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[PRESS RELEASE] Raze Network, the first Polkadot-based cross-chain privacy protocol, announced its public distribution sale on Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool (LBP) to make Raze tokens accessible in a fair, linear, and decentralized manner. Trustless, decentralized privacy protocol Raze Network successfully raised $2.2 million in its seed and private funding rounds. The seed and private funding rounds had participation from prominent blockchain and crypto VC firms,...

London-based challenger bank Revolut announced that it will expand support for more cryptocurrencies. In an official PR, the firm announced that 11 new tokens would be added to its exchange platform in another effort to satisfy its customers’ appetite for cryptocurrencies. You asked for new tokens, we’ve delivered. We’ve been tracking hot tokens and top movers to bring our UK and EU customers 11 new cryptocurrencies. These new tokens embraced by Revolut are very focused on...

Billionaire investor and former hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz is saying that the United States is going to seriously fall behind granted it does not develop a digital dollar in the immediate future. Mike Novogratz: We Need a Digital Dollar Mike Novogratz has always been a huge bitcoin and cryptocurrency advocate, and he feels that in many ways, digital assets will be the future of money. Thus, he is urging the United States to take control of the financial reins. He...

Bitcoin has surged like no other asset. The currency is presently trading for about $58,000 – just $3,000 shy of its all-time high. However, while this may all sound dandy at first, there are many analysts out there who seem to think this is just the tip of the iceberg. They claim that bitcoin is going to continue skyrocketing this year – so much so that it may end up reaching $400K per unit by the end of 2021. Bitcoin Is Likely to Spend the Rest of the Year Increasing...

Investment giant Grayscale recently added another $1 billion worth of Bitcoin in almost 24 hours. Now, the firm nears the $50 billion mark with $46.1 billion in total assets under management (AUM) AUM Growing As reported by CryptoPotato recently, the investment firm increased its total AUM by more than $3 billion, shortly after expanding its crypto-trust offerings by adding five new tokens for their eligible accredited investors.  04/09/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under...

The narrative that cryptocurrencies are not used as payment methods continues to be debunked, with numerous companies enabling such transactions lately. One of the largest Canadian brokers, Matrix Mortgage Global, is the latest to introduce payments with Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and some stablecoins. Mortgage Payments with Crypto Founded in 2008, Matrix Mortgage Global enables customers to receive financing on housing that has carried...

XRP/USD – XRP Trading At Highs Seen Only At 2017 Bubble Top Key Support Levels: $1.35, $1.25, $1.13. Key Resistance Levels: $1.51, $1.61, $1.70. XRP has been on an absolute rampage over the past week as it managed to surge by a huge 150% over the period. The cryptocurrency finally broke the $1 milestone level on Tuesday and exploded since then, as it currently trades above $1.4. Earlier today, the buyers continued to drive XRP higher as they reached $1.51 (1.618 Fib...

Despite overcoming its nemesis at $60,000 yesterday, bitcoin’s struggles with that particular benchmark level continue as the asset has dipped beneath it. Most altcoins have also retraced slightly, with the apparent exception of Ripple (XRP), which surged to a new 3-year high of $1.4 following more positive news in the ongoing legal battles with the SEC. Bitcoin Dips Below $60K Once Again After a three-week-long wait, bitcoin finally overcame $60,000 yesterday. Furthermore,...

Crypto crime is no laughing matter and as we have seen in the past, it can take on many forms. It does not always come in the shape of a cyberattack or a hack on an exchange. Rather, sometimes people will try to use crypto to hide their malicious intent. Crypto Crime Isn’t Always a Hack One recent case allegedly involves a man in Rome, Italy, who is presently under house arrest after being accused of paying an attacker approximately $12,000 in BTC to maim his ex-girlfriend. Police claim that...

Mike Novogratz, a veteran investor, and a huge Bitcoin supporter noted the U.S. is currently in a good economic position. Still, the nation can face a major competitive disadvantage unless it engineers a digital dollar soon. The Importance Of An E-Dollar Novogratz, chief executive of digital merchant bank Galaxy Digital GLXY, underlined the value that a digital dollar could bring to the US. In a Friday interview with MarketWatch, he stated: ”To me it is an existential crisis,...