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Bitcoin’s price saw a sudden vicious flash crash on one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – Bitstamp. The price lost upwards of $600 in a single candle that lasted less than a minute.Bitcoin Price Flash Crashes To $9,100 On BitstampThere are no boring days with Bitcoin. Just a few minutes ago, the price of the world’s leading cryptocurrency flash crashed on the popular exchange Bitstamp.The move was sudden and brutal, as seen in the chart below.BTC/USDT. 1 minute. Bitstamp. Source:...

An interesting Bitcoin transaction surfaced today, bringing back memories from 11 years ago in the distant 2009. 50 BTC mined back then were just transferred to another address.Bitcoin Mined in 2009 Just TransferredData from Blockchair reveals that 50 bitcoins mined in 2009 were just transferred to an unknown address.The transaction took place today, and it was included in block 631058. This is where things get interesting. The sending address only has two transactions carried out through it...

The cryptocurrency financial service company Bitcoin Suisse announced that it will start offering high-security staking for Tezos holders. The large organization claims that the addition comes after increased interest from institutional investors towards staking services for digital assets.Bitcoin Suisse To Offer Tezos StakingAccording to the announcement, the demand from institutional investors towards digital assets and various crypto-related financial products has been surging lately....

An education institution in China, training officials from the country’s Communist Party, has published yet another book on cryptocurrencies. The authors include the former Vice President of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), as well as other formerly high-ranked officials.China Continues Its Efforts in the IndustryAccording to a recent report from the local press, China’s Central Party School of the Communist Party has published another book from its Blockchain series.The authors of the book...

The American telecommunication company AT&T received a blow this week, as a US judge rejected a motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the firm. Last year, a California resident filed a complaint alleging AT&T of wittingly assisting hackers in a SIM Swap attack that robbed him of 1.8m worth of various cryptocurrencies.AT&T’s Motion RejectedSeth Shapiro filed a complaint last year against the large telecommunication company. It claimed that employees from AT&T had helped hackers...

Swiss-based fintech company and builder of marketplaces Lykke Corp has announced its new project in digital financing strategies The Open Initiative. It is dedicated to aiding governments and institutions around the globe with resourceful visions of how digital technology is capable of transforming the world supply chain and financial systems in a post-COVID-19 economy.The Open Initiative As A Global Call For ActionThe project has the role of putting even more reason into digital finance and...

Twitter saw the return of Vitalik Buterin vs. Justin Sun on May 19. The respective founders of Ethereum and TRON exchanged barbs over the matter of an imminent Steem hard fork, which will seize the funds of some of its users.If Steem Hardfork 0.23 goes ahead on May 20, over 23.6 million STEEM coins will be taken from multiple users: that’s roughly a bounty worth over $5 million.Buterin vs. Sun: Round 1Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin appeared on a Twitter thread concerning the alarming...

The growing interest towards staking has pushed the blockchain-based project Harmony to begin implementing it as well. Interestingly, another popular project which had its IEO on Binance Launchpad, namely MATIC Network, also recently elaborated on its staking service developments.Harmony Will Support StakingHarmony utilized the Binance Launchpad to have its IEO nearly a year ago. Now, in a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company announced the upgrade of its mainnet to support...

The largest investment bank in Latin America, Banco BTG Pactual, has launched a token on the Tezos (XTZ) blockchain. Known as ReitBZ, the security token is backed by Brazillian real-estate and has already been used with Tezos to buy 323 units of land.ReitBZ – From Ethereum to TezosReitBZ was originally launched on Ethereum in 2019. BTG Pactual’s decision to deploy the token on the Tezos blockchain marks a first in its history. The bank will use the token for future security token offerings...

After announcing plans to launch a new privacy coin called GHOST, John McAfee has received numerous accusations of plagiarizing the whitepaper.The popular cryptocurrency proponent responded today to the emanated controversy, calling it a “storm in a teacup.”GHOST ControversyAs CryptoPotato reported in mid-April, the former anti-virus software tycoon announced the upcoming launch of the new privacy coin GHOST. Outside of the website promising fast, cheap, and entirely anonymous transactions,...