BitDigest May 19 · Issue #661
- Bitcoin holding in $9,600 – 9,800 range
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau believes using Ripple could benefit consumers by allowing them to see the actual amount of a transfer / remittance before the transaction has been completed
- ISIS may have transferred $300 war chest into cryptocurrencies to hide it from authorities
Crypto Fear and Greed Index
The Crypto F&G Index has recovered from March and April’s weakness and is now at 50 signifying a neutral sentiment. The index is up 11 points since last week.
She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
Harry Potter author JK Rowling admits that asking for an explanation on bitcoin is something her young wizards may not have event been prepared for. Responding to all the posts and media attention she has received since asking for an explanation of bitcoin she tweeted, “This is getting silly. I’m not joining the Bitcoin community. It should be perfectly obvious by now that I’ve been trolling Bitcoin in the hope of boosting my significant ethereum holdings.”
Moments later she tweeted that the ethereum comment was meant as “a joke.”
The Headlines
CFPB Likes Transparency of Ripple
Missing ISIS War Chest May be Hidden in Crypto
Suzhou Creating Blockchain Development District
Raiffeisen Bank Piloting Digitized National Currency
European COVID-19 Supercomputers are Suddenly Mining Monero
Visa Leadership Supporting Crypto
Class Action Lawsuit Claims EOS Offering was an Unregistered Security
Bakkt Provides Update on Custody Services
Celo Releases Mainnet
McAfee Accused of Plagiarizing Ghost Whitepaper
Market Data
Bitcoin's Hashrate Returning to 100 Ehash/s
Bitcoin Exchange Balances Continue to Decline
Exchange, Custody and Product News
Cash App Adding Bitcoin – Dollar Cost Averaging Feature
Binance Suspends Use of South African Rand
Huobi Rebrands Derivatives Exchange
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