresses “not for humans”Cañuelo was irked by the complex nature of
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Lightning Network payment channels on Bitcoin declined 23% in the past five months. Are the incentives there to make it a viable scaling solution? | Source: ShutterstockBy CCN Markets: Usage of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network underwent a sizeable decline in 2019. According to data from BitcoinVisuals, 23% of Lightning Network
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By CCN: Bitcoin is not an effective hedge against an uncertain economy or volatile stock market — despite what crypto evangelists vehemently insist. That’s the conclusion of a report that was just published in the Annals of Operations Research.The paper is entitled “Market Risk and Bitcoin Returns,” and it was
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos, one of the most respected and active personalities within the Bitcoin ecosystem, shared his impressions this week regarding the consequences that an approval of a Bitcoin ETF could have for the crypto ecosystem.In his popular video series “Bitcoin Q&A”, Antonopoulos referred to the matter as a hot
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Andreas Antonopoulos Says Bitcoin ETFs Are a ‘Terrible Idea’. Does He Have a Point? August 19, 2018 by Paul de Havilland Influential crypto thought leader Andreas Antonopoulos has spoken out against bitcoin ETFs, calling them a “terrible idea”. As a proponent of the crypto asset revolution and the widespread adoption thereof,
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