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Price analysis 6/30: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC
Bitcoin price staged a mild resurgence at the start of this week but data from Glassnode suggests that its new BTC investors who came late...
Blockware Mining Raises $25M — Firm Looks to Make ‘Hashrate in the US More Globally Competitive’
On Wednesday, the North American bitcoin mining operation Blockware Mining announced the firm closed a $25 million investment round....
There Are Now Twice as Many 2021 ‘Bitcoin Deaths’ Compared to 2020’s BTC Obituaries List
Bitcoin is down in value 45% since the crypto asset’s all-time high (ATH) three months ago and the downward movement has ignited...
Bitcoin sees 4.5% dip amid warning BTC price indicator bottom may still come
Bitcoin (BTC) kept traders guessing with rangebound action on June 30 after a push beyond $37,000 resistance ended in rejection. BTC/USD...
Bringing contemporary pop art to an NFT metaverse
The realm of metaverses is growing, with gaming, nonfungible tokens and contemporary performance art all contributing to create...
Coincidence? Bitcoin saw its highs and lows on ‘Turnaround Tuesdays’ in June
Bitcoin (BTC) is printing a new price indicator this month — and it may not involve anything more than the day of the week. In its latest...
Payments Giant NCR Bringing Bitcoin Trading to 650 U.S. Banks and Their 24 Million Customers
Payments giant NCR and New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) are collaborating to allow 650 U.S.banks to offer bitcoin trading to...
‘Doctor Bitcoin’ Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Crypto Exchange in US, Faces 5 Years in Prison
A Texas man, who calls himself “Doctor Bitcoin,” has pleaded guilty to running an illegal cryptocurrency exchange business,...
Ethereum Classic price has nearly doubled days after Digital Currency Group’s $50M bet
Ethereum Classic (ETC) reached its highest level in almost three weeks Wednesday, buoyed by Barry Silbert-backed Digital Currency...
Beyond Oil™ Launches Smart Contract Driven Eco-Friendly Oil Production
PRESS RELEASE. Beyond Oil™ has officially launched the Solar Oil Project – the blockchain powered decentralized oil production...
British Bank Natwest Imposes Daily Limit on Transfers to Cryptocurrency Exchanges Over Fraud Concerns
A major British bank, Natwest, has put a limit on fund transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges over concerns of fraud and scams related to...
Institutional investors aren’t buying Bitcoin at 50% of all-time highs …for now
Institutions are holding their breath when it comes to buying more Bitcoin (BTC), even at $34,000. According to data covering BTC balances...
Ethereum Classic is gaining fast: find out where to buy ETC
Ethereum Classic has been a surprise star in the 2021 bull market, and is gaining ground again Ethereum Classic has without doubt been the...
Decentralized Exchange Volumes Double Overnight — A Look at the Top 3 Dex Platforms in 2021
As crypto markets saw some recovery on Tuesday, decentralized finance tokens and applications have once again started swelling in value....
Compound Launches Treasury to Introduce Institutions to Defi
Compound, one of the leading defi-based protocols, is launching a new service called Treasury. Compound’s Treasury is a new product...
Hydropower Stations Up for Sale Amid China’s Crackdown on Crypto Mining
Small hydropower plants have been put up for sale in China as demand for their cheap energy decreases following the government’s...
Coinbase Launches High Yield USDC Accounts With 4% APY
Coinbase, the largest exchange in terms of crypto reserves held, has announced the introduction of a savings program tied to usd coin. The...
Dvision Network Open Beta Test (OBT) Goes Live ahead of Dvision World Launch
PRESS RELEASE. One of the leading blockchain-based NFT & Metaverse platforms, Dvision Network, has revealed that its long-awaited...
FTX Partners With Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen in Long Term Deal
FTX Trading Limited has announced the company has partnered with seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady and Brazilian model Gisele...
64 Cryptocurrency Firms Have Withdrawn Applications to Operate in UK, FCA Says
A growing number of crypto firms in the U.K. are withdrawing their applications to register with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)....
Mexico’s Finance Minister: Cryptocurrencies Are Prohibited From Being Used in Financial System
Mexico’s central bank, finance ministry, and banking regulator have jointly issued a warning about cryptocurrency. Finance Minister...
Korean Crypto Exchanges Consider Suing Government Over Banking Requirements
All cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea except the largest four may be unable to meet the bank account requirements needed to stay in...
Bulls are back, but regulatory fears hamper the DeFi and altcoin recovery
On May 19, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization nosedived by 19% and has since failed to recover to the $1.8 trillion mark. More...
Indians Hold $40 Billion in Cryptocurrency, Report Suggests
Crypto investments in India have been gaining significant traction over the past year, blockchain data indicates. Despite the ambiguous...
Ark Invest Files for a Bitcoin ETF
Ark Invest, the investment company founded by Cathie Wood, filed for approval to offer a Bitcoin ETF yesterday. 21Shares, an investment...
Altcoins bag double-digit gains as Bitcoin price approaches $37,000
Cryptocurrency prices surged on June 29 as Bitcoin (BTC) price pushed through the $35,000 resistance level and lifted the total market cap...
Deutsche Börse Group Acquires Major Stake in Swiss Firm Crypto Finance AG
On Tuesday, Deutsche Börse Group, marketplace manager for the trading of shares and other securities, explained the company has...
Retire early with crypto? Playing with FIRE
Finance blogger The FI Explorer didn’t invest in cryptocurrency in order to retire early — but unlike many of the newly minted crypto...
Craig Wright Wins Default Judgment Against Cobra — Bitcoin.org Forced to Remove White Paper
The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin, Craig Wright, has won a default judgment in London’s High Court in his copyright...
Coinbase Approved to Enter German Cryptocurrency Market
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has obtained approval from Germany’s financial regulator, Bafin, to provide cryptocurrency trading...
Standard Chartered, Fidelity, TP ICAP to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Fidelity, Standard Chartered Bank, and TP ICAP are collaborating to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. It will feature a...
Bitcoin price nears $36K as altcoins make 10% gains
Bitcoin (BTC) tackled resistance at $35,000 on Tuesday as upward momentum began to resurface throughout cryptocurrency. BTC/USD 1-hour...
Crypto ‘Undo Button’ Creator Kirobo Gives You Control Over Your Money
Have you ever dreaded pressing ‘send’ on a crypto transaction, fearing you might have entered a wrong address by mistake?...
Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Jay-Z Enters the NFT Sphere — Rapper Lauds Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop artists in history, Shawn Carter, professionally known as Jay-Z, has been dipping...
Nigerian Learning Institution Says It Now Accepts Crypto as Payment for School Fees
A learning institution in Nigeria’s Kano state, the New Oxford Science Academy, recently announced it will be accepting...
Active Bitcoin miners now ‘unlikely’ sellers thanks to profit boost — data
Bitcoin (BTC) miners are “unlikely” to pressure BTC price by selling coins in the coming weeks, new data says. As part of its latest...
Myriad Proof-of-Work Blockchains See Significant Hashrate Losses
While there’s been a lot of concentration on bitcoin mining crackdowns in China and Bitcoin’s recent hashrate loss on Monday,...
Free TON DeFi Alliance Announces 15M TON Yield Farming Program
PRESS RELEASE. The 15M TON Yield Farming program will take place on TON Swap (Free TON’s DEX powered by Broxus), except for the...
Mysterious Bitcoin Maximalist Mircea Popescu Allegedly Found Dead
Mpex founder and Bitcoin evangelist Mircea Popescu reportedly drowned off the coast of Costa Rica, adding to the mystery surrounding the...
Report: South Africa Bars Transfer of Locally Acquired Cryptocurrencies to Overseas Exchanges, Offenders Face Jail Time
Fresh reports from South Africa suggest that the transfer of locally acquired cryptocurrencies to overseas crypto exchanges will now be...
JPMorgan Says Crypto Market Is Healing, Expects More Price Decline Before Capitulation
JPMorgan Chase has released an investor note stating that the cryptocurrency market appears “to be beginning the process of...
Bears back off, but Bitcoin price still wavers below $35K
Although bulls made a show of force in the morning trading hours, Bitcoin (BTC) price is still pinned under the $35,000 resistance and...
Elon Musk Says ‘Important to Support’ Dogecoin Fee Change Proposal
A fee change proposal for Dogecoin has been submitted and Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that it is “important to support” it....
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Moves From Bitcoin to Ethereum — Says ‘It’s More of a Currency’
The host of the “Mad Money” show, Jim Cramer, has bought ether after dumping almost all of his bitcoin. “I like ethereum...
Jefferies’ Equity Strategist Expects Accommodating US Crypto Regulation Unlike China’s Authoritarian Model
The head of global equity strategy at Jefferies, an investment bank and asset management firm, says that cryptocurrency regulation in the...
Bitfinex shorts crumble, bears capitulate after Bitcoin holds above $30K
On June 25, the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) margin shorts at Bitfinex increased by 22,000, equivalent to $726 million. At the time,...
Key Bitcoin price indicator flashes its ‘fifth buy signal in BTC history’
The cryptocurrency market found itself in a state of cautious optimism on June 28 after Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly spiked above $35,500,...
DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Continues to Expand Its Ecosystem
DeFi Yield Protocol has emerged as one of the fastest-growing crypto projects with an expanding ecosystem. DYP allows DeFi users to...
Price analysis 6/28: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, DOT, UNI, BCH, LTC
Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to stage a relief rally but analysts at JPMorgan Chase believe that the short-term setup looks challenging....
Mysterious John McAfee Website Appears for Two Days — Whackd Token Climbs Over 700%
Following the death of the former antivirus tycoon John McAfee, an ERC20 token called whackd (WHACKD) has seen its valuation rise...
Bitcoin Hashrate Drops 35% Intraday — Mining Difficulty to Drop by 23%
Bitcoin’s hashrate experienced a large drop of almost 35% in a single day. The hashrate plummeted from 108 exahash per second (EH/s)...
Internet Computer (ICP) logs revenge recovery after crashing 95% since launch
Internet Computer (ICP) rose to spotlight among day-traders after rising 41.69% on Sunday. The ICP/USD exchange rate closed the session at...
Huobi Prohibits Chinese Residents From Leveraging Cryptocurrency Derivatives
The Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange originally founded in China, Huobi, has officially banned Chinese residents from swapping...
Olyseum Launches Experiential NFT Platform to Strengthen Celebrity-Fan Engagement
PRESS RELEASE. Geneva, Switzerland, June 28, 2021 — Olyseum, a blockchain-powered social ecosystem that rewards fan engagement, is...
China’s Oldest Exchange Exits Bitcoin Business Amidst Regulatory Pressures
BTCC, ostensibly the first cryptocurrency exchange established in China, exited the bitcoin trading business last week. According to...
Polygon-Based Defi Stablecoin Safedollar Plunges to Zero — Team Is Investigating Exploit
The algorithmic decentralized finance (defi) stablecoin safedollar (SDO) has been attacked, according to statements published on its...
Ethereum looks to retake $2K days before London hard fork — Big breakout ahead?
Ether (ETH) prices reclaimed $2,000 on Monday, increasing expectations that the latest rebound would serve as a cue for further upside...
As Bitcoin’s Yearly Inflation Rate Dips to 1.77%, BEA Data From May Shows US Inflation Fears Are Legitimate
The U.S. economy is looking stagnant according to data stemming from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, as core personal consumption...
PORT Network: DApp to Harness Sustainable Processing Power for Both Cloud and Volunteer Computing
PRESS RELEASE. With an ever-increasing demand for computing power, PORT Network launches the first dApp to merge both Cloud and Volunteer...
Biggest ever mining difficulty drop: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week with a key weekly close under its belt and everything to play for — can it hold higher? After the weekend...
Korean Banks to Be Relieved of Liability for Crypto-Related Crime, Report Suggests
Banking institutions in South Korea have reportedly requested to not be held accountable for crimes linked to cryptocurrencies such as...
Europol Cracks Down on Vitae Belgian Ponzi Scheme, Recovers €1.5 Million in Crypto
Europol, the EU law agency, cracked down on Vitae, a Belgian Ponzi scheme. Europol raided 17 locations related to the website, promoted as...
Bank of Tanzania Hints at Possible Crypto Ban Reversal as Spokesman Confirms Bank Is ‘Working on the Directives Given’
In a hint that Tanzania might soon reverse its 2019 crypto ban, an unnamed spokesperson of the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) recently suggested...
Despite regulatory uncertainty, Indian crypto investment surges 19,900% in one year
Despite India’s uncertain regulatory climate regarding crypto assets, nationwide investments in digital assets have increased by roughly...
Cryptowisser : Crypto Taxes Will Continue to See a Regulations Increase as Adoption Rises
PRESS RELEASE. June 2021, leading Crypto service comparison site – Cryptowisser, attempts to dissipate the cloud of confusion...
Oracle Vinny Lingham Still Envisions $100K This Year if Bitcoin ‘Continues to Hold $30K’
The former CEO of Gyft and the cofounder of the project Civic, Vinny Lingham has been called an ‘oracle’ at times for...
Mexico’s Third Richest Man Recommends Bitcoin, His Bank Is Working to Accept BTC, Says Fiat Money Is a Fraud
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Mexico’s third-richest man and founder of Grupo Salinas, sees bitcoin as an asset with extraordinary...
John McAfee’s Hideout Was a Secret Bitcoin Mining Farm
John McAfee was reportedly hiding out in a Spanish “ghost hotel” with a bitcoin mining farm in the basement prior to his...
4 ways investors use support and resistance levels to make better trades
Trading should just be a simple process of buying low and selling high but for many investors the process is more akin to rocket science....
Crypto Industry Will Benefit From Tighter Regulation, Says Law Professor
The chairman of International Banking Law and Finance at the University of Edinburgh, professor Emilios Avgouleas, says that tighter...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ADA, SOL, MATIC, KLAY
The U.S. core personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index increased 0.5% in May, below market estimates of 0.6%. However, when...
Boston Fed President Says the ‘Exponential Growth’ of Stablecoins Could ‘Disrupt’ Money Markets
Boston Federal Reserve president Eric Rosengren discussed stablecoins in a recent presentation on June 25. Rosengren stressed that...
CME Group’s Micro Bitcoin Futures Reach 1 Million Contracts Traded
CME Group’s(Chicago Mercantile Exchange) micro-bitcoin futures have already traded more than one million contracts. This instrument...
CME Micro Bitcoin futures surpass 1M contracts as institutional speculation grows
Institutional exposure to cryptocurrencies via derivatives continued to grow in the second quarter, as CME Group’s newly launched Bitcoin...
Despite BTC’s Price Drop, Bitcoin Held on Exchanges Is 28% Lower Than Last Year
While the price of bitcoin is more than 40% lower than it was 90 days ago on March 29, the number of bitcoin held on exchanges has also...
‘Absolutely right’ to think of Bitcoin as the new gold — Mexico’s 3rd richest man
Bitcoin (BTC) is definitively the “new gold” for the third richest man in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego. In a tweet on June...
Regulators in UK, Japan Issue Warnings on Binance Amid Crackdown on Unauthorized Crypto Exchanges
Top financial regulators in England and Japan have independently issued warnings on Binance for offering crypto exchange services to...
Indian Banks Halting Services to Crypto Industry Post RBI Clarification
Several Indian banks have reportedly halted services to customers dealing in cryptocurrencies despite the central bank, the Reserve Bank...
Bitcoin bounces off $30K amid ‘possibility’ of exit to mid-$40K range
Bitcoin (BTC) rose from a fresh $30,000 support challenge on June 27, continuing uncertain ranging which has worried traders. BTC/USD...
Ontario Crackdown on Crypto Exchanges Continues With Binance Leaving the Province
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will no longer provide services in the Canadian province of Ontario. The decision comes amid ongoing...
The Crypto Climate Accord Walks a Fine Line Between Self-Interest and the Greater Good
As the spotlight turns once again towards the environmental impact of blockchain technologies, support for the Crypto Climate Accord has...
Africrypt Directors Deny Allegations They Fleeced Clients as Doubts Over Actual Value Missing Bitcoins Grows
According to new reports, Raees and Ameer Cajee, the two young directors of the recently collapsed crypto investment firm, Africrypt, have...
French Court of Appeals Upholds Alexander Vinnik’s Sentence
A court of appeals in France has upheld the verdict in the case against BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. His lawyers vowed to continue the...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Recoups Some Loss, 2021’s Largest Mining Difficulty Drop Expected Next Week
On Saturday, Bitcoin’s SHA256 hashrate managed to climb back above the 100 exahash per second region after it slid to a low of 91...
3 reasons why Quant (QNT) price rallied 125% this week
Real-world use cases and delivered value are important when evaluating the long-term prospects of a cryptocurrency project, and this is...
Iran Counts 30 Crypto Mining Farms Licensed to Mint Digital Currencies
Iranian authorities have so far authorized 30 facilities for cryptocurrency mining. The crypto mining farms are spread across several...
Tesla’s Elon Musk and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Agree to Have ‘the Talk’ at Bitcoin Event ‘B Word’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have agreed to have “the talk” at the bitcoin event called “The B...
Guggenheim CIO Predicts ‘Real Bottom’ of Bitcoin, Warns BTC Price Could Fall to $15,000
The chief investment officer of asset management firm Guggenheim, Scott Minerd, thinks he knows where the real bottom of bitcoin’s...
Data fails to conclude that Bitfinex shorts are depressing Bitcoin price
One of the most common errors traders make when analyzing cryptocurrency markets is taking an exchanges’ bid and ask data and traded...
Crypto Travel Rule Working Group Launches 2.0 Protocol ‘Solving the Discoverability Problem’
Just before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published the organization’s 12-month review, a working group called the Travel...