Der Bitcoin-Hype - Woher kommt dieser Hype? Der Bitcoin als berühmteste Kryptowährung der Welt ist in aller Munde. Selbst Menschen, die ansonsten nicht so stark mit der Finanzwelt verwurzelt sind, kennen in den meisten Fällen den Bitcoin als Zahlungs- und Spekulationsmittel. Dieses liegt allen voran an der starken medialen Präsenz. Insbesondere im letzten Jahr erlangte der Bitcoin weltweite Aufmerksamkeit, welches auch mit der starken...
Read More »Bitcoin Pushes $42K, Ethereum London Hard Fork Now Live: The Weekly Crypto Recap
It was an exciting week in the cryptocurrency market with a lot of developments – both in terms of price and otherwise. Bitcoin went through a correction but managed to recover, while Ethereum’s long-anticipated London hard fork went live officially. Starting off with BTC’s price, the week was rather intense. Last weekend, we saw the cryptocurrency appreciating all the way up to $42K. The bulls were exhausted at this point, as multiple indicators started flashing overbought...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview August 6th: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Polkadot, & Chainlink
Bitcoin Bitcoin surged 8% today as it reclaims $40K but is just up 2% on the week. Last Friday, Bitcoin was trading inside an ascending price channel as it breached the January 2021 high at $42,000 to reach as high as $42,400 over the weekend. From there, BTC rolled over and broke beneath the ascending price channel on Monday. It then traded downward inside a descending wedge formation – best seen on the 4-hour chart. This wedge saw the price of BTC being driven lower until...
Read More »JPMorgan Grants Institutional Investors Access to Six Cryptocurrency Funds: Report
JPMorgan reportedly allowed its wealth management clients to get involved with half a dozen cryptocurrency funds over the past month. One of them – a new bitcoin fund created by the digital asset company NYDIG – is only available for private bank customers. New Crypto Offerings from JPMorgan According to a CNBC report, the American multinational investment bank – JPMorgan Chase & Co. – has provided its top customers with digital asset exposure to six cryptocurrency funds...
Read More »EQIFI Launches Suite of DeFi Products Powered by a Global, Licensed Bank
[PRESS RELEASE – British Virgin Islands, Aug. 6, 2021] Powered by EQIBank, Eqifi’s highly anticipated launch provides a single uniform platform for decentralized finance products. Eqifi, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending, borrowing and investing Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and select fiat currencies, launched its decentralized finance platform today, including newly introduced fixed- and variable-rate lending products, as well as an advanced yield...
Read More »Philipp Plein to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments: CEO Is a HODLer
Customers of the German fashion company Philipp Plein International AG will get the chance to buy products in digital assets instead of fiat money. The supported virtual currencies will be 15 and will include the leading ones – Bitcoin and Ethereum. ‘Cryptocurrencies Are The Future’ In a recent Instagram post, the fashion group Philipp Plein announced that it would start accepting payments in cryptocurrencies. The company’s clients can now pay for clothes, shoes, and other...
Read More »EIP 1559 Upgrade Goes Live as Investors Look to Its Impact on Ethereum (ETH) Price
Token burning is gradually becoming a vital phenomenon in the digital currency ecosystem, and it is set to place the Ethereum coin as a deflationary asset. The much-awaited Ethereum Improvement Protocol (EIP) 1559 upgrade has just gone live, ending months of anticipation for its arrival amongst the network users and investors. But now that the upgrade has gone live, the question of its significance needs to be reiterated, as it marks a new era that may end the fundamental challenge of the...
Read More »Anthony Di Iorio Interview: The Early Days of Co-Founding Ethereum and Why He’s Leaving the Crypto Industry
Anthony Di Iorio is a well-known figure in the cryptocurrency space. He got into Bitcoin back in its early days, went on to become one of the co-founders of Ethereum, and also founded and spearheaded the popular crypto infrastructure provider – Decentral. In this interview, we go in-depth on all of the above, and we also discuss the recent reports which revealed that he will be leaving the cryptocurrency industry. Being one of Ethereum’s co-founders...
Read More »Alkemi Network Partners With Nexus Markets To Bring Institutional DeFi To Exchange Users
[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, 5th August 2021] Alkemi Network, a recently-launched project designed to bridge CeFi users with DeFi, has integrated with Nexus Markets, a cryptocurrency exchange, and lending vault platform, to provide Nexus users with DeFi-sourced vaults wrapped in a familiar exchange interface. By utilizing Alkemi Network’s institution-grade liquidity platform, Nexus Markets is able to offer DeFi-level yields through its existing CeFi-based vaults,...
Read More »Hours to Ethereum London Upgrade: ETH Price Shoots to $2700
While there’s been all excitement surrounding the EIP-1559 implementation, some independent developers have pointed out some issues with debugging the Ethereum DApps post the upgrade. The wait is finally over and we are just four hours away from the upcoming London hard fork upgrade, the euphoria in the market is clear as the Ether (ETH) price has shot up more than 8% in the last 24 hours.At press time, Ethereum is trading 8.35% up at a price of $2681 and a market cap of $313 billion. The...
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