Cryptocurrency scams were reportedly the most common type of fraud in Australia during the first six months of the year. Locals parted with roughly $25 million after becoming victims of such fraudulent schemes. ‘If Something Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is’ According to a recent report by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), investment scams have risen to record levels in the country this year. Interestingly, frauds involving digital assets...
Read More »How the Life of El Salvador’s People Could Change Following Bitcoin Legalization in 10 days (Opinion)
El Salvador will, in ten days, adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. It’s making massive investments in projects to develop end-user products to hold and spend bitcoin. The opportunities of this venture are enormous, though some warn there are risks. El Salvadorians Will Soon Find Imports Attractive Because Bitcoin is a deflationary cryptocurrency, and the oldest blockchain with the most of its limited currency already mined, and especially given the history of the BTC price...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Reclaims Critical Level, Is $50k Retest Imminent?
BTC managed to find a local bottom at $46.3k, and printed an impressive daily candle close back above $48.1k, starting the weekend on a positive note. BTC bulls will be watching closely to see if the largest cryptocurrency can aim for a retest at the critical $50k level again, as a cluster of shorts remain at $49.5k. Earlier, more than 2400 BTC longs were liquidated at $46.9k and $46.6k, flushing out a large chunk of leverage on derivative exchanges. The bitcoin price managed...
Read More »Bitcoin Tapped $49K as Crypto Markets Recover $100 Billion (Weekend Watch)
Following a few days of price declines, bitcoin has bounced off and jumped to around $49,000. Most alternative coins have also reacted well to the recent slumps, with impressive increases now. ADA leads the pack with a 10% surge to above $2.8. Bitcoin Touched $49K As reported by CryptoPotato, the past few days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. It had failed to remain above $50,000 after it breached that level for the first time since mid-May and the bears had a...
Read More »Jack Dorsey Reveals Efforts to Build a Bitcoin-Centric DEX
Square – and Twitter – CEO Jack Dorsey is not just satisfied with saying he loves Bitcoin. He is doing everything he can to realize his dream of making BTC the global currency of the internet. In Mid July, Dorsey announced the launch of TBD, a new business aimed at facilitating the creation of decentralized financial services. Today he finally revealed that the division will be in charge of developing a decentralized exchange (DEX). We’ve determined @TDB54566975’s direction:...
Read More »The Weekly Recap: Bitcoin Rejected at $50K, Cardano and Solana Break All-time Highs
It was a compelling week in the cryptocurrency markets. It took bitcoin more than three months, but it finally did it this week – reaching the $50,000 price line for the first time since May. However, it also took less than 24 hours for the bears to get back in action and push it beneath that level. The primary cryptocurrency spent the next few days sliding south and bottomed yesterday at just over $46k, but it found support amid the 200-day moving average line. Despite...
Read More »Price Analysis Overview August 27: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano & Solana
Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin is up a small 1% this week after getting rejected trying to breach above the $50,000 mark on Monday. The current high since May now lies at $50,500. Unfortunately, BTC was unable to sustain this level and ended up closing the daily candle beneath $50K. Following the rejection, BTC headed sharply lower: Yesterday it fell back beneath $47,800, recording its weekly low amid $46.3k, however, the bitcoin price managed to close the day on top of the crucial...
Read More »Adam Back and Stock-to-Flow Model Anticipate Bitcoin (BTC) to Reach $100K by The End of 2021
The British cryptographer Adam Back expects bitcoin to reach a price of $100,000 by the end of the year. Comparing the primary cryptocurrency to gold, he praised the former as the better financial instrument. In addition, Florian Grummes – precious metal and bitcoin analyst – shared a similar point of view. The virtual asset’s USD value would decline to $34-38K, but in six months, it would stand at $100,000. Interestingly, both of these forecasts coincide with the popular...
Read More »Accumulation Resumes: After Short Break, Third Largest Bitcoin Whale Buys $24M Worth of BTC
The mysterious BTC whale, who was recently frequently sending lots of coins to Coinbase, has changed the strategy on the largest cryptocurrency. On-chain data shows that they have accumulated more than 500 bitcoins on Thursday and Friday. Bitcoin Whale Back to Buying CryptoPotato has previously reported some of this particular whale’s behavior – whose Bitcoin address ends with WKDfHQ – when it comes down to the BTC holdings. For instance, data showed that they had sold near...
Read More »Bitcoin Reclaims $47K: Solana (SOL) Surges 22% to New All-time High (Market Watch)
Bitcoin continued to trade around the $47,000 line in the past 24 hours after it dropped to a weekly low beneath $46,400. Most altcoins have stalled since yesterday, except for Solana. SOL has gone on to chart another all-time high above $83 after a double-digit surge. SOL’s Latest ATH The alternative coins, similarly to their leader, lost significant chunks of value in the past few days. Ethereum, for example, went from about $3,360 to beneath $3,100. As of now, it has...
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