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Coinbase chief slammed crypto exchange FTX over their excuses for an accounting error. Brian Armstrong said that FTX clearly stole customers’ money by moving funds to Alameda Research.After all, what’s transpired in the crypto space with the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, industry heavyweights have weighed in with their opinion. Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong lashed out at FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for his handling of customer funds. As we know, SBF has been giving public interviews...

Stellar lumen price is showing bearish signs below the $0.090 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.0900 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key contracting triangle forming with resistance near $0.090 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a decent increase if it clears the $0.090 and $0.092 resistance levels. Stellar lumen price is trading below $0.0920 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. XLM price...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.4100 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading near $0.3940 and near the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.3900 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could start a fresh increase if it clears the $0.400 and $0.410 resistance levels. Ripple price is struggling below $0.410 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. XRP...

With bitcoin firmly standing below $20,000, it’s visible that the bear market still remains in the spotlight, which harms native businesses. Miners and exchanges have been hit the hardest. Amid numerous trading platforms laying off staff members, the latest to join this trend is Bybit. Bybit to Cut Off 30% of Staff The overall cryptocurrency landscape is significantly different than what it was a year ago when prices were riding high, and there were new ATHs charted...

Samuel Bankman-Fried took Do Kwon’s spot by becoming the most talked-about and arguably hated person in the cryptocurrency industry in November when his empire collapsed, and the community found out about his dirty laundry. The latest to join the bashing fest is Coinbase’s CEO – Brian Armstrong – who had some strong words to say about people believing SBF’s most recent story. Don’t Believe SBF After a few weeks of staying quiet in the dark, Bankman-Fried finally broke his...

The collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX will go down as one of the darkest moments in crypto’s history. The company experienced severe liquidity issues in November and couldn’t honor the withdrawal requests of its customers.  Binance – the world’s largest crypto platform – was ready to acquire the exchange but, after auditing, walked away from the agreement. FTX could not find a solution and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, while CEO Sam Bankman-Fried...

Vitalik Buterin – the man behind Ethereum, the world’s second largest digital currency by market cap and the number one competitor to BTC – has announced that he doesn’t think right now is the best time for a crypto-based ETF (exchange-traded fund). Vitalik Buterin: It’s Not the Time for a Crypto ETF To be fair, such a product already exists. It was introduced by Pro Shares during autumn of last year, and it stirred heavy controversy by being based on futures technology rather than actual...

Bitcoin’s price is approaching a significant level, which could prove decisive for the mid-term trend of the market. Although there are some positive signs on the technical charts, it remains too early to decide whether a new bullish phase is on the horizon. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart: On the daily chart, Bitcoin’s price has been forming a large falling wedge over the last few months. The price has recently bounced back from the lower boundary of the pattern...

As it typically happens during the weekend, the trading volumes have gone down, which results in little-to-no price movements for BTC. Most altcoins are in a similar position, with a few exceptions. Dogecoin is among them, following a 6% daily increase. Bitcoin Boring at $17K Last weekend was quite dull in terms of price actions, and BTC spent most of it around $16,500. Monday started with a price drop towards $16,000, but the bulls intercepted the move and didn’t allow any...

Scams have been rampant this year despite the market slowdown. A new type of sneaky crypto scam with front-running scam bots on YouTube has shot up six-fold in 2022. These types of frauds attract users by posting advertisements on social media claiming to teach you how to make thousands of dollars of money in a day using a front-running bot. When clicked, these ads link users to a YouTube video showing how to create and deploy a front-running script to generate “profits.”...