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Well, well… The truth has come out. Despite Venezuela pushing for Petro adoption and allegedly threatening cryptocurrency miners, the country seems to have its own private stash of both bitcoin and Ethereum – and it has no idea what to do with it. Venezuela and Crypto: A Strange MixVenezuela has had a strange relationship with cryptocurrency. The country initially began pushing for widespread use of the Petro beginning in February 2018. The currency is allegedly backed by the country’s many...

Binance, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, on Thursday announced the launch its staking platform that will enable its users to earn cryptocurrencies for only depositing their funds on the platform.As per the announcement, the new platform is a value-added service that provides its users with a way of “earning staking rewards without the need to set up any nodes or worry about minimum staking amounts, time lengths, or any other technical requirements.”For a start, the...

A rather inspiring presentation from the head of Facebook’s Libra David Marcus seems to have inspired someone else as well and neither more nor less – Coinbase CEO himself. Yes, you’ve heard it right, Brian Armstrong came out as a real supporter of this, still developing stablecoin.The thing is that Libra is often represented as a project that carries labels such as “alienating”, “controversial” or even “poisonous”. Even though it still hasn’t come out at the light of the day, it has already...

Tom Lee of Fundstrat fame is back in the news, and he’s being very serious when he says the S&P needs to experience a breakout if bitcoin is going to gain its momentum back. Tom Lee: If BTC Is to Do Well, the S&P Must Do WellLee has commented about this in the past. He’s convinced that BTC and the S&P share some very strong ties, and when one drops, the other is sure to follow. As of late, there appears to be a hint of truth to what he’s saying in that as the stock market has...

Monolith, a project that makes it easier to spend ETH and ERC-20 tokens in real-life, announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Kyber Network (KNC) on numerous integrations.Monolith and Kyber Bring DeFi To The MassesAccording to the announcement, KNC can now be used to buy goods or services using Monolith’s Visa debit card. Monolith users are able to do this by exchanging and loading KNC onto their cards. Monolith users have the option to participate in voting and governance on KyberDAO...

Conspiracies concerning the manipulation of bitcoin futures may now have some grounds, as researchers claim to have found a "striking systematic trend" between BTC price action and futures expiry dates.Cries of foul play surrounding CME's bitcoin futures contracts are almost as old as the derivatives themselves. For months, the expiration date of the cash-settled contracts has inconceivably lined up with adverse price movements in bitcoin. Though purportedly coincidental, this occurrence has...

Is bitcoin being manipulated again? Bitcoin: the Target of More Tricks?In 2018, a report issued by John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas, showed that the currency was potentially being manipulated by tether during the previous year. It’s price spiked the way it did because people who owned tether would repeatedly use that currency to buy bitcoin, thereby pushing its price higher whenever BTC fell by even the slightest margin.This is what tied bitcoin to the U.S. dollar....

The bitcoin price (BTC) has dropped below a key support level in $8,000 and entered the $7,000 region for the first time since June amid a fierce sell-off in the cryptocurrency market.In an extended correction, the bitcoin price (BTC) dropped to $7,850 following a 15% drop in a steep cryptocurrency market sell-off. | Source: coinmarketcap.comOver the past five days, the bitcoin price has fallen from $10,100 to $7,850 in a 22 percent pullback against the U.S. dollar in arguably the steepest...

The last few days have been rather dramatic for the cryptocurrency markets, as most coins have marked double-digits losses. Bitcoin’s price shed $1,500 in one hour, which alarmed the community. However, the bigger picture engenders optimism, especially when we look back at the lows of 2018.2018 Versus 2019In late 2017, cryptocurrencies enjoyed price increases day after day, ultimately culminating in Bitcoin’s all-time high of $20,000. Some were caught off guard when the trend reversed in...

Der Markt ist eingebrochen. Deutlich. Gestern verlor der BTC gegen die Bären und dabei ungefähr 20 Prozent des Kurses, ehe bei knapp über 8.000 US-Dollar der Widerstand erreicht wurde. Der gesamte Markt folgte und schickte fast alle Altcoins in die roten Zahlen. Analysten sehen sogar noch eine weitere Abwärtsbewegung auf den Bitcoin zukommen.Bitcoin News: Wie tief es für den Bitcoin nach dem Markteinbruch noch gehtNach einem bisher sehr positiven Jahr für den Bitcoin, erlebte der BTC gestern...