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blockchain-blog

This is my blog in the areas of Blockchain, digital currencies and Bitcoin. I report on important developments in the digital currency markets and provide readers with a critical and independent assessment of the news situation.


Bitcoin against Coronavirus

19 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

The Red Cross in Italy is collecting donations to help contain the coronavirus. In exchange, they accept Bitcoin and other crypto currencies. Bitcoin donations are intended to help stem the spread of the coronavirus in Italy. For example, the Red Cro...

Buy Bitcoin in the browser: No problem for US citizens thanks to Opera

19 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

Users of the Opera browser can now buy Bitcoin and Ether using the integrated wallet. Until now, the purchase of the two most important crypto currencies was reserved for users from Scandinavia. Market observers are largely in agreement: In order for...

Bitcoin course (BTC): All options open

19 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

The Bitcoin share price (BTC) is facing a decisive mark. Whether the USD 5,000 mark will establish itself as a resistance depends on several factors. Bitcoin bulls like Tone Vays are not letting themselves be thrown off course by the recent crash. Ev...

The Crypto-World stands still: Blockchain Summit moved

18 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

Even the crypto-ecosystem is not spared by the corona crisis and so more and more events are being cancelled and postponed to far away places. The most recent example is the Blockchain Summit in Tokyo, the largest crypto-event in Japan. In view of cu...

Lender BlockFi collects 30 million US dollars

17 Mar 2020 2 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

In the now more second round of financing, the New York crypto-lending platform secured a 30 million US dollar investment, led by venture fund Valar Ventures. In a financing round led by Valar Ventures, the crypto-lending platform BlockFi Inc. secure...

Security Token Offering (STO) in Germany is suspended until further notice

17 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

In Germany, a Security Token Offering (STO) is on hold for the time being. The reason for this is the current market situation due to the corona virus. The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) is considered one of the strictest regu...

BaFin approves cross-border STO for the first time

16 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has approved the security token offering of the Italian company ParkinGO. The authority has thus laid the regulatory foundation for cross-border STOs. Despite the all-dominant corona issue, there ar...

Bitcoin: What the crash means for the network

16 Mar 2020 1 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

The continuing crash of the Bitcoin share price (BTC) puts the network under pressure. Miners in particular are struggling with the consequences of the collapse. The Bitcoin share price (BTC) is still shaken by the international uncertainty caused by...

The fear of Corona: Bitcoin falls below 5,000 US dollars

16 Mar 2020 3 minute read 0 comments SylarHeisenberg

Due to the current state of emergency there will be a daily summary of the most important developments around the coronavirus from now on. The developments of the last 24 hours The corona virus is now dominating everyday life and is causing a gradual...

Competition: Now things are getting tight for Facebooks Libra

15 Mar 2020 1 minute read 1 comment SylarHeisenberg

Libra competitor Celo has founded the "Celo Alliance for Prosperity". The founding members include several companies that were previously involved in the Facebook project. For this project things are now getting tight. Libra really did not have good...