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Bitcoin failed to recover in the past seven days, and it marked a further decline of about 8%. This has its current price hovering around $32,000, and its dominance has declined to 64.1%. But before we take a look at what this means for the altcoin market, let’s see what happened with BTC.The cryptocurrency started off trading above $35K and even took a shot at $38K on Saturday. The bears had a mind of their own, however, and prevented this from happening, sending the market in a sideways...

Bitcoin continues to surge like there’s no tomorrow, and as a result, many people are getting involved in the space without too much thought. However, according to certified financial planner Sophia Bera, there are several things one needs to do before they even consider getting involved in bitcoin and in the cryptocurrency space.Sophia Bera: There Are Tasks to Complete Before Getting Involved in BTCAccording to Bera, many of her clients have been asking her several bitcoin-related questions...

During the past seven days, we saw an extended correction in Bitcoin’s price which failed to recover to its previous all-time highs. However, while BTC is down, a lot of altcoins started popping and gaining some serious value. For this week’s analysis, we’ve decided to take a closer look at Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Polkadot, and Chainlink.BitcoinBitcoin is down by a further 18% this week, dropping by a steep $10,900 to reach a low at $28,900. The cryptocurrency was trading at the upper...

NexTech AR Solutions, a Vancouver, Canada-headquartered developer of VR and AR solutions, has booked a $200,000 profit after selling over 130 bitcoins. The firm justified its decision with the double-spending that allegedly occurred on the BTC network yesterday.According to a press release published by the company, NexTech has sold all of its BTC holdings, amounting to 130.187 bitcoins. With today’s prices, this amount is worth north of $4,2 million.The sale has come less than a month after...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer]BambooDeFi, a decentralized finance protocol aiming to grant users access to additional cryptocurrency revenue streams, has recently commenced the final phase of its Initial Exchange Offering.The third round of the IEO kicked off on the 17th of January, 2021, and will last until the 30th of January at 13:00 (KST). The BAMBOO token is therefore available for purchase via the ChainX, MXC, and Uniswap cryptocurrency exchanges.Early investors taking part in...

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin bet appears to be far from over as his company MicroStrategy has acquired even more BTC despite the crypto price experiencing a significant retrace over the last couple of days.MicroStrategy has added more Bitcoin to its balance sheet according to an announcement issued on Friday (Jan. 22, 2021).MicroStrategy has purchased approximately 314 bitcoins for $10.0 million in cash in accordance with its Treasury Reserve Policy, at an average price of approximately $31,808...

Bitcoin suffered a severe 15% decline in the past 24 hours, which saw the cryptocurrency dropping by $7,000 to reach below $29K. In doing so, it fell beneath the previous symmetrical triangle we were tracking and landed at the lower border of a long-termed bearish triangle.More specifically, Bitcoin managed to find support at the $30,760 support we highlighted yesterday, provided by a short term .786 Fib Retracement level. However, BTC did spike beneath this, reaching as low as $28,800 today,...

After several unsuccessful attempts to receive approval for a Bitcoin ETF, the US investment manager VanEck decided to try its hand with an exchange-traded fund that follows crypto companies.The firm has filed a document with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to release a Digital Asset ETF to track the price and performance of the Global Digital Asset Equity Index.VanEck Goes For A Crypto Companies’ ETFFounded over six decades ago, VanEck is a New York-headquartered investment manager...

Giant state-owned Russian bank Sberbank has reportedly sought approval from the nation’s central bank to launch its own cryptocurrency through a blockchain platform.Separately, a Russian court has removed the leading crypto exchange Binance from a regulator’s blacklist.Sberbank Looks Into Launching Its Own Crypto?According to the local coverage, Sberbank of Russia, one of the largest banks in the world’s largest country by landmass, has applied with the central bank to register a blockchain...

Bitcoin’s decline continued in the past 24 hours as the asset dumped below $30,000 for the first time since early January. Most altcoins are also covered in red, and the total market cap has plummeted to $900 billion – meaning a decrease of over $100 billion in a day.Bitcoin’s Drop Took It Below $29KJust a few days ago, BTC attempted to overcome the $38,000 price tag but to no avail. Ever since that rejection, the cryptocurrency has been gradually decreasing in value.The situation worsened in...