Jeff Currie – the Global Head of Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs – shared his thoughts on Bitcoin being a gold replacement. According to him, digital assets are substitutes for copper. From Gold to Copper In a recent CNBC interview, Jeff Currie warned that cryptocurrencies are risky and people should not consider them as a...Read More
BitMEX announced a $100,000 grant for the Korean-based Bitcoin scaling researcher – Calvin Kim. Furthermore, the crypto derivatives exchange informed about an additional $50,000 donation from its partner – the Human Rights Foundation. BitMEX’s $150K Renewal In a recent statement, the popular Bitcoin derivatives trading venue BitMEX announced it had renewed Calvin Kim’s developer grant...Read More
This week’s on-chain insights from analytics provider Glassnode has highlighted a slowdown in the rate at older BTC being spent. This is indicative of a level at which a large number of holders are willing to stop or pause as markets consolidate for a while. “A period of consolidation is to be expected as the...Read More
The Reserve Bank of Inda issued a new circular today, clarifying that although banks and other entities need to carry customer due diligence, cryptocurrencies are not outlawed in the country. Citing media reports that banks and regulated entities have “cautioned their customers against dealing in virtual currencies by making a reference” to a circular that...Read More
This allows users to create trustless atomic swaps between the two cryptocurrencies without having to route through a centralized exchange service. Monero’s Privacy Mechanisms Monero’s ring signature system draws anonymity from a minimum ring size. Receivers are protected via stealth addresses, and funds within the ring are indistinguishable from each other. The minimum ring size...Read More
Rhonda – an Australian nurse – lost all her savings after being lured into a fake bitcoin investment. The fraudulent scheme stole hundreds of thousands from the devastated Sydney woman just months before her retirement. Dreams of Retirement Were Dashed An Australian nurse revealed in a recent interview for 2GB radio how a cryptocurrency scam...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against five individuals in connection with BitConnect for promoting and selling unregistered securities. BitConnect is a notorious cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that stole billions of dollars from investors, making it one of the biggest scams in the crypto industry. The SEC alleges that the...Read More
U.S. chain of convenience stores Sheetz, has become the latest company to adopt cryptocurrency, as the firm is planning to include bitcoin and other crypto-assets among its payment options. Sheetz Adopts Bitcoin According to a press release on Thursday (May 27, 2021), Sheetz will become the first convenience store retailer to accept bitcoin as a...Read More
Bitcoin, and the entire cryptocurrency market, saw yet another choppy week where prices failed to recover substantially and continued to struggle. The past seven days didn’t exactly go according to the intentions of bulls as the price of BTC is down about 9%, currently trading around $37,000. It all started last Friday when the price...Read More
Brett Heath – precious metal company Metalla Royalty & Streaming CEO – opined that crypto ”will lead the charge in the next financial crisis.” Furthermore, he compared the industry to the tech crash of the early 2000s alongside the mortgage collapse in 2008. Crypto Will Cause The Next Crash The head of Metalla Royalty &...Read More
Poloniex – a multinational crypto exchange – caught the eye of Canadian securities regulators. The watchdog launched actions against it under the accusations of not complying with Ontario rules. Against The Law In a recent statement, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) accused the cryptocurrency exchange platform Polo Digital Assets – better known as Poloniex –...Read More
After blaming BTC mining for electricity blackouts and sending spies to hunt down illegal miners, Iran has placed a temporary ban on such endeavors in its borders. According to a Bloomberg coverage, the Iranian government has placed a ban on all cryptocurrency mining endeavors until September 22nd. The ban is effective immediately and comes ahead...Read More
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) banned the trendy ”time to buy Bitcoin” Luno ads. The country’s officials called them ”irresponsible” and sounded an alarm of caution for inexperienced investors. No More BTC Ads The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority introduced severe restrictions for the crypto space in the past year. The British daily newspaper –...Read More
Bank of Indonesia joins the efforts of global central banks as it plans to launch a digital rupiah currency. Governor Perry Warjiyo confirmed the news and informed that the institution is yet to decide which platform to use. CBDC in Indonesia During the COVID-19 pandemic, the island nation of Indonesia saw a significant boom in...Read More
HSBC reaffirmed that it has no intentions to launch a cryptocurrency trading desk or offer Bitcoin as an investment option to its clients. According to the institution, the digital asset is too volatile and lacks transparency. ‘We Are Not into Bitcoin’ The current crypto market situation continues to be highly unstable, mainly fueled by China’s...Read More
The software development company, Globant, has filed documents with the SEC revealing an allocation of $500,000 in bitcoin. The firm has put the BTC investment into its portfolio of “intangible assets.” Globant is an IT and software development conglomerate founded in 2003 and headquartered in Argentina. It has over e dozen offices worldwide, including in...Read More
Analytics provider Glassnode has been breaking down last week’s market slump in its Monday “Week on Chain” report, revealing that the market traded down by over 47% from the weekly high of $59,463, to lows of $31,327. This generated a massive red $28K weekly candle, the largest ever. “The magnitude of realised losses on-chain this...Read More
BTC has reclaimed the $40K level after Elon Musk’s surprise announcement that he had spoken to North American Bitcoin miners, who are committing to use renewable resources whilst mining bitcoin, and will request miners worldwide to follow suit. This meeting was hosted by MicroStrategy CEO and Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, and it included the leading...Read More
Cryptocurrencies and the hip hop industry continue to intertwine as famous rapper Meek Mill plans to expand his portfolio with Shiba Inu. This comes shortly after he purchased Bitcoin and Dogecoin. Meek Mill Plans to Buy Shiba Inu The skyrocketing popularity of meme coins, led by Dogecoin, caught the attention of multiple celebrities. The trend,...Read More
The recent regulatory crackdowns from the world’s most populated nation have impacted not only crypto prices but businesses inside the industry as well. Huobi has temporarily suspended a portion of its services to new users in China and in other nations. CryptoPotato reported last week China’s latest endeavor against the cryptocurrency industry. In it, the...Read More
Ripple’s CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, finds “beyond flattering” the accusations that the company he runs has influenced Telsa’s Elon Musk to highlight bitcoin’s energy consumption levels. Beyond Flattering: Garlinghouse One of the most discussed topics within and outside the cryptocurrency community in the past several weeks has been bitcoin’s energy consumption. On one side, environmentalists led...Read More
Around $400 billion has exited the crypto asset space since Friday in what has been one of the largest mass selloffs of coins and tokens. Total market capitalization had fallen to a three-month low of $1.45 trillion during Monday morning’s Asian trading session. The massive correction has seen markets dump around 43% since their peak...Read More
A bullish case isn’t on many people’s minds – but signs are cropping up that Bitcoin may indeed be headed for a trend reversal. Here are some signs explaining why BTC might be overdue for a renewed uptick. Bitcoin reached its all-time high of almost $65K on April 14, 2021, a little over a month...Read More
Michael Hsu – the new chief of the OCC – revealed that the US independent bureau plans to put under review its crypto guidelines offered over the past year. He added that all federal banks should provide interpretive letters and guidance, including issues around digital assets alongside pending matters. Is Stance Towards Crypto Getting Tougher?...Read More
Volatility could be scary for some BTC investors, but it’s the price to pay for overperforming the S&P index 10x over a decade, said MicroStrategy’s CEO, Michael Saylor. He also described Elon Musk as “enthusiastic” about the bitcoin space following the latest criticism from Tesla’s CEO. Speaking on the enhanced volatility that bitcoin faced in...Read More
The Iranian government enlisted intelligence officers with the task of cracking down on illegal cryptocurrency miners. This unprecedented move aims to solve the nation’s concerns with rising electricity consumption. The Government vs. Illegal Crypto Miners The Iranian authorities seem determined to solve their issues with illicit crypto mining. Bloomberg reported that the Ministry of Intelligence...Read More
Today is the international Bitcoin Pizza Day! This is a day that many in the crypto community celebrate the 11th anniversary of the first Bitcoin commercial transaction for two pizzas, which cost 10,000 BTC. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas in Florida. Years later, they would become...Read More
This week was particularly turbulent in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin’s price crashed to $30K following comments made by Elon Musk, who keeps teasing Dogecoin HODLers. Meanwhile, we also saw old China FUD recycled yet again. Starting off with bitcoin’s price performance, the week was rather unfortunate for bulls. BTC is down about 25% in the...Read More
Tom Tugendhat, a member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, urged the nation towards implementing more innovations in its financial sphere. Interestingly, he also outlined the growth of the cryptocurrency sector and hinted he was more bullish on ether rather than bitcoin. UK Member of Parliament Bullish on ETH Tugendhat is a British Conservative Party...Read More
Prominent American economist Paul Krugman once again shared his negative stance towards cryptocurrencies. He compared a Ponzi scheme. Taking Aim at Crypto The most recent adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency market sparked many negative comments. Joining them was the Nobel Prize laureate – Paul Krugman. In an interview for the New York Times, he described...Read More