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Rhonda – an Australian nurse – lost all her savings after being lured into a fake bitcoin investment. The fraudulent scheme stole hundreds of thousands from the devastated Sydney woman just months before her retirement. Dreams of Retirement Were Dashed An Australian nurse revealed in a recent interview for 2GB radio how a cryptocurrency scam swindled out her entire life savings, sounding a note of caution to other investors about the red flags she should have been mindful...

Bitcoin is no longer regarded as a niche asset as its high price fluctuations impact the stock markets, concluded researchers from Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings Ltd. In a recent paper, they outlined the increased correlation between the two markets ever since BTC started to appreciate in value in late 2020. Bitcoin Is No Longer a Fringe Asset The primary cryptocurrency went through a significantly bullish period from the start of October 2020 to mid-April, in which its value...

Bitcoin 2021 conference will be held in Miami with a host of attendees and reputable keynote speakers, including politicians, regulators, celebrities, Bitcoin proponents and investors in the crypto industry. The event was originally scheduled for April 30 –  May 1 in Los Angeles. However, the venue and date were changed due to the second wave of COVID-19 and vaccine rollout. This week, Bitcoin 2021 will take place between June 3 and 5 at Wynwood’s Mana Convention Center in...

Christopher Hui – Hong Kong’s Treasury Secretary – agreed with the government’s intentions to implement certain crypto regulations in the megapolis as he believes Hong Kong would ultimately benefit from them. This Is The Right Decision In a recent speech, the Treasury Secretary of Hong Kong – Christopher Hui, backed up the proposal of the Financial Services and the Treasury to ban retail cryptocurrency trading. He said that the move was a well-thought decision and its...

Bitcoin’s enhanced volatility resumed in the past 24 hours as the cryptocurrency fell to its lowest price level in five days beneath $35,000. Most alternative coins also experienced similar dips and increased BTC’s market dominance to above 43%. Bitcoin Dipped Below $35K After recovering from its most violent losses to $30,000, the primary cryptocurrency was riding high for a few consecutive days. The asset challenged $40,000 on a few occasions and even briefly jumped above...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against five individuals in connection with BitConnect for promoting and selling unregistered securities. BitConnect is a notorious cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that stole billions of dollars from investors, making it one of the biggest scams in the crypto industry. The SEC alleges that the defendants helped market BitConnect’s global unregistered securities sales, raising over $2 billion from...

U.S. chain of convenience stores Sheetz, has become the latest company to adopt cryptocurrency, as the firm is planning to include bitcoin and other crypto-assets among its payment options. Sheetz Adopts Bitcoin According to a press release on Thursday (May 27, 2021), Sheetz will become the first convenience store retailer to accept bitcoin as a payment method. The family-owned business founded in 1952 operates over 600 stores in different locations in the U.S. The latest...

Bitcoin, and the entire cryptocurrency market, saw yet another choppy week where prices failed to recover substantially and continued to struggle. The past seven days didn’t exactly go according to the intentions of bulls as the price of BTC is down about 9%, currently trading around $37,000. It all started last Friday when the price dropped from above $40,000 down to about $35k. In a sequence of choppy actions, the price attempted to take back the important psychological and...

Although the organization he runs is significantly more opened to the cryptocurrency world these days, JPMorgan’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, advised people to stay away from digital assets. Nevertheless, he admitted that institutional clients of the bank have shown a high demand for such products in recent months. Stay Away From Crypto, Says Dimon The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase and Co has a somewhat controversial history with bitcoin and the rest of the...

It was another tough week in the cryptocurrency market where almost everything is trading in the red. Here’s how some of the major coins performed over the past seven days: Bitcoin Bitcoin is down by a total of 10.3% over the past seven days of trading as it currently sits around $36,000. The cryptocurrency had spiked as low as $31,185 (downside 1.618 Fib Extension) on Sunday, but the buyers managed to close the daily candle at $34,760 (downside 1.414 Fib Extension). From...