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John Reed Stark – former head of the internet enforcement team with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – believes that every business in the U.S. accepting cryptocurrency as a method of payment is likely to stop by the time 2024 begins. John Stark Believes Crypto Will Serve No Purpose in 2 Years The reasoning behind his statements has to do with new cryptocurrency reporting laws that are set to take effect after December 31, 2023. The hurdles in the new...

Following a bloody start to the new year of 2022, including a dip below $40K, Bitcoin finally sees some green. This analysis will determine if a local bottom was found and some relief to the bulls. Options Market Analysis This coming Friday, January 14th, approximately $690 million worth of bitcoin options contracts will expire on Deribit’s exchange, with a max pain level of $44K, as can be seen below. Currently, the put options open interests are significantly high, which...

Leading Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, Polygon, announced today that the much-awaited Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559 upgrade will go live on the mainnet next week. Polygon’s London HardFork Set to go Live In an official announcement on Wednesday, the India-based project noted that the upgrade, which will initiate the burning of MATIC, is scheduled to go live on the mainnet on January 18, 2022 at about 8 a.m. UTC. The EIP-1559 upgrade, commonly known as the...

Speaking to CNBC on Jan. 11, the billionaire investor said he looks for utility when researching crypto investments. He followed up with “tokens trading are the least important part of crypto” in a Tuesday tweet. Decentralized platforms leveraging smart contract technology and DAOs are his preferred choices, he stated. Tokens trading are the least important part of crypto. Being able to create businesses on decentralized platforms leveraging smart contracts, validators,...

In 2018, Siraj Raval purchased a Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle. Today, he doesn’t just use it to get from point A to point B… He uses it to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Ethereum. You Can’t Buy a Tesla with Crypto, but You Can Use it for Mining Raval has run bitcoin mining software on the Apple Mac mini M1 computer located within the car. He has also plugged an inverter into the 12-volt power socket located within the vehicle’s center. While engaging in this...

Space Falcon, an Intergalactic metaverse featuring the classic space shooter game with built-in premium sci-fi NFTs, announced a strategic partnership with Peech Capital, a multi-strategy crypto investment and advisory firm. From the beginning, Peech will assist Space Falcon in their marketing efforts and nurture the ecosystem. Peech Capital assists digital asset companies in achieving their objectives by participating in all stages of the process, from marketing through...

Jeff Zeller has been named by CryptoCom NFT as its Senior Director of NFT Partnerships and Business Operations, a PR from the exchange said on Wednesday. Zeller previously occupied senior positions at Sony Music and Apple and was the director of Entertainment Partnerships and Marketing at ESPN before joining the crypto firm. New CryptoCom NFT Senior Director The announcement shared with CryptoPotato informed about the hiring of Zeller, who came directly from ESPN. The company...

The Gap – a worldwide clothing retailer – recently announced the launch of its first NFT collection through Tezos. The collection features a “gamified digital experience” for creatives and lets customers digitally own a collectible Gap hoodie. The Gap Apes Into NFTs The clothing brand announced its NFT project in a statement from its site on Wednesday. The new collectibles were reportedly designed in partnership with Brandon Sines – the artist who created the Frank Ape NFTs....

Key Support levels: $0.70 Key Resistance level: $0.85 The ABC correction appears to be completed after XRP successfully tested the $0.70 support level earlier this week. Since then, the price has moved higher and is approaching the resistance at $0.85. XRP may retest the key support again before a sustained breakout can take place. At the time of this post, the current movement in price can be interpreted as a relief rally after a sharp correction since that was taking place...

London, United Kingdom –  Vault Hill, the first ever human-centric, blockchain-based metaverse, is excited to announce that it has successfully completed its pre-seed and private funding rounds where it raised $2.1 million to aid the development of the metaverse designed to enhance the human experience. The rounds were led by Master Ventures with strategic investments from R-930 Capital, Unreal capital, Spring Dawn Ventures, Evan Luthra, Herd Ventures, Lithium ventures,...