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The Iranian government enlisted intelligence officers with the task of cracking down on illegal cryptocurrency miners. This unprecedented move aims to solve the nation’s concerns with rising electricity consumption. The Government vs. Illegal Crypto Miners The Iranian authorities seem determined to solve their issues with illicit crypto mining. Bloomberg reported that the Ministry of Intelligence helped set up committees across the Asian country to detect and seize computer...

Today is the international Bitcoin Pizza Day! This is a day that many in the crypto community celebrate the 11th anniversary of the first Bitcoin commercial transaction for two pizzas, which cost 10,000 BTC. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas in Florida. Years later, they would become the world’s most expensive pizza slices with a price of $365,000,000.00 at press time. Interestingly enough, they were worth over $600 million when...

Mike Novogratz – a bitcoin bull, billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager – took some time to discuss the most recent bitcoin drop, saying that it was a “liquidation event.” Novogratz: Bitcoin Will Undergo a Serious Correction The currency – which was trading at $64,000 per unit just a month ago – had fallen into the mid-$40,000 range earlier in the week following news that Elon Musk was ending all bitcoin payments through Tesla and that he was potentially...

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest believes bitcoin will reach a price of $500,000. Cathie Wood: Bitcoin Still Has a Solid Future Her words come at a rather “inopportune” time considering the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap has fallen by roughly 33 percent at the time of writing. Once trading for a high of around $64,000, bitcoin has fallen into oblivion and is now trading for close to $30,000 less. However, Wood is confident that the currency will...

The price of bitcoin has taken another nasty dive, and this means the currency is trading in the $30,000 range. It has now fallen close to $30,000 per unit from its April high of nearly $64,000 and exchanges like Coinbase are experiencing huge technical problems as a result. Coinbase Is Having Some Problems The price of bitcoin has been on a downward spiral for the past several weeks, and Coinbase is ultimately at the center of this story. BTC rose to its new all-time...

Tom Tugendhat, a member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, urged the nation towards implementing more innovations in its financial sphere. Interestingly, he also outlined the growth of the cryptocurrency sector and hinted he was more bullish on ether rather than bitcoin. UK Member of Parliament Bullish on ETH Tugendhat is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2017. He has also been a member of the UK...

[PRESS RELEASE – SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 21st May 2021] Poloniex LaunchBase, the exclusive token launch platform of Poloniex which helps transformative blockchain startups raise funding to develop their products and drive user adoption, has announced the relaunch of their platform. $NFT, the native token of the innovative new project APENFT, has been selected to be the first project listed for the upcoming relaunch on May 21st. JUST (JST) was the flagship launch on the Poloniex...

Although bitcoin’s price may have tumbled by 40% since its peak, the asset’s popularity and engagements are actually booming. According to recent on-chain data, the number of tweets involving the primary cryptocurrency has spiked to a new all-time high amid and following the latest market crash. Bitcoin Twitter Engagements Through the Roof Jack Dorsey’s social media giant is arguably the most preferred platform for crypto fans, investors, and proponents to engage with each...

[PRESS RELEASE – Road Town, BYI, 21st May 2021] OpenOcean, the world’s first DeFi & CeFi full aggregator, is expanding its coverage of global markets by providing support for some of the largest languages by the number of speakers and crypto users. OpenOcean users speaking Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian will be able to enjoy not only the best price with a low fee while swapping on OpenOcean, but also website localization and native support staff for the...

The past seven days were particularly volatile and, unfortunately for many, bears had the upper hand. Bitcoin dropped to a price not seen since January, while the rest of the market followed. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down another 18.5% this week as it trades near $40,900. The cryptocurrency is now down by a total of around 35% from the $64,895 all-time high set in April. BTC saw an extremely volatile week in which prices dropped as low as $30,000 on Wednesday – hitting levels not...