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

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