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Bitcoin’s price shot up in the past couple of hours in two massive consecutive green candles, leaving bears underwater and attempting to reclaim the coveted $40K level. Over the past two hours, bulls took complete control of the market momentum and managed to push BTC’s price to almost $40K (on Binance). This comes following a couple of green days after BTC dropped to $33K yesterday, charting a recovery of almost 20% in the interim. Source: TradingView In the meantime, data...

Trust Machines, a new venture co-founded by Stacks inventor Muneeb Ali and Princeton University Computer Science professor, JP Singh, has recently raised $150 million to expand the Bitcoin ecosystem as a Web3 platform. Bitcoin to Become a Web 3 Platform In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company noted that its goal is to create the largest ecosystem of BTC-based applications that “unlock Bitcoin’s potential as a final settlement layer for computing platforms and...

The technical indicators are showing weakness in the short term. The onchian activity of retailers as a reaction to volatile market is still rising. This can be translated to the high probability of a side chopping market in the mid-term. In a low trade volume phase, such as the current market condition, capitulation events are expected more than ever. Technical Analysis By: Grizzley Long-Term: On the daily timeframe, the recent uptrend was stopped by touching the low band of...

The government of El Salvador and the American financial technology provider – AlphaPoint – joined forces to improve the technology for the Chivo wallet. The feature allows access to bitcoin for millions of Salvadorans. Chivo Wallet With an Upgraded Version Last year, El Salvador put its name in the spotlight after becoming the first state to accept bitcoin as a legal tender inside its borders. The authorities also introduced the Chivo wallet – a crypto wallet where locals...

The world’s biggest corporate bitcoin holder MicroStrategy has reported a $146 million impairment charge on its digital asset investment. MicroStrategy Loses $147 Million in an Impairment Charge The day after MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor announced that his company bought 660 BTC worth $25 million, the firm reported a loss of $146.6 million in an impairment charge on account of its bitcoin holdings. Business intelligence software maker MicroStrategy said this in its Q4...

Meta (formerly Facebook) started the development of its own stablecoin Libra in 2019. Facing public backlash, it tried rebranding it to Libra. Now, Zuckerberg’s company finally gave up, selling Diem’s intellectual property to an investment bank. The former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, shared his views on the failed project with Michael Saylor, the man in charge of MicroStrategy. Meta’s mistake was working on a currency it owned – instead of using an open protocol like Bitcoin,...

While bitcoin is recovering from its massive 50% crash since reaching the ATH in November 2021, the onchain and technical indicator are not showing strong momentum and signs of a bull run renewal. The market structure is similar to 2021’s Jun – July bottom, and without a catalyst, a likely case for bitcoin is to be traded sideways in the mid-term. Technical Analysis By: Grizzley Long-Term: The Daily On the daily timeframe, by examining historical data of the previous two...

Minnesota Representative, a longstanding crypto supporter, might become the first U.S. Congressman to take his salary in Bitcoin. Rep Emmer to Be Paid in BTC? In a recent podcast interview with popular BTC bull Anthony Pompliano, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) noted that he would take a portion of his salary in Bitcoin. The host asked Rep. Emmer whether he would use a service that converts some of his earnings into the primary cryptocurrency. “Why not?” the Congressman said. “I think...

History shows that January tends to be a rather negative month for bitcoin in terms of price performance. The 2022 edition didn’t go well either, as it became the third-worst January in the past decade with a near 17% decline. January 2022 Ended With Substantial Retracement Ever since the middle of November, when the entire crypto landscape seemed highly bullish riding the waves of the first-ever Bitcoin futures ETF launching in the US, the market has been in a knockdown...

A large chunk of the bitcoins stolen from the infamous 2016 Bitfinex hack was moved by the hackers to an unknown wallet earlier today. Bitfinex 2016 Hacked Funds on the Move According to data from the live cryptocurrency transactions monitor Whale Alert, the hackers have moved over 64,000 BTC in 21 separate transactions. The first transfer was of 1 BTC, worth $38,750 at the time, perhaps as a test transaction. The hackers then made subsequent transfers of varying amounts. The...