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Leading digital asset Bitcoin hit $30K for the first time in almost a year amid prevalent gains in crypto stocks. Crypto stocks are rising, with players Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) and Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) leading gains. The duo is trading up at 11% and 15%, respectively, with prominent coin Bitcoin (BTC) also changing hands at $30K. As it stands, BTC price is up by more than 80% so far this year. Besides MARA and RIOT, other smaller crypto stocks also experienced...

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above the $28,000 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above $28,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break above a major contracting triangle with resistance near $28,400 on the 4-hour chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to rise if it stays above the $29,000 support zone. Bitcoin price is showing positive signs above $28,000 against the US Dollar. BTC...

The Chinese tax authority claim Bitmain was issued with a tax violations notice in August last year but has withheld paying individual tax income of about $2.4 million. Bitmain Technologies Ltd., a Beijing-based company that is well known for designing application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chips used in Bitcoin mining, has reportedly been fined approximately 25 million Chinese yuan, equal to about $3.7 million, for allegedly failing to pay personal income taxes in China....

The number 1 cryptocurrency in the world has amassed over 82% gains since the beginning of the year. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is a major beneficiary in the latest Bitcoin rally that pushed the crypto asset’s price to a new level. While the crypto market was in the red, many crypto-related stocks. MicroStrategy, which Bitcoin holding is worth 140,000, had a tough time before the recent rally. The company bought its first Bitcoin in August 2020, adopting the top cryptocurrency as a...

Arthur Hayes says Maelstrom is “patient” and is currently only seeking to invest in projects that can prove their worth. Erstwhile BitMex CEO Arthur Hayes plans to beat returns offered by Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Together with former BitMex head of corporate development Akshat Vaidya, Arthur Hayes founded Maelstrom Capital, a fund they plan would considerably outperform the top two largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. The Maelstrom website describes the company as Arthur Hayes’...

The infamous hack of the Mt. Gox crypto exchange in 2014 saw it lose 850,000 Bitcoin (BTC) overnight. The situation around repaying creditors of the defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange has reached yet another chapter. This follows after the just concluded registration exercise where clients who lost funds to the famous Mt. Gox hack were asked to come forward with their repayment information. In its most recent statement,  the exchange has confirmed that the time for registration has...

In a podcast, the Coinbase Institutional team delved into bullish and bearish scenarios for Ethereum and Bitcoin as ‘Shapella’ approaches.  Ahead of the Ethereum Shapella Upgrade, Coinbase Institutional weighed in on the mainnet upgrade’s potential impact on Ether and Bitcoin (BTC). In a YouTube podcast, the team provided insight into whether April 12th’s much-anticipated upgrade would further spur the ongoing crypto rally. The Coinbase Institutional team also discussed the bear market...

The Mintlayer sidechain allows users to build a decentralized ecosystem on the Bitcoin blockchain, opening it up to DeFi, Smart Contracts, Atomic Swaps, NFTs, and dApps.  Bitcoin sidechain Mintlayer has announced the launch of a $4 million open-source development grants initiative and the start of accepting applications. The grants program launch is the “first major ecosystem initiative in Mintlayer’s long-term development” and is reserved for projects that will directly benefit the...

MicroStrategy is unrelenting with its Bitcoin purchases as it recently spend more than $29 million on over 1,000 BTC. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) has continued amassing more Bitcoin and has purchased an additional 1,045 BTC. The business intelligence firm announced it spent $29.3 million on the recent purchase, at an average of $28,016 per Bitcoin. According to a tweet from co-founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s portfolio now has 140,000 Bitcoins. The company...

Coinbase reported that crypto assets like BTC and ETH could help Americans cut the cost of sending money internally, which contributes to the high remittance fees. American crypto company Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) explained in a recent report how crypto could help Americans save millions in remittance fees. According to the crypto company, Americans who rely on remittance fees face obstacles due to the disconnected global financial system. It also talks about how there is no universal...