Bitcoin (BTC)

Several restaurants across the United States are beginning to say “yes” to bitcoin and crypto payments. Restaurants and Crypto… A Perfect Match? The hype surrounding crypto as a payment method is beginning to take hold, and several high-profile eateries throughout America are now beginning to allow their customers to pay with digital assets. Cambo Flare, for example, is an Asian fusion restaurant in Big Lake, Minnesota. Since opening in November of 2020, the customers...

Bitcoin’s price has been rejected from the 200-day moving average and is currently experiencing a sharp downtrend. The Daily Timeframe Technical Analysis By: Edris The 50-day and 100-day moving average lines printed a bullish crossover last week. However, instead of holding the price, BTC broke to the downside. These moving averages have also acted as resistance and pushed the price further down over the past week. BTC is currently heading towards the $36K support level,...

Greenridge Generation – a power generation and Bitcoin mining company – reportedly faces an “uphill battle” in staying compliant with New York state’s environmental law. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is currently under pressure from a regional activist group to have the facility shut down. The Fight to Reach Emissions Targets In a conversation with WSKG news, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said that he has “significant concerns” as to whether the mining...

Stellar lumen price started a fresh decline from the $0.2120 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.2000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.2000 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to decline if there is a move below the $0.1850 support. Stellar lumen price is trading in a bearish zone below $0.2000 against the US Dollar, similar...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.8000 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.76 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.7700 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could extend decline if there is a move below the $0.7200 support zone. Ripple price is struggling below $0.7800 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. XRP...

Sur la chaîne américaine CNBC, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, le célébrissime auteur du livre Black Swan, s’en est récemment pris au bitcoin, et à travers lui aux cryptomonnaies en général, en déclarant : « Ca a toutes les caractéristiques d’un schéma de Ponzi. Tout le monde sait que c’est un Ponzi. » Eh bien non. Malgré tout le respect que j’ai pour Taleb, moi je ne le sais pas. D’ailleurs je me méfie...

Sometimes college isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. While a degree is often viewed as important in the eyes of companies and businesses that are hiring necessary talent, for others, there are more significant things in life like being able to save one’s money, having a stable future, and being independent. For college dropout Natalie Arabian, her education became something of a side hustle when compared with her crypto aspirations, and she was eventually made to choose...

Regulators in the United States believe stable coins will be the first digital assets to come under scrutiny. Stable Coins Are the Object of Regulators’ Suspicions Stable coins are digital currencies that are not as volatile as standard forms of crypto like bitcoin or Ethereum. They are tied to fiat currencies like USD, the yen, and the euro, and thus experience far fewer price swings. This has made them “staples” of any crypto portfolio looking to ease selling pressure...

Over the week, several major news outlets ran stories covering the basics of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. One by CBS news claimed, “Crypto is not easy to spend.” That might have been true just five years ago, but in 2022, many national chain stores already accept Bitcoin. Here is a list of nine companies that accept bitcoin for payment today. Cryptocurrency Payments Infrastructure is Already Here The following paragraph from the CBS Sunday Morning News article gives the...

The price of bitcoin – following several weeks of looking better – is now back in the doldrums and is trading for just over $40,000. This is a huge step down considering earlier in the month, the currency was trading for as high as $48,000, making many traders believe that another bull run was right around the corner. Bitcoin Isn’t Doing So Good To be fair, bitcoin is technically in a stronger position given that the asset was initially at around $39,000 a little earlier...