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The Texas-based cryptocurrency mining firm – Core Scientific – produced 1,334 BTC in August and sold 1,125 BTC of that stash for approximately $25.9 million. In June this year, when the crypto market and bitcoin particularly dipped to record lows in years, Core Scientific parted with over 7,000 BTC for around $167 million. One of the leading crypto mining companies announced that August had been a highly successful month for the firm. In the past four weeks, it increased its...

Jeremy Allaire – CEO and co-founder of Circle – isn’t sweating over Binance’s latest decision to stop supporting trades for USD Coin (USDC).  In a thread on Tuesday, Allaire broke down why he thinks the development is not only good for Binance but ultimately a boon to USDC utility and adoption. Binance Converges Around BUSD On Monday, Binance announced that all of its customers’ existing funds held in USDC, USDP, and TUSD would be auto-converted into Binance USD (BUSD) on...

The love affair between Elon Musk and Dogecoin is continuing. Despite falling crypto prices and a market that’s never appeared more uncertain, Musk has emerged in recent days to say Dogecoin is the only digital currency that’s truly worth anything and that the coin doesn’t take itself “too seriously.” He also praised its “transactional output.” Elon Musk and Dogecoin: A Match Made in Digital Heaven Musk has been much fairer to Doge than he has to assets like bitcoin, for...

The usability of cryptocurrencies is growing despite the market challenges in the past few months; many projects have come up with new use cases in NFT, DAO, and DeFi. Despite this development, the crypto market has recently suffered many hacks, which is scary because no investor will want to invest in tech and lose his money to hackers. Crypto investors lost $2 billion to hacks in 2022. The figure is expected to grow rapidly because crypto investors have lost more funds...

ADA price started a fresh increase above the $0.45 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $0.47 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.480 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex). The price could gain bullish momentum if it stays above the $0.480 support zone. Cardano price is showing positive signs above $0.480 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. ADA price could...

Ethereum price started a major increase above the $1,600 level against the US Dollar. ETH price is now trading above $1,600 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $1,570 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could gain bullish momentum if it clears the $1,700 resistance zone. Ethereum price is rising above the $1,600 level against the US Dollar. ETH/USD could rise further if it...

Despite what appears to be an ongoing hatred for bitcoin and endless attempts to rid itself of the world’s number one digital currency by market cap, China still holds a rather strong position in the crypto market. China Still Hosts a Lot of Mining Just over a year ago, China shocked the world by announcing that it was going to end all bitcoin and crypto mining operations within its borders and it declared the process of extracting units from the blockchain illegal. The...

iFX EXPO Asia 2022 is scheduled for 13-15 September and will take place in Bangkok for the first time ever. The largest financial B2B EXPO will be held in the impressive Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld and will bring together thousands of top professionals from online trading, financial services and fintech industry from all over the world. This iFX EXPO Edition’s Highlights The first EXPO day kicks off with a candid “Industry Inside Out”...

Stellar lumen price started a fresh decline from the $0.114 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.1040 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.1040 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a major increase if there is a clear move above the $0.1080 resistance zone. Stellar lumen price is trading below $0.1080 against the US Dollar,...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.3600 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.350 and near the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.3320 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could start a steady increase if it clears the $0.3320 and $0.3450 resistance levels. Ripple price is consolidating above $0.300 against the US Dollar,...