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The Singaporean private banking arm of OCBC Bank has dismissed the chances of cryptocurrencies eventually replacing fiat currencies as a medium of exchange. However, the large institution believes that BTC and other altcoins can replace gold in terms of serving as a store of value.Cryptocurrencies: Store Of Value; Not Medium Of ExchangeEver since the introduction of Bitcoin in the late 2000s, people have wondered if the cryptocurrency could indeed live up to the potential of operating as an...

What exactly has got everyone so crazy and obsessed with bitcoin as of late? Sure, the asset has been spiking like there’s no tomorrow and there’s a real possibility of becoming rich by getting involved in BTC, but there seems to be more that’s driving everybody’s taste for it.People Love Their Bitcoin; Analysts Explain WhyAccording to several industry experts, there are several aspects of bitcoin that have potentially dug themselves into people’s hearts and minds. Per science professor and...

Earlier today, Bitcoin price managed to rise by over $2,000 as it bounced from $32,800 to reach a daily high of around $34,900, according to BItstamp. However, as of writing these lines, BTC failed to hold and retraced down below the crucial support turned resistance level of $34,000.As of writing these lines, Bitcoin had failed to close the 4-hour candle above the resistance at a short term bearish .5 Fib Retracement of $34,450. As of now, it struggles to maintain the critical area of...

The leading cryptocurrency asset manager, Grayscale Investments, has donated $1 million to the non-profit think tank focused on public privacy in the crypto ecosystem – Coin Center. Additionally, Grayscale has vowed to match every other donation up to $1 million through February 2021.Grayscale Donates $1M To Coin CenterBased in Washington, DC, Coin Center is a non-profit research and advocacy center aiming to resolve public issues within the cryptocurrency field and decentralized computing...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 25th January 2021, // ChainWire //Xeno Holdings Limited (xno.live ), a blockchain solutions company based in Hong Kong, has announced the listing of its ecosystem utility token XNO on the ‘Bithumb Korea’ cryptocurrency exchange on January 21st 2021.Xeno NFT Hub (market.xno.live ), developed by Xeno Holdings, enables easy minting of digital items into NFTs while also providing a marketplace where anyone can securely trade NFTs.The...

ETH/USD – Ethereum Creates New ATH At $1480Key Support Levels: $1392, $1350, $1300.Key Resistance Levels: $1425, $1480, $1530.Ethereum saw a 6.5% price climb today as the coin trades near $1415. The coin had rebounded from $1100 on Friday as it started to surge over the weekend to close yesterday’s candle at $1392 (1.618 Fib Extension).The cryptocurrency is trading within a broad rising price channel and is contesting the upper boundary today.ETH had spiked higher earlier in the day to break...

2021 has so far been an exciting year in the cryptocurrency market. We saw its capitalization surpassing $1 trillion for the first time in history.And while a lot of it had to do with Bitcoin’s surging price, over the last few days, it’s becoming evident that altcoins are claiming their share, causing many to believe that we’re in a state of the market known as “altcoin season.”Altcoin Season 2021: It’s Just BeginningAn “altcoin season” is a term used to describe a market condition where...

Several weeks after signing legislation that required Russian officials to disclose their crypto holdings, the world’s largest country by landmass has gone a step further by prohibiting them from owning any digital assets. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation has sent a letter to civil servants regarding their cryptocurrency holdings, according to Forklog coverage. It reads that such officials have until April 1st, 2021, to get rid of their digital asset...

Bitcoin will have a hard time reclaiming $40,000 as the inflows towards the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) have reduced in the past few weeks, argued strategists from the giant US multinational investment bank – JPMorgan Chase & Co.Inflows Towards GBTC Not Enough To Push BTC HigherJPMorgan analysts, led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, have highlighted the role of Grayscale in terms of BTC adoption and price development.Simultaneously, they have reasoned that if the inflows from institutional...

Stellar lumen price remained stable above $0.2200 and recovered above $0.2600 against the US Dollar.XLM price is facing hurdles near $0.2850 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.2840 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair could start a major bullish wave once it clears the $0.2840 and $0.3000 resistance levels.Stellar lumen price is showing positive signs above $0.2500 against the US Dollar, similar to...