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9 out of 10 of all Bitcoin (BTC) mining pools have been signaling for taproot activation, an upgrade that could highly improve network scalability and privacy. However, its activation seems unlikely during the Difficulty Epoch for Bitcoin. The latest mining pool to signal Taproot activation is BTC. Top, which did so on block height 683,945. Other top mining pools like F2pool and Antpool have previously shown support for the soft fork upgrade, which would give more flexibility...

[PR – Sunnyvale, United States, 17th May, 2021] The cross-chain decentralized asset management platform Cook Finance today announced the launch of its first DApp on Ethereum Rinkeby Testnet. The project has also invited its community members to preview the Testnet platform and share their feedback to help improve it. Soon after the Testnet version, Cook will then launch its Columbus version on the Ethereum Mainnet. The excitement around the Testnet launch of the Cook Finance...

Bitcoin has fallen deeply into a state of oblivion. Once trading for well over $64,000, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has lost nearly $20,000 in value since last month and is presently trading for just over $47,000. Bitcoin Is Still Being Bought Up Among many analysts is an attitude of gloom and doom. Some consider the end of bitcoin to be near, while other largescale investors – such as Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy fame – think that this is...

Bitcoin just keeps falling into oblivion. At the time of writing, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has dropped into the $47,000 range, which is lower than it has been in quite a long time – especially considering at around this time last month, the asset was trading for well over $64,000. However, it was expected that BTC would undergo a hard correction considering how fast it moved up, and Anthony Scaramucci of Sky Bridge Capital believes the asset...

A new rule under the hat of the COVID-19 relief bill will see 39 million US households receive up to $3,600 monthly starting from mid-July. Given the history between BTC’s price appreciation since the first-ever stimulus bill, the narrative rises now if this latest endeavor will push bitcoin higher again. 39M American Families to Receive up to $3.6K Per Month The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the US government (and many others) to undertake extreme measures to help alleviate the...

In the span of a month, bitcoin went from $65,000 to $42,000, which officially became the largest correction since the bull cycle began in October 2020. So far, it has taken the asset between four and five weeks to recover all losses and head towards a new high during previous similar developments. As such, the question remains if history will repeat itself once more. Worst 2020/2021 Bull Run Correction Although it seems like a lifetime ago, it was just last October when the...

ETH/USD – Ether Attempts To Hold 20-Day MA Key Support Levels: $3430, $3250, $3140.Key Resistance Levels: $3750, $3800, $4000. Etheruem fell beneath its rising price channel over the weekend as it rolled over from above $4000 and dropped on Saturday. The cryptocurrency had been trading inside this channel since the end of April, which allowed it to go on a strong bull run over the past two weeks to set a new ATH at $4373. Today, ETH continued to slide lower as it spiked down...

Bitcoin investors have started to deposit substantial amounts of their portions into exchanges, on-chain data shows. Consequently, a popular analyst expects the asset’s price to stay at current levels or, most probably, to keep dumping in the following days. Bitcoin Whales’s Deposits to Exchanges Skyrocket Bitcoin’s price was on a wild rollercoaster ride in the past week or so with Elon Musk receiving most of the blame. After he and Tesla announced that customers can no...

Bitcoin is down another 7.5% today as the cryptocurrency slides into the $45,000 region. The total weekly price decrease now exceeded 20%. The good news? Bitcoin was able to recover after hitting as low as $42K earlier today. An overview of May: Last week, bitcoin fell beneath a rising wedge formation after Tesla revealed they had stopped receiving BTC payments for their cars. The news caused a significant sell-off in which BTC dropped as low as $47,000, where it found...

Elon Musk continues to drive volatility in the crypto market as bitcoin fell by $7,000 in a day before it recovered $3,000. Most altcoins are also deep in the red, with ETH dipping below $3,500 and BNB beneath $500. Bitcoin’s 24H Wild Ride It’s safe to say that the primary cryptocurrency has seen better days. In fact, they weren’t that long ago as it traded above $58,000 on May 12th. However, Elon Musk’s statement that Tesla had stopped receiving BTC payments for its electric...