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Nearly half of the UK residents aged between 18 and 29 admitted that their first investment was in digital assets. However, more than 50% of the youngsters used debt to purchase cryptocurrencies. Crypto is Attractive for The Young Britons A recent poll conducted by Opinium for the investment platform Interactive Investor revealed that 45% of 18-29-year-olds in the UK dived into the crypto market as a first-time investment in their lives. Out of all digital assets, bitcoin is...

Coinstar customers in Connecticut now have the option of purchasing bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Coinstar Is Bringing Bitcoin to the Masses Typically, those big green machines one sees in the corners of supermarkets and grocery stores allow a person to bring in all their loose change and trade it for paper bills. Now, however, these machines are permitting customers to exchange those coins for digital currencies, suggesting just how big and popular the space has...

While Bitcoin remains price bound and Tether borrowing rates are declining, NFT sales went parabolic in the first half of 2021, and some continue to thrive in a place of mainstream cryptocurrencies. The NFT marketplace is currently being dominated by a token related to the online game Axie Infinity, known as Axie Infinity Shards. The Axie Infinity platform. Source: AXS websiteDemand for Axie Infinity Shards Axie Infinity Shards (AXS) has increased almost 400% in price in less...

Dow Jones successfully revived itself from the previous loss of 260 points setting a new record high. Dow Jones has gained 448.28 points closing on the average value of 34,870.16 setting a new record high whereas S&P 500 also bounces back by 500 points earning a jump in value by 1.1% and closing on 4369.55 respectively. Nasdaq Composite also recovered from the recent market upheavals by closing at a record value of 14,701.92. While the three corporations experienced some mild drops in...

Bitcoin has bounced off from the recent lows and added about $2,000 at one point, but the trading volume still remains relatively low. The alternative coins are untypically stable since yesterday. However, there’re a few exceptions, including an impressive surge by EOS following a significant announcement from Bullish. Bitcoin Took a Swing at $34K The past several days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. The asset was trying to break above $35,000 on Wednesday, but...

As bitcoin continues to tank hard, Ethereum just keeps picking up steam. There are many financial analysts out there that seem to think the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market cap will soon rise to the occasion and potentially overtake the entire space. Ethereum Is Moving Up the Ladder Bitcoin has fallen – once again – to about $32,000 per unit, meaning it is now trading for half its mid-April value. The currency has undergone one of its biggest corrections...

Bitcoin failed to produce any notable gains over the past week, and the same can be said about the entire cryptocurrency market. It appears that the most recent regulatory clampdown in China and talks of legislation in other countries continue to take their toll. At the time of this writing, BTC is trading at around $33,500, which is more or less exactly where it was last Friday. It started pushing forward over the past weekend, but the advance was halted on Monday, at around...

[Featured Content] It is not unusual for blockchain and crypto-related firms to burn off a portion of their token supply. Token supply is regulated within the crypto market according to demand and supply and firms often burn off a portion of their supply to ensure that the tokens in the market do not exceed a certain number. This, in turn, ensures a healthier and more robust ecosystem. The latest of these companies to announce a token burn is Crypterium, a prominent crypto...

As mining difficulty increases in proportion to how many miners there are on the network, mining has become an increasingly exclusive club.The cryptocurrency industry is impossible to define. As soon as you think you can pin it down, it will surprise you. Perhaps more than any other major industry today, cryptocurrency is an industry of non-stop change. Nothing is ever settled, there is nothing written in stone. Platforms and projects that were on top of the world yesterday find themselves at...

AEC is not the first firm to repurpose a landmark of modern industry to generate cryptocurrency.Mechanicville, New York’s hydroelectric plant, has now been repurposed for Bitcoin mining. The plant owned by Albany Engineering Corp (AEC) is touted to be the oldest renewable energy facility in the United States.Built in 1897, the hydro-plant has suffered serious setbacks. In 1986, the National Grid brought in AEC to help revamp the plant. The deal would see them buy back energy from AEC at a...