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Francis Suarez strongly disagreed with Jamie Dimon’s opinion that bitcoin is “worthless.” The primary cryptocurrency has intrinsic value, while its underlying blockchain technology is “the most secure, most decentralized blockchain on the planet,” the Mayor said. Suarez Vs. Dimon Miami’s Mayor – Francis Suarez – and JPMorgan Chase’s CEO – Jamie Dimon – are, by all means, in the opposite corners when opining about the merits of bitcoin. While the top politician is one of the...

The consequences of the Chinese ban on anything crypto, including mining, have led to a massive flippening as the USA has surpassed China in terms of Bitcoin hash rate share, showed recent data. The Demise of the Chinese Hash Rate Empire Although bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency industry have been banned within China’s borders for almost as long as they exist, the country was responsible for the majority of the BTC hash rate for a long time. In fact, no other nation...

SEBA Bank, a fully regulated Switzerland-based financial institution that offers several crypto services to its clients, announced that customers will now be able to earn yield on their digital asset holdings. SEBA Launches Yield Earning According to an official press release, SEBA Bank has launched a new institutional-grade solution dubbed SEBA Earn, which will allow crypto holders to earn yield on their digital currencies. The bank noted that the sharp growth witnessed...

Elliptic – a London-based blockchain analytics firm – has secured $60 million in Series C funding led by Japanese investment manager SoftBank Group and American multinational Wells Fargo. The funds will be used to accelerate cryptocurrency adoption by global financial markets.  Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption by Large Institutions Elliptic announced the disclosure of a $60 million fundraising in a press release on October 11th. The company plans to use the funds to...

Simón Bolivar International Airport, also known as Maiquetía, plans to enable customers to purchase airline tickets using digital assets. according to a recent report. Bitcoin Could Take You in The Air Local news media reported recently that Maiquetía International Airport could soon jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon by allowing clients to pay for tickets and other services in Bitcoin, Dash, and Petro – a digital asset issued by the Venezuelan government. Freddy Borges –...

Celsius Network– a leading cryptocurrency lending platform – recently received a $400M investment from equity firm WestCap and investment group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). With this, Celsius is now valued at over $3 billion USD. New Funds For Celsius As stated in a press release, the company’s new proceeds will go towards expanding its product offerings and further bridging crypto to traditional finance. It will specifically focus on developing products...

Decentralized blockchain interoperability solution, Wanchain, has recently announced the integration of its non-custodial cross-chain infrastructure with the sharded heterogeneous multi-chain blockchain network, Polkadot. Wanchain Connects Polkadot to Other Networks According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Wanchain has deployed several direct bridges connecting Polkadot to other blockchain protocols, including Ethereum, Moonriver, Wanchain, and Avalanche. The...

Bitcoin has been on a roll since the start of October and the past week in particular. It traded below $50,000 on October 5th but reclaimed that coveted line in the following days and kept climbing upwards. It charted a multi-month high just shy of $58,000 hours ago, meaning a 17% increase in the span of a week. Usually, when BTC goes up, most alternative coins tend to follow suit at least against the dollar. This doesn’t seem to be the case now as the majority have lost...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced a $1 billion fund to further accelerate the development of projects in the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem. Binance has just announced that it plans to put aside $1 billion towards the development of projects based on the Binance Smart Chain. According to the official release, the program will be divided into four groups, each one of which aimed at different goals and challenges. $100 million will go towards...

Although the regulatory approval is still pending, the popular blockchain project Elrond Network has already agreed to purchase Capital Financial Services S.A – the company licensed to operate an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in the Euro Economic Area. The press release shared with CryptoPotato explained that Capital Financial Services S.A. is a principal member of two of the largest global financial corporations – Visa and Mastercard. This allows the firm to provide...