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The United States Secret Service (USSS) has seized over $102 million in cryptocurrencies during investigations into criminal and fraud cases since 2015, said David Smith, Assistant Director of Investigations. Smith leads the USSS’ global investigative wing with 161 offices and over 3,000 employees.  To track illicit currency transactions and crackdown on them, US Secret Service agents and analysts monitor the flow of bitcoin and other digital assets on different blockchain...

Analysts and crypto experts are warning against all levels of bitcoin scams, which have become rather common over the past year. Bitcoin and Crypto Scams Continue to Be Troublesome Since bitcoin began shooting up in price in mid-2020, crypto scam artists have been entering the fray in droves. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for example, received more than 7,000 individual reports of crypto scams between October 2020 and March 2021. As much as $80 million had been...

XRP continues to slide downwards, following the overall bearish sentiment in the crypto markets. The price got rejected at the critical line of resistance of $0.92 and now heading towards low levels where support lies. Technical Analysis Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, despite the sudden spikes, it still seems that the sellers have the upper hand now. If we look at the past recent uptrends, we see that previous uptrends have occurred by...

2021 was a wild year for the crypto market, with major assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum hitting new all-time highs and attracting an unprecedented amount of institutional investment. Throughout the entire year, investors worldwide took a total profit of $162.7 billion in cryptocurrencies, a fivefold increase from just $32.5 billion in 2020. America-based investors led by a considerable margin at an estimated $47.0 billion gains ahead of investors from any other country....

Buying a house is never easy. Between finding the right one, mustering up the funds necessary for a down payment, and signing all the required paperwork, it can be rather overwhelming, and it’s probably one of the biggest and most important decisions you’ll ever make. You Can Buy a House with BTC or ETH Up until this point, buying a house was especially difficult for crypto fans, as many mortgage companies were not willing to accept cryptocurrency in exchange for a valid...

Storing your digital assets is an essential part of your crypto investment journey, and non-custodial wallets are becoming more prevalent as the field of decentralized finance continues to boom. Non-custodial wallets are digital wallets that enable users to take full ownership of their assets. The name (non-custodial) comes from the fact that the wallet itself doesn’t have custody of your crypto but rather serves as an interface that enables you to easily conveniently access...

Several crypto mining firms are trying very hard to transition to renewable energy. Crypto Mining Energy Sources Are Still Points of Heavy Arguing The arguments surrounding crypto mining have been permeating the space for years. While there are some analysts and industry heads out there who claim the space is not as damaging to Earth’s atmosphere as one would think, there are many environmentalists who claim otherwise, no matter what’s thrown at them. It also doesn’t...

Leading blockchain data analytics platform Nansen recently released its quarterly analysis report, which revealed that the crypto market had witnessed a decline in 2022 compared to its 2021 activity volume. The report, however, pointed out that the performance of leading blockchain networks, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Avalanche, remained fairly stable, with Avalanche standing out as a rising star among the pack. Polygon Sees Adoption According to the Nansen report, Polygon’s...

Yuga Labs – the team behind the Bored Apes Yacht Club – has revealed the date for the much-anticipated Otherside project and has also confirmed that APE coin will be the official means of payment. In a tweet from April 23rd, the team behind the Bored Apes Yacht Club confirmed that their much-anticipated Otherside project will launch at the end of the month – on April 30. The adventure begins. Otherside. 4/30, 12pm ET. P.S. Otherside Discord is open:...

Last week, the 50-day and 100-day moving average lines went through a bullish crossover; however, Bitcoin failed to continue the bullish momentum and experienced a price shakeout. Later in the week, the price recovered and made another attempt to break above the moving average lines, but quickly rejected and plummeted below the $40K mark. Technical Analysis Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart The next major support for BTC lies in the $36K-$37K region, if this level...