Relying on Bitcoin’s Halving Price Pump Could Be a Huge Mistake, Warns Asset Manager — link

- Bitcoin Asset manager claims most firms looking to speculate on bitcoin will use derivatives market instead of the underlying asset.

- The market share of physical oil compared to oil derivatives plummeted when futures trading was introduced.

- ‘Financialization’ of bitcoin will distort its innate pricing mechanism. Don’t count on a halving pump in 2020

Bitfinex’s BTC supply has been increasing over the last month, despite the decrease in BTC price. Bitfinex held 204,150 BTC on Dec. 22nd, up from 154,996 BTC on Nov. 22nd.

Next halving estimate: 14.05.2020 at 10:34:44 CET.

Final countdown: Craig Wright’s 1m BTC fortune to be unlocked in 9 days — link

Percent change in price over the past year

Binance Now Supports Purchasing Crypto by Binding Visa Cards to Your Account — link

Ethereum: Fears Vitalik Buterin Selling 90K ETH as $25M Hits Exchanges — link

Records from monitoring resource Etherscan showed a total of 92,000 ETH (currently worth $11.5 million) move from a single wallet to U.S. exchange Kraken on Dec. 25.

Bitcoin has had a record 2019 with transaction count, transaction volume (USD equivalent basis), and hash rate reaching new all time highs this past year.

ROI of the last 5 years
BTC vs XRP

Ethereum Co-Founder Confirmed to Be Behind Mysterious $11M ETH Selloff on Kraken — link

YouTube Reinstates all The Crypto Videos

Google Suspends MetaMask From Its Play App Store, Citing “Deceptive Services” — link

The Bitmex insurance fund grew 62% in 2019 and now holds 0.18% of all BTC.

ROI of the last 4 years

BTC vs ETH vs XRP

BNB Is Down -69% Since Binance’s CEO Advised Not to Short It — link

Year Progress:
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Secretary-General Says United Nations Must Embrace Blockchain — link