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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority – FINMA – would reportedly require local digital asset providers to take additional steps in preventing criminals from employing cryptocurrencies. The watchdog would also turn its sight towards bitcoin ATMs as it believes that drug dealers often use these machines. FINMA Targets Criminals Operating with Crypto According to a Finews report, Switzerland’s financial regulator – the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority or...

Yesterday the crypto markets went through another bloodbath initiated once again by China. Bitcoin dumped by $4,000 in minutes but has managed to complete a partial recovery as of now. Most altcoins suffered even more, and some have failed to bounce off decisively, including ETH, which still stands below $3,000. Bitcoin’s Recovery Attempt The past few days were actually going well for the primary cryptocurrency. It had recovered from the sub-$40,000 price drop and added...

The Head of Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management – Dennis Lynch – believes bitcoin has the ability to gain in times of economic disruption and he referred to the asset as “anti-fragile.” ‘Bitcoin Is Like Kenny from South Park’ In a recent conference, the American businessman and executive at Morgan Stanley – Dennis Lynch, revealed his positive stance on bitcoin. He sees it as “anti-fragile,” meaning that it could resist market disorders and even prosper...

The entire market has been fairly uncertain throughout the past week, though one event stands out from the rest. On September 20th, Bitcoin’s price crashed to around $5,400 on Pyth Network oracle’s BTC/USD feed. Pyth is an oracle network based on Solana and it aims to bridge blockchains and real-world data. This is highly needed in the field of cryptocurrencies to provide relevancy, accuracy, and interoperability. However, on September 20th, between 12:21 and 12:23 UTC, the...

Following today’s events, Senator Pat Toomey says that the ongoing cryptocurrency crackdown in China is a considerable opportunity for the United States. Earlier today, reports revealed further regulatory pressure on cryptocurrencies in China. This time, the country seems to target mining and trading. Although not many of it was new, the announcement triggered a market-wide pullback, sending Bitcoin down to slightly above $40K. Senator Pat Toomey, representing the state of...

Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

There are no boring days in crypto, and this week, like a lot of others, has managed to definitively prove it. The past seven days have been an absolute rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market, so let’s start with Bitcoin. BTC’s price was sitting comfortably at around $47,500 last Friday and started improving slowly throughout the weekend. On Saturday, we saw an attempt at $49K, which was unfortunately rejected. On Sunday, the price retraced a bit, but nothing spelled...

Ethereum Ethereum is down a sharp 21% this week as the coin sits beneath $3000. The sell-off started on Monday when ETH slipped beneath the neckline of a head & shoulders pattern and the 50-day MA. Initially, the market found support at $3000 but would continue to fall beneath it on Tuesday to find support at $2770 (.786 Fib Retracement). ETH did rebound on Wednesday and Thursday as it climbed back above $3000. However, it lost another sharp 9% today, causing it to break...

Investors have shown a keen interest in the TOMI token since the team decided to launch presale access through an NFT collection. That NFT collection helped bring in funds for the team to reduce its TOMI token supply after the sale. Investors in the presale are looking at a 56,655% increase in value over the past 24 hours, confirming the project’s success. The TOMI IDO Is A Huge Success The Tomi team took an unusual approach to launch its token presale. Instead of doing...

The market suddenly turned red today following what seems to be another wave of regulatory efforts to crack down on cryptocurrencies in China. This left over $400 million liquidated in less than a day. As CryptoPotato reported, China continues with its efforts to further crack down on the entire cryptocurrency market. The country’s national bank issued a statement outlining that digital assets are banned, adding that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. While a...