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Bitcoin’s price is nearing a critical level as the 50-day moving average is close to the 200-day moving average. The so-called death cross typically results in significant price volatility, with history suggesting two possible outcomes. Scenario 1: Bitcoin Goes Down Hard Ever since BTC peaked in mid-April at $65,000, the cryptocurrency has failed to continue or even maintain its run. Just the opposite, the asset has lost roughly 50% of its value in less than two months. By...

An anonymous buyer paid the record-breaking $22.5 million in digital assets to acquire a deluxe penthouse in Miami Beach. The deal became the most expensive known residential transaction paid with crypto. The Pearl of Arte Surfside Sold for Crypto In a recent press release, Forbes announced that an individual purchased an exclusive oceanfront condo located in the Surfside neighborhood in Miami for the colossal sum of $22.5 million. The buyer used cryptocurrencies to obtain...

American billionaire hedge fund manager Marc Lasry said he should have bought “a lot more” Bitcoin (BTC) a few years ago. During a CNBC’s Squawk Box interview, Lasry commented on BTC’s performance and 2020’s bull run. He regrets not buying more as the price surge happened a lot quicker than he thought —mainly due to institutional investors embracing cryptocurrencies and widespread adoption by governments and other corporations. “I think the probability, as more and more...

Tim Wu – a leading antitrust expert at the White House – owns between $1 and $5 million in bitcoin. His crypto investment represents the largest chunk of his portfolio. The Critic Turned out to Be a HODLer According to Politico, Tim Wu – who is also an attorney and a legal scholar – holds Bitcoin at least $1 million, representing between 25% and 43% of his total assets. He also holds between $100K and $250K worth of Filecoin (FIL). It is worth noting that the 49-year-old...

With the latest price fluctuations with BTC’s price, it’s worth reviewing how different investors are interacting with their holdings. From one side, centralized exchanges saw the largest daily withdrawal in the year, but, on the other, Bitcoin-related products saw the most significant outflows worth $141 million. Largest BTC Withdrawals This Year By outlining data from Glassnode, Lex Moskovski, the Chief Investment Officer at Moskovski Capital, showed the recent spike in...

The United States Department of Justice said that it recovered over $2 million worth of bitcoin, which was the majority of the ransom paid by the U.S. oil pipeline giant Colonial Pipeline to cybercriminal group DarkSide. DoJ Recovers 63.7 BTC The DoJ made the announcement in a press release on Monday (June 7, 2021). According to it, the department retrieved 63.7 bitcoins, worth $2.1 million, at the time. The operation was undertaken by the Ransomware and Digital Extortion...

After a few days of sideways trading, bitcoin fell hard by losing almost $5,000 of value in less than a day. The rest of the market followed suit as Ethereum slumped by $400 to an eight-day low. Bitcoin Dumped to Lowest Level Since May 24th The past few weeks have been somewhat unusual for the primary cryptocurrency. During the previous weekend, BTC dumped beneath $33,500, but it used the workweek to regain all losses. It failed at breaching $40,000, dropped by a few thousand...

Bitcoin fell by a sharp 10% today as it lost over $5000 over the past 48 hours. The primary cryptocurrency was trading inside a symmetrical triangle pattern since the market capitulation took place in mid-May when BTC fell by 50% from a high of $59,600 to a low of $30,000 in just nine days. Since then, BTC traded inside the consolidation phase for a total of eighteen days until it broke the lower boundary of the triangle yesterday. This can be clearly seen on the following...

Kevin O’Leary, who recently allocated 3% of his portfolio in BTC, has no plans to sell his coins anytime soon, the millionaire told CryptoPotato in a recent exclusive interview. He also noted that 2021 is a pivotal year for Bitcoin as more and more institutions are looking to enter the space but are wary of energy consumption concerns. Kevin O’Leary during Bitcoin 2021 Conference. Image by: CryptopotatoO’Leary In Bitcoin For The Long Run The 66-year old O’Leary is a...

Despite calling them volatile and energy-intensive to use as a means of payment, the Indian tech executive Nandan Nilekani advised the local government to accept cryptocurrencies as an asset class. He opined that the move would boost the country’s economy. Crypto Like a Commodity In a recent interview for the Financial Times, the Indian billionaire Nandan Nilekani – co-founder and chair of Infosys – appealed to the local authorities to embrace cryptocurrencies as an asset...