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Bitcoin briefly dipped below $28,000 yesterday but has bounced off and currently sits inches above that line. As it happens quite frequently during the weekends, the trading volumes have declined, and even the more volatile by nature altcoins sit rather silent today. BTC Back Above $28K The start of this week saw some massive price fluctuations. It began with BTC’s price drop to $27,200 on Monday after fake news that Interpol had served Binance CEO CZ with a Red Notice....

The past seven days saw the broader cryptocurrency market cool down a bit, with some of the previous week’s leaders also taking a breather. Namely, Ripple’s XRP was unable to sustain the major gains it posted seven days ago and is lost around 5% throughout this week. It could just be setting itself up for another leg up, though. Let’s dive in. The total cryptocurrency market cap is down about $15 billion in the past seven days, which is indicative of it cooling down. BTC was...

The University of California in San Diego has been gifted $15 million in crypto by the Balvi Filantropic Fund, run by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. It’s easily one of the largest digital currency donations to ever be made to a school. The money will be put towards a program in which the school will perform research on aerosols. UC San Diego Is Getting a Lot of Crypto Funds Buterin mentioned in a statement: Over the last several years, it has become abundantly...

Arthur Hayes says Maelstrom is “patient” and is currently only seeking to invest in projects that can prove their worth. Erstwhile BitMex CEO Arthur Hayes plans to beat returns offered by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Together with former BitMex head of corporate development Akshat Vaidya, Arthur Hayes founded Maelstrom Capital, a fund they plan would considerably outperform the top two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. The Maelstrom website describes the company as Arthur Hayes’...

The launchpad will allow Magic Eden to seamlessly onboard creators to the ecosystem and thus easily facilitate the creation of tokens on the Bitcoin network.  On Thursday, April 6, NFT marketplace Magic Eden said that it would be rolling out the creators’ launchpad for Ordinals. Thus, it will help creators to successfully inscribe their Bitcoin-based NFT collections. Similar to NFTs on Ethereum and other blockchain networks, the Ordinals protocol allows inscribing of digital assets on...

The past 24 hours saw a few altcoins increase by double digits while Bitcoin remains relatively stagnant around the coveted $28,000 level. That said, BTC’s dominance has increased slightly through the day, suggesting that the altcoin market is underperforming. Ripple’s XRP, on the other hand, is charting mild gains and is currently trading above an important level. Bitcoin Stagnates at $28K It appears that the $28,000 level is presenting considerable challenges for Bitcoin,...

Bitcoin cash started a decent increase above the $122 and $124 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $125 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key rising channel forming with support near $124.50 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $128.20 and $130 to continue higher in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is consolidating above $124 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Litecoin started a steady increase above $88 against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $92 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $90.45 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could gain bullish momentum if it clears the $92 and $95 resistance levels. Litecoin price is showing positive signs above $88 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. LTC price...

Sources familiar with the matter said that the architects of the retail CBDC are working to incorporate offline transactions and eyeing half a million users by July. India is one of those top global economies that has been pilot-testing its central bank digital currency (CBDC) aka the Digital Rupee. As per the latest reports, the architects of India’s retail central bank digital currency (CBDC-R) are aiming to scale the user base of the Digital Rupee to a million users. Sources familiar...

Its new proposals represent a major deviation from the path that Arbitrum was initially towing. The Arbitrum Foundation has responded to last week’s protests of its community of ARB token holders by proposing two new motions. This follows after the huge backlash that erupted over the earlier plans of the foundation to move 750 million ARB tokens to one of its own wallets, albeit in a quiet manner. Arbitrum Foundation Floats Two New Proposals According to a Wednesday proposal, which was...