Crypto exchanges FTX and BitMEX pledged to become carbon neutral. They will start the process with considerable donations to balance emissions. The Musk Effect Following the environmental debates which Elon Musk caused with his tweets earlier this week, two of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges announced they would become carbon neutral. The San Fransisco-based trading venue – FTX – revealed its commitment to implement the inovation. In a recent tweet, it reminded that...
Read More »Crypto Markets Bleed Another $180 Billion: Bitcoin Dominance at 46% (Market Watch)
Bears continue to take their toll on the cryptocurrency market as the prices are still bleeding out. The total market capitalization lost over $180 billion since yesterday’s peak. It’s worth pointing out, though, that throughout the past few days, Bitcoin’s dominance – the index that tracks BTC’s share relative to that of the entire market – is increasing and now sits at almost 46%. Bitcoin Price Slides Below $35K Yesterday, bitcoin’s price was on the verge of recovery. It...
Read More »Goldman Sachs Explores Crypto as an Asset Class, Reconsidering Old Stances
Goldman Sachs, one of the most important banks in the United States -and the whole world- released a report on cryptocurrencies, and its content is quite promising for the ecosystem. The report “Crypto, a new asset class” is not yet available to the general public. Still, it has already been shared on social networks by investors with early access to these investigations. Alex Krüger, founder of asset management firm Aike Capital and active Crypto Twitter commentator, shared...
Read More »Tesla Rival Fisker Won’t Invest in Bitcoin, Says CEO
Tesla’s electric vehicle competitor Fisker Automotive has no plans to interact with bitcoin, said the company’s CEO, Henrik Fisker. During a recent interview, the executive also touched upon the growing environmental concerns and called BTC “not a sustainable solution.” Fisker Won’t Get Involved With Bitcoin Although Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, caused massive turbulence in the markets most recently, the electric vehicle maker is actually one of the largest BTC holders....
Read More »Same Old Song With China Regulatory Issues and Crypto Ban: Long History Of FUD
Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) peaked on Wednesday as bitcoin hit rock bottom of $30,000 due to old “crypto ban” news, which re-emerged from China. Although the crypto market is in a recovery phase from Wednesday’s crash, let’s take a walk through history and see how China’s regulatory issues and crypto ban are the same old song and nothing but a long history of FUD. 2013: The Initial Ban China’s regulatory issues with cryptocurrencies date back to December 2013 when...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Volatility Is the Price You Pay for Outperforming the S&P by 10x, Michael Saylor
Volatility could be scary for some BTC investors, but it’s the price to pay for overperforming the S&P index 10x over a decade, said MicroStrategy’s CEO, Michael Saylor. He also described Elon Musk as “enthusiastic” about the bitcoin space following the latest criticism from Tesla’s CEO. Speaking on the enhanced volatility that bitcoin faced in the past week or so, Saylor joined others indicating that such dramatic fluctuations could be expected to some extent in the...
Read More »Iranian Spies to Hunt Down Illegal Bitcoin Miners
The Iranian government enlisted intelligence officers with the task of cracking down on illegal cryptocurrency miners. This unprecedented move aims to solve the nation’s concerns with rising electricity consumption. The Government vs. Illegal Crypto Miners The Iranian authorities seem determined to solve their issues with illicit crypto mining. Bloomberg reported that the Ministry of Intelligence helped set up committees across the Asian country to detect and seize computer...
Read More »11 Years Since The First Bitcoin Purchase: 2 Pizzas Now Worth $365 Million
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...
Read More »Bitcoin Dipped to $33,500 Amid The News From China: Dominance Soars As Altcoins Plunge (Market Watch)
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...
Read More »Bitcoin Crashing to $30K, Elon Musk Talking Dogecoin, and China FUD: The Weekly Recap
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...
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