Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), ’Finansinspektionen’, has fined Swedbank a record sum of 4 billion Swedish krona ($386M) for breaching anti-money laundering regulations on a large scale. Around $5.8 billion had been funneled between suspected accounts in Swedbank and Danske Bank in the Baltics, the latter already fined large amounts for previous money-laundering activities. Also...Read More
The Bitcoin price dropped over the first quarter of 2020 amid the worldwide asset collapse. But it didn’t fall nearly as much as the major US stock market benchmarks. From January 2, 2020 (the year’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange) through April 1, 2020, the S&P 500 Index capitulated some...Read More
Over the past two days, we saw Bitcoin losing momentum following the global markets. After reaching the $6600 resistance, Bitcoin price failed to break the symmetrical triangle as can be seen on the following 4-hour chart. From there, Bitcoin found temporary support upon the $6400 boundary, before continuing the 3-day plunge to the lower angle...Read More
Satoshi Nakamoto, also known as Craig Wright, will appear in an “ask me anything” session! At the same time, there’s a new token in front of Bitcoin on CoinMarketCap. And all of this comes today, April 1st! Let’s take a look at some of the best April 1st (International Fool’s Day) jokes in the cryptocurrency...Read More
By Nemil Dalal, Daniel Que, & Pete Kim 2019 has been called The Year of Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”), with the money locked up into decentralized finance protocols skyrocketing. In 2020, these protocols are starting to provide global access to financial services like savings and exchange. To encourage growth in USDC and DeFi, Coinbase launched the USDC...Read More
While Chainlink remains indecisive in a rising triangle, buyers continue to show commitment on the short-term. If LINK can break above the 38200 SAT level, the bulls might regain control of the market momentum. Chainlink is still facing strong support across its trading pairs. LINK/USD: Chainlink Looking For Breakout Key Resistance Levels: $2.4, $2.75, $4...Read More
The novel coronavirus crisis warrants the use of many interesting technologies. Blockchain has been touted as a possible solution, as more and more companies begin to explore this particular option. There are many ways to handle certain aspects of the coronavirus crisis. Coronavirus Testing and Blockchain Technology Blockchain technology may offer a helping hand, when...Read More
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) took the world by a storm and its spread, and it shows no signs of slowing down. With the total number of infected people getting close to a million, countries around the world are instituting lockdowns to slow down the spread and keep the hospitals from overflowing with patients. A closer...Read More
The last few days were quite turbulent for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market. BTC went to retest the support at $5,800, losing $800 of its dollar value in the process. However, it has since bounced, and it’s currently trading at another important support level at $6,300. BTC/USD. Source: TradingView This weekend saw $5,850 as...Read More
The number of circulating Tether (USDT) coins now exceeds 6 billion. Tether, and most stablecoins, have been continuously minting new coins to cope with the growing traders’ demand in times of high volatility and uncertainty in the cryptocurrency market. Over 6B USDT In Circulation The past month was especially turbulent in terms of volatility, to...Read More
XRP remains stable above $0.17, while Bitcoin dropped by 2% today. The cryptocurrency rebounded from support at a rising trend line that allowed it to climb back above $0.17 this week. Against Bitcoin, XRP increased by 4% over the past two days as it reaches 2730 SAT. Key Support & Resistance Levels XRP/USD: Support: $0.171,...Read More
There are still many questions as to how different countries and governments perceive Bitcoin and other crypto assets. In Germany, it would appear that the interest in blockchain and crypto assets continues to rise. Following the recent market turmoil, interest in Bitcoin has seemingly dropped off significantly all over the world. Bitcoin is Thriving in...Read More
The Factom-based stablecoin network PegNet is fast approaching $1 billion in total conversions, which is a significant number that elucidates the rapid adoption the network is currently incurring. PegNet is a unique distributed network that allows users to easily access and utilize a variety of different assets – including fiat, crypto, precious metals, and more...Read More
