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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin's Price and Ether's Dominance Sit at 2020 Highs

The two biggest cryptocurrencies are hitting 2020 highs, though for different reasons.

Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Blasts Past $10,000; Ethereum Fees Up 550% in 2020

Bitcoin is experiencing high volumes, pushing the price close to $11,000. Meanwhile, Ethereum fees are up 550% this year.

Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Grayscale Moves to List Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin Trusts for OTC Traders

Bitcoin Cash Trust and Litecoin Trust will carry the tickers BCHG and LTCN once they commence OTC trading.

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus: Invest 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points.

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Markets

Introducing the CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter Most in Crypto

Based on "real volume" from eight reputable exchanges, these 20 digital assets attract most of the sector's legitimate trading activity.

CoinDesk 20

Markets

Bitcoin's Forks Have Trounced Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin has underperformed its three major fork currencies by as much as triple-digit percentage points so far this year.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

Markets

Top Cryptos Edge Up as Derivatives Data Suggests Newfound Risk Aversion Among Traders

Bitcoin and ether climbed modestly late Wednesday as lighter crypto derivatives volumes signaled uncharacteristic caution among the market’s traders.

Source: CoinDesk BPI

Tech

Bitcoin Cash Undergoes 'Halving' Event, Casting Shadow on Miner Profitability

Bitcoin Cash, the blockchain network that forked off Bitcoin in 2017, has just reduced its mining rewards by half, causing lots of miners to have nearly zero gross margin.

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Markets

Today's 'Halving' May Be Non-Event for Bitcoin Cash Prices

While some expect today's reward cut for BCH miners to belong-term bullish for prices, analysts suggest otherwise.

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Tech

Bitcoin Cash Approaches Milestone With First Halving Expected Wednesday

The event is a foreshadowing of the same process happening on a larger scale on the BTC blockchain next month.

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