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Today is the international Bitcoin Pizza Day! This is a day that many in the crypto community celebrate the 11th anniversary of the first Bitcoin commercial transaction for two pizzas, which cost 10,000 BTC. On May 22, 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz traded 10,000 BTC for two Papa John’s pizzas in Florida. Years later, they would become the world’s most expensive pizza slices with a price of $365,000,000.00 at press time. Interestingly enough, they were worth over $600 million when...

With bad news attacks coming from all directions over the past week, bitcoin’s price fails to recover any of the recent losses. In the past 24 hours alone, the cryptocurrency fell by almost $10,000 following another set of China FUD. Most altcoins have it even worse, with double-digit price slumps charted from ETH, BNB, ADA, DOGE, XRP, and more. China Causes Another $9K Dip for BTC Bitcoin has seen better days. The massive sell-off during the week caused substantial...

This week was particularly turbulent in the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin’s price crashed to $30K following comments made by Elon Musk, who keeps teasing Dogecoin HODLers. Meanwhile, we also saw old China FUD recycled yet again. Starting off with bitcoin’s price performance, the week was rather unfortunate for bulls. BTC is down about 25% in the past seven days, currently sitting at $37K. It’s worth noting, though, that the cryptocurrency fell even lower, briefly touching...

It appears that Chinese authorities are doubling down on their reiterations of the previous crackdown on cryptocurrencies. The latest stark warning comes from the State Council of China. According to a report issued today, the Financial Stability and Development Committee of the State Council of China held a meeting, pointing out that “the financial system resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, increased...

Tom Tugendhat, a member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, urged the nation towards implementing more innovations in its financial sphere. Interestingly, he also outlined the growth of the cryptocurrency sector and hinted he was more bullish on ether rather than bitcoin. UK Member of Parliament Bullish on ETH Tugendhat is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 2017. He has also been a member of the UK...

Although bitcoin’s price may have tumbled by 40% since its peak, the asset’s popularity and engagements are actually booming. According to recent on-chain data, the number of tweets involving the primary cryptocurrency has spiked to a new all-time high amid and following the latest market crash. Bitcoin Twitter Engagements Through the Roof Jack Dorsey’s social media giant is arguably the most preferred platform for crypto fans, investors, and proponents to engage with each...

The past seven days were particularly volatile and, unfortunately for many, bears had the upper hand. Bitcoin dropped to a price not seen since January, while the rest of the market followed. Bitcoin Bitcoin is down another 18.5% this week as it trades near $40,900. The cryptocurrency is now down by a total of around 35% from the $64,895 all-time high set in April. BTC saw an extremely volatile week in which prices dropped as low as $30,000 on Wednesday – hitting levels not...

Prominent American economist Paul Krugman once again shared his negative stance towards cryptocurrencies. He compared a Ponzi scheme. Taking Aim at Crypto The most recent adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency market sparked many negative comments. Joining them was the Nobel Prize laureate – Paul Krugman. In an interview for the New York Times, he described cryptocurrencies as a ”long-running Ponzi scheme.” He said that investing in digital assets is very similar to...

It seems that Elon Musk is not the nice guy on the neighborhood aymore. Instead, people could be getting tired of his tweets —or maybe the losses after the flash crash following his claims that Bitcoin was dangerous for the environment were the last straw for many cryptocurrency enthusiasts who are no longer afraid to criticize him. Recently Elon became the trolled troll of Crypto Twitter. Just moments after he tried to mock Michael Saylor, the CEO of Tesla received so much...

Elliptic (a British blockchain security & analytics company) successfully traced DarkSide’s primary Bitcoin address, which contained over $90M in payments from 47 different victims. Ransomware As a Service – a Twisted Model DarkSide designs, creates and markets ransomware software to be sold to other cybercriminals who are able to locate the best targets. This type of software has the ability to lock down an entire system, making files and features on it inaccessible...