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Bitcoin has overcome the recent price dip beneath $11,300 and currently hovers around $11,400. Most alternative coins have displayed relatively strong performances and the total market cap increased over the weekend. Bitcoin Back To $11,400 Bitcoin traded around $11,350 yesterday after a calm 24-hour period despite potentially impactful news coming from the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx. As CryptoPotato summarized, the platform suspended withdrawals after its founder...

The Central Bank of Spain published its Strategic Plan for 2020-2024, describing the objectives and strategies it will follow to boost its economy and adapt the country’s finances to the requirements of the modern era, and a CBDC is one of its priorities. The digital world is stealing the attention of the Spaniards. In its “Analysis and research priorities for the Banco de España: 2020-2024“, the Central Bank said it will prioritize the study of the legal, technological and...

Facebook-backed Libra has issued another “major” announcement. It is bringing former HSBC executive Ian Jenkins on board to serve as the new chief financial officer of a division in the company designed to manage the Libra payment system.Libra Brings Ian Jenkins AboardJenkins initially served as a former business finance head and general group manager for HSBC. He also has experience working with other major financial institutions such as Santander and Credit Suisse.The big question following...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin trading platform Paxful has announced it is joining hands with popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb Global, arguably one of the largest and most influential exchanges throughout the country.Bithumb and Paxful Are Now Working TogetherThanks to this new partnership, Paxful will have access to more customers in Asia. Bithumb currently boasts roughly one million mobile app users and eight million registered exchange users. In addition, the company...

New research is suggesting that if a second round of stimulus checks are approved, the bitcoin price is likely to react positively.More Stimulus = Higher BitcoinWhen the coronavirus pandemic first struck global markets in March of this year, bitcoin sunk down to the high $3,000 range. The asset struggled to make a name for itself the way cash and stocks did, with the former struggling due to inflation. However, many people, over time, began to see bitcoin in an entirely new light, feeling...

The drama around OKEx started on Friday when news broke that the popular exchange had suspended all withdrawals from the platform.  Almost immediately, the cryptocurrency market reacted with price drops. Bitcoin lost about $350 in a few hours.  Shortly after, reports emerged that OKEx co-founder Xu Mingxing was taken by police officers over a week ago and hadn’t returned to work yet.  CryptoPotato reached out to OKEx for comments, and a company spokeswoman asserted that...

Coinbase has released its recent Transparency Report, and the results are not at all encouraging for privacy advocates and believers in an “anti-establishment” philosophy of cryptocurrencies. According to the company, out of 1914 requests for information it received, 1848 of them corresponded to subpoenas and interactions made by criminal investigation agencies, and only 66 came from civil or administrative agencies. Type of Information Requests sent by Law Enforcement...

XLM/USD – Bulls Rebound Into 100-days EMA. Key Support Levels: $0.08, $0.075, $0.07.Key Resistance Levels: $0.086, $0.088, $0.0921. XLM found support at the $0.0668 (.618 Fib) level toward the end of September which allowed the downtrend to reverse. Throughout October, the coin has slowly been grinding higher. Initially, it struggled to break the resistance at $0.08, which is provided by the bearish .236 Fib Retracement level. This aforementioned resistance was penetrated...

Hackers had a field run a couple of days ago, targeting the popular retail-oriented trading application Robinhood. Almost 2,000 Robinhood Markets accounts were compromised in a spree that saw customers’ funds siphoned off, according to a Bloomberg report. Robinhood disclosed that a “limited number” of their customers had been struck by hackers who managed to gain access through breaches of personal email accounts outside of the application. “The security of Robinhood...

Following yesterday’s $350 price lost for Bitcoin, the asset has remained relatively calm around $11,350. Most larger-cap altcoins have also seized the free-falls with Ethereum trading near $370 and Ripple above $0.24. Bitcoin Sits Tight Around $11,350 News broke out yesterday that police officers had taken away the founder of the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx. Although the company reassured users that funds are safe on the platform, the negative news had an immediate...