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Bitcoin cash price started an upside correction from the $600 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading near the $650 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $640 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $650 and $660 resistance levels. Bitcoin cash price is eyeing recovery above $660 against the US Dollar,...

While attending Tuesday’s SALT conference, billionaire fund manager and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen discussed why he had taken a personal and financial interest in the cryptocurrency industry. Interestingly, this comes after dismissing the space for years previously. Cohen: From Skeptic to Supporter As reported by Bloomberg, Cohen says it was his “crypto maniac” son who convinced him to investigate the industry further. He has since spent a number of months meeting...

How did the hacker escape the police? -He Ransomware. Jokes aside, the victims of the infamous REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware now have a reason to celebrate, as they can have access to their files again. A few hours ago, the cybersecurity company Bitdefender announced that it succesfully developed a tool to decrypt files altered by the REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware, returning them to their natural state. The Infamous REvil/Sodinokibi Now Has a Cure According to the announcement,...

José Viñals – Chairman of the British financial institution Standard Chartered – believes that the cryptocurrency space is an area where every financial institution “needs to be present.” According to him, businesses dealing with digital assets will go through a significant growth period in time. ‘Crypto Is Here to Stay’ In a recent interview for CNBC, the Group Chairman of Standard Chartered – José Viñals – revealed his support for the cryptocurrency industry. He opined that...

Nate Chastain, Head of Product at popular NFT marketplace OpenSea, appears to have stopped working with the company after being accused of NFT flipping using insider knowledge. Head of Product is Out Since being called out two days ago, Chastain’s Twitter profile has been updated to include the phrase “Past: @opensea”, suggesting that he is no longer employed with the marketplace. Though this is not definitive proof that he was released from OpenSea due to the accusations,...

El Salvador has announced that foreign bitcoin investors will not have to pay tax on the profits they make through cryptocurrency transactions. El Salvador Makes Things Easy for Foreign BTC Investors The news comes just a little over a week after the Central American nation declared bitcoin legal tender. El Salvador is the first nation to make such a move, and now it looks like several others – such as Paraguay – are interested in following in the country’s footsteps....

We’ve all heard of frequent flyer miles. The more you fly, the more miles you’ll earn for future trips. Well, a cryptocurrency company is pushing a new digital asset known as Fly Coin, which will pay users in digital currency granted they engage in specific travel behaviors. Fly Coin Will Reward Consistent Travelers The company has recently brought on a new chief executive officer in the form of Lenny Moon. Moon will be tasked with overseeing the market launch of the...

Established in 2014, BitMEX is a veteran derivatives exchange, a pioneer for the crypto industry, which used to be the leading one for a serious period of time. In fact, the traded volume on BitMEX was much more than that on any other derivatives exchange until 2019. BitMEX exchange had a serious impact on the cryptocurrency market as a whole, and in a sense, helped shape the industry into what it has become today. CryptoPotato had the pleasure of interviewing Alexander...

Allied Payment Network and Finastra are joining hands to create a new product known as the Allied Bitcoin Wallet, which will be available to customers of both platforms through the Finastra Fusion Store. Allied and Finastra… The Perfect Match? Created by Allied – and with assistance from the NYDIG – the product is built primarily for financial institutions who are looking to enter the crypto space. Standard banks and similar establishments will be able to use the wallet...

Following the implementation of the long-anticipated Ethereum’s London hard fork on August 5, 2021, fresh data shows that more than a billion dollars worth of ETH has become unusable through a burn mechanism. Over 300k ETH Burned According to Dune Analytics, a total of 303,681.05 Ether, which is worth $1.032 billion at the time of writing, that was originally designed to be rewarded to miners as part of fees, has been burned in less than two months since the last network...