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Bitcoin flash crashes by $2K in 5 minutes, liquidating $600M in longs
Bitcoin (BTC) fell over $2,000 in five minutes on March 31 as a wave of volatility disrupted an otherwise calm market. BTC/USD 1-minute...
The Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559: Is the squeeze worth the juice?
The Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559, set to be bundled together with the “London” upgrade in July, has caused as much excitement as...
Goldman Sachs readying Bitcoin product for clients — BTC bounces above $58K
Bitcoin (BTC) and some altcoins will soon be available to Goldman Sachs clients, according to a new mainstream media report. Released by...
Litecoin (LTC) price seeks breakout from consolidation near $200
LTC is facing pressure near $190 as bears look to extend the breakdown below the 20-day exponential moving average Litecoin price...
FXTB Is the Premier Platform for Bitcoin CFD Trading
Bitcoin’s meteoric rise has inspired many forex and CFD traders to seek a new broker that will offer them access to the crypto...
Hong Kong Security Crackdown Leads to Record Capital Outflows— Residents Reportedly Used Cryptocurrencies to Move Funds
The Canadian anti-money laundering agency, Fintrac, says it recorded official capital inflows originating from Hong Kong that totaled more...
Crypto M&A Deals Set a New Record in 2020, Surging to $1.1 Billion
The cryptocurrency bull run has been the most notorious headline highlighted in the last few months, but more figures are being watched...
Cardano price analysis: ADA could explode to $4
Cardano (ADA) price reached an all-time high of $1.48 but has since struggled for an upside Cardano’s price remains capped below...
Moonbeam Network Receives Fresh Capital Injection After Purestake Fundraising Success
Following an initial seed capital round of $1.4 million, Purestake has raised a $6 million strategic round of financing from a consortium...
Study Finds South Koreans Aged 20-39 Mainly Invest up to $100 in Cryptocurrencies
South Korea’s “crypto boom” is a term that the local media has widely adopted to refer to the current hype seen across...
Dvision Network Reveals First NFT Character From Limited Edition Series
PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain-based virtual reality platform Dvision Network is finally releasing the first limited-edition NFT item that will...
One-Tenth of a Bitcoin: Derivatives Giant CME Group to Launch Micro BTC Futures Contract
The American global markets company Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group) has announced the launch of a new bitcoin futures product on...
Topps Digital Towers Over NFT Universe With Upcoming Godzilla Collectible Auction
Toho’s classic Godzilla storyline leaves behind the Tokyo and New York skylines as it wades into the decentralized universe with...
Canadian Company Mogo Offers Bitcoin Rewards for Clients Engaging in a New Mortgage or Refinancing
On Monday, the publicly-listed Canadian company Mogo announced the firm is extending the bitcoin rewards program applied to the...
African Migrants Are Turning to Cryptocurrency Platforms for ‘Low-Fee Remittances’
As central banks on the African continent fight to keep cryptocurrencies from going mainstream, many more migrant workers are increasingly...
Bitcoin futures premium hits 30%, but analyst says, ‘This time it’s different’
March 30 could become a historical day that will be remembered by Bitcoin (BTC) fans for a long time. Besides marking a 17% recovery from...
New partnerships send Holo (HOT), Wanchain (WAN) and Origin Protocol (OGN) higher
On March 30 PayPal president and CEO Dan Schulman told Reuters that the online payment giant will allow its U.S. consumers to pay with...
Hermez Lists on AscendEX
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans,...
Defi Venture XFai Reveals Liquidity Generation Event, Project Backed by Angel Investor Roger Ver
Decentralized finance (defi) has seen extreme demand and innovative use-cases during the last 12 months. Defi oracles, decentralized...
Bullish traders cast low-risk Ethereum options bets with this clever strategy
Ether (ETH) has been making higher lows throughout 2021, and the current trend indicates that $1,800 might be the bottom for April. Even...
US Court Rejects SEC’s Attempt to Block XRP Holders’ Motion to Intervene in Ripple Lawsuit
In the SEC v. Ripple lawsuit, the court has rejected the SEC’s attempt to block XRP holders’ Motion to Intervene and has set...
Bitcoin nears all-time highs — Here’s why $73K is the next key level to watch
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) saw a correction in the run-up to the record options expiry last Friday. However, nothing happened despite some...
Oops! A 100% Bitcoin hodl outperformed CNBC’s 2017 altcoin basket by 170%
Bitcoin (BTC) has produced phenomenal returns most years, but when it comes to maximizing them, it’s best just to buy and hodl. That...
Bitcoin is outshining gold in the battle of the safe havens
As the Bitcoin (BTC) price edges closer to $59,000, its value relative to gold is approaching new all-time highs, possibly hinting at the...
Coinbase Opens Office in India Despite Crypto Ban Reports
Cryptocurrency exchange operator Coinbase has announced that it is establishing a business presence in India. The company has also posted...
Paypal Enables Cryptocurrency Payments at Millions of Stores With ‘Checkout With Crypto’ Launch
Payments giant Paypal has launched the “Checkout With Crypto” service to allow consumers to make payments at millions of...
ConsenSys announces layer-two NFT platform, Palm, to compete with Flow
With a possible billion-dollar nonfungible token drop and a high-powered, multiproject collaboration in the works, the Ethereum ecosystem...
Bitcoin jumps past $59K as PayPal launches crypto payments at 29M merchants
Bitcoin (BTC) neared $60,000 on March 30 after PayPal confirmed that it had formally launched cryptocurrency payments. BTC/USD 1-minute...
Aurus Brings the DeFi Revolution to Precious Metals
Aurus is embracing the concept of DeFi to disrupt the precious metals industry. The firm has built a truly decentralised platform which...
More Stimulus Coming? President Biden and Senate Democrats Press for Another $3 Trillion
On the heels of the last stimulus package, U.S. President Joe Biden is creating more legislation that may lead to a massive $3 trillion...
Bitcoin reclaims $58k as bulls eye historically bullish April
BTC price could rally higher in April and record new highs above $60k Bitcoin has jumped above $58k after holding off sellers near...
Ethereum price retests $1,850: Here’s what ETH could do next
Ethereum price trades around $1,820 as it turns green and a breakout could see it reach a new all-time high above $2,000 Ethereum has...
Cosmos launches Inter-Blockchain Communication to enable cross-chain DeFi
The self-described “Internet of blockchains,” Cosmos, has launched its Inter-Blockchain Communication standard, or IBC, enabling crypto...
Major Venezuelan Satellite TV Provider Enables Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Payments
Venezuelan customers from the biggest satellite TV provider in the country are now able to pay their monthly bills via cryptocurrencies....
State Grid Corporation of China Selects Wanchain’s Blockchain Technology to Upgrade National Data Management System
PRESS RELEASE. The State Grid Corporation of China will be adopting blockchain interoperability platform Wanchain’s technology for...
Spanish Island Government Decides to Sell Its Bitcoin Investment by Citing ‘Ethical’ Reasons
Bitcoin is not liked by everyone from the Island Council of Tenerife, Spain. At least that’s what was suggested by its president,...
Three-quarters of circulating BTC last changed hands for less than $10,800
Research from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode has found that roughly three-quarters of circulating Bitcoin last moved on the...
Tron’s Justin Sun Unveils NFT Fund Aimed at Art Acquisition
Hot on the heels of a recent winning auction bid for Beeple’s “Ocean Front” NFT, Justin Sun is making another splash in...
South African Companies Convert Cash Holdings Into BTC— Crypto Asset Is Hedge Against Devaluation
New reports emerging from South Africa suggest privately held firms are converting a portion of their cash holdings into bitcoin as they...
Price analysis 3/29: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, DOT, XRP, UNI, THETA, LTC, LINK
On Monday Visa announced that it had launched a pilot program with Crypto.com to enable its partners to settle fiat transactions by...
Flamingo (FLM) TVL rises as Ethereum gas solutions remain elusive
Yield farming has grown in popularity over the past year alongside the rise of decentralized finance, but recently the ability to earn a...
Developers Launch the First Hosted Noncustodial Payment Processor for Bitcoin Cash Payments
Bitcoin Cash proponents have recently been introduced to a new noncustodial payment processor called Prompt.cash. The platform provides...
Exotic Car Rental MPH Club Now Accepts Bitcoin
PRESS RELEASE. MPH Club announced that they will allow their clients to pay in bitcoin to rent cars. MPH Club is a Miami-based exotic and...
Soros CIO: Central Bank Digital Currencies a Real Threat to Crypto but Won’t Permanently Destabilize Bitcoin
Soros Fund Management’s chief investment officer (CIO) says that central bank digital currencies are a potential threat to bitcoin...
Do $100K–$300K Bitcoin call options signal a bullish BTC price path?
The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) Dec. 31 call options between $100,000 and $300,000 reached an impressive 6,700 contracts, which is...
Pro Baseball Team the Oakland A’s Plans to Hold Bitcoin Obtained from Ticket Sales
The president of the American pro baseball team the Oakland Athletics (A’s) recently discussed the ballclub accepting bitcoin for...
South Korea’s ‘Kimchi premium’ is back: Is the Bitcoin rally starting to heat up?
The “Kimchi premium” is back. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading more than 6% higher across major South Korean crypto exchanges as of...
Cointelegraph Consulting: Hype for NFTs is real, but what about transaction volume?
Covalent’s latest findings in Cointelegraph Consulting’s biweekly newsletter indicate that the nonfungible token, or NFT, market has...
When ‘alt season?’ Now, says analyst as Bitcoin dominance hits 6-month low
Bitcoin (BTC) now accounts for less than 60% of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization, heralding the arrival of “alt season...
Youtuber Builds a Bitcoin Miner Out of a 31-year old Nintendo Game Boy
On Saturday, a popular Youtuber named Stacksmashing published a video that shows him hacking a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy in order to mine...
Crypto mergers and acquisitions doubled to $1.1B in 2020, PwC reports
The consolidation of cryptocurrency-related companies surged massively in 2020, hitting a new record in deal activity, according to a new...
Travel Giant Webjet (WEB:ASX) Enters Crypto through an Unprecedented $4.1M Deal with LockTrip.com
Australia-based superbrand Webjet recognizes the value potential of the blockchain startup LockTrip and joins its mission by securing the...
Stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges hit new historic high of $10B
Stablecoins like Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have hit another milestone in terms of accumulation by exchanges. According to market...
Payment Giant Visa Integrates USDC Stablecoin Support for Settlement
On Monday, the American multinational financial services corporation Visa announced that digital currency payments have arrived on...
South African Regulator Zeroes in on Scams and Unregulated Firms in Its Second Crypto ‘Health Warning’
South African regulator the Financial Sector Conduct Authority recently issued its second crypto “health warning” after it...
Zcash price analysis: ZEC chart suggests a fresh rally above $150
Zcash saw its price recover nearly 18% after crashing to lows of $116 The price of Zcash (ZEC) has increased by over 7% in the past 24...
Dogecoin (DOGE) shows weakness as bears restrict action below $0.055
DOGE price is vulnerable to a fresh downside if bears breach $0.050 The Dogecoin price has slid nearly 8% over the past week to see it...
‘Still early’ for BTC price peak: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week
Bitcoin (BTC) starts a new week in all-too-familiar territory with all-time highs just out of reach. After a positive weekend, the largest...
Uniswap’s daily fee generation tops Bitcoin’s by $1.7 million
The world’s top decentralized exchange, Uniswap, is currently beating out Bitcoin’s daily fee generation by more than 50%. According to...
New Zealand Fund Invests 5% in Bitcoin— CIO Says You ‘Can’t Really Discount Bitcoin’
A New Zealand hedge fund, NZ Funds Management, which had $350 million worth of assets under management at the end of December 2020, says...
Indian Government Now Requires Companies to Disclose Cryptocurrency Holdings
The Indian government has introduced new cryptocurrency disclosure rules. Companies dealing in cryptocurrencies will have to disclose...
Boomers Next to Adopt Crypto, a Trillion Dollars Could Flow Into Bitcoin Over the Next Year, Says Novogratz
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz has predicted that as much as a trillion dollars could flow into bitcoin over the next year as wealthy...
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, KLAY, VET, SOL, KSM
In trading, selling a position is as important as buying it at the right time. Therefore, the big question that could be troubling traders...
PancakeSwap (CAKE) aims to take a slice out of Uniswap’s DeFi dominance
Decentralized finance has taken a back seat to nonfungible tokens over the past month but this hasn’t stopped the top DeFi projects from...
The Fed Plans to Unveil Digital Dollar Prototypes in July
The Federal Reserve is actively working on a central bank digital currency and some prototypes are near completion. The Federal Reserve...
Interest from China, Co-Mining and a Grayscale Trust Gives Filecoin’s Market Cap a Valuation Lift
Over the last seven days the project filecoin, a cryptocurrency, and blockchain-based cooperative digital storage network climbed 61% in...
Bitcoin HODLers are not selling: Inactive BTC supply hits 3-month low
Long-time Bitcoin (BTC) HODLers are refraining from selling their holdings, on-chain data from Glassnode shows. According to Glassnode’s...
Survey Shows 77% of Americans Are Concerned About Rising Inflation, Prices for Goods Are Soaring
Since well before the Covid-19 outbreak was found in America, the U.S. Federal Reserve invoked a number of monetary easing policies. Then...
Nilicoins, Rare Pepe and Curio Cards- A Look at the OG Collectibles That Started the NFT Madness
During the last few months, the non-fungible token (NFT) scene has exploded with lots of celebrities jumping on the bandwagon, high...
Wife Leaves Husband After He Refused to Sell Bitcoin at $60K and Bought the Dip
Bitcoin prices surpassing the $60,000 milestone undoubtedly woke up a massive wave of joy across the crypto community. However, such an...
Russian Anti-Money Laundering Body Will Monitor Crypto to Fiat Transactions, Says Official
Herman Neglyad, the deputy of the Russian anti-money laundering body, Rosfinmonitoring, has said his organization will monitor...
Oaktree Capital Founder Howard Marks Changes His Mind About Bitcoin as Demand Soars and Price Jumps 10x
Oaktree Capital’s Howard Marks has warmed up to bitcoin. He admitted that he had a knee-jerk reaction to the cryptocurrency and...
WINk (WIN) soars as retail DeFi investors flee high Ethereum gas costs
Decentralized finance has exploded in popularity over the past year and many analysts have pointed to the 2020 ‘summer of...
3 reasons why Enjin (ENJ) price has rallied 800% over the last month
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the world by storm as stories of record-breaking digital art sales now regularly appear on mainstream...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Says Government Outlawing Bitcoin Is ‘a Good Probability’
The Bridgewater Associates co-founder and chief investment officer, Ray Dalio, says that there is a good probability that the government...
$400K Bitcoin predicted this year, NFT warning, Instagram influencer in trouble: Hodler’s Digest, March 21–27
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst)...
WINk (WIN) soars as retail DeFi investors flee high Etheruem gas costs
Decentralized finance has exploded in popularity over the past year and many analysts have pointed to the 2020 ‘summer of...
Professional Call of Duty League Gamer to Launch eSports NFT
PRESS RELEASE. 27th March 2021, Al Murar, Dubai – Diamondcon is one of the fastest rising Call of Duty league players in the world,...
Instagram Influencer Charged for Allegedly Stealing Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin From Followers
A popular Instagram personality has been charged in the U.S., accused of stealing bitcoins worth millions of dollars from his followers....
Hut 8 Purchases $30M Worth of Nvidia’s GPU Miners, Looks to Push Capacity to 1,600 Gigahash
On Friday, the publicly listed firm Hut 8 announced the purchase of $30 million worth of Nvidia’s dedicated crypto mining GPUs...
At what Bitcoin price will Satoshi Nakamoto become the world’s richest person?
It is estimated that Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of BTC, will become the world’s richest person if the price of Bitcoin (BTC) hits...
Crypto Markets Rebound, Bitcoin Price Consolidates, BTC Dominance Levels Sink
The price of bitcoin dropped around 8% during the last seven days, but prices started to improve during Friday’s mid-afternoon...
DMG and Argo to Launch a Clean Energy-Focused Bitcoin Mining Pool
The blockchain and crypto firm DMG Blockchain Solutions has revealed a partnership with the crypto asset mining business Argo Blockchain....
Italian Copyright Agency Selects Algorand to Create Over Four Million NFTs to Represent Author Rights
The non-fungible token fever witnessed over the last few months is catching the copyright management agencies’ attention. One of...
Bitcoin Cash-Powered Onlycoins Aims to Compete with the Popular Content Platform Onlyfans
Recently, Bitcoin Cash proponents have been introduced to a new application that competes with the content subscription service Onlyfans....
Skrill Continues Its American Crypto Market Expansion by Partnering Up With Coinbase
By embedding Coinbase-powered solutions in its platform, Skrill adds 11 more American states to its service list, enabling more users to...
FOMO or fundamentals? Here’s why Orion Protocol (ORN) rallied by 730%
As the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry grows, new exchanges and liquidity pools constantly emerge. For the average investor, keeping...
Persistence Listing and Integration on AscendEX
PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans,...
SEC vs. Ripple: US Judge Orders Both Parties from the XRP Lawsuit to Hold a Discovery Conference
In a fresh twist to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s fight against Ripple Labs, US judge Sarah Netburn has directed...
Pro traders close Ethereum longs even after today’s $1.15B options expiry
Ether (ETH) rebounded from a $1,550 low on March 24, which marked a 17% fall from the $1,870 weekly high. Even though the $1.15 billion...