Crypto news

Just a day or so after announcing sanctions on crypto exchanges that engage in illicit transactions or the processing of ransomware payments, it looks like the U.S. Treasury Department is taking regulatory action against Suex, a crypto trading platform that has allegedly taken part in facilitating ransomware in the past. Suex Has Been Reprimanded According to the Treasury, ransomware is becoming a serious problem. Payments totaled more than $400 million last year alone,...

Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

Ethereum Ethereum is down a sharp 21% this week as the coin sits beneath $3000. The sell-off started on Monday when ETH slipped beneath the neckline of a head & shoulders pattern and the 50-day MA. Initially, the market found support at $3000 but would continue to fall beneath it on Tuesday to find support at $2770 (.786 Fib Retracement). ETH did rebound on Wednesday and Thursday as it climbed back above $3000. However, it lost another sharp 9% today, causing it to break...

Portfolio manager at Los Angeles-based TCW Group, Bryan Whalen, has stated that crypto investors are asking big institutions for loans against their digital assets. The comments came at a Morningstar Investment Conference this week, according to Bloomberg. Whalen went on to indicate that: “The market is starting to knock on the doors of big institutions, even in the bond world.” Borrowers issue bonds to raise money from investors who are willing to lend them money for a...

Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...

Bitcoin cash price started a major decline below the $600 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below the $600 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $572 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to decline unless there is a clear break above $572 and $600. Bitcoin cash price is eyeing recovery above $580 against the US Dollar,...

American online streaming giant Netflix is preparing to release a documentary, which focuses on the death of Gerald Cotten, founder and CEO of the now-defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX. Netflix made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday (September 23, 2021), with the documentary titled “Trust no One: The Hunt for the Crypto King.” According to the synopsis, a group of QuadrigaCX investors who have become investigators will seek to uncover the suspicious...

Twitter, the favorite social network among cryptocurrency lovers, has just announced that it will let its users to send Bitcoin to any account with a BTC wallet. Enabling Bitcoin tips is part of an even larger initiative. The company is expanding its support for payment processors of all kinds, including Patreon, Cash App, Venmo, Razorpay, GoFundMe, and Brazilian startup PicPay, which serves as an equivalent to Paypal or Venmo with some additional options such as cashback...

El Salvador has been making huge headlines as of late. The country is among the first to declare bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – legal tender, meaning it can now be used to purchase items and services in the same way one might use fiat, credit cards, or even checks. El Salvador Might Be Doing Something Right However, the country has experienced some serious rollout issues, between people protesting that they don’t want life to change to...

Jerome Powell – the active chair of the Federal Reserve – says they have begun studying whether to launch their own digital currency and will soon be releasing a paper on the matter. Possible Digital Currency for the United States Powell confirmed that investigations were underway in an interview with CNBC this Wednesday. “We are working proactively to evaluate whether to issue a CBDC,” said the chairman, “and if so– in what form.” Jerome Powell. Source: TimeHe follows with...