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Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

El Salvador has been making huge headlines as of late. The country is among the first to declare bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – legal tender, meaning it can now be used to purchase items and services in the same way one might use fiat, credit cards, or even checks. El Salvador Might Be Doing Something Right However, the country has experienced some serious rollout issues, between people protesting that they don’t want life to change to...

What occurred in India’s cryptocurrency space a few years ago is now at risk of also occurring in Australia. The country’s financial laws have failed to keep up and include cryptocurrency, and thus many startup ventures delving in blockchain and in digital currencies are now at risk of losing the money and support they receive from standard banks. Australia Is Having Trouble in Its Crypto Space India saw a situation like this occurring just a few years ago. Many news...

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...