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After an initial rejection at the 200-day moving average, BTC staged another attempt to break out and managed to successfully make a daily close above the crucial line. The daily close at $46.2k above the 200MA and a key downtrend line can be seen as a very bullish technical buy signal. Chart by TradingViewIt is important for BTC to hold above this key level and follow through higher in the next few weeks to validate the buy signal. A daily close above the 200-day moving...

ADA price is struggling to clear the $1.50 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now well above the $1.40 support and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $1.44 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price could start a strong increase if it clears the key $1.50 resistance zone in the near term. Cardano price is facing an uphill task near $1.50 against the US Dollar, while bitcoin is...

Ethereum price extended its increase above the $3,000 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading well above $3,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $3,040 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is consolidating gains and it might start a fresh increase above $3,200. Ethereum price is showing positive signs above $3,000 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD must stay above...

The nervousness caused by the ongoing discussions of the U.S. Infrastructure Bill does not seem to have affected Bitcoin traders at all. Bitcoin remained sturdy above the psychological barrier of $45,000 as the Bitcoin bulls went to battle a few hours ago. The U.S. Senate failed to reach an agreement on a series of amendments that would exclude decentralized cryptocurrency service providers – such as wallets, miners, and DeFi protocols – from being considered as “brokers.”...

The Italian authorities shut down 32 Telegram groups that offered fake COVID-19 passes to thousands of people. The criminals preferred cryptocurrency payments for the illegal service. Cryptocurrencies in Exchange for a Green Pass According to a recent report by Reuters, the Italian police halted the operation of several groups on the online messaging application Telegram. There, scammers offered fake COVID-19 health passes to people who wanted to bypass the law and get the...

Afek Zard – an Israeli resident – will spend the next eight years behind bars for stealing 75,000 DASH coins worth 22 million Shekels or roughly $7 million from a close friend. Apart from the jail time, the man will pay a fine of $1.5 million and compensation to the victim for $80,000. Beware of Friends When Dealing with Crypto The Be’er Sheva District Court sent to prison for 8 years the 27-year-old Afek Zard, who embezzled 75,000 digital coins worth around $6.8 million....

The cryptocurrency space is climbing towards a market cap of roughly $1.7 trillion given that bitcoin is now trading above $42,000 – something it hasn’t done in a very long time. The currency was allegedly given a slight push by the “London” upgrade that occurred for Ethereum a few days earlier, and this upgrade likely caused several other altcoins (such as Cardano and Polkadot) to shoot up as well. Ethereum Is Slated to Flip Bitcoin in the Coming Years But while bitcoin...

PayPal’s co-founder, David Sacks, recently warned that big tech companies and political operatives are on the verge of creating a “No-Buy” list for controversial creators, platforms, and firms. Cryptocurrency was invented in part to solve problems like this. Sacks warned readers of Common Sense with Bari Weiss on Substack that large corporate payment processors, including PayPal, are hard at work to build what is, in essence, a “No-Buy” list, a play on “No Fly” lists. Sacks...

Coinbase – one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – has acquired a Dallas, Texas-based crypto startup known as Zabo. Coinbase Gets Its Hands On Zabo Zabo is a relatively new firm, with its seed funding round occurring just last year in 2020. At that time, the company managed to raise more than $2.5 million thanks to the leadership of financial enterprises like Austin’s Moonshots Capital. It was one of the firm’s first blockchain-based...

Key senators have reached an agreement on IRS reporting rules for cryptocurrencies, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) announced in a tweet Monday. The industry and regulators await further details, but it looks like lawmakers have found clarification on who is and isn’t a broker in the blockchain business. UPDATE: The Amendment Has Failed As of August 9, 20:30 UTC, The proposed crypto amendment had failed, as Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) has objected to the compromise...