PayPal, the world’s largest online payment processor, is reportedly exploring acquisitions of cryptocurrency-oriented companies. Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that this includes the popular Bitcoin custodian BitGo. The sources also revealed that PayPal has been in talks with BitGo, and it could potentially reach a deal “within weeks.” However, the negotiations could...Read More
Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank Fabio Panetta said in a speech at the ECB conference on Thursday that a digital euro, or the Eurozone’s potential CBDC, could become necessary with evolving consumer preferences, especially if people became reluctant to use cash. In his speech that primarily addressed pan-European payments and...Read More
2020 has turned out to be quite a year for the DeFi space. DeFi’s rapid growth over the course of the year saw it cross the $12 billion-mark in terms of total value locked, with the same bullishness positively impacting popular Bitcoin (BTC) tokenization protocol – Wrapped BTC (WBTC). WBTC, the ERC-20 token on the...Read More
Bitcoin has been on fire during the past 48 hours, thanks to the ‘PayPal crypto on-ramp launch news.’ What is even more interesting to note is BTC’s future market outlook. Veteran trader and analyst Peter Brandt said that the cryptocurrency is about to log its second-highest monthly close since it started trading first. Brandt says...Read More
To the delight of bullish investors, a surging market was the highlight of the day, with many of the industry’s altcoins closely aping Bitcoin’s own price movements. At press time, Bitcoin was being traded near the $13,000-level, having risen by over 4.5% in the last 24 hours. Further down the cryptocurrency charts, Stellar Lumens, Cosmos,...Read More
National Police of Tenerife arrested Santiago Fuentes who is accused of defrauding up to 32,000 people in an alleged bitcoin scam, amounting to the tune of about 850 million euros (over $1 billion). The accused is the director of a called ArbiStar 2.0, which is based in Playa Las Americas. Authorities launched an investigation after...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Chainlink and most of the market’s altcoins suffered a brutal crash after the DeFi craze came to a halt. However, there seems to be a revival coming for these altcoins, with some of them...Read More
One of the oldest crypto exchanges, Bitstamp today announced that it has appointed Julian Sawyer as the firm’s new CEO, who was Gemini crypto exchange’s Managing Director for Europe. Sawyer will be taking over from Bitstamp founder, Nejc Kodrič, who will now remain as a member of Bitstamp’s Board of Directors, in a non-executive role....Read More
While Binance is slowing becoming one of the most important names in the cryptocurrency industry, its native token, Binance Coin, is also gaining a lot of traction and interest this year. One of the market’s top performers in 2020, Binance Coin has flipped its objective as just an alternative to avoid transaction fees. Source: BNB/USD...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice With the DeFi craze dying, DeFi coins seem to be really calm. DOT is sharing the same calmness, as its price has seen a 45+% retracement since September. For more than a month now,...Read More
An official from the Russian Central Bank’s National Banking Council, Anatoly Aksakov said that Russia’s CBDC, the digital ruble, would be the “future” of all money circulation in the country, and that the CBDC will start being tested, “possibly” in 2021. This development follows an earlier announcement from the Central Bank regarding the possibility of...Read More
November 17th to 19th 2020, speakers and participants will assess the economic and technological rollercoaster of the year 2020 and will discuss whether DeFi will change the game for fintech. 20 October 2020, Hong Kong – During a week-long virtual event, speakers from institutions, businesses, regulatory bodies, innovative companies will evaluate the outcomes of 2020...Read More
[Featured content] DeFi has no doubt exploded in 2020 as the industry saw unprecedented growth all the way from March. In fact, data suggests that there’s currently around $11.2 billion locked in various lending protocols in the ecosystem. While this may have somewhat surprised many, it does come as a natural and logical extension of...Read More
Bitfinex announced today listing of HUMAN Token (HMT) which serves as the medium of exchange which will be used to power the decentralized labor markets built on the HUMAN Protocol. Deposits for HMT on Bitfinex will open on October 27, while Trading of HMT with USD and USDT pairs on Bitfinex will go live on October...Read More
BitTorrent Inc., the firm behind the massively popular BitTorrent protocol and app, has announced its acquisition of blockchain-powered live streaming platform DLive. DLive will now form part of the newly established BitTorrent X ecosystem, which also includes the BitTorrent File System (BTFS), a service used for distributed file storage and retrieval, as well as the...Read More
Hodling Bitcoin has a whole different meaning in 2020. It is no longer associated with optimistic novice traders who entered the space a gazillion years ago, all hoping for a profitable return. Instead, the trend has been taken over by huge business entities that are eyeing Bitcoin as a long-term investment strategy and as a...Read More
XRP/USD – Buyers Finally Break Above Symmetrical Triangle Key Support Levels: $0.26, $0.251, $0.245.Key Resistance Levels: $0.261, $0.271, $0.279. XRP went through a rollercoaster of price action yesterday as it reached as high as $0.271 (bearish .618 Fib) and as low as $0.228 (.618 Fib) during the 24 hours. The cryptocurrency had been trading within...Read More
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones III has become an even bigger Bitcoin fan following the most recent price developments. As CryptoPotato reported back in May, Jones bought an undisclosed amount of BTC to protect himself amid the rising fears of increased inflations. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, the prominent investor doubled-down...Read More
Owner of the Bitfinex crypto exchange, iFinex announced today integration with cross-chain system pNetwork (pTokens network) which would enable BTC, ETH and LTC to automatically be tokenized, and moved on to DeFi blockchains directly from the Bitfinex platform. pNetwork is the decentralized governance layer operating the pTokens bridges. pTokens makes cryptocurrencies “compatible” with blockchains, such...Read More
In what is a significant development, Algorand will be partnering with VeriTX to build a digital marketplace for Aerospace Manufacturing. In a recent announcement, VeriTX Corp, a marketplace for digital assets enabling decentralized manufacturing, said it will develop a digital supply chain for aircraft parts using Algorand‘s blockchain technology. The VeriTX digital marketplace allows customers...Read More
While most cryptocurrency community members speculate when or if Bitcoin will ever top its all-time high against the dollar, the digital asset has already marked an ATH against other government-issued fiat currencies – the Brazilian Real and the Turkish Lira. Bitcoin Smashes Through BRL ATH The past several days have been significantly exciting for the...Read More
Binance Coin’s price on the charts has been on a steady uptrend for a few months now. The past 24-hours further strengthened this narrative as the price saw a 2.5 percent hike. With the coin’s price action being limited to an ascending channel formation a downward breakout for the coin cannot be ruled out. At...Read More
Bitcoin price has managed to avoid all 3 unfilled CME gaps this week and go on to break the $13,235 level for the first time since July 10, 2019 – 469 days ago. The catalyst for the 11% surge was the breaking news from PayPal yesterday that the payments giant will soon facilitate BTC and...Read More
As Bitcoin price recorded a new yearly high, most of the participants in a recent survey shared that they hold the majority of their holdings in Bitcoin rather than altcoins. Bitcoin traders are basking in profit as October turns out to be a good month for BTC. 46% Of People Allocate More Than 50% To...Read More
Proving to be one of the market’s top-performing digital assets on the charts, Bitcoin Cash was quick to add over 6% to its value in lieu of the prevailing bull market. Decred too was painted in green, with northbound price momentum in the DCR market likely to push the cryptocurrency towards its immediate resistance level....Read More
The crypto industry is evolving rapidly. Today, entire countries are investing in digital coins, because they are the future. And you can be at the forefront of technology today. You only need to choose a reliable, promising, and interesting project. Let’s have a look at exactly what criteria will allow us to classify this or...Read More
The rave of the moment in the crypto space is yield farming. You hear about it at every turn in the market. This makes you wonder what it is all about and why the hype about it. Well, I can tell I was certainly curious and I tried it. Here is what I learned along...Read More
A venture builder for early-stage cryptocurrency- and blockchain-oriented companies, Collider Labs, has successfully closed a $1 million investment vehicle. The company announced the news in a press release shared with CryptoPotato. The $1 million round comes after the recent addition of several “notable limited partners, including established blockchain executives, CEOs, founders, and traders.” The statement...Read More
Bitcoin painted a fresh yearly high of over $13,200 following promising news from PayPal. This time, the altcoins joined the ride, and the total market cap has surged by $23 billion since yesterday alone. Bitcoin Registers A New 2020 High Significant news emerged yesterday when the giant online payment processor PayPal announced it would enable...Read More
According to a recent announcement, Class A Units of 3iQ’s The Bitcoin Fund have begun trading in Canadian dollars on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “QBTC.” The trade was initiated on the 20th of October. This is a crucial development, with the importance of the same highlighted by Fred Pye, President & CEO...Read More
