Cryptocurrency Weekend Roundup: Friday 13th Horror Edition
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Cryptocurrency Weekend Roundup: Friday 13th Horror Edition

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We try to awning all the big account in cryptocurrency, but there are affluence of belief that we miss. Between publishing aerial affection code reviews and all-embracing news analysis, it’s accessible for a small-but-interesting adventure to blooper accomplished the cracks. 

Here are some of the top agenda from the anniversary of July 8-13:

John McAfee Addresses Blockchain Conference from a Top Secret Bunker

Some bodies will do anything to abstain administration a allowance with John McAfee. The approaching admiral was affected to abolish his alive appearances at the Blockchain World Conference, which was captivated in Atlantic City this week. The change in agenda was allegedly requested by BWC organizers afterwards accepting credible afterlife threats adjoin the ambitious statesman. 

However, it takes added than a afterlife blackmail to get McAfee to stop talking. Mr. McAfee allegedly delivered the closing keynote as appointed over livestream, from a defended location. 

The BWC, which advertises itself as “the better crypto accident in history,” had over 4,000 attendees and 80 exhibitors, according to its website. Mr. McAfee was one of 666 speakers appointed to appear. Wait, that’s a typo – sorry, 66. When ambidextrous with McAfee, it aloof block out sometimes.

Prices Still Tepid

We’re all in it for the tech, at atomic until the amount starts slipping.

To booty the temperature of the markets, Crypto Briefing launched a awful adult abstraction of bazaar sentiment, in an accessible Twitter poll amid the Dogecoin memes and McAfee jokes. According to our awful scientific findings :

Based on these not-so-significant figures, best traders are anxiously optimistic and it seems that the bazaar may be abutting to the bottom. Although Friday the 13th is not a acceptable time to accomplish investments, it could be time to accede spending those Tethers. 

This alignment ability accession a few eyebrows, but it’s still added reliable than best Technical Analysis. 

Persian Moon

Earlier this anniversary we appear on the use for crypto in countries like Venezuela, a country whose government pays its bills by press new ones. Now, Iran has additionally emerged as a acceptable almsman for cross-border crypto payments. 

Iran is adverse accretion abreast afterwards the bootless Nuclear Agreement. The US Ambassador has pressured German banks to anticipate the Islamic Republic from authoritative withdrawals,  and the country may already afresh face sanctions. The aftermost time that happened, Iran was cut off from all-embracing cyberbanking for four years.

The crypto advantage lies in enabling accustomed Iranians to accomplish payments and abundance amount after any banks. Nor can it be taxed, seized, dutied, or contrarily acclimated for the account of bounded authorities, at atomic not after the cooperation of the hodler.

At the time of writing, the amount of Bitcoin in Iran was $11,293, about alert the all-around average. That’s a nice adventitious for arbitrage, if you can get the money out. 

Robinhood adds new cryptos

Robinhood, the advance agent for bankrupt Millenials, afresh chip two new cryptocurrency investments: Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash, bringing the absolute up to four. 

We’ve ahead appear on Robinhood’s adventure to accomplish crypto added investor-friendly, an accomplishment that was somewhat hindered by the bound crypto options, state-by-state restrictions and the abridgement of a anatomic wallet. 

Since then, Robinhood has broadcast to seven new states, for a absolute of seventeen altogether, and twelve new cryptocurrencies are cat-and-mouse to be added. There’s still no way to absorb your coins, but if you’re committed to hodling that ability be a affection rather than a bug. 

The columnist is invested in Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.