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Is bitcoin on the verge of striking the $12,000 mark?Bitcoin Is on a Serious RollIt sure looks that way considering how high bitcoin has been moving over the past two weeks. Initially crossing the $10K mark and breaking that psychological barrier, the currency then rose past $11K, a step many people didn’t expect the digital coin to take. Now, at the time of writing, bitcoin is continuing its present ascension and is trading for $11,353, the highest it’s been in roughly one year.The previous...

The alleged hacker behind the recent Twitter fiasco has allegedly been identified. 17-year-old Florida teenager Graham Clark has been arrested and is now facing up to 30 separate felony charges for potentially “scamming people across America.”Graham Clark: The Man Behind the Mask?The recent Twitter bitcoin hack that took place on July 15 is among one of the most well-known and prominent bitcoin-based scams to occur in the history of the space. Several high-ranking accounts – such as those...

The amount of hodling that is occurring in the bitcoin space has increased tenfold. According to a new chart unveiled by Unchained Capital, the number of bitcoin holders that haven’t moved their digital funds over the past year has surged to an all-time high.Hodling Has Reached an All-Time HighThis makes perfect sense when one considers the economic conditions people everywhere are facing. The coronavirus pandemic has caused major shifts in global economies. Fiat currencies have lost much of...

Die Philippinen sind ein südostasiatisches Land im Westpazifik und umfassen mehr als 7.000 Inseln. Wie schon andere Länder in den vergangenen Monaten, zieht jetzt auch die philippinische Zentralbank in Betracht, eine eigene Digitalwährung einzuführen. In einer online Presseerklärung wurde bekanntgegeben, dass ein Ausschuss gegründet wurde, der die mögliche Einführung einer digitalen Währung prüfen wird. Auch die Philippinen gehört nun zu...

Goldman Sachs ist weiterhin kein Freund des Cryptomarktes. Trotz der aktuellen Marktsituation rät man weiterhin seinen Kunden davon ab, Bitcoin ins Portfolio aufzunehmen. Offenbar glaubt man bei Goldman Sachs generell nicht daran, Portfolios gegen Inflation umfangreich abzusichern, denn man sprach sich nun sogar gegen Gold aus.Crypto News: Goldman Sachs spricht sich gegen Bitcoin und Gold ausWer nicht daran glaubt, dass der BTC die Währung eines neuen Massenmarktes werden kann, muss zumindest...

XRP saw a strong 9.5% surge today as it reached as high as $0.27.This price increase caused XRP to create a fresh 5-month high.Against Bitcoin, XRP is recovering as it finally managed to break above the 100-days EMA at 2200 SAT.XRP/USD: XRP Bulls Reach Fresh 5-Month HighsKey Support Levels: $0.255, $0.245, $0.234.Key Resistance Levels: $0.27, $0.282, $0.29.XRP managed to surge by 30% this week. The coin had started the week by trading beneath the 200-days EMA at $0.21. From there, it broke...

Bitcoin shows no signs of slowing down. After painting a fresh high for 2020, the cryptocurrency continued to push, reaching $11,745 on Binance.In any case, BTC is not the only cryptocurrency that’s ripping this week. Ethereum (ETH) is also making tides on its own.Bitcoin’s Highest Monthly Close Since Dec 2017There’s currently no doubt that the bulls are back, and Bitcoin’s price is feeling their presence. As CryptoPotato reported earlier today, the state of the market is currently parabolic,...

Central bank digital currency (CBDC) fever appears to be heating up across the APAC region as The Philippines announces plans to study the possibility of issuing its own sovereign virtual “coin.”Committee to Study Modalities for Possible CBDC IssuanceAccording to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday (July 29, 2020), the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) governor, Benjamin Diokno, revealed that the central bank has set up a committee for a potential CBDC project. The group will consider the...

Green is the predominant color in the cryptocurrency markets, with some massive gains across the leading cryptos. Bitcoin marked a new yearly high of above $11,700, while Ethereum exceeded above the $350 level.Bitcoin Rejoice At A New Yearly HighBitcoin’s first days in July were rather dull as it traded sideways in a tight range. It appears, however, that the primary cryptocurrency doesn’t want to repeat this dullness in August. During the past three days, BTC headed upwards from about...

Today is the first day of August, and this means that a few hours ago, the monthly candle of July closed.A surprising fact is that only once in its history, Bitcoin had recorded a monthly close higher than yesterday’s – and that was during December 2017 – the peak of the bubble.After two months of dull price action, while Bitcoin was mostly traded at around $9200, there came the breakout. And what a breakout it was.Looking at the following weekly chart, we can clearly see that the current...