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With bitcoin’s price recovering more than $5,000 in a few days and heading towards a multi-day high, bulls have received further support that the asset may aim even further north. The popular Puell Multiple metric has displayed a buy signal for just the fifth time, with every previous occasion being “spot on,” according to analysts. Puell Multiple Buy Signs Developed by on-chain strategist David Puell, the Puell Multiple is calculated by dividing the daily issuance value of...

China’s crackdown on bitcoin mining has caused severe damage to local businesses. Owners of small hydroelectric power plants have decided to put for sale their operations, promising that they can be used for BTC mining. Illegal BTC Mining in China to Go on? As it has become painfully clear for the cryptocurrency community, China doesn’t favor Bitcoin. The world’s most populated nation tends to reiterate its ban on the industry frequently, but this May, it took things a step...

Mad Money host Jim Cramer is still bullish on Bitcoin, but instead of buying more BTC he went for Ethereum this time, claiming it can be used to buy more things like NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Cramer said a lot of money is coming to Bitcoin despite its current slump. However, he seems to have changed his mind again by buying more Ethereum instead.  “Bullish. Have to be. There’s too much money coming in,” says @JimCramer. “I went back...

The residents of India, known to be a gold-loving nation, increased their digital assets investments from $200 million last year to $40 billion this year. The exponential growth sounds impressive having in mind the hostile crypto restrictions, which the central bank maintains. Indians Admire Gold but Love Crypto The blockchain analysis company Chainalysis reported that the Indian population has started investing massively in crypto in 2021. According to the data, last year’s...

The financial analyst and Global Head of Equity Strategy at Jefferies – Christopher Wood – opined that the Chinese officials want no competition for its digital renminbi. That is why they enforced the crackdown on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies lately. China Cares About its CBDC Not Carbon Footprint Christopher Wood – the prominent financial analyst focused on the Asian market – surmised that there is more to the story behind China’s negative stance against crypto mining...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies cannot and should not replace fiat currencies, argued the former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. Additionally, he supported the popular narrative that counties should aim at adopting blockchain while averting from using BTC. Bitcoin Cannot Replace Fiat Speaking to the Greek Reporter, Varoufakis, who has never been a bitcoin fan, used the opportunity to bash the asset. He touched upon one of the most notable BTC merits – the...

Polygon, a full-stack scaling solution for Ethereum formerly, known as MATIC network, plans to launch an all-purpose scalable data availability layer dubbed Avail. Polygon to Launch a General Purpose Blockchain In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Polygon noted that Avail will provide foolproof data available while preventing data encoding proofs using erasure coding and polynomial commitments to create a two-dimensional data availability scheme. Avail is a blockchain...

The forthcoming regulations in South Korea, which will require exchanges to have a real-name account at a local bank by September, might push many smaller trading platforms out of business. They are reportedly planning to fight back by suing the government. CryptoPotato reported before that the Korean government plans to implement a new rule on cryptocurrency trading venues. It carries hefty fines on these companies, should they fail to comply with AML rules. After several...

The lower number of miners on the Bitcoin network has caused severe disruptions as the rate of newly-produced coins have dropped to just 58 new ones created in a day, says on-chain data. Furthermore, miners’ revenue has plummeted in the last month, while all eyes are on the upcoming difficulty adjustment. The Disruptions on the BTC Network CryptoPotato reported yesterday that the Bitcoin hash rate – the metric displaying the amount of computational work miners put on the...

The authorities of South Korea confiscated the cryptocurrency holdings of 12,000 people. The locals received charges of tax evasion, and 53 billion won or $47 million worth of BTC, ETH, and other digital assets were seized from them. The Largest Crypto Seizure for Back Taxes in Korean History Following a months-long investigation, the officials in the most populated South Korean province – Gyeonggi – targeted 12,000 wealthy residents under suspicion of tax avoidance. The...