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US authorities have charged with fraud and money laundering five people operating a Bitcoin mining Ponzi scheme. Called AirBit Club, the scam operated since 2015 and duped numerous victims into investing by promising alluring but false returns.How Did AirBit Club Operate?According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Pablo Renato Rodriguez and Gutemberg Dos Santos co-founded AirBit Club in late 2015. Cecilia Millan and Jackie Aguilar joined the project later on as promoters, and Scott...

Bitcoin’s exciting bull run might be over as quickly as it started after prices failed to close above the $12,400 daily resistance yesterday. Any hopes of a parabolic continuation will now have to be put on hold as bulls recover from the sharp decline.In the last 24 hours, the global crypto market capital has lost $13 billion from its peak at $387 billion.It’s still unclear what caused the sudden reversal. However, shortly after BTC prices catapulted to $12,400, the leading crypto broke into...

There’s never a boring day in the cryptocurrency field and things tend to change in the blink of an eye.Just earlier today, the total market capitalization was sitting comfortably at a 14-month high, and it took less than a few minutes for upwards of $10 billion to be wiped off its sheet. This happened as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies took a sudden dive.Bitcoin Dives Below $12,000In two violent red candles, the primary cryptocurrency lost about 3.6% of its value as it plunged to a low of...

DeFi tokens are leading crypto markets to their highest levels in terms of total market capitalization for over a year.One of the top-performing digital assets at the moment is YFI, as it surges over 70% on the day to reach an all-time high at $12,821. It has become the only cryptocurrency since 2016 to have ever flipped Bitcoin’s dollar value.YFI/USDT. Source: BinanceThe token is the basis of the Ethereum based DeFi yield aggregator Yearn.Finance, which allows users to earn interest and...

Bitcoin bulls have successfully retained its price above the psychological $12,000 level after yesterday’s push.Elsewhere, Chainlink retraced considerably since marking consecutive ATHs, while Yearn.Finance reached a fresh all-time high just a few hours ago.Bitcoin Price Holds $12,000The primary cryptocurrency attempted to overcome the $12,000 mark a few times this year without any success. Each time, the bears stepped in and drove the price south rather rapidly.After yesterday’s price surge...

While segregated witness ‘SegWit’ adoption dipped after mid-March, the utilization of the protocol upgrade on the Bitcoin network is on the rise. Some industry pundits say time is running out for the declining set of non-adopters to embrace SegWit.Bitcoin SegWit Utilization Now Above 65%According to data from Transactionfee, about 65% of daily Bitcoin payments utilize SegWit. This figure indicates an almost 200% increase in SegWit utilization since the release of the Bitcoin Core...

Bitcoin has responded to the rising altcoins and just pumped to a new yearly high of over $12,400. By doing this, the primary cryptocurrency has increased its dominance over the market after reaching a new yearly low earlier today.Bitcoin To $12,400 and Beyond?As CryptoPotato reported earlier, Bitcoin stood still at $11,800, while many low-cap alts were surging. Thus, BTC’s dominance dropped to its lowest point in over a year at 58.4%. Just a few hours ago, however, the first-ever...

Less than a week ago, the influential legacy markets day trader Dave Portnoy, had a meeting with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss – the founders of Gemini and well-known Bitcoin proponents.Even though he supposedly bought Bitcoin during their meeting, his enthusiasm for the primary cryptocurrency was shortlived.Now, Portnoy openly solicits cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes, shilling low-cap altcoin to his 1.7 million followers. Industry experts were quick to observe the similarities between...

Bitcoin price had been lingering under the $11,900 mark for the past 48 hours, despite another injection of $6 billion entering the global crypto market at that period.In the last hour, however, a sudden surge in buying pressure finally arrived, which assisted in driving prices over the psychological $12,000 resistance for the first time in over a week. The bulls drove the price higher than $12,125, which was the 2020 high since the beginning of August.This key level has so far succeeded in...

It’s no secret that as time goes, more and more professionals from the world of traditional finance are making headway into Bitcoin. Or at least, showing support for investing in the New Gold. The latest amongst the growing list of mainstream supporters is George Ball, ex-CEO of the insurance giant Prudential.The Former Hater Is Now Supporting BitcoinIn an interview with Fred Katayama of Reuters, Mr. Ball, who currently serves as the Chairman of the investment firm Sanders Morris Harris...