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After dabbling around $16K – $17K for a few days, Bitcoin has soared back above $18K. Most alternative coins have also increased in value, adding $30 billion to the total market cap in a day.Bitcoin Jumps to $18KFollowing the vigorous price dips from earlier this week that resulted in BTC losing more than $3,000 in hours, the asset consolidated around $17,000 for a few days.Bitcoin charted a few more drops beneath that level. However, the situation changed over the weekend. The primary...

Blockchain development studio Dapper Labs recently announced a major advance towards the launch of the mainnet for its Flow blockchain. As of November 27, 2020, users will be able to experience Flow Port to interact with their products.Dapper Labs is the development group responsible for Crypto Kitties – the most famous collectible application of the crypto-verse at the time – and NBA Top Shot, an NBA-licensed collectibles dApp.Flow: The Next Big Thing Since CryptoKittiesFlow is the most...

Facebook’s new cryptocurrency and digital payment system, Libra, could be ready for release early as January of next year.Libra Is Potentially Ready for a RolloutThe news surrounding the release of Libra has been circulating throughout crypto newsrooms for more than a year and a half. Since June of 2019, the currency has been permeating analysts’ minds. They have wondered many questions, a big one being “What would Facebook gain from cryptocurrency?”The project has puzzled many people....

Well, it looks like things have taken a turn for the worse. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has collapsed by roughly $2,000, falling from about $19,000 before Thanksgiving to $17,000.Bitcoin Loses Quite a Bit of MomentumWhy, suddenly? The currency was making many traders believe that things were well underway to repeat themselves as they were in 2017. While we’ve still got a month left in 2020 and the currency could easily turn itself around in that time, this is...

The crypto space is big, but it’s not that big. In fact, a new survey suggests that roughly 60 percent of Americans either don’t know what cryptocurrency is or have no experience with it. However, according to Jonathan Jadali, social media is playing a huge role in getting the word out there about the world’s latest trading space.Social Media Is a Big Tool for BTC and Other Forms of CryptoJadali has been involved in crypto trading since the age of 18. He’s now the successful owner of a public...

Chinese authorities seized around $4 billion worth of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the notorious crypto Ponzi group PlusToken. This comes after the Chinese police arrested the core team running the scheme in July.Around $4 Billion Worth Of Bitcoin And Crypto Assets SeizedAccording to CryptoPotato’s previous report on the PlusToken saga, the crypto shysters (27 key operators) were arrested by the Chinese police in July earlier this year. Along with them, the police also arrested 82...

Lawmakers in Korea are planning to postpone a recently considered tax on crypto assets profits. Reports say the tax rule delay will be about three months – instead of October 2021, January 2022.The New Crypto Income Tax Rule To Wait Until January 2022According to a recent media report, the South Korean congress plans to put off the recently considered cryptocurrency income tax rule. A planning and finance committee of the National Assembly has issued a report, which proposes the necessity of...

The San Francisco-based payment protocol has filed a document on Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It reads that Ripple Labs has entered into an agreement with MoneyGram, which entitles Ripple to sell up to 4,000,000 shares of common stock.Ripple’s option to sell these shares will expire “upon the earliest of March 31st, 2021, the time at which the maximum amount shall have been sold, or the occurrence of certain other customary events affecting the...

Bitcoin’s volatility continues with full force as the asset made another $1,000 move in the past 24 hours. Most alternative coins have marked minor gains following the recent price drops.Stellar has been on a tear in the past week and XLM has found a place in the top ten after a triple-digit surge.Bitcoin Struggles With $17KFollowing the most substantial gains marked in 2020 that led to the yearly high of $19,500, Bitcoin bears took control over the asset. As a result, BTC experienced...

Germany’s finance minister and noted crypto critic Olaf Scholz wants the European Central Bank (ECB) to move faster with its decision on a potential digital Euro. Scholz is known for espousing anti-cryptocurrency sentiments while encouraging the EU to develop digital currencies to prevent the proliferation of private virtual currencies.Growing Appetite for Digital CurrencyAccording to a report by Reuters published on Nov. 27, Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance, Olaf Scholz, has urged the...