Crypto news

Bitcoin Bitcoin saw an impressive 20% price hike this week as it reached the $40K resistance level. The cryptocurrency penetrated above a descending wedge formation last Thursday and continued above the 20-day MA level last Friday. Since breaking the wedge, BTC surged higher inside an ascending price channel as it broke the 50-day MA level for the first time since May and continued to hit the $40k resistance. It did spike above $40K, reaching $40,500 (bearish .382 Fib) but...

BTC’s recent 9 daily candle streak to the upside has been very impressive. We have been tracking the third-largest BTC whale wallet and found interesting activity and signals. The whale entity, at one point, held over 116,841 BTC. Its current total BTC holdings stand at 113,841. The recent sales from this address since April 2021 have accurately marked local tops in BTC, as shown in the chart below. Chart by TradingViewThis doesn’t necessarily mean that bitcoin’s price will...

Investing in a meme coin like Dogecoin is like putting your funds on red or black in a casino, said the popular investor – Kevin O’Leary. He went even further in a recent interview, indicating that it has no inherent value and should be classified as pure speculation. O’Leary: Dogecoin is Pure Speculation The meme token, which saw its birth in 2013, blossomed in popularity in 2021 as it received frequent social media engagements from Elon Musk at first and other celebrities...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it will cease providing futures and derivatives products in three European countries. Users from the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany have three months to close their positions. According to an announcement from July 30th, customers from the aforementioned countries cannot open new futures accounts on Binance with “immediate effect.” Those who already have registrations and have opened derivatives positions will...

Bitcoin cash price started a decent increase above the $500 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $500 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $505 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to accelerate higher above the $550 and $555 resistance levels. Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace above the $500 zone against the US...

The American lawmakers proposed new cryptocurrency taxation that would raise nearly $28 billion in extra tax revenue. As part of it, digital asset investors in the US would have to report transactions that exceed $10,000 to the International Revenue Service. The Senate Aims to Collect More Taxes According to a recent Bloomberg report, the American government aims to implement stricter rules on companies and people dealing with digital assets. The proposed new taxation law...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News reported that Amazon – arguably the biggest retailer in the world – was going to begin accepting cryptocurrencies by the end of the year as forms of payment. However, now it looks like this idea was a simple rumor, and Amazon has come out to suggest that it has no plans whatsoever in accepting bitcoin or other forms of digital assets as payments for goods or services. Amazon Says “No” to BTC Payments… For Now At this stage, bitcoin...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is advising all countries to avoid making bitcoin or any other form of crypto their national currencies. The IMF Advises Making BTC Anything Other Than a Speculative Asset In a blog post, the IMF advises against making any sort of digital asset the currency of a national people. While the post does not mention any specific region, many countries – such as China – have turned towards making digital versions of their national...

It seems the number of crypto users has doubled since January 21 this year, according to research on global crypto adoption by Crypto.com.  The report gathered information from 24 leading crypto exchanges using on-chain data based on various parameters —identifying over 220 million users by the end of June. February and May were the months when the inflow of new users reached their peak: 203 million.  Altcoin Market Surged Largely Thanks to SHIB and DOGE The altcoin market...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News published a piece discussing how few Americans are investing in cryptocurrency. While many residents of the region have no doubt heard of bitcoin and its digital counterparts, it appears many of them have not actually taken the leap into buying them. However, in Singapore, it seems that these results are the exact opposite, as the country has full-on embraced BTC and its virtual brothers and sisters. Singapore Really Loves Its Crypto...