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Bank of Ghana Deputy Governor Says ‘Central Bank Digital Currency Is Fiat Money,’ Reveals Pilot Phase Will Start September
Ghana’s proposed central bank digital currency is similar to fiat cash and therefore financial institutions, as well as fintech...
Asset Manager Guggenheim Lowers Bitcoin’s ‘Real Bottom’ Price Prediction
Guggenheim CIO Scott Minerd has made another prediction about where the price of bitcoin will be, a lower estimate from his previous...
Small Love Potion (SLP) price doubles as Axie Infinity user growth explodes
Last week Axie Infinity’s AXS token went on an impressive parabolic run and hit a new all-time high at $19.60. Small Love Potion...
Capital International Buys Nearly 1 Million Shares of Bitcoin-Focused Microstrategy
Major asset management firm Capital International has gained exposure to bitcoin through investing in almost 1 million shares of...
SEC Charges 3 Individuals for Alleged Long Blockchain Insider Trading Scheme
The U.S. SEC charged three individuals that allegedly conducted insider trading related to the Long Blockchain company back in 2017. One...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, LUNA, ATOM, CAKE, FTT
Bitcoin (BTC) price is still range-bound and traders are searching for signs that may provide insight about the next directional move....
Darknet Update: Hydra Reigns, Monero Acceptance Climbs, Russian State Collusion Questioned
At the end of 2020, darknet markets (DNM) set new records as marketplaces like White House and the Russian-language DNM Hydra led the...
Creator of Video Downloading Websites Sentenced to Prison in US — Over $1 Million in Cryptocurrency Seized
The U.S. has sentenced a creator of video streaming and downloading websites to prison for 12 months and one day. The feds also seized...
China Has Dispersed Over $40 Million of Digital Yuan in Red Envelopes, Report Reveals
China, which has arguably the most advanced digital currency project among leading nations, has so far handed out more than $40 million in...
Strong Bitcoin accumulation spotted as BTC price refuses to fall below $30K
Bitcoin (BTC) price remained relatively flat over the weekend, inching closer to $34,000 on July 11. Nevertheless, BTC/USD has tumbled by...
The Bogdanoff Twins Claim They Participated in Helping Satoshi Nakamoto Build Bitcoin
Following the infamous meme that shows one of the Bogdanoff twins on the phone telling whales to initiate a crypto-market dump, the...
Survey: Financial Sector Wants Ukraine’s CBDC to Facilitate Transactions in the Crypto Market
A survey conducted among financial professionals has indicated that the industry wants Ukraine’s future digital currency to be used...
Crypto.com Becomes Malta’s First Licensed Digital Currency Exchange to Offer Bank Transfers
The digital asset trading platform Crypto.com has announced the firm has become the first global cryptocurrency exchange to obtain an...
Parliament of West Africa Economic Block Cautions Against Use of Cryptocurrencies
The parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has joined the list of African organizations that have cautioned...
Get Paid for Excrement: This Eco-Friendly Toilet Pays You in Digital Currency
An eco-friendly toilet that pays people in digital currency for using it has been installed at a university in South Korea. The toilet is...
3 reasons why Constellation (DAG) price outperformed most altcoins this week
The concerns voiced about the consensus mechanisms of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have played a part in the sideways price action...
US Senator Invests in Bitcoin and Ethereum via Grayscale
U.S. Senator Patrick Toomey has declared investments in Grayscale’s bitcoin and ethereum trusts. His declaration shortly followed...
Thailand Sees Rising Adoption of Cryptocurrencies as Means of Payment — Warns of Risks
Bank of Thailand says a growing number of companies are asking for payments in cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ether. The central...
Options traders aim for $100K Bitcoin by the end of 2021, is there a chance?
Bitcoin (BTC) investors are known for being bullish, and even during 50% corrections like the current one, most analysts remain...
Ukraine Uncovers Country’s Largest Illegal Mining Farm to Date
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has located a massive coin minting facility that was illegally connected to the power grid in...
Key altcoin price metric flashed bullish ahead of Axie Infinity’s parabolic rally
Axie Infinity (AXS) has had a rough week: On July 1, it was trading at just above $5. One week later and following two consecutive two-day...
Binance news, Circle plans to go public, and bullish crypto comments: Hodler’s Digest, July 4–10
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
Stock-to-Flow Bitcoin Price Model Criticized as BTC Price Ratio Matches 2019 Statistics
During the last week, crypto enthusiasts and traders have been discussing the stock-to-flow (S2F) bitcoin price model created by the...
NCLA Files Appeal Against the IRS — Law Firm Claims Tax Agency Unlawfully Seizes Crypto Data of Thousands
On Friday, the public interest law firm New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) filed an opening brief in the cryptocurrency case of James...
Great buy? Bitcoin trades at record 59% below stock-to-flow BTC price model target
Bitcoin (BTC) has never been as far below its target price as it is now, the stock-to-flow model shows this week. In a tweet on July 10,...
Bullish Cryptocurrency Exchange Prepares to Launch and Go Public on NYSE
Crypto startup Bullish has announced its plan to go public on the NYSE as it gets ready to launch a cryptocurrency exchange. The Bullish...
Bitcoin metric sees ‘hell of a bounce’ in move which historically heralds BTC price bottom
A classic Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicator has seen a “hell of a bounce” even as price action stays uncertain. In a tweet on July 9,...
GBTC unlock edges closer as impact on Bitcoin price remains unclear
As Bitcoin (BTC) struggles around the $32,700 mark after the July 8 price drop, another major event looms over the flagship cryptocurrency...
Man Who Accidentally Threw Away 7,500 Bitcoins on Hard Drive Has New Plan to Retrieve His BTC
The British man who accidentally threw away a computer with 7,500 bitcoins on its hard drive has come up with a new plan to retrieve his...
Tiktok Bans Users From Promoting Cryptocurrencies
Tiktok has banned its users from promoting all financial products and services including those related to cryptocurrency. The company also...
Riot Blockchain Bitcoin Production Jumps More Than 400% Year-on-Year Amidst Mining Exodus
Riot Blockchain, a Nasdaq-listed mining company, reported Thursday on its Bitcoin production last month. The company’s numbers...
Israel Begins Seizure of Bitcoin Donations Collected by Hamas
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has ordered the seizure of cryptocurrency funds raised by the Palestinian Islamist movement...
China Opens Digital Yuan Whitelist for Ten Million Citizens
The Chinese government is taking its digital yuan test one step further. Now, 10 million users will be able to test and use the currency...
Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Says Bitcoin Is a ‘Mathematical Miracle’
Presenting at the Talent Land Jalisco 2021, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak called bitcoin an “amazing mathematical miracle.”...
Playboy Collaborates With Superrare Launching the Miami Beach NFT Collection
The publicly listed and iconic lifestyle company Playboy has announced the entertainment firm has collaborated with the non-fungible token...
Analysts say Bitcoin’s choppy price action is ‘typical of low liquidity markets’
On July 9 Bitcoin and the wider cryptocurrency market saw a moderate relief rally that helped recover some of the losses seen on Thursday...
Africa Fintech Start-up Growth: Nigeria Dominates in ‘Big Three’ Markets
According to the findings of the latest study by Disrupt Africa, the number of fintech start-ups based on the African continent grew to...
Majority of Salvadorans Skeptical of BTC as Currency, Poll Finds
President Nayib Bukele’s adoption of cryptocurrency as legal tender in his country is not being met with deep understanding by most...
Blockchain technology could be particularly beneficial for women, says WTO director general
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the director general of the World Trade Organization and former foreign and finance minister of Nigeria, said...
AscendEX Launches Hummingbot Rebate Campaign
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, a global cryptocurrency financial platform with a comprehensive product suite, is excited to launch the...
123-Year-Old Hydroelectric Plant Sees New Life Mining Bitcoin — Revenue 3x Higher Than Selling to the Grid
On Thursday local reports from Mechanicville, the city located in Saratoga County, New York, say that an old hydroelectric plant...
BTC price regains $33k as Square confirms ‘mainstream’ Bitcoin wallet plans
Bitcoin (BTC) came back to life later on July 9 after a whale-induced price dip failed to hold the market down for much more than 24...
Price analysis 7/9: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, UNI, BCH, SOL
Earlier this week, Fan Yifei, the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China has warned that stablecoins like Tether (USDT) pose “risks...
Altcoin bulls pile into Synthetix (SNX), Axie Infinity (AXS) and EOS
Bitcoin’s (BTC) steady range-bound trading opened the door for select altcoins to rally higher as antsy traders scour the markets in...
As BTC and ETH Pursue Multilayer Schemes, Elon Musk Says ‘There’s Merit to Doge Maximizing the Base Layer’
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, is a fan of base layers when it comes to blockchain technology and on Friday, Musk explained there’s...
US Sentences Crypto Fraudster to 15 Years in Prison After Duping Thousands of Investors
A Swedish man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the U.S. for an investment fraud scheme involving cryptocurrency, including...
New Bitcoin entities near all-time high as analyst heralds ‘positive whale activity’
Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain activity is “dead” but on-chain indicators are overwhelmingly positive right now, says analyst William...
Jack Dorsey’s Square Building Bitcoin Hardware Wallet to Make Crypto Custody More Mainstream
Jack Dorsey’s payments company, Square Inc., has confirmed that it is building a bitcoin hardware wallet and service with the aim to...
Blockmason Link is up 100% today: here is where to buy BLINK coin
Blockmason Link tokens are one of the top performing cryptocurrency assets today. This article tells you everything you need to know...
After Barclays, Santander Bank Blocks Payments to Binance in UK Citing Customer Protection
Santander Bank in the U.K. has become the latest high street bank in the country to block fund transfers to cryptocurrency exchange...
Dogecoin gains 8% after Elon Musk says DOGE payments compete with Bitcoin, Ethereum
Dogecoin (DOGE) may need a new marketing strategy after the latest publicity stunt from Elon Musk moved its price by less than 8%. In a...
Bitcoin price is 3–4 weeks away from new $24K–$29K range, market analyst warns
Popular cryptocurrency trader Keith Wareing warned Bitcoin (BTC) traders about a critical bearish scenario brewing in the market. The...
Rabbit Finance enjoys 450% price hop: dive down the RABBIT hole today
Rabbit Finance brings leveraged yield farming to the Binance Smart Chain, and its price is reaching dizzy new heights. Here’s the...
93K Users Scammed Into Buying Fake Cryptocurrency Mining Apps
Thousands of users were scammed into buying fake Android cryptocurrency mining apps, according to a California-based security firm. These...
Weekly Report: Monobank plans crypto entry as Kazakhstan enacts crypto tax rule
Here is a summary of the week’s top cryptocurrency news that you may have missed Monobank plans to offer crypto soon According to a...
UK’s ad regulator to crack down on misleading crypto ads
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) says hunting down irresponsible crypto ads is a “red alert” priority. UK’s...
Price Analysis: Dogecoin (DOGE), Chainlink (LINK), Tron (TRX)
The crypto market’s intraday outlook on Friday morning largely portrays a market trying to recover from Wednesday’s overnight...
Ethereum’s London Hard Fork Scheduled to Commence on August 4
The highly anticipated Ethereum hard fork is expected to launch on August 4 at block height 12,965,000 according to Ethereum core...
Where to buy Haven Protocol: 3x this week for crypto’s “offshore bank”
Haven Protocol, a synthetic asset ledger built on Monero, has managed to rally by 3x this week. Read on to find out where to get your...
Bitcoin trader eyes US dollar for BTC price breakout cue, Ethereum clings to $2K
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed below the $33,000 mark on July 9 with a fresh price dip also putting an end to altcoin strength. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Crypto exchange Gemini looking to expand into Asia
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is eyeing an expansion into the Southeast Asia region Crypto exchange Gemini is planning an entry...
Singapore and France test cross-border CBDC payments network
With the help of JP Morgan’s Onyx, MAS and BdF simulated the first cross-border CBDC transaction to apply automated market making...
Where to buy botXcoin: 590% gains this week for BOTX
Blockchain copy trading platform botXcoin has bullied the market this week, doing more than 6x. Here’s where to buy BOTX. Although...
Using Decentralized Digital IDs and Blockchain to Help Millions in Africa Get Identified
With over 1.3 billion inhabitants, Africa accounts for over 16% of the world’s population. However, the continent still falls short...
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Ponders Regulation: ‘Compliance Is a Journey’ in Crypto
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao stated his take on the recent regulatory crackdown Binance is facing. In a blog post, Zhao explains Binance...
Israeli Knesset Creates Special NFT for New President Isaac Herzog
Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has become the first national legislature to release a non-fungible token. The special NFT has...
11% of Central Bankers Consider ‘Cryptocurrencies Like Bitcoin’ Gold Alternatives: UBS Survey
A UBS survey finds that central bankers see benefits in investing in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. 28% see benefits from cryptocurrency...
Yield App Launches DeFi Bitcoin Fund, Gives Users up to 12% APY
PRESS RELEASE. ESTONIA — JULY 8, 2021 — YIELD App, the decentralized finance (DeFi) wealth management platform bridging...
Is this the most annoying — or valuable — man in DeFi? Chris Blec
Even Chris Blec’s biggest supporters acknowledge he can be as subtle as a sledgehammer when he’s pushing for transparency from DeFi...
Visa and 50 Crypto Platforms to Enable Cryptocurrency Payments at 70 Million Merchants
Visa Inc. announced Wednesday that the transactions via crypto-linked Visa cards exceeded $1 billion in the first quarter. The company...
Is Bitcoin overbought or oversold? Use Bollinger Bands to find out!
Trading is neither an exact science nor art. It is a mixture of both. There are scores of publicly available indicators and each claims to...
Bank of America Establishes Cryptocurrency Research Team
Bank of America has become the latest major bank to make a foray into the cryptocurrency sector. According to an internal memo, the bank...
Bullish on Ethereum’s London hard fork? Here’s an options strategy pro traders use
The Ethereum network will undergo a major upgrade on Aug. 4, as the long-awaited London hard fork is expected to launch at block...
3 reasons why Ethereum exchange reserves are falling to new lows
Over the past week, astute crypto market analysts noticed some interesting developments related to the supply of Ether (ETH) as the...
Crypto Exchange Binance.us Hires Former Financial Regulator
Binance.us has hired Manuel Alvarez, a former financial regulator from California, to work as its chief administrative officer. The San...
OVR and the Future of Augmented Reality Chats
It was announced today that OVR, a mobile app linked to the world of blockchain and NFTs, is heading towards a new front, that of...
FLOW faces 20% crash risk after intraday pump-and-dump
FLOW prices slipped on Thursday as traders unwind their bullish bets from the lately bullish digital assets. The FLOW/USDT exchange rate...
Circle to Go Public via Bob Diamond-Backed SPAC Deal — Boston Firm Valued at $4.5 Billion
The Boston-based crypto financial company Circle has announced the firm plans to go public this year in a merger with Concord Acquisition...
Shibaswap Dex Captures $1.5 Billion Locked in 2 Days, SHIB Platform Bumps ETH Fees Higher
The crypto asset shiba inu (SHIB) now has a decentralized exchange (dex) platform called Shibaswap and since the trading protocol’s...
EU Mulls AML Authority and New Rules for Crypto Transfers, Documents Suggest
The European Union is preparing to set up an anti-money laundering agency to coordinate national supervisory authorities. According to a...
Bitcoin price will likely shrug off $530M GBTC unlock in July — Analysis
Bitcoin (BTC) will not move much after Grayscale’s giant 16,000-BTC unlocking date, after all, said crypto trading firm QCP Capital. In...
Bitcoin price at risk of $30K retest following bearish triangle breakdown
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price looks poised to retest $30,000 as traders continued to pull back from upside bets on a spell of a bearish technical...
Bitcoin electricity consumption falls to November 2020 levels: Data
Bitcoin’s total estimated annual electricity consumption has plummeted nearly 60%, falling from the all-time peak above 143 terawatt-hours...
The best places to buy Tiger King coin: TKING crypto up 150%
Tiger King tokens have surged in value today, leading to heightened interest in the cryptocurrency from across the investment sphere. This...
Where to buy Baby Moon Wolf tokens: BABYWOLF coin surges 350%
Baby Moon Wolf coin is one of today’s top performing cryptocurrencies. This article delves into the investment proposition and tells...
US Senator Warren Presses SEC to Use ‘Full Authority’ to Regulate Cryptocurrency Trading
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has warned of the growing risks of cryptocurrency trading. She recently called on the U.S. Securities and...
Is this the most annoying — or valuable — man in DeFi?
Even Chris Blec’s biggest supporters acknowledge he can be as subtle as a sledgehammer when he’s pushing for transparency from DeFi...
Symbol skyrockets 72% within an hour: discover where to buy XYM today
The cryptocurrency XYM that powers the interoperable Symbol blockchain gained an incredible 72% this morning. The price has settled down...
Bitcoin Sinks Below $33K, Analyst Says BTC at ‘Dangerously Low Levels’ While ETH Rests at ‘Comfortable Levels’
Bitcoin and a number of popular digital assets have been dropping in value over the past 24 hours, as bitcoin has slipped below the $33K...
Where to Buy SAND: There is 46% More Cash in the Sandbox Since Last Week
An ERC-20 token that allows anybody to monetise their creations in a game that is taking the world by storm. Sandbox is like a...