Crypto Press's Evening Crypto News Digest - 12/20/2019 12:01:20 AM - UTC

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: Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city in cooperation with telecom giant KT plans to release a blockchain-based local currency by Dec. 30. ,

Institutions have long been looked upon by Bitcoin and crypto investors as a mysterious force that would help catalyze the next major bull run. Throughout 2019, however, there was much less brazen institutional involvement than was previously expected, which greatly disappointed embattled investors.\nIn spite of this, a recent report from a digital asset management group elucidates that institutions are, in fact, flooding into the crypto markets, and this trend is likely to ...

Crypto Capital principal Reginald Fowler is expected to plead guilty to at least one charge stemming from allegations he ran an unlicensed money services business.

Crypto Capital principal Reginald Fowler is expected to plead guilty to at least one charge stemming from allegations he ran an unlicensed money services business.

In less than six months’ time, Bitcoin will see an extremely important event. Known as a “halving†or “halvening,†the number of coins issued per block to miners will get cut in half from 12.5 to 6.25, effectively meaning that BTC’s inflation rate will be cut in half in layman’s terms.\nRelated Reading: Don’t Withdraw Bitcoin From Binance to Privacy Wallets, User Warns\nThe halving mechanism, should it be kept in the code in the decades to come, will ensure that there ...

Blockchain.com is adding a British pound gateway to its cryptocurrency exchange as it bets on more Brexit chaos.

Blockchain.com is adding a British pound gateway to its cryptocurrency exchange as it bets on more Brexit chaos.

Yesterday was an overwhelmingly bullish day for the cryptocurrency markets, with Bitcoin posting a large surge from its lows of $6,400 that led Ethereum (ETH) and most other major altcoins to climb as much as 10%.\nThis upwards momentum was somewhat fleeting however, and Ethereum’s retrace from its recent rally may stem from the ongoing sale of ETH from the ring leaders on the defunct PlusToken Ponzi scheme, which could significantly damage the crypto’s price for years to ...

Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city in cooperation with telecom giant KT plans to release a blockchain-based local currency by Dec. 30.