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ADA price is trading in a bearish zone below the $0.40 support zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $0.38 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.3750 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The price could continue to move down if it stays below the $0.3750 resistance zone. Cardano price is struggling below $0.38 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA price could...

Ethereum price is moving lower from the $1,700 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading below $1,600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $1,600 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could recover, but it is likely to face sellers near the $1,580 resistance zone. Ethereum price is declining below $1,600 against the US Dollar. ETH/USD remains at a risk of more...

Cathie Wood, Founder and CEO of Ark Invest, continues to be bullish on Coinbase, whose share price is down by nearly 85% from its all-time high of $348.98 on November 12, 2021.   Making the third investment in two months and fourth since November, Ark Invest acquired $9.2 million worth of COIN shares on Friday, media reports asserted.   A Bloomberg report from three months ago said Ark Invest made $56 million worth of Coinbase shares in November 2022 alone. Ark Invest’s COIN...

Circle – the issuer of the world’s second-largest stablecoin, USDC – reportedly warned the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) last Autumn that Binance has been mismanaging its token reserves. This came months before Monday’s announcement that Paxos is ending its relationship with Binance surrounding BUSD, by order of the New York regulator.  Circle’s Private Warning As reported by Bloomberg, USDC alerted the NYDFS to blockchain-based signs that Binance did not...

Members of the Aave community – a widely used decentralized lending protocol – are mulling a freeze on BUSD after a wave of regulatory pressure against its issuer, Paxos, on Monday. A newly tabled governance proposal would freeze Aave’s BUSD reserve on its Ethereum market beginning in April, only allowing users to burn BUSD tokens for their underlying value.  Abandoning BUSD The proposal in question was tabled by Marc Zeller – an Aave community member and founder of the...

Robert Kiyosaki – the author of the bestseller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” – thinks bitcoin will surge to $500,000 by 2025 due to an incoming market crash and a consecutive distrust in the US dollar.  He has previously warned people to avoid traditional fiat currencies during uncertain times and focus on BTC or gold.  Kiyosaki’s Latest Advice The American businessman, investor, motivational speaker, and author predicted that markets are up for serious correction, which will trigger...

The US-based blockchain infrastructure platform – Paxos Trust Company – will stop the issuance of new Binance stablecoins (BUSD) from February 21.  Despite this, the firm said it has a “strong corporate balance sheet” and vowed to continue servicing new and existing clients. Ending the Relationship With Binance As directed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Paxos will halt minting new BUSD tokens next week (February 21). However, the entity will...

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Bitcoin had tapped $22,000 hours before the latest regulatory scrutiny coming from the US, this time going after Paxos and the BUSD stablecoin the company issues. Somewhat expectedly, the altcoins have reacted even worse, with HBAR, APT, FTM, GRT, and a few others dumping by double digits. Bitcoin Back Below $22K Bitcoin was performing a lot better at the start of the month when it pumped above $24,000 for the first time in over five months after the latest interest rate hike...