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Latvia’s flag air carrier, airBaltic, has reaffirmed its pro-cryptocurrency approach by enabling customers to make bookings with other digital assets, including Ether (ETH), Dogecoin (DOGE0 and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). Those tokens have joined the list of four USD-pegged stablecoins and the first-ever cryptocurrency – Bitcoin.DOGE and ETH to Be Used for Air TravelAS Air Baltic Corporation, also referred to as simply airBaltic is Latvia’s flag carrier that has also displayed a pro-digital asset...

Justin Sun, the CEO of TRON and BitTorrent, has doubled-down on his NFT-related endeavors by announcing a designated fund. Called JUST NFT Fund, it aims to close the gap between the most recent craze in the blockchain space and artists wanting to release their own non-fungible tokens.Sun’s NFT FundJustin Sun, and his blockchain-based projects, have been neck-deep with the ongoing NFT craze. Apart from bidding some mindblowing amounts on various NFT projects, Sun has also partnered with...

A few months after launching Bitcoin custodial services in the US, the nation’s oldest bank, BNY Mellon, has doubled-down on its interest and involvement with the first-ever cryptocurrency. It has published a report attempting to determine bitcoin’s value by comparing BTC with gold and referring to the popular stock-to-flow model.BNY Mellow Evaluates BTCIt wasn’t that long ago that giant banks steered clear from the entire cryptocurrency industry while only making brief and rare comments...

After a calm and stable weekend, Bitcoin starts the new week following exciting news about Visa accepting payments in USDC.Over the past week, BTC recorded its lowest price in 2.5 weeks. This happened on Thursday.However, Bitcoin showed strength, finding support on top of the 50-day moving average line (marked pink as can be seen on the following chart) and maintaining this critical support area (around $51k) on a daily timeframe.Over the following days, the strong momentum continued as...

Visa is to become the first large payments network to use a stablecoin as a settlement currency. By partnering with the popular cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com, the San Francisco-headquartered giant will offer a crypto settlement system for fiat transactions based on the Ethereum blockchain. According to the announcement from earlier today, Visa has joined forces with Crypto.com to bring its first-ever non-fiat settlement program.  The company’s standard settlement process requires parties...

Earlier in March, he called bitcoin “nonsense” and criticized its energy consumption levels. A few weeks later, the Norwegian billionaire, Øystein Stray Spetalen, said he was wrong about the first-ever cryptocurrency and even bought some for himself.Early March: Bitcoin is NonsenseThe 58-year-old Spetalen is the founder of SD Standard Drilling Plc and Standard Drilling ASA. He’s a well-renowned investor and trader who began his trading career in 9th grade.During a DNB Invest conference in...

Stellar lumen price is facing resistance near $0.4100 and $0.4350 against the US Dollar. XLM price is now consolidating just below $0.4000 and above the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.3800 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair must clear the $0.4110 and $0.4350 resistance levels to continue higher. Stellar lumen price is showing positive signs above $0.3800 against the US...

Ripple price is showing positive signs above the $0.5000 and $0.5200 resistance levels against the US dollar. The price is now well above $0.5200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.5645 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair is likely to surge further above the $0.5850 and $0.6000 resistance levels. Ripple price is trading in a positive zone above the...

The cryptocurrency trading space is consistently introduced to new coins for people to trade and enjoy. The latest example is one known as Safe Moon, which appears to be getting more and more interest from investors according to latest search trends. Safe Moon Is Now Available To be fair, not much is known about the currency just yet, so as we do with all new coins, we’re informing our readers to stay safe and remain fully aware of the risks that are associated with...

Bitcoin has taken a nasty hit in recent days. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap – which was previously trading in the $58,000 and $59,000 ranges – has stumbled backwards and is now trading for around $55,000. Earlier today, we published an article suggesting that the expiration of various bitcoin options was to blame, though there may have been another contributing factor. Jerome Powell – chair of the Federal Reserve – released an official statement...