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Good news came from Eastern Europe as the legislative arm of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, has reportedly adopted an amended draft law that seeks to introduce cryptocurrencies as a legal means of payment and investment within the country.According to a report, this development is an effort to work in accordance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) global standard for cryptocurrencies, which requires participating countries to provide guidelines for their individual crypto space. The...

Ever since its launch last year, Tezos has done quite a lot to improve its feats and keeps on doing so. As the company appears to continue with innovations and partnerships, some of the community is arguing that Tezos might be skyrocketing soon, resembling Ethereum’s surge from 2017.Is Tezos The New Ethereum?2017 was arguably the most intriguing year among all cryptocurrencies. While Bitcoin’s price skyrocketed to almost $20,000, Ethereum made a remarkable performance, as well. It started the...

Bakkt, the Bitcoin Futures trading platform of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has just announced that it’s rolling out cash-settled Bitcoin futures and monthly options. The platform sees an increasing volume over the past week, signaling further institutional involvement.Bakkt’s Cash-Settled Futures ContractAccording to an official publication by Adam White, COO at Bakkt, the platform has rolled out a cash-settled Bitcoin futures contract.So far, Bakkt was only offering...

Bitcoin trading volume in Argentina has broken the all-time high record again at the start of December. It comes just after the new president-elect has chosen a new cabinet seeking the Peronist agenda and possibly going against IMF’s involvement in the country.Bitcoin Trading Volume At ATHAccording to the popular monitoring resource Coin.Dance, the volume of Bitcoin traded on LocalBitcoins, has surged to a new all-time high during the first week of December 2019. In the past seven days,...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the US has long been trying to figure out the best way to single out and tax cryptocurrency holders. The authority has issued a new draft form which aims to obtain essential information regarding the acquisition, exchange, and sale of Bitcoin and other virtual assets.Do You Own Any Bitcoin?Cryptocurrency taxation has long been one of the hot topics amid regulators throughout the entire world. When it comes to the US, in particular, when an investor...

This year is coming to its end, and, naturally, it’s time to wonder what’s the next big thing in the world of Bitcoin. CryptoPotato had the chance to meet and talk with one of Bitcoin’s most famous proponents and industry experts, Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, co-founder and managing partner at the venture capital fund Morgan Creek Capital.Blockchain Not Bitcoin: It Takes Time An ongoing argument among the crypto community and regulators is the ‘blockchain, not Bitcoin’ narrative. This is...

There are many ways in which cryptocurrency trading resembles the traditional ones, but there are just as many differences, as well. That’s why it’s possible to use regular definitions, but they need to be appropriately adjusted and related according to the specifics of cryptocurrencies.Price gaps, for example, are something seen quite regularly within traditional markets, and we can already see them becoming a factor to consider when it comes to Bitcoin price analysis as well.What Are Price...

Ethereum, one of the world’s most popular networks for the deployment of smart contracts and development of decentralized applications (DApps), has undergone a hard fork. Dubbed ‘Istanbul,’ the system update adds new features and improvements to the existing solution.Ethereum’s Istanbul Hard Fork Goes LiveEthereum’s network underwent its long-awaited hard fork called Istanbul. It took place at block number 9,069,000, and it represents the third network-wide upgrade in 2019. Interestingly...

2019 is approaching its end, and while many crypto enthusiasts have marked 2020 as the next Bitcoin bull-run, it is mostly because of the anticipated halving event.While there is a consensus that the halving will propel Bitcoin price to new highs, some analysts see the cryptocurrency visiting lower values before we can even start speaking about any possible bull-run.Bitcoin started 2019 at $3,700, skyrocketed to $13,880 on the 26th of June, retraced, surged back up, and most recently pulled...

Bitcoin seems to be charging at $7,600 as it marks a slight increase of around 2.1% in the past 24 hours. The cryptocurrency seemed stuck in the same confluence price zone between $7,300 and $7,400 but has managed to break above it, and it now trades at around $7,550.As CryptoPotato reported earlier, an important resistance level to watch for is $7,700, which is where the bullish spike reached out. However, to see a real market reversal, we would have to see Bitcoin closing above $8,000. In...