Roughly three years after releasing its first crypto-related product, the private US venture capital firm a16z has outlined plans to double down via a ‘radically optimistic’ digital asset fund. The company’s partners called the industry ‘the future of finance.” Founded in 2009, Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital giant operating from California that has already launched several pro-cryptocurrency products. It has also previously participated in the funding rounds of...
Read More »BadgerDAO & DefiDollar bring Interest-Bearing Bitcoin To The Polygon Network
[PRESS RELEASE – Singapore, Singapore, 23rd June 2021] BadgerDAO & DefiDollar proudly announce the launch of interest-bearing Bitcoin DeFi solutions to the Polygon network. This marks another impressive milestone for decentralized finance solutions involving Bitcoin. BadgerDAO has focused a lot of its attention on enabling native Bitcoin support for decentralized finance. The world’s leading cryptocurrency is incompatible with this concept at its core due to its minor...
Read More »A Major Crypto Scam in South Africa? Two Brothers and 69,000 BTC Have Vanished Together
The cryptocurrency investment company in Cape Town, South Africa – Africrypt – allegedly stole nearly 70,000 bitcoins. The two brothers Ameer and Raees Cajee, who are the founders of the firm, have disappeared. The Biggest Crypto Scam in South Africa Bloomberg reported that the customers of the South African trading venue – Africrypt – became victims of a major bitcoin scam, in which 69,000 coins mysteriously vanished. With today’s prices, this substantial amount is worth...
Read More »SafeEarth Announces Over $200k in Charity Donations this Year
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] 25th June 2021, London, England Users of SafeEarth can enjoy the benefits offered by DeFi whilst preserving the delicate balance of the world. Today, the project announces it has successfully issued donations in excess of $200,000 to various user-selected charities and projects that range from cleaning the ocean to enabling access to healthcare and education for children. A staggering amount of positive feedback and...
Read More »EOS Price Analysis: Key Breakout Zone Forming Near $4
EOS seems to be forming a decent support base above the $2.00 level against the US Dollar. The price is still trading well below $4.00 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $4.00 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to remain in a bearish zone unless there is a clear break above $4.00 and $4.20. EOS price is struggling to recover above $3.80 against the...
Read More »Litecoin (LTC) Price Analysis: Bulls Facing Uphill Task Near $140
Litecoin price started an upside correction from the $105 support against the US Dollar. LTC price is still trading well below $140 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $140 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $135 and $140 to start a fresh increase in the near term. Litecoin price is struggling to gain pace above $130 against the US Dollar, unlike...
Read More »Kraken CEO and Elon Musk Duke It Out on Social Media
Elon Musk – the South African entrepreneur behind billion-dollar companies such as Tesla and SpaceX – and Jesse Powell – the CEO of popular cryptocurrency exchange Kraken – are duking it out on Twitter, and the bitcoin price is taking it hard. Elon Musk and Jesse Powell Go Head to Head The fight began when Powell called out Musk over recent comments regarding the bitcoin mining process. Elon Musk had originally stated a few months ago that he would permit bitcoin...
Read More »Mark Cuban Loses Money on New Stable Coin Project
Mark Cuban seems to have been a crypto fan for some time. Recently, he praised both bitcoin and Ethereum and claims to hold a substantial amount of both. However, one of the more recent coins to receive backing by the billionaire investor has tanked big time, and as a result, Cuban is stepping in and calling for clearer regulation regarding stable currencies. Mark Cuban Has Taken a Crypto Hit At press time, it is unknown which stable currency garnered Cuban’s attention,...
Read More »Adam Traidman Suggests Dollar-Cost Averaging for BTC Investors
Bitcoin has been hit hard over the past two months. Despite trading at a new all-time high of roughly $64,000 per unit in mid-April, the currency has tanked and is currently trading for around $35,000, knocking nearly $30K off its price from two months ago. For some investors, however, the present circumstances are no big deal, and they are continuing to see their bitcoin earnings grow. One of these investors is Adam Traidman, the CEO and co-founder of the popular crypto...
Read More »Tron (TRX) Price Analysis: Bulls Could Face Resistance Near $0.06
Tron price traded below the $0.0500 zone before it started a decent recovery against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading well below $0.0600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a connecting bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.0580 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The pair could start a major recovery if there is a clear break above $0.0580 and $0.0600. TRON price is slowly recovering above $0.0500 against the US Dollar,...
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