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Binance is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by means of daily trading volumes. In the few short years since its launch, the venue went on to become a leading company in the industry. In fact, launching coins up for trade on the exchange has created the so-called “Binance Effect.” In short, when a cryptocurrency is selected and launched for trading on the platform, its price usually undergoes a substantial surge. Now, the CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, has hinted...

Atypical performance isn’t something new for cryptocurrency assets. Flash crashes and massive positive wicks have taken place in the past. Just yesterday, ETH went through something similar. The price of the asset shot up by almost 50% only to crash immediately down to $197 and settle to where it’s currently trading on Binance. ETH Price Going Crazy on Binance Perpetual Contract In the span of a few hours yesterday, October 28th, the price of ETH on Binance’s perpetual...

Cryptocurrencies, in general, will not help for the inclusion of unbanked individuals into payment systems and banks, claims Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga. However, the company is far from ignoring digital currencies altogether. Trying To Get 1 Billion Into The Banking System As per a recent news report, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, who’s on a mission to bank upwards of 1 billion unbanked people across the world, doesn’t see much of a use in digital currencies for that. Banga’s...

Bitcoin went on a roller-coaster ride in the past 24 hours from a new yearly high of nearly $14,000 to dipping below $13,000. Most altcoins mimicked their leader, and the total market cap has dropped by $15 billion. Bitcoin’s Wild 24H Ride As CryptoPotato reported yesterday morning, everything seemed to be going in BTC’s way. The cryptocurrency was surging and peaked at another 2020 high. In fact, with a price of $13,865, it came inches away from breaking last year’s record...

Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff has done it again: The notorious gold bug, famous for being the owner of the only Bitcoin wallet capable of forgetting passwords, claimed that this time —unlike his other failed predictions— Bitcoin is genuinely about to die . Shortly before the price correction on Oct. 20, 2020, the investor went on Twitter to unload his thoughts on the famous cryptocurrency, declaring it to be the worst bubble he’d ever seen. Schiff explained that the “level of...

Now the United States can boast a new crypto bank: Welcome Avanti. Avanti Financial Group, a firm founded by the former managing director at Morgan Stanley, Caitlin Long, announced that it had been granted a license to offer banking services by the Wyoming State Banking Board. Avanti is The Second Crypto-bank Operating in the United States With this decision, Avanti becomes the second crypto company to receive a banking license after the crypto exchange Kraken was also...

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced today the launch of a Visa debit card, allowing customers to spend digital assets for everyday purchases. According to the official statement, the Coinbase Card will provide clients the opportunity to earn up to 4% back in cryptocurrency rewards. It will be available in nearly 30 countries, including the US, the UK, and across Europe. It will be connected to customers’ Coinbase accounts, and they can spend the...

Former hedge fund manager and CEO of Real Vision, Raoul Pal, believes that the real impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is about to reach the financial markets. By outlining several upcoming cornerstones among traditional financial assets, he highlighted Bitcoin as the “life raft” in this situation. Raoul Pal: Everything Has Changed In a recent Twitter thread, the Wall Street veteran outlined the rapidly growing COVID-19 cases worldwide. The total number of infected has neared 45...

Michael Saylor, the founder and CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company MicroStrategy, has revealed that he personally HODLs nearly 18,000 bitcoins. Additionally, he announced that his company has instituted a new Bitcoin-oriented treasury reserve policy and plans to make further BTC purchases. Michael Saylor Owns 17,732 Bitcoins The CEO of MicroStrategy has a somewhat compelling history with Bitcoin. As CryptoPotato reported recently, he said in 2013 that BTC’s days are “numbered.”...

There’s never a boring day in the cryptocurrency field. Yesterday, the entire community was ecstatic as Bitcoin’s price made a run for the 2019 highs. Unfortunately, it came inches away from it and started to retrace. Today, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization is down about $15 billion since its most recent peak hours ago. Bitcoin Price Down $700 in Hours Crypto bulls would have to wait another day as the most recent surge has been halted. Bitcoin’s price lost...