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ForkLog 7 08.12.2020

Analysts expect Bitcoin to reach $32,000 in 2021

In the coming year Bitcoin will rise to $29,569, according to a report by Cindicator, which polled more than 156,000 analysts on its platform. Respondents with the most accurate forecasts, the so-called 'superforecasters', on average expect that the maximum price in 2021 will be $32,056.

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ForkLog 16 06.12.2020

Darknet markets’ cryptocurrency revenue topped $1.5 billion in 2020

Even without December, darknet market revenue in cryptocurrencies surpassed the previous year's figure, reaching a new high of over $1.5 billion, according to Chainalysis.

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ForkLog 16 04.12.2020

Ripple’s consensus algorithm deemed vulnerable

The Ripple protocol’s consensus algorithm “does not provide safety or liveness.” A cryptography and data security research group at Bern University has reached this conclusion.

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ForkLog 11 02.12.2020

65% of PayPal customers willing to use Bitcoin as a payment method

65% of PayPal customers say they are willing to pay with Bitcoin for goods and services at 28 million points of sale, according to a survey by Mizuho Securities USA.

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ForkLog 17 01.12.2020

ForkLog’s Person of the Year 2020 — It’s Time to Vote!

The Bitcoin industry is built by people. Some become role models, while others are anti-heroes.

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ForkLog 10 26.11.2020

Study finds DeFi token indexes are not as diversified as commonly believed

A problem with DeFi indexes is their excessive dependence on the performance of a handful of blue-chip components. They do not always achieve the goal of reducing risk for investments in this sector. This is described in a study by Messari analyst Roberto Talamas.

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ForkLog 23 26.11.2020

Opinion: Satoshi Nakamoto Worked on Bitcoin in London

The creator of the first cryptocurrency, Satoshi Nakamoto, worked on aspects of its development while residing in London from 2008 to 2010. London, the capital of the United Kingdom, is cited as the most likely location in a study by Doncho Karaivanov, according to Chain Bulletin.

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ForkLog 22 22.11.2020

Study Finds Bitcoin Volatility Lower Than Many S&P 500 Stocks.

Since the start of 2020, Bitcoin's price volatility has been lower than that of 29% of S&P 500 stocks, according to VanEck's fund-management researchers.

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ForkLog 7 20.11.2020

Survey: Since the start of 2020, Bitcoin has yielded returns for 72.3% of investors

72.3% of ForkLog users surveyed earned income from cryptocurrency investments in 2020.

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ForkLog 11 20.11.2020

Survey: 95% of users do not use Bitcoin mixers

95.5% of ForkLog users surveyed do not use mixing services.

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ForkLog 12 19.11.2020

Survey: 36% of users do not trust DeFi

A third of ForkLog respondents declined to invest in the DeFi sector due to distrust of the projects.

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ForkLog 14 19.11.2020

Poll: nearly three-quarters of millionaires plan to buy Bitcoin

Of the 700 people surveyed by the deVere Group, 511 individuals with a net worth above £1m ($1.3m) already own cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP, or plan to add them to their investment portfolios by the end of 2022.

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