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After the latest crackdown from China on Bitcoin mining and the declining hash rate, the mining difficulty has gone through another adjustment. As a result, the metric has dropped by 20% in less than a month to a 5-month low. China Goes Against Bitcoin Mining The world’s largest country by population has been reiterating its negative stance against the cryptocurrency industry for almost a decade. It did it once again in May, but this time it went a step further. As previously...

After Tesla stopped accepting Bitcoin as a payment method for its electric cars back in May, Elon Musk has stated that his company would resume receiving Bitcoin transactions, with one condition dependent on the energy consumption. Exactly one month following Tesla’s announcement of halting bitcoin payments, Elon Musk has said on Sunday that the electric vehicle manufacturer will resume allowing BTC transactions. However, there’s one condition: at least 50% of the energy used...

The French icon in house music, David Guetta, listed his exclusive beachfront apartment on Miami Beach for $14 million. Apart from fiat currency, he would also accept bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) as a payment method. A Seaview in Exchange for Crypto In the crypto-friendly city of Miami, the renowned DJ David Guetta put a selling price of $14 million for his exclusive three-bedroom 2521 square foot oceanfront apartment. The potential buyer would have the option to pay using...

El Salvador’s decision to become the first country to make bitcoin a legal tender within its borders has caught the attention of the world. The global Google searches with the name of the small Central American nation have gone through the roof towards a new yearly high. What Happened in El Salvador in a Week With a population of around 6.5 million (as of 2019), El Salvador is a relatively small country located in Central America that has Honduras, Guatemala, and the Pacific...

Following El Salvador’s move to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender in the country, Wall Street giant JPMorgan seems not to be impressed by such a monumental decision from the Central American nation. JPMorgan Comments on El Salvador’s Bitcoin Move In a recent note to investors, as tweeted by Financial Times correspondent Robin Wigglesworth, JPMorgan commented that the recent move made by El Salvador to make bitcoin legal tender was growth-oriented. However, the American...

After yesterday’s price declines, bitcoin has calmed around the $35,000 price line. Most alternative coins are also somewhat stagnant on a 24-hour scale, aside from Polygon (MATIC). The asset has spiked by double-digits to $1.4. Minor Recoveries Among Alts: Polygon 15% Up The weekend didn’t start all that well for the altcoins market. The biggest altcoin, Ethereum, had already retraced from $2,600 to $2,500 before it went even further south to $2,250. Since then, ETH found...

Bitcoin is finally one step closer to make history with Taproot, a major event perhaps as important as SegWit or the last halving. Taproot, the most ambitious Bitcoin update since 2017, has been finally approved by miners and was locked in for implementation in November this year. Taproot is (Or Will Be) Finally Here! Because of its decentralized nature, the deployment of a Bitcoin update must go through an approval process and cannot simply be released to the world at the...

The CEO and founder of Barstool Sports – Dave Portnoy – admitted that at the beginning, he thought Bitcoin was a ”Ponzi scheme.” Eventually, he changed his stance and even opposed Donald Trump, who called the primary cryptocurrency a ”scam.” Trump Is Wrong In a recent interview for ”Varney & Co,” the founder of Barstool Sports – Dave Portnoy – shared his current view on bitcoin and the crypto market. He revealed that years ago, when the primary digital asset was...

Some worrying signs are starting to appear for bitcoin’s price, at least in a short-term time frame. That’s according to a well-known analyst. The price for BTC has been wobbly recently, with it being unable to decisively break out in any direction. Last week, we saw bitcoin dipping as low as $31K only to recover and touch $38,500 days later. Now, however, the primary cryptocurrency is trading at around $35,500 for a 4% loss on the day. Commenting on the most recent price...

After riding high for a few days, the bitcoin bears have regained control and pushed down the asset by a few thousand dollars to around $35,000. Most alternative coins have suffered even more severely, with ETH down to $2,300 and BNB to $330. Bitcoin Falls to $35K Bitcoin performed rather well in the past few days following bullish news from El Salvador, India, and some large corporations wanting to get a piece of the cryptocurrency pie. BTC spiked to a six-day high at...