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Earlier on Saturday, the lead developer behind the popular Sushiswap protocol sold all of his tokens, causing a massive drop upwards of 50% in the token’s price.Elsewhere, the entire cryptocurrency market is feeling the pressure as the total capitalization is down by more than $11 billion in the last few hours.Sushi Seloff Headstarts a Market CollapseCryptoPotato reported earlier that the lead developer of the popular Uniswap fork, Sushiswap, swapped all of his tokens for ETH. In a trade...

A recent report indicated that as proof-of-work-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Monero were increasing in value in 2020, the cryptojacking cases worldwide have surged after a year of continuous decline.Cryptojacking On The Rise In 2020The term cryptojacking refers to when an unauthorized person gains access to a computer for mining (or minting) digital assets. These attacks can sometimes be so precise and critical that the victim fails to comprehend what is draining his device’s...

After a few days of declines, Bitcoin has regained some value and is hovering around $10,500. Most altcoins are also recovering, with the total market gap increasing by $10 billion from yesterday’s bottom.Bitcoin Bounces Off $10KThe bears dominated the cryptocurrency field in the past few days. Bitcoin dipped below $10,000 on two occasions just days after exceeding $12,000. Since the second drop, though, BTC has displayed signs of recovery and is currently trading around $10,500.From a...

The events of the past seven days took a turn for the worst throughout the entire cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin started the week trading at around $11,500 and managed to advance to a peak of around $12,050 a few days later.And that’s when it went downhill.In less than two days, BTC lost around $1,500 of its value, bringing the price down to its current level of $10,500. However, the primary cryptocurrency spiked to a low of $9,875 on Binance before recovering, taking all large-cap altcoins...

The Bitcoin (BTC) price dip seen on Thursday has triggered a cascade of forced liquidation on derivatives exchanges like BitMEX and Bitfninex. U.S. stocks have also taken a beating, with the markets experiencing its worst performance since June.Bitcoin Long Bloodbath as BTC Price Falls to $10,700According to data from the crypto derivatives analytics platform Datamish, about $131 million in Bitcoin Longs on the BitMEX exchange got liquidated, following Bitcoin’s plunge to below $10,500.As...

Bitcoin has dramatically extended its losses today, as prices slide a further $1,000 in under 24 hours. Yesterday, we observed how the leading asset was recovering along with the $11,400 and expected it would push sideways before another big move arrived.Looking at the 4-Hour chart, we can see it did exactly that. Until the early hours of today, BTC was hugging tightly along the prior support zone (green) until another huge wave of selling pressure arrived and drove prices down to $11,225...

Zug, a canton in Switzerland, will be the first canton to start accepting cryptocurrency for tax payment purposes starting from February 2021.Zug Canton Partners with Bitcoin Suisse for Crypto Tax PaymentAccording to an announcement by the canton on Zug on Thursday (September 3, 2020), taxpayers in the canton will have the option of paying taxes in Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). The crypto tax payment option which is open to both individuals and companies will see taxpayers pay taxes to...

It appears that the cryptocurrency market hasn’t stopped plummeting in value. After losing over $20 billion worth of the total market cap in a day, the situation just worsened. Bitcoin further plunged to below $11,000, Ethereum dumped to $400, and the rest of the altcoins follow along.Bitcoin Plummets Below $11KIt’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market has seen better days as the blood bath that started yesterday has just intensified: Bitcoin was trading at $11,400 after recovering some...

Binance’s monthly trading report for August was just released. Data from the report points to striking growth trends in the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.However, the key takeaway that stood out was open interest touching the $1 billion mark for the first time since the launch of Binance’s crypto futures trading platform.Crypto Futures Open Interest Tops $1 Billion On BinanceAs per the August trading report, Binance’s crypto futures platform recorded an all-time high open-interest...

After starting the month of September around the $12k mark, Bitcoin experienced a sharp correction today that crashed it to lows of nearly $1,160 in a matter of hours, erasing the gains of almost five days.Admittedly, a nervousness during the correction was to be expected as several traders adapted their strategies to this sharp move. Still, things got worse when two of the most popular crypto exchanges started to lag.Binance and Coinbase lagging during the crashAt 4 am PDT, Coinbase...