The market suddenly turned red today following what seems to be another wave of regulatory efforts to crack down on cryptocurrencies in China. This left over $400 million liquidated in less than a day. As CryptoPotato reported, China continues with its efforts to further crack down on the entire cryptocurrency market. The country’s national bank issued a statement outlining that digital assets are banned, adding that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. While a...
Read More »Trading and Mining Crackdown in China Escalates: Bitcoin Plunges $3K
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) published a document reminding that digital assets are banned within the country and added that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. As a result, BTC dumped by $3,000 in an hour. China’s negative stance on the cryptocurrency space has been wildly known for years, and the nation tends to frequently remind investors about it. The central bank highlighted the illegal status of digital assets once more on Friday. The statement also...
Read More »Bitcoin Retests $45K as Ethereum Stalls Around $3.1K (Market Watch)
Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...
Read More »Twitter Launches Support For Bitcoin Tips on Lightning Network. NFTs Could Come Soon
Twitter, the favorite social network among cryptocurrency lovers, has just announced that it will let its users to send Bitcoin to any account with a BTC wallet. Enabling Bitcoin tips is part of an even larger initiative. The company is expanding its support for payment processors of all kinds, including Patreon, Cash App, Venmo, Razorpay, GoFundMe, and Brazilian startup PicPay, which serves as an equivalent to Paypal or Venmo with some additional options such as cashback...
Read More »Tom Brady Wants to Get Part of His Salary in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana
The legendary football player – Tom Brady – once again demonstrated his support towards the digital asset industry. He said he would “love” to receive some of his earnings in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), or Solana (SOL) tokens. ‘The Digital Age Is Upon Us’ Tom Brady – the seven-time Super Bowl champion and arguably one of the greatest football players – is, by all means, a strong crypto proponent. During a recent interview with Jim Gray on the Let’s Go Sirius XM podcast, he...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: After BTC’s Quick Dip Below $40k, Is Local Bottom Confirmed?
Global risk-off, uncertainty over Evergrande’s debt crisis, and large liquidations have been pressuring Bitcoin lately. The near-term chart may look bearish, but the fundamental and on-chain trend remain firmly bullish, making this pullback a potential buying opportunity. In just over two weeks, BTC fell from a high of $52.9k to a low of $39.5k, mainly driven by massive liquidations in derivatives and panic selling from younger coins. It’s easy to look at the chart with a...
Read More »SEC Could Approve a Bitcoin Futures ETF by October, Says Bloomberg Strategist
The US Securities and Exchange Commission could greenlight a Bitcoin futures ETF as early as October this year, said Bloomberg’s Senior Commodity Strategist – Mike McGlone. He also doubled down on his $100,000 price prediction for BTC by the end of the year, adding that the cryptocurrency is on its way to replace gold, similarly to how the car outplaced the horse as the most utilized transportation tool. Bitcoin Futures ETF Coming Soon? The topic of whether the US securities...
Read More »SEC Chair Gensler: Stablecoins Are Poker Chips at the Casino Gaming Tables
David Ignatius of the Washington Post interviewed SEC chair, Gary Gensler, on the cryptocurrency landscape, where the latter provided his approach to regulating the digital asset industry. Gensler expresses optimism for the possibilities crypto provides for enhancing finance, but he also believes that most of the space should fall under regulatory supervision – including stablecoins. At the start of the interview, Gensler commented on the recent market crash in the market of...
Read More »Jim Cramer Urges for Caution in The Cryptocurrency Market Amid Evergrande Saga
CNBC’s Jim Cramer opined that the Evergrande debt crisis in China could keep causing severe disruption in financial fields, including the cryptocurrency market. He also advised people sitting on unrealized gains from their investments to take “something off the table” before losing it. ‘Don’t Let It Become a Loss’ The American TV personality Jim Cramer shared his stance on the recent crypto decline and the ongoing crisis with one of China’s leading real estate companies –...
Read More »Following Bitcoin’s Drop, Addresses in Profit Slumped From 82% to 70%
Bitcoin’s most recent downturn also took a toll on the addresses that are in profit – they decreased from 82% to 70% in less than a couple of days. As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the entire cryptocurrency market tumbled following a broader collapse of stocks throughout the world amid rising debt crunch fears in China. This saw over $800 billion worth of both long and short positions liquidated, and Bitcoin’s price tumbled to as low as $40,200 earlier today. The sharp...
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