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Bitcoin’s 2021 bull cycle was paused, not entirely stopped, and will resume, opined the founder of SkyBridge Capital – Anthony Scaramucci. In a new interview, the former White House Communications Director addressed the recent environmental issues and called Bitcoin a fully robust monetary network. Yesterday’s market crash that saw bitcoin sliding by more than $10,000 in minutes sent shockwaves among investors and commentators rushing to offer their opinion on the matter. The...

Scott Minerd – Global Chief Investment Officer and Chairman of Guggenheim Partners – compared the recent crypto market collapse to the ”Tulipmania’ in the 17th century. His current stance came somewhat unexpectedly since not long ago, he predicted a price of $600,000 for Bitcoin. Crypto Is a ‘Tulipmania’ The recent crypto market crash created an opportunity for numerous investors and influential people to express their predictions about the current state and future price of...

This collapse, catalyzed by Elon Musk’s tweets criticizing Bitcoin’s energy consumption, was exacerbated by several factors, including China, reiterating its anti-Bitcoin stance, a large short position on Bitfinex, and the necessity of a general correction in the overbought crypto space. Crypto-related hashtags are trending across the world, including #crypto, #buythedip, and #altseason2021. Bears Attack Bitcoin skeptics and critics felt vindicated today as BTC temporarily...

Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, just announced that he purchased over $150 million worth of bitcoins at an average price of about $36,800. In what some are calling ‘the greatest wealth transfer of the year,’ Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market at large plummeted over 50% before rebounding over 25% within hours. Amidst a slew of liquidations, several high-profile cryptocurrency advocates like Michael Saylor spoke out, reaffirming their bullish thesis, unexpectedly including...

The investment department of the large multinational financial service organization, Wells Fargo, is looking into offering cryptocurrency products to its institutional clients. A senior executive outlined the innovation in a recent interview and called bitcoin “a nice diversifier.” Wells Fargo Getting on the BTC Wagon? In a recent interview with BusinessInsider, Darrell Cronk, president of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII), highlighted the bank’s recent...

Analysts of the banking giant JP Morgan opined that institutional investors might withdraw from Bitcoin and turn their sight back to gold as the price of the primary cryptocurrency collapsed. Back to Gold The turbulent times for cryptocurrencies caused some analysts to doubt bitcoin’s merit as a store of value. According to JP Morgan experts, the recent crash of Bitcoin can reflect on the entire financial world. They seem to believe that many investors will panic-sell their...

The enhanced volatility in the crypto market continues to harm leveraged traders as the liquidations in the past 24 hours are more than $8 billion. Naturally, roughly 90% of all liquidations came from long positions. It’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market has seen better days. The entire capitalization saw around $900 billion evaporated in the span of a week. It all started with Elon Musk’s statement asserting that Tesla had stopped receiving bitcoin for its electric...

After the first successful parachain on Kusama is demonstrated, Polkadot will transition towards a complete main net launch, allowing for Wood’s dream of a scalable multichain platform to be completed. Testing Methodology The creation of parachains will be groundbreaking, but their viability must be tested thoroughly before deployment. Parachains are fine-tuned chains for specific purposes, and they benefit from a central security model (the Relay Chain), which protects them...

Latest reports from China reveal that self-regulatory bodies have reiterated a ban on financial institutions and payment companies from providing banking services to crypto traders and related entities. Per the original report, the move stems from high volatility in the crypto market, which reportedly exposes people’s property to risk. In a joint statement by three industry organizations in the country, China claimed that the rise and fall of crypto prices is “disrupting...

The largest Ethereum wallets have refused to dispose of substantial quantities of their holdings despite the massive turbulence that the asset experienced in the past week. At the same time, a study compiled by a researcher from the Ethereum Foundation estimated that once the network transitions from PoW to PoS, it will reduce the energy consumption by 99.95%. Ethereum’s Whales Have Not Sold The second-largest cryptocurrency has been among the best performers since the start...