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ForkLog 13 04.11.2020

Multimillionaire Club Invested in Bitcoin on the Eve of the U.S. Presidential Election

Members of Tiger 21, a club for high-net-worth individuals with assets of at least $100 million, invested in Bitcoin, silver, and gold-mining stocks as a hedge against a Biden victory in the U.S. presidential election. Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 19 04.11.2020

Coin Metrics develops new methodology to measure bitcoin miner activity

Analyst Karim Helmy of Coin Metrics has devised a new methodology for quantitatively assessing bitcoin miner inventories, separating miner activity from mining pools. This enables a more precise appraisal of the coins at their disposal. Miners don’t just secure the #bitcoin network, they’re a major force moving the markets. This week's @coinmetrics SOTN uses brand new techniques to measure miner activity, and I’m unbelievably excited to share the results. /thread

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ForkLog 25 04.11.2020

Cryptocurrencies in Russia come under threat from a new currency-control bill

Cryptocurrency wallet and Bitcoin-exchange account holders may potentially come under the supervision of the Russian Federal Tax Service (FNS) due to proposed amendments to the law 'On Currency Regulation and Currency Control', according to experts interviewed by ForkLog.

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ForkLog 18 04.11.2020

Wyoming bitcoin advocate wins a seat in the U.S. Senate.

Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, became not only the first woman to represent Wyoming in the United States Senate, but also one of the few senior Bitcoin supporters in that chamber.

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ForkLog 18 04.11.2020

Payment pools: Taproot opens Bitcoin’s next layer.

In October, developers implemented into the Bitcoin Core client's source code a proposal that includes Schnorr signatures and Taproot and Tapscript technologies. Activation timelines remain open, but the decision, eagerly anticipated by many, opens the potential for creating new, often quite intriguing scenarios.

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ForkLog 17 04.11.2020

69,370 BTC moved from one of the wealthiest wallets. Hackers had been trying to crack it for years.

An unknown user withdrew 69,370 BTC from a wallet that hackers had been trying to crack for several years. At the time of writing, the recipient address is the fourth-largest holder of Bitcoin in the world.

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ForkLog 11 03.11.2020

The ‘Bond King’ Jeffrey Gundlach calls Bitcoin an inflation hedge

Head of the DoubleLine Capital investment firm Jeffrey Gundlach recommended Bitcoin and gold as assets capable of protecting capital from depreciation due to a weaker dollar. The well-known cryptocurrency skeptic voiced his view on the Rosenberg Research webcast.

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ForkLog 22 03.11.2020

Bitcoin miners’ fee income in October rose 63%

Last month, Bitcoin miners earned $42.9 million from transaction fees. Compared with September, this figure rose 63%.

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ForkLog 31 03.11.2020

Bitcoin network records largest difficulty drop since 2011

As a result of another adjustment, Bitcoin mining difficulty fell by 16.05%, according to data from BTC.com.

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ForkLog 16 03.11.2020

Lightning Labs launches Lightning Pool liquidity marketplace

Lightning Labs developers unveiled a non-custodial peer-to-peer marketplace designed to address the liquidity shortage on the Lightning Network.

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ForkLog 20 02.11.2020

Venezuela’s Patria payment platform to add support for Bitcoin and Litecoin

The authorities in Venezuela announced an update to the national payment platform Patria. One of the key changes is the support for Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets, it says in the statement.

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ForkLog 36 01.11.2020

Bitcoin transaction fees climb to January 2018 levels

Bitcoin transaction fees in the Bitcoin network continue to rise. On Saturday, October 31, the average fee was $13.14.

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