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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Ripple of “harassment” after its executives were granted access to internal documents from the regulatory body. The documents allegedly contain information about three currencies —BTC, ETH, and XRP, where the SEC classifies the three of them as “digital currencies.” Now the SEC wants to limit access to these documents, claiming they are “irrelevant” to the case. The SEC Asks the Judge To Block Ripple’s Access On April...

The price of bitcoin has taken a horrible turn. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap – after reaching a new all-time high last week following Coinbase’s debut on the Nasdaq – has dropped roughly $8,000 in just a matter of days that has brought the asset down to roughly $55,000 per unit at the time of writing. It was recently trading as high as $63,000. Bitcoin Falls Following an End to Coinbase Hype In addition to bitcoin, other major altcoins including...

The past seven days were marked by considerable declines throughout the entire cryptocurrency market. Almost everything is in the red, with the total capitalization sliding beneath $2 trillion. There’s no other way of putting this – the past week was bad for bitcoin’s price. It was almost all downhill. The cryptocurrency was trading in the range between $61 and $63K last Friday, but things went south quickly as the weekend started. Sunday marked the first big drop where the...

Shortly after launching an investigation against Turkey’s notorious crypto exchange, Thodex, the local police have apprehended 62 people in connection to the company. At the same time, reports claimed that the founder and CEO of the exchange has vowed to refund users and return to Turkey to face justice. 62 People Arrested in Turkey CryptoPotato reported yesterday the developments coming from Turkey in which the third-largest crypto exchange had closed its doors earlier in...

It was a red week all over the cryptocurrency market. Almost everything, with a few exceptions, declined substantially as the total market cap slipped below $2 trillion. Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a turbulent week in which the price dropped by a steep 20% to break beneath $50,000 and reach as low as $47,500 today. The cryptocurrency fell beneath $60,000 at the start of the week as it saw a large spike lower in which it dropped to the $51,440 support (.618 Fib). It managed to...

The latest adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency markets have normalized the Korean bitcoin premium known as the Kimchi premium. With the enhanced volatility, though, experts warn traders to be highly vigilant as the market is still over-leveraged. Kimchi Premium Cools Down The Kimchi premium represents the difference in bitcoin’s price on global exchanges and such operating in South Korea. CryptoPotato reported in early April that the metric, named after a...

The number of US-based financial institutions looking into launching cryptocurrency services continues to grow, and the latest to join the ranks is Charles Schwab. Nevertheless, giant founded in 1971 expects clearer regulations on digital assets before opening such products to the 32 million brokerage accounts employing its services. Charles Schwab to Get in Crypto? Headquartered in Texas, Charles Schwab is an American multinational financial services firm with over $3...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] The ORBS token is now accessible via the Binance Smart Chain. Hodlers can swap tokens to and from the Ethereum network. Exploring this additional blockchain allows Orbs to leverage BSC’s potential for speed, low costs, and DeFi purposes. This integration of ORBS onto Binance Smart Chain is made possible through the cross-chain bridge developed by Multichain.XYZ – a platform co-developed by Anyswap and Andre Cronje. By integrating this...

Bitcoin’s suffering has only intensified in the past 24 hours with a massive 10% dump to well below $50,000. The alternative coins have it even worse with substantial double-digit price slumps, and the market cap lost roughly $300 billion in a day. Bitcoin Drops Below $50K It was less than ten days ago when everything seemed to be going in BTC’s way as the primary cryptocurrency had just painted its latest ATH record of $65,000. However, the ever-volatile crypto markets...

Bitcoin cash price failed to stay above $1,000 and declined heavily against the US Dollar. The price is now trading well below the $850 support level and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a major contracting triangle with support near $910 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair is likely to continue lower towards the $650 and $600 support levels in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace below...