Bitcoin (BTC)

Ripple price is facing resistance near the $0.680 level against the US dollar. The price is now trading near $0.625 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.635 on the 4-hour chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start another decline if it stays below $0.665 and $0.680. Ripple price is struggling below $0.665 against the US Dollar, unlike Bitcoin. XRP price must...

Singapore Red Cross – a humanitarian aid and community services charity in the Asian city-state – allowed people to contribute to its cause via donations in digital currencies. The option became possible after a partnership between the organization and the crypto payment gateway Triple-A. ‘Coin a new Way to Give Today’ The charity entity revealed that individuals willing to make such donations can set an amount in fiat, and the system will automatically convert the sum into...

The price of bitcoin fell as much as five percent at the end of June and briefly dipped below $30K (where it had been for the past few weeks) before rebounding. The reason? The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided to pass up on the present versions of the BlackRock and Fidelity bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications. The SEC is Again Disapproving a Bitcoin ETF The news might seem rough at first, though there’s still room to get things...

Peter Schiff is not entirely for crypto, nor is he entirely for gold. Rather, he’s for a combination of the two. In other words, the big financial answer to everybody’s problems is gold-backed crypto stationed on the blockchain. Peter Schiff on Gold and Crypto Schiff said in a recent interview that blockchain could make precious metals even stronger than they are presently. He’s not exactly a bitcoin fan, going so far as to say that bitcoin (by itself) is nothing...

With the Bitcoin (BTC) network’s programmability and scalability still relatively limited compared to other blockchains, developers continue mulling over ways to push the protocol’s capabilities to its limits. One hotly debated idea comes from BIP 300 and BIP 301 – aka “Drivechains” – a soft fork proposal to allow Bitcoin to effectively scale through sidechains. In a blog post on Monday, analysts from BitMEX explored the benefits and tradeoffs of the proposal. BIP 300:...

Bitcoin continues to trade sideways, and the past 24 hours didn’t bring any deviation from the tight range between $29,000 and $29,500. Most altcoins are also quiet on Sunday, similar to how they performed on Saturday, except for RUNE and TON. BTC Boring at $29K The past few weeks went in a rather uneventful fashion for the typically more volatile crypto asset. This past Monday saw some movements as BTC dipped below $29,000 to mark a weekly low. However, it went on the...

While bitcoin has undoubtedly garnered huge legions of fans over the years, there are several individuals that still fall into the “hater” category. People like Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger check the “hater” box when it comes to bitcoin sentiment, and now, Ratan Tata – one of the world’s wealthiest people – is going to join them. Ratan Tata Doesn’t Hold Any Ties to Crypto Tata recently gave an interview about why he doesn’t care for bitcoin and why he doesn’t...

A group of lawmakers in Canada is calling for full-on regulation of the crypto industry. Will Canada Regulate Crypto? In a recent report, the lawmakers wrote: While many emphasized Canada’s strong regulatory safeguards, such as provincial securities regulation and federal anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing obligations, witnesses stated that governments need to partner with industry to better understand this rapidly evolving sector and enact...

Nansen – a blockchain market intelligence firm – released a report on Tuesday analyzing how the earliest whales to onboard Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain – Base – are using their money. Here’s what the company found. Early whales largely allocated to Ethereum and its layer 2 networks. As of August 7, the most value held by these whales ($19.6 million) was on Ethereum itself, followed by Base ($17.6 million), Arbitrum, and Optimism. Regarding tokens, ETH was the most common...

Bitcoin’s price performance continues to be rather underwhelming, with the asset remaining at essentially the same spot as yesterday at just over $29,000. Most altcoins are also quite stagnant today, with little-to-no movements from ETH, BNB, XRP, and others. Shiba Inu is the only exception from the larger caps. SHIB, APE, PEPE on the Rise Shiba Inu’s largest digital asset – SHIB – has been among the best performers lately, gaining double digits in the past week, as...