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The price of bitcoin has skyrocketed in recent days, and the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has reached a new all-time high. At the time of writing, bitcoin is trading for roughly $66,000 per unit. Bitcoin Is Bigger and Better Than Ever The journey of bitcoin has been a long and arduous one. No doubt it has come with many hardships, but it has also seen many significant joys – just as it is today. At $66,000, bitcoin has never been higher. 2021 marks a...

Pacaso – a leading real estate firm – has announced it will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments from users looking to purchase or invest in a second home. Pacaso Is Allowing Crypto Payments for Second Homes The property in question cannot be a first-time buy. The company wants to ensure the customers in question have a little experience in the real estate market before they commit to a cryptocurrency-based purchase. That said, Pacaso realizes that digital currencies...

Following the past several days of surging higher and higher, BTC corrected hard in the past 24 hours and even dipped below $60,000 briefly. Most altcoins followed suit, and the entire market cap lost more than $150 billion since its peak earlier this week. Bitcoin Lost $7K in Days The main focus in the cryptocurrency space in the past week or so was on the first-ever Bitcoin Futures ETF going live in the United States on Tuesday. The euphoria for such a long-anticipated...

[Featured Content] In recent months, DeFi-based non-fungible token (NFT) games have been pumping to record highs, accumulating tens of thousands of users globally.  They adopt the play-to-earn business model that allows gamers to earn crypto rewards while playing their favorite games.  There are thousands of NFT games already in the market, and more are being launched every day. But even with the long list of games available, blockchain gamers are still looking for something...

A bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) has finally made its way to the middle of North America. The United States has long awaited the introduction of a bitcoin ETF after many years have gone by of companies submitting applications only to have them rejected ungraciously. A Bitcoin ETF Has Made Its Way to the U.S. This new product is being offered by Pro Shares and is being traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It trades under the ticker BITO, and investors...

To say that last week was exciting would be a serious understatement. Bitcoin went on to chart a brand new all-time high at around $67K, we saw the approval of the first-ever futures BTC ETF in the US, a massive flash-crash on BinanceUS, and a correction towards $60K. Let’s dive in. Starting with Bitcoin. The price was trading around $62K last this time last week and even dipped below $60K briefly on Monday. However, the market was propelled higher from then, and this...

Coinbase is helping Facebook launch its latest cryptocurrency project Novi, a digital wallet. The product launched early Tuesday morning and Coinbase – one of the world’s most popular digital currency exchanges – was hired to assist with the logistics of the wallet. Coinbase Is Facebook’s Knight in Digital Armor The social media giant is offering a batch of varying digital currencies to users that will be stored on Coinbase. These assets are available to anybody who...

The US branch of the leading cryptocurrency exchange explained that yesterday’s severe flash crash that saw BTC’s price dumping from $65,000 to $8,700 in mere seconds was because of a bug in the trading algorithm. CryptoPotato reported yesterday when the price of bitcoin nosedived from its near all-time high level to below $10,000 on Binance US. Other trading platforms, such as Kraken and FTX, also saw flash crashes as BTC dropped more on those two exchanges than it did in...

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Ethereum This week, Ethereum managed to rally over 8.5% and nearly touched the all-time high at $4,380, missing it by $5 (Bitstamp). The momentum remains bullish and the price is in a steep uptrend as shown by the trendline which is currently acting as support around $4,000. A break below this level can push ETH back to the next support found at $3,500. The resistance at $4,380 continues to hold, at least until another attempt is made by the bulls to break it. Considering...