Bitcoin (BTC)

It appears that the bears are slowly taking control over the market in the short term as the primary cryptocurrency trades below $20K, and the majority of other coins look indecisive at best. Of course, there are certain exceptions. Bitcoin Losing $20K The $20,000 level is one of significant importance. Apart from being a psychological mark, it also contains technical and fundamental support, being the high of the 2017-2018 bull market. With that said, BTC has been flirting...

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular digital currency exchanges in the world – is teaming up with investing giant BlackRock to give its customers the opportunity to trade digital assets. Coinbase and BlackRock Join Hands Joseph Chalom – global head of strategic ecosystem partnerships at BlackRock – explained in a recent interview: Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets and are focused on how to...

Arcane Research – a digital asset analysis firm – has published a report examining Bitcoin mining, and its relationship with global energy.  The paper argues that the mining industry can transform worldwide energy production for the better – contrary to its frequent portrayal as a social and environmental harm.  Reinforcing the Grid and Renewable Technologies The report, published on Wednesday, provides four ways in which mining can improve energy systems in a desirable and...

Der Markt stagniert derzeit. Angeführt von Bitcoin kam es in den letzten 48 Stunden nur zu kleineren Kursbewegungen. Nun deutet sich aber bei einigen Altcoins eine Trendwende an. Besonders Ethereum Classic sticht hervor, mit einem neuen Allzeithoch bei der Hashrate. Ethereum News: Ethereum Classic Hashrate auf neuem AllzeithochMitte August erreichte der Kurs für den ETC ein Zwischenhoch mit 44,50 US-Dollar. Damit lag der Cryptocoin nur noch 10 Prozent unter seinem Allzeithoch aus dem März...

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization dropped below $1 trillion on Saturday as the majority of altcoins are bleeding out. Bitcoin also dropped below the coveted $20,000 as the bulls failed to produce any meaningful increases. Bitcoin Below $20K The primary cryptocurrency has failed to chart any notable increases in the past 24 hours and is down some 1.3%. The bulls attempted to push the price upwards on a few occasions but were unable to do so. Eventually, this...

BlackRock – the world’s largest asset manager – has partnered with Kraken’s subsidiary CF Benchmarks to assist with its newly established Bitcoin Trust.  According to a report from The Block, BlackRock’s Bitcoin product will be benchmarked using CF Benchmark’s indexes.  CF Benchmarks is a member of the Crypto Facilities Group, of which is part of the Payward Group. Payward owns and operates Kraken, one of the oldest and largest crypto exchanges.  CEO Sui Chung said that...

The past seven days didn’t turn out very well for the broader cryptocurrency market as the total capitalization decreased by roughly $60 billion. It was a week filled with ups and downs, so let’s unpack. This time seven days ago, Bitcoin was trading slightly below $21K, but things quickly took a turn for the worse. The cryptocurrency decreased to $20K and eventually fall below this critical level on Monday, August 29th. It was then the back and forth started. On Tuesday, BTC...

Australia and crypto are becoming a huge pair, which is why so many people in the nation flocked to the Celsius Network earlier in the year to obtain potential interest on their coins. Thus, we can understand that many of them are not too happy about what’s occurred with Celsius over the past few weeks. Celsius Customer in Australia Are Going Through a Tough Time Things got off to a very rocky start when the crypto lending platform decided to halt all withdrawals a few...

Japan is struggling with bizarrely high crypto taxes. Individual crypto-holders have to pay up to 55% tax over their profits, and companies pay around 30%. For both groups, something may now change. 55% for retail, 30% for corporates Japanese crypto investors are still at it. Nothing has changed yet about the bizarrely high 55% tax, despite the fact that crypto-lobby groups like the Japan Crypto-Asset Business Association (JBCA) and the Japan...

A cryptocurrency muckraker is learning the hard way that fake DMCA takedowns can affect even the most basic material. Dirty Bubble Media – a newsletter hosted on Substack – has covered many shady elements of the crypto world for the past two years. The division has enjoyed heavy readership since its earliest days, but it was recently taken down over allegedly false claims of copyright infringement. Dirty Bubble Media Is Suffering This appears to be a recurring theme not...