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With the initial deadline for comments long expired, FinCEN has decided to extend the comment period for its proposed controversial crypto regulation for an additional 15 days.FinCen Sets New DeadlineThe Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), an office of the U.S. Department of Treasury, announced the news of the extension via a press release on Thursday (Jan. 14, 2021). FinCEN’s earlier deadline was set on January 4, 2021.Following the different requests for extension, it appears...

Bitcoin has shot back above the $35,000 mark at the time of writing. This is about $2,000 higher than where it stood yesterday. The currency is once again bringing itself up the financial ladder, and it looks like the asset is beginning to earn all kinds of celebrity endorsements from the likes of singer Lindsay Lohan and others.Lindsay Lohan Is Pushing BitcoinBitcoin has always a big celebrity attractor. Many figures who can be classified as rich and famous have turned their sights to...

The bulls are back in town with a solid 15% daily price surge, as BTC reclaims the $40K price area. Only two days ago, after reaching $42K ATH, the primary cryptocurrency dropped by a steep 30% to find support upon the $30K level.The correction was even quicker than the drop as BTC had gained $5,000 only yesterday and closed the daily candle at $37,415 (Bitstamp). Today, Bitcoin’s price continued even higher, recording $40,122 as the daily high as of writing these lines.Bitcoin has initiated...

Recent data indicates that the number of Ethereum coins stored on exchanges has been gradually decreasing in the past year and showcased a massive drop in the past 24 hours alone.This causes speculations if the growing demand for ETH and decreasing liquid supply could skyrocket the asset price.Ethereum Held On Exchanges EvaporatesAccording to the cryptocurrency monitoring resource CryptoQuant, the number of ETH tokens stored on exchanges reached a 12-month high of over 14 million in the...

Über 80 Prozent der Schweizer Unternehmen tätigen zumindest einen Teil ihrer Einkäufe in Euro, wie Umfrage der Credit Suisse zeigt. Der Euro wird für Schweizer Unternehmen immer wichtiger. Wie eine Umfrage der Credit Suisse ergeben hat, nutzen über 80 Prozent der Schweizer Unternehmen für ihre Einkäufe den Euro. Teilweise ist die europäische Währung sogar wichtiger als der...

BTCS Inc. (OTCQB: BTCS), a publicly-traded company focused on digital assets and Blockchain technologies, recently announced that management invested $1.1 million in the Company.  This is a particularly bullish sign for investors in BTCS, as it provides strong evidence of management’s belief in its business model and growth potential. The round was led by its CEO, Charles Allen, who personally invested $810,000.BTCS was one of the first public companies to focus its business model around...

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss are reportedly exploring the option of making their cryptocurrency exchange Gemini public. The brothers could follow the steps of other US-based digital asset-related companies with similar intentions, such as Coinbase and Bakkt.Gemini To Go Public?Bloomberg reported today that the founders of the US-based crypto exchange Gemini are open to the idea of going public.“We are definitely considering it and making sure that we have that option. We are watching the...

DOT/USD – DOT Setting Fresh ATH Above $11.Key Support Levels: $12, $11.60, $11.Key Resistance Levels: $13, $13.37, $14.08.DOT started to surge higher toward the end of 2020 when it bounced from support at $4.50 (100-days EMA) to reach $9.65 by the end of the year. In 2021, it struggled to break resistance around $10.20 for the first week of January and eventually rolled over earlier this week to drop into the $8.00 support.From there, the cryptocurrency rebounded yesterday as it broke above...

Many in the cryptocurrency field have recently discussed the upcoming January 15th date as an important consideration for the ongoing case between the office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG) and iFinex, the parent company of Bitfinex and Tether.With this in mind, below is a comprehensive summary of what happened and what to expect on this date.The NYAG v. iFinex Case: What Happened?Back in April 2019, the office of the New York Attorney General alleged that the popular cryptocurrency...

Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey has issued a statement in which he defended the social media’s decision to ban the account of US President Donald Trump.Interestingly, the executive also took a moment to praise bitcoin’s decentralized nature, saying that the Internet should strive to be more like it.The History Of Trump’s Social Media BansNews broke last week when multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter, permanently suspended the account of the still active US...