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As Bitcoin inches towards $60K, Q4 may see ‘parabolic moves in all of crypto’

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Time Stamp: October 8, 2021 8:30 PM - Modified On: October 8, 2021 - Published By:
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Earlier this week, Bitcoin broke through the psychologically important mark of $50,000 for the first time in a month, causing many investors to turn their eyes to the top cryptocurrency again. The resurgence of interest in bitcoin recently has resulted in higher trading volumes, combined with mega whale moves. Someone(s) bought up $1.6B worth $BTC via market orders in just 5 minutes. Short liquidations seem relatively smaller like $17M at that time. This is more like whale buying, not cascade liquidations.https://t.co/dD3OsykiET pic.twitter.com/0NnvbmaYYm — Ki Young Ju 주기영 (@ki_young_ju) October 6,

This NFT Collection By This 12-Year Old Generates $5 Million In Record Time

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Time Stamp: October 2, 2021 3:33 AM - Modified On: October 2, 2021 - Published By:
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The non-fungible tokens (NFT) space has been attracting a large part of the global developers’ community and even 12-year-old kids are joining the rush. Once such 12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed coder recently joined the developers’ team of Boring Banas Co. to create an NFT collection dubbed Non-fungible Heroes (NFH). advertisement This entire collection featuring 8,888 comic book-esque characters sold out in just 12 minutes for a record $5 million, as per the data on Dune Analytics. The NFT collection for NFH features heroes, villains, and gods, with their own storylines. “It

Former U.S. official says cryptocurrency not some ‘libertarian paradise’

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Time Stamp: September 27, 2021 7:00 AM - Modified On: September 27, 2021 - Published By:
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Cryptocurrency has been around for a long time now. However, its mainstream adoption gained a boost lately with 2020 being a remarkable year. But 2021 saw a major push as countries and/or organizations across the globe have been accepting cryptocurrencies in some form or the other. That said, countries have also been working on cryptocurrency regulations to govern the process of exchanging through crypto. Something that can actually benefit these tokens. Former US Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers, while speaking to Bloomberg expressed his opinions concerning the cryptocurrency regulations. During this

Italian Payments Giant Nexi Involved in Digital Euro Project

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Time Stamp: September 24, 2021 2:00 AM - Modified On: September 24, 2021 - Published By:
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Nexi, a leading European payments company, is reportedly giving advice to the European Central Bank (ECB) related to the digital euro project. The announcement was made by Nexi’s CEO Paolo Bertoluzzo, who also gave his opinion about the future of central bank digital currencies (CBDC) and cryptocurrencies during the Money 20/20 fintech conference in Amsterdam. Nexi Advising ECB on Digital Euro Issues Nexi, one of the biggest payments companies in Europe, is working in tandem with the European Central Bank toward the creation of a digital euro, according to statements

Your September Newsletter for All Things BitPay and Crypto

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Time Stamp: September 23, 2021 9:26 AM - Modified On: September 23, 2021 - Published By:
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We have another month of crypto news and BitPay happenings, including an exciting new partnership, a product integration and more updates around global crypto adoption. Don’t forget to check out what ‘swap’ means and learn more about BitPay Reload in our product highlight.In This Issue:BitPay in the SpotlightUATP, a global payment network owned and operated by the airlines, has partnered with us to start accepting crypto payments and attract new business. Read the announcement here.Our CEO, Stephen Pair discusses why it’s important for the approach to crypto regulation to go

Weekly Blockchain News Roundup

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Time Stamp: September 20, 2021 11:01 AM - Modified On: September 20, 2021 - Published By:
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We are back again, bringing you the most talked-about cryptocurrency news of this past week. We want to help you find current and relevant news, so you always know what’s happening in the cryptocurrency and blockchain markets. Staying up to date on news does not only help you stay knowledgeable, but it may even help you make your next trade more wisely. In this weekly news roundup, we hope to inform you about your favorite exchanges, where countries lie in crypto adoption, and what blockchain updates to expect. Let us

Acorns Hires Former Amazon Executive as President, Hints at Crypto Options

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Time Stamp: September 15, 2021 6:15 PM - Modified On: September 15, 2021 - Published By:
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Acorns, a popular investing and savings app, announced a former Amazon lead as company president and head of day-to-day operations.Sponsored Sponsored Earlier today the financial services app revealed David Hijirida as the new president. Hijirida was an executive at Amazon and CEO of the digital bank Simple Finance. During his 12 years at Amazon, he managed global payments and advertising.  This new hire comes as Acorns expected a public listing later in the year. The public listing is with the intentions of accelerating its mission of wealth building and overseas

These factors were key to taking the steam out of Bitcoin’s ‘frenzied crypto-rally’

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Time Stamp: September 11, 2021 5:30 AM - Modified On: September 11, 2021 - Published By:
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Volatility in the cryptocurrency world is real, there’s no doubting that. While some expected it to be a relic of the past, it came to the fore a few days ago after Bitcoin dropped below $45,000, taking the rest of the market with it. Now, different people have attributed different reasons to the aforementioned drop. A recent Twitter thread from a Singapore-based crypto-fund firm is a case in point. According to the same, the United States played a major role in driving or rather, aggravating this volatility. QCP Capital argued

Gold, Stocks, and Bitcoin: Weekly Overview — September 3

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Time Stamp: September 3, 2021 2:54 AM - Modified On: September 3, 2021 - Published By:
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This week’s price movements for Bitcoin (BTC), gold, and our stock picks, Visa and Coinbase.Sponsored Sponsored BTC Bitcoin seems to have fared middling-well over the past two weeks, as it achieved $50,000 again for the first time since May but seems to have met resistance at this point since then.  Trading around $45,000 on August 19, BTC then rose to $47,000 by the next day, $49,000 the day after that, finally surpassing the $50,000 mark on August 23. Having hit a target price point, BTC naturally met with selling pressure

Cuba Recognizes Cryptocurrencies | This Week in Crypto – Aug 30, 2021

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Time Stamp: August 30, 2021 1:00 AM - Modified On: August 30, 2021 - Published By:
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 MicroStrategy buys more bitcoin, Cuba recognizes cryptocurrencies and free BTC for everybody in town…but which town? These stories and more this week in crypto. NASDAQ-listed business intelligence company MicroStrategy announced yet another substantial purchase of Bitcoin, this time worth nearly $200 million. The firm added 3,907 bitcoin to its stash, at an average price of just over $45000 per coin bringing its total holdings to nearly 109,000 bitcoins. Cuba will recognize and regulate cryptocurrencies citing “reasons of socio-economic interest.” The central bank will set new rules for how to

Indian Central Bank Could Launch CBDC Trials by December

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 2:20 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could launch its first digital currency trials by December, according to central bank governor Shaktikanta Das.Sponsored Sponsored The RBI is currently studying different aspects of digital currencies, including their security, potential impact on India’s financial sector. The central bank must also consider how a digital rupee would affect monetary policy and currency in circulation. “We are being extremely careful about it because it’s completely a new product, not just for RBI, but globally,” Das explained.Sponsored Sponsored According to Das, the central bank is also