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The president of the crypto services company, Crypto Capital, has been arrested by authorities in Poland for his alleged involvement in the crime. Ivan Manuel Molina Lee was recently picked up by Polish police under the accusation that he is deeply involved in several illegal activities including being a member of an international drug dealing cartel as well as money laundering accusations which were allegedly done by him using Bitfinex.According to local Polish media platform RMF24, Molina...

Bitcoin cash price declined heavily and traded below the $220 and $211 supports against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher and it is trading above the $211 level.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $218 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair must break the $218 and $220 resistance levels to continue higher in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is facing a strong resistance near $220 against the US Dollar. If...

The cryptocurrency market entered a modest recovery on Thursday, though bitcoin lagged its altcoin peers following a major technical breakdown earlier in the week. At just over 65%, the bitcoin dominance rate has fallen to its lowest level since July. Crypto Market Update Crypto markets bottomed near $203 billion on Wednesday following a more than $20 billion dump during the prior session. It was the first time since May that markets threatened to fall below $200 billion in...

Well, it looks like bitcoin’s fall to $7,400 yesterday was no fluke. It was reported that the currency was potentially moving back up the financial ladder after its initial drop, though now it seems like it has fallen back into the $7,400 range, and many are wondering if bitcoin has what it takes to gain further momentum.Bitcoin Is in Hot Water All Over AgainThe last month has been extremely difficult for the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Things initially got ugly in late...

After Wednesday’s crypto crash that left bitcoin trading at the $7,500 level, many investors never thought they’d see this kind of buying opportunity again. Now market leaders are predicting that the BTC price could have further to fall before regaining its upward momentum alongside improving fundamentals, which if they’re right could play out before the end of the year. Still the bitcoin price downturn has taken a toll on sentiment in the crypto market. As a veteran trader, bitcoin...

It has become known that in less than 2 months, Bakkt will introduce its regulated options contract for Bitcoin futures by December 9, 2019.  According to the blog post published by the company,  for the launch of these BTC options, Bakkt will use its Monthly Bitcoin Futures contracts.This will be a major milestone for Bakkt driving further the institutional participation in the crypto market. Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler made the announcement today. In a blog post, she wrote:“We’re committed to...

Photo: Binance / TwitterBinance, easily the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, has announced today that it has opened deposits for users in Nigeria, to easily trade cryptocurrencies, using the Nigerian Naira (NGN). Binance has stated that deposits are immediately open for users to directly use the NGN to buy and sell select digital assets. This new feature was made possible through a partnership with the Nigerian payment technology company, Flutterwave.According to an...

PayPal Holdings Inc. has announced its earned figures in its quarterly report for the third quarter, showing a notable increase in the company’s volume of total payment. According to its report, the company pulled in a $4.38 billion revenue, representing a 19% increase.Furthermore, the company’s earnings per share also increased, going higher than the proposed estimate by market analysts. Experts had estimated a 52 cents per share earnings but PayPal surpassed this, hitting 61 cents which is...

After a few weeks of sideways action, Bitcoin experienced a severe price plunge yesterday, resulting in the lowest price since May this year. The trading volume picked up with the rising volatility. Binance Futures Exchange seemingly caught the tide, and the volume reached its all-time high.Binance Futures Volume ImprovingBack in September, Binance announced the acquisition of a futures exchange. Shortly after, the company launched Binance Futures, allowing traders to use a leverage of up to...

Tech-giant Microsoft released its earnings report from their first quarter on Wednesday but MSFT stock hasn’t shown any bigger movements. At the time of writing, however, the stock in premarket went up by 0.64% to $137.24.The results were better-than-expected meaning earnings came to $1.38 per share, excluding certain items. Analysts expected $1.25 per share. Revenue was $33.06 billion that was slightly more than analysts’ expectations of $32.23.Revenue grew 14% in the first quarter of...