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Jason William Siesser, a Missouri man, tried to buy a hazardous chemical weapon on the dark web paying for it with bitcoin. He told the potential seller that he intended to use it soon, thus killing up to 300 people. Another Purchase on the Dark Web via Bitcoin A recent example of using the primary cryptocurrency as a payment option comes from Missouri, where a man tried to buy a deadly chemical weapon on the dark web. According to federal authorities, 46-year old Jason...

By this moment, it has become clear that banks must buckle up, because a paradigm shift to lending is imminent. The DeFi market is rapidly taking the credit market by storm, effectively creating friction-less means of collateralizing cryptocurrencies in exchange for fiat, stablecoin, and crypto-based loans. Coupled with much lower interest fees and no bureaucratic processes, millions upon millions of dollar’s worth in crypto-secured loans are processed on a monthly...

EOS started a fresh surge above the $5.500 and $6.000 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price is currently trading well above the $5.500 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $6.380 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a fresh increase, but the bulls might struggle above the $6.400 resistance zone. EOS price is still trading in...

Litecoin price topped near the $245 level and corrected lower against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading well above the $200 level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $212 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue higher as long as there is no daily close below the $205 zone. Litecoin price is showing positive signs above $212 against the US...

Sweden’s plans to create a central bank digital currency might be more complicated than initially thought according to a new study published by the nation’s central bank. It estimated that the Scandinavian country could delay the release of the e-krona until 2026. How Does a Cashless Future Look Like? The Riksbank published the results of the first phase of a pilot project exploring an eventual post-cash era and its consequences. The simulation showed that the rapid speed at...

A new report suggests that bitcoin mining operations are likely to exceed the energy requirements of more than 180 countries by the year 2024. Bitcoin Mining Is Needing Too Much Electricity As of late, bitcoin mining has been taking a lot of guff from environmentalists and people who just are not that crazy about the cryptocurrency world. They claim the process of mining bitcoin leaves a harmful mark on the environment – one that is not likely to disappear anytime soon,...

Todd Rosenbluth – head of ETF and mutual fund research at CFRA Research – mentioned in a recent interview that he thinks a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund will appear in the United States within the next year or two. Rosenbluth Still Thinks It’ll Be a While Before We See a BTC ETF in the U.S. Rosenbluth comments: We’ve got a number of firms that have either gone through the filing process or have previously filed but are waiting for more clarity. The SEC is...

Cryptocurrency regulations across different countries continue to be a hot topic, and Spain is the latest to join in. The nation’s watchdog has asked industry participants, investors, and consumers for their opinion, and they have until April 16th to respond. Spain’s Regulator Looks for Crypto Legislation According to a report from La Informacion, The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Spain’s watchdog overseeing the securities markets, has initiated the first...

The cryptocurrency arena has reached a new pinnacle. The industry has a total market cap now exceeding $2 trillion. The news comes after several of the world’s leading altcoins – including Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple’s XRP and Binance Coin – spiked to new highs after bitcoin once again neared the $60,000 per unit range. Ethereum and Other Coins Have Jumped Heavily The cryptocurrency industry’s market cap has so far more than doubled what it was at the beginning of the...

A week prior to its direct listing on NASDAQ, Coinbase has posted preliminary Q1 data indicating a massive increase in its userbase and revenue. The trading volume has increased by nearly 300%, the revenue is about $1.8 billion, and more than 11% of all crypto assets are stored on the platform. Coinbase’s Record-Breaking Q1 The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange published its Q1 results yesterday, showing a substantial growth in every area compared to previous...