Ripple raises $200M Series C to boost $XRP adoption — link

From today, Bitfinex users will be able to buy cryptocurrencies with credit or debit cards — link

Year Progress:
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 97%

Binance - BTC Market
#MATIC - Unusual selling activity
431.06 BTC in 1 minute (11%)
B: 0.00000212 🔴 (22.63%)
A: 0.00000213 🔴 (22.55%)
24H Vol: 4316.62 BTC
Last signal: 2 days ago (2/7D)

Since 2010, Bitcoin has died 378 times — link

Police in Chinese city seize 6,890 bitcoin mining units stealing electricity — link

European hours (8am-16pm UTC) remain the busiest on BitMEX with volume spread through Mon-Friday

Bitcoin Futures Volume Drops as Uncertainty Grows among Traders

YouTube Allegedly Flagging Popular Cryptocurrency Related Videos — link

🚥 24H ETH on-chain flows:
#binance $10M in | $11M out
#bitfinex $1M in | $1M out
#bittrex $1M in | $400K out
#kraken $1M in | $1M out
#kucoin $432K in | $340K out
#poloniex $635K in | $997K out

A Human Rights Activist Explains Why Bitcoin Is So Important to His Work — link

Into the Ether: 90% of All ETH Wallets Now ‘Out-of-the-Money’ — link

Google Scholar articles published mentioning Bitcoin:

2009: 83
2010: 136
2011: 218
2012: 424
2013: 868
2014: 2,070
2015: 2,820
2016: 3,380
2017: 6,460
2018: 11,500
2019: 13,700 (will ⬆️ due to listing lag)

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BitMEX Research Releases Bitcoin, Altcoin and IEO Value Predictions for 2020 — link

Bitcoin Longs VS Shorts

IEO Returns Over its Offering Price

BitMEX Research

2020 Predictions:

- $BTC over $2,000, but also under $15,000
- $BTC dominance under 75%, but also over 30%
- CSW says: 2021 is year the Chinese shutdown BTC mining & 1m of his coins hit the market (Whatever else)
- #MATIC falls in value by over 80%

Happy New Year

Binance Adds ETH/TRY, XRP/TRY, USDT/TRY and USDT/RUB Trading Pairs — link

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