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US billionaire entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, continues with his controversial approach towards bitcoin. After continuously asserting that he would prefer bananas over BTC as they have more utilization, Cuban said recently that public companies should, in fact, learn from the primary cryptocurrency.Cuban On BTC’s Limited Supply And Mavericks PromotionThe 62-year old entrepreneur is among the most well-known American billionaires following his participation on the...

The world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a “European-style” Vanilla Bitcoin Options contracts priced and settled in Tether (USDT) aimed at institutional and advanced investors.European-style BTC Options on BinanceThe Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the latest addition to its portfolio of digital asset products in a press release shared with CryptoPotato.The announcement reads that Binance has completed a testnet trial of the new BTC options contracts in...

There has reportedly been yet another DeFi exploit, which resulted in massive declines for its native token. This time, the victim was Cover protocol, and its COVER token crashed by almost 80% on Binance within minutes.COVER has tanked by almost 80% before recovering to its current trading price. Regardless, the cryptocurrency is still down more than 50% from today’s high.COVER/BUSD. Source: TradingViewThe team behind the protocol has so far failed to provide any explanation for the crash,...

Bitcoin futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have recorded the largest price gap to date of about $3,000. This came after a three-day Christmas break for BTC trading on the regulated exchange and a massive price jump for the asset resulting in consecutive all-time highs.Biggest BTC Gap On CMELaunched in late 2017, CME’s BTC futures product enables institutional investors to trade the primary cryptocurrency on a regulated platform. However, being a regulated establishment also...

The US Senate has approved a new stimulus package worth nearly $900 billion, including $300 billion for small businesses and direct payments of up to $600 for American adults. With the total economic relief amount surpassing $3 trillion since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question remains if these developments are inadvertent promotion for bitcoin.A Fresh US Economic Relief Of $900BNAs the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic infiltrated the Western World earlier this year,...

Bitcoin has been on an incredible run over the past couple of months. The price surged above the coveted $20,000 mark earlier in December and it shows absolutely no signs of slowing down, with a current all-time high at above $28,000.Bitcoin Price on SteroidsLess than three months ago, bitcoin’s price was slightly above $10,000 and it’s unlikely that anyone could have foreseen what followed.In October, the price started trending up and before we knew it, it had reached below $20,000. It was...

A record high of $26,940 has been reached by Bitcoin a few hours ago according to Tradingview.com. The move has added another 7.5% to the price of the king of crypto over the past 24 hours.Currently, prices had retreated slightly to trade at around $26,800 which is not far off the recent high and signs are still indicating that there is more bullish momentum which could push prices up to a whopping $30k or beyond.Chart – tradingview.comAnalyst, Josh Rager, put it simply;“Kind of wild that...

A survey conducted by the Australian crypto exchange Independent Reserve shows that over 90% of locals have heard of at least one cryptocurrency. At the same time, nearly one in every five respondents said that they own a digital asset.Crypto Awareness Among AussiesThe Australian-based exchanged highlighted that its Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index (IRCI) survey has reached out to “everyday Australians and reflects the nation as a whole,” instead of focusing on digital asset users.The...

With bitcoin’s price surging to a new all-time high on Christmas Day, the community has speculated on possible reasons. Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, Adam Back, believes that retail investors have finally arrived and driven BTC higher this time, instead of institutions.Back: Retail Pushed BTC To A New ATHBitcoin has exploded in value in Q4 2020, resulting in breaking above $20,000 for the first time and charting consecutive all-time highs. The main narrative behind this impressive...

The Canada-based financial technology company Mogo plans to make an initial corporate investment of over $1 million in bitcoin and increase the amount next year. The crypto-friendly fintech firm has joined the recent trend of sizeable corporations that allocate funds in BTC.Mogo To Allocate 1.5% Of Its Assets In BTCThe Vancouver-based fintech company announced its BTC-related plans earlier today. The statement reads that the firm intends to allocate 1.5% of its total assets as of the end of...