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Almost all of the Bored Yacht Ape NFT collection – a popular collection of cartoon drawings featuring over 107 monkeys – has now sold for more than 24 million dollars. The 24 Million Dollar Monkey-Deal According to a recent tweet from Sotheby’s, the art merchant hosting the meme-inspiring NFT collection, 101 of 107 Bored Yacht Club NFTs have now sold for roughly $24.4 million. Similarly, 101 Bored Ape Kennel Club NFTs sold for another $1.8 million in their “Ape in!” auction....

Robert Kiyosaki – the author of the bestselling book “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – has said in a recent tweet that he is hoarding bitcoin, gold, and silver in anticipation of a major market crash that he predicts could come as early as the end of the year. Robert Kiyosaki On Why He’s Hoarding BTC Kiyosaki has established himself as a major financial guru over the past few years given his growing list of books which began with the “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” franchise. The first book...

Switzerland’s stock exchange, SIX, said today it had obtained two licenses from the nation’s markets regulator to launch a stock exchange and depository for blockchain-based securities. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, the SIX Swiss Exchange is the country’s principal stock exchange that also trades particular securities like government bonds and derivatives such as stock options. According to a CNBC report, the organization has received two licenses from the nation’s regulator...

McDonald’s restaurants in El Salvador are now accepting bitcoin payments as part of the country’s push for bitcoin acceptance. The restaurant chain within the Central American nation is working with a firm called Open Node – a bitcoin payment processing enterprise – that will allow it to accept crypto payments via the Lightning Network, a system designed to permit crypto transactions off chain. McDonald’s Will Accept Crypto for Menu Items McDonald’s currently has 19...

Not long ago, Gary Gensler – the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – commented on how the agency would potentially unroll an approval path for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The news had some people dissatisfied given the circumstances of the rollout, and now Michael Sonnenshein – the CEO of Grayscale, one of the world’s largest bitcoin and crypto trusts – is throwing his two cents into the mix. Michael Sonnenshein Shares His Views on a...

It goes without saying that this has been one of the most important and also exciting weeks for Bitcoin, in general. The reason for which it was important is that El Salvador officially became the very first country in the world to formally recognize Bitcoin as a legal tender. In other words, no one is currently allowed to refuse payment in BTC, and that’s the law. The reason for which it was exciting is that it was particularly volatile. On the day El Salvador made the law...

[PRESS RELEASE – Midtown, Gibraltar, 9th September 2021] Panther Protocol, a decentralize d privacy meta-protocol enabling confidential, trusted transactions, and interoperability with DeFi has now joined forces with Sentinel, a powerful protocol that enables the development of third-party and white-label decentralized Virtual Private Network (dVPN) services, interoperably with DeFi and Sentinel. A blockchain-based decentralized bandwidth marketplace, Sentinel enables anyone...

Once again, BTC held support at the critical 200-day moving average of around $46k after shaking another round of weak hands. Although the near term charts look bearish, the overall trend in fundamental, technical, and on-chain data remain firmly bullish, indicating Bitcoin will likely head higher in the next few months. Chart by TradingViewBTC Falls While Strong Hands Continue to Buy Spot exchange reserves printed another multi-year low, further indicating strong...

The largest digital asset manager – Grayscale Investments – has announced that the Bitcoin Cash Trust, the Ethereum Classic Trust, and the Litecoin Trust have become SEC reporting products. Thus, the total number grew to six. Speaking to Forbes, Grayscale’s CEO – Michael Sonnenshein – indicated that the company’s portfolio of funds reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission has doubled. He specified that those funds were the Grayscale Bitcoin Cash Trust (BCHG), the...

Ethereum Ethereum dropped a sharp 10% this week as the cryptocurrency currently sits at around $3400. The cryptocurrency surged to $3975 last Friday, where it met the resistance at a 1.272 Fib Extension level. It was unable to overcome it over the weekend and eventually collapsed from there on Tuesday during the market wipeout. ETH dropped as low as $3000 during the sell-off but eventually recovered by the end of the day to close the daily candle at $3428 (.382 Fib). It held...