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Elon Musk manipulates the financial markets, including the cryptocurrency one, for his own personal gain, alleged the South African billionaire Magda Wierzycka. The founder of Sygnia further blamed the recent BTC volatility on Tesla’s CEO. Musk Manipulates the Markets For Personal Gains During an interview on The Money Show, the 52-year old businesswoman accused her fellow countryman Elon Musk of publishing controversial tweets and engaging in other social media channels to...

Pieter Hasekamp, head of the central planning bureau CPB, opined that the Dutch government must ban digital assets. He further stated that a crypto collapse is inevitable. Cryptocurrencies Are ”Neither Money Nor a Financial Product” The director of the CPB Pieter Hasekamp urged the ruling cabinet of the Netherlands to officially forbid trading, possession, and mining of bitcoin and digital assets. The move could protect local investors as, in his opinion, the crypto market...

It was a rather unfortunate week for the entire cryptocurrency market as most of the coins are trading in the red. Bitcoin is no exclusion, though it’s the one the best performer, relatively speaking, compared to major altcoins. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down by a small 4% over the past week as it currently sits above the 20-day MA at $37,000. The cryptocurrency saw an interesting week after testing $39,200 last week. There, it found resistance at a falling trend line and failed to...

[PRESS RELEASE – Tel-Aviv, Israel, 11th June 2021] Orbs has officially become an official sponsor of Chainlink Reference Data Networks, supporting the oracle price feeds. The sponsorship means that Orbs is helping secure and decentralize Chainlink oracles, while at the same time enabling smaller projects to use Chainlink free of charge. The oracle network currently relies on sponsors to incentivize the data providers and pay for their services, which means that sponsors are...

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has purportedly sent a show-cause notice to the founder of the popular exchange – Nischal Shetty, and the director – Sameer Mhatre. The agency has requested the duo to explain suspicious transactions worth nearly $400 million. According to a Reuters report, India’s financial crime-fighting organization, the ED, has contacted the two executives in regards to transactions worth 28 billion rupees ($382 million). The agency accused the...

Some of the attendees of the Bitcoin 2021 conference that took place in Miami a week back have tested positive for COVID-19. Somewhat expectedly, traditional media was quick to outline the lack of responsibility on behalf of both organizers and attendees. Positive COVID Tests Following Miami Conference Bitcoin 2021, which turned out to be the biggest event centered around the primary cryptocurrency to ever be organized, took place in Miami at the beginning of June. It saw...

Bitcoin continued with recovering the most recent losses and ever went further to a six-day high at $38,500 before calming down. Most altcoins, though, have failed to produce any gains, and BTC’s market dominance has jumped to 44%. Bitcoin Tapped 6-Day High After bottoming at $31,000 on Tuesday, the primary cryptocurrency started to reclaim its lost ground gradually. It spiked by around $3,000 on Wednesday, added another sizeable chunk on Thursday, and kept climbing higher in...

Bitcoin cash price is struggling to gain momentum above $650 and $700 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below $650 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $650 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend its decline unless there is a clear break above $650 and $665. Bitcoin cash price is struggling to recover above $650 against the US...

Basel: Bank for International Setllements : "Our mission is to support central banks' pursuit of monetary and financial stability through international cooperation, and to act as a bank for central banks." The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision today issued a public consultation on preliminary proposals for the prudential treatment of banks‘ cryptoasset exposures. While...

Alexis Ohanian is a versatile man: billionaire, philanthropist, founder of Reddit, Initialized Capital, and husband of the famous tennis player Serena Williams. Recently, Seven Seven Six, his new venture firm, closed a funding round after raising 150 million dollars, a feat that brought him to the media’s spotlight, eager to know his vision about the business world… and the future of cryptocurrencies. How Much ETH Does Ohanian Owns? In an interview for CNBC, Ohanian devoted a...