Crypto news

Unfortunately, we had another week of particularly choppy price action where most of the cryptocurrencies are trading in the red. Ethereum is an exception with a rather insignificant gain over the past seven days. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down a total of 4.7% over the past week as it breaks back beneath $33,000. The cryptocurrency started the week looking promising after double bottoming around $31,600. From there, it started to surge higher as it formed a short-term rising price...

The Dutch crypto provider Bitcoin Meester has become the exclusive partner of the top soccer team AZ Alkmaar. As part of the deal, the team will receive some of the funds in bitcoin, which it pledged to hold. AZ Alkmaar – The First Soccer Club to Operate with BTC One of the most successful soccer teams in the Netherlands – AZ Alkmaar – announced its collaboration with Bitcoin Meester on its official website. The local crypto provider will become the club’s promoter, and part...

Bitcoin cash price is facing resistance near the $550 and $560 levels against the US Dollar. The price is now close to the $485 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $488 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could either start a fresh increase above $500 or it might dive towards the $425 level. Bitcoin cash price is slowly moving lower below $500 against the US...

Cryptocurrency is entering the racing scene. Crypto.com has inked a deal with Formula One racing worth approximately $100 million at the time of writing. Crypto.com Has Stepped Into the World of Professional Driving Through the deal, Crypto.com gets top-branding options with the organization including roadside billboards for the rest of the year, ensuring drivers are aware of the site’s presence. This is now the second big deal instituted by Crypto.com in the world of...

Cathie Wood of Ark Invest fame has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) through her business. Another Bitcoin ETF Is Headed to the SEC Per official paperwork, the point of the ETF would be to track the price of bitcoin. It would also trade under the ticker “ARKB” should it garner approval. Ark is working hand in hand with a firm known as 21 Shares to unveil the ETF. While this is all fine...

Mercado Bitcoin, the largest crypto exchange in Brazil, has received a $200 million investment from the Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company, Softbank Group Corp, in a recently-concluded Series B funding. The Largest Series B Funding in LatAm According to a Thursday report, SoftBank made this investment through its Latin America Fund. Robert Dagnoni, the executive chairman and CEO of 2TM, the parent company of Mercado Bitcoin, noted that the giant bank’s move...

Not long ago, a billionaire in Mexico named Ricardo Salinas Pliego stated that he was working with his bank (known as Banco Azteca) to ensure customers could gain access to crypto and blockchain services. While Pliego is excited about the prospects of digital currency, his country is not as enthusiastic. Mexico Will Not Permit Banks to Enter the BTC Forum On social media, Pliego stated the following: Bitcoin is a good way to diversify your investment portfolio and I...

[PRESS RELEASE – San Francisco, California, 1st July 2021] Public Mint, the fiat-based blockchain and payments infrastructure, has partnered with Abra, Abra, a leading wealth management platform with functionality for buying, selling, trading and earning interest on cryptocurrencies, to offer lucrative yield opportunities on the EARN program. Public Mint will deploy a portion of the funds allocated to the program to Abra, making it an additional source of yield in the...

After a short break from his usual comments on Twitter about the cryptocurrency space, Elon Musk reminded of his humoristic side with a new set of intriguing posts. Although his tweets contained the word “Doge,” the meme coin failed to increase. However, it turns out that the billionaire had Dogecoin’s baby in mind. Aside from his views on bitcoin, Tesla’s CEO has outlined his support for Dogecoin for months. This propelled the Shiba Inu-inspired meme coin into the...

The popular DeFi project Balancer Protocol has joined the fight against high fees by launching on the Layer-2 solution – Polygon. Upon the transition from Ethereum, Balancer also announced new token incentives, which came into effect from June 28th. Balancer Joins Polygon Promising to “turn the concept of an index fund on its head,” Balancer is a DeFi project enabling users to collect fees from traders instead of portfolio managers. The protocol announced its latest...