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Despite all the bitcoin rollout issues the country has been having as of late, El Salvador is not giving up on its crypto agenda, and the country has recently purchased as much as 150 additional BTC units. El Salvador Has Bought a Lot of BTC At the time of writing, the country boasts a stash of more than 700 individual bitcoin units, which are worth approximately $31 million at press time. This may not sound like much at first but considering that El Salvador is new to...

The bitcoin price is suffering today after the Evergrande Group in China took a hard fall. As the nation’s second largest property developer, the firm has too much debt – more than $310 billion – and is struggling to pay it back. The situation is causing many assets to experience nasty drops, bitcoin being one of them. Evergrande Is Leading to a Drop in Crypto Prices At the time of writing, bitcoin has fallen to roughly $44,000 per unit. Over the weekend, the asset was...

Bitcoin price started a major decline below the $45,000 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $44,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $42,850 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must settle above $44,000 to start a steady increase in the near term. Bitcoin price is recovering higher above $42,000 against the US Dollar. BTC could...

According to a recent study conducted by Bloomberg, the amount of energy used for crypto and bitcoin mining purposes in 2021 already outdoes all the energy used in 2020, and we’re not even three quarters of the way through the year. Crypto Mining Is Using a Lot of Electricity Some environmentalists are taking this as a bad sign. It suggests that people are not only mining more but may be increasing the carbon footprint that already stems from the mining industry. So far...

Fidelity Digital Assets – the cryptocurrency division of Fidelity Investments – has recently sent representatives of the firm to secretly meet with agents of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a means of pushing its new crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) further along the way. Fidelity Wants the SEC to Move Quickly Fidelity believes that the cryptocurrency industry is now large enough to push such a product, which has been making its way across SEC...

In the past, Ray Dalio – a billionaire investor that started the world’s largest hedge fund – has stated that the governments of the world could potentially try to ban or take one’s bitcoin units if the asset was to be successful enough. Ray Dalio Warns Crypto Fans of Possible Government Action Now, his warning has become even more dire, with Dalio saying that governments everywhere could potentially just try to “kill” bitcoin if it goes much further. He commented that...

Gary Gensler and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are really feeling the heat when it comes to developing new regulations surrounding the bitcoin and blockchain spaces. The agency is now working “overtime” as CNBC puts it to establish a new set of crypto-related rules designed to pause volatility and potentially keep traders (and their money) safe. Gary Gensler Is Now Under the Gun Gensler has commented in a recent statement that while he wants the space to...

It looks like China is still not done clamping down on the crypto mining space. Another region known as the Hebei province has agreed to comply with Beijing’s ruling that all crypto mining should be omitted from China’s workforce. The province is now claiming that the practice is illegal and must end within its borders no later than September 30. China Is Still Kicking Miners Out China shocked the world not too long ago when it decided that all crypto mining should...

Over the past few months, the idea of adding bitcoin or crypto to one’s retirement account has really picked up steam. There are many individuals out there that are looking for ways to diversify their portfolios as a means of preparing for retirement later in life, and thus they are looking to add cryptocurrencies to an IRA or similar product. a Crypto-Based IRA Doesn’t Have That Many Possibilities For many, inflation has become a very scary reality. Prices of goods and...

Square – a payment firm run by the head of Twitter Jack Dorsey – is joining a non-aggression pact against cryptocurrencies. The pact is designed to reduce patent lawsuits against crypto and blockchain companies and push the world of digital currency more toward mainstream territory. Square Wants Crypto Companies to Work Together The pact is known as the Open Invention Network, in which members like Square can pledge royalty-free access to certain patents, data, and...