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Polkadot, the interoperable blockchain protocol spearheaded by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, has announced its forthcoming parachain launch.Parachains – application-specific blockchains that connect to the main network and benefit from its security and computing capacity – are viewed as the building block of Polkadot’s ecosystem. Initially, the plan was for 100 parachain slots, with an auction process determining who gets to ‘lease’ parachains for defined time periods.However, according to...

Bitcoin has taken a turn for the worse, but while the move may not look great on paper, it turns out things are going quite well for some of the institutional traders that have yet to step into the cryptocurrency arena. Many institutions are using the recent bitcoin price dip as an opportunity to buy at a lesser price and get their fingers on an asset that many companies have been going crazy over for the past six months. Bitcoin Has Taken an Ugly Stumble Things really...

Coinbase is known for storing cryptocurrency and allowing its many customers to trade digital assets. However, what we didn’t know was that the company also did its own investing in crypto as well. We’re Learning a Lot About Coinbase As it turns out, the company has become of the first major cryptocurrency exchanges to file for a public listing. In doing so, a lot of information has come out about the firm that many traders were unaware of prior, a big one being that...

Bitcoin seems to be going from bad to worse, with another 7% price drop today.BTC decreased by a total of $3,300 today as it dropped below $47,750 and also beneath the important support at $44k.The cryptocurrency continued to spike downward, reaching as low as $43,000 before a slight rebound, as of now.Looking at the short-term 4-hour charts, Bitcoin dropped off the support at the 200 EMA today as it broke beneath $44,750.However, there might be some hope for the bulls. BTC might be forming a...

The Nigerian cryptocurrency community was shaken to its core when the country’s apex bank released a circular warning financial institutions to desist from enabling cryptocurrency transactions. The Central Bank made arguments to justify the decision, with several notable figures weighing in on the subject.Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is the latest to share his view on the ban. In his keynote address at the CBN Bankers’ Committee Economic Summit, Osinbajo tipped digital assets...

ETH/USD – Market Returns To January 2018 Previous ATHKey Support Levels: $1400, $1291, $1250, $1200.Key Resistance Levels: $1400, $1465, $1500, $1600.Ethereum is now down by a total of 30% over the past seven days of trading. The cryptocurrency had spiked above $2000 only last week as it hit the upper boundary of the following marked ascending price channel. From there, the coin retraced, broke down the price channel and lost over $600 of its value.It happened on Monday, that ETH price closed...

As cryptocurrencies continue to pick up steam and encompass the features of regular asset classes, governments have likewise imposed taxes on capital gains from digital currency. South Korea is the latest country to adopt this initiative. Its Ministry of Economy and Finance said it will levy taxes on cryptocurrency profits from next year.The South Korean government is going ahead with its proposal to tax cryptocurrency returns after several reconsiderations. A local news agency, Yonhap...

After a relatively positive Saturday, bitcoin has headed south again by dropping below $44,000 to its lowest price since February 10, 2021. The altcoin space has it even worse with substantial double-digit declines, and the market cap has lost another $120 billion to $1.350t.Bitcoin Price Falls Beneath $44K as Miners Sell-OffThe primary cryptocurrency showed brief signs of recovery during yesterday’s trading session as it gained about $4,000. However, this positive performance was...

This is Binance Smart Chain’s time to shine, and the Binance CEO CZ knows it and is ready to take advantage of it.The increasing use of DeFi protocols, dApps, and applications built on top of Ethereum, has overloaded the network to the point where its fees are almost unsustainable. Several blockchains are vying to emerge as the new Ethereum killer, and CZ is rooting for BSC as the best option.CZ has been known to be a funny yet respectful guy when it comes to measuring his words. Still, his...

Last December, Live Bitcoin News reported that Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States – had decided to go public. On Thursday, the documents tied to the filing were revealed and made available to interested readers. Coinbase Is Going Public, and Brian Armstrong Has a Lot to Say Among these documents was a heartfelt letter written and filed by the company’s CEO Brian Armstrong. In the letter, Armstrong describes the...