Bitcoin (BTC)

Elon Musk’s debacle with the cryptocurrency community over BTC’s energy consumption levels has turned people against him, revealed a recent report. A company tracking social sentiment has outlined a significant reversal in social media engagements, with the majority taking a negative approach towards Tesla’s CEO. Elon Musk Sentiment Goes Into Negative Territory It’s safe to say that Elon Musk is among the most influential people these days. The billionaire runs some of the...

The Biden administration plans to enhance cryptocurrency tracking as part of macro endeavors to reduce the pain from ransomware attacks, said the Deputy Press Secretary. The government’s actions come amid several consecutive hacks on US soil. What is Ransomware and US Attacks? Ransomware attacks mean that the perpetrators infiltrate individuals or organizations to encrypt sensible information. By doing so, they cripple the victims’ operations and request some sort of a ransom...

EOS started a steady recovery wave above the $4.50 and $5.00 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price is currently trading just above $6.00 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $6.30 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must break $7.00 and $7.75 to start a strong increase in the near term. EOS price is showing a few positive signs above $6.00...

Litecoin price is showing a few positive signs above the $150 level against the US Dollar. LTC price is now just above the $180 level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $175 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to start a decent increase if there is a close above $195 and $200. Litecoin price is struggling to gain pace above $190 against the...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Today, Las Vegas-based payment app banq, launched the ability to invest in Bitcoin and Ethereum from multiple accounts under one platform. Users can create as many sub-accounts as they need for business or personal use and buy and sell crypto from of any or all of them. This solution allows users to keep crypto investments separate for different goals, different people, and different entities. In particular, one could open an account...

[Featured content] Storing your very own seed phrase is likely one of the most important things you can do to protect your bitcoin holdings. While it’s normal to keep a small amount of your cryptocurrencies on exchanges, you should always have your main bags stored offline on a secure hardware wallet. What a lot of people tend to overlook, however, is the protection of their seed phrase. A lot of people would write it down on a sheet of paper, but the issue with that is that...

Philips will be auctioning a world-famous artwork called “Laugh Now Panel A” created by the anonymous street artist Banksy. Jonathan Crockett – Asia Chairman at the company – announced that BTC or ETH would also be accepted as a means of payment on the auction. Philips Enters the Crypto Community In a recent Bloomberg interview, Jonathan Crockett highlighted that Philips would accept the largest cryptocurrencies – bitcoin and ether – to purchase Banksy’s ”Laugh Now Panel A”....

The platform, StanChart is launching, will allow trading of major digital currencies including Ethereum and BitcoinStanChart (Standard Chartered) Plc has decided to develop a platform for trading and brokerage of crypto assets. The bank has mentioned that the platform will be launched in Europe and Britain and will target well-established clients. As a result, this step has created and marked contrast with the rival of StanChart – HSBC.This whole initiative was taken after some days when...

Jeff Currie – the global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs – believes that the idea of bitcoin serving as the digital form of gold is a little misguided. In fact, he claims bitcoin is more of an alternative to copper. Jeff Currie Thinks the Idea of BTC as Digital Gold Is a Little Off For many years, we have heard the argument that bitcoin is “digital gold.” That it is a hedge tool and a store of wealth like gold is and can potentially protect one’s wealth...

Residents of the Chinese capital will receive 40 million renminbi ($6.2 million) of the digital currency. They can use two banking apps to apply to win one of the 200,000 so-called ”red packets”, each containing 200 yuan, as part of a lottery. Simultaneously, the governor of Russia’s central bank called digital currencies the future of money. Another CBDC Trial in China In yet another attempt to test its CBDC, the Chinese officials decided to distribute 40 million renminbi...