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While the entire crypto industry was extremely delighted with the news of El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption as a legal tender, several financial analysts have called out the country’s president and congress for the decision. A “Very Stupid” Decision In a recent report, Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at the John Hopkins University, has called the decision a “very stupid” one. According to him, El Salvador is one of the three officially dollarized American nations,...

Huobi, one of China’s most popular Bitcoin exchanges, has reportedly slashed their maximum leverage allowance from 125x to less than 5x for existing users on the back of China’s regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies. New users signing up to the platform will not be able to use leverage at all. Exclusive: Due to concerns about regulatory policies, China’s largest exchange Huobi recently restricted the leverage of existing users to less than 5x after stopping new users in...

Despite the most recent price fluctuations with bitcoin, whales have not been deterred from accumulating sizeable portions. Buying 100,000 coins in less than a month, they now own almost half of the circulating supply. Whales Own Almost 50% of BTC in Circulation Bitcoin whales are typically separated into a few groups. Perhaps the most active one comes from wallets containing between 100 to 10,000 bitcoins. Sometimes, their behavior can determine the price action in the...

Roughly a month after the massive mid-May market crash, when BTC crashed from over $50,000 to $30,000, the general sentiment among traders has normalized to neutral levels. The Fear and Greed index has also returned to a less fearful state. Bitcoin Investors Less Fearful The price of the primary cryptocurrency went through its worst market crash in terms of USD value in mid-May. Negative news coming from Tesla, Elon Musk, more China FUD, and over-leveraged positions...

Bitcoin is up by a total of 20% this week and it’s back at the $40K mark range. Quick recap: BTC bounced from $34,760 on Sunday and surged even more on Monday to break the early June significant highs at $39,500 and even reach resistance at $40,760 (bearish .382 Fib Retracement). The bullish momentum stalled slightly since reaching the resistance at $40,760 but manages to remain above $39,500 (early-June highs) and created a short-term tight trading range. In addition, BTC is...

After reclaiming $40,000 for the first time in nearly three weeks, bitcoin kept climbing and even exceeded $41,000 briefly. Most alternative coins have stalled or retraced in the past 24 hours, which has helped BTC increase its dominance over the market. Bitcoin Sees a 26-Day High The past several days were quite bullish for the primary cryptocurrency. It started last week with positive news coming from El Salvador, after which BTC surged from $31,000 to about $35,000, where...

Following the adoption of bitcoin as the country’s second legal tender, El Salvador’s government is discussing if companies would pay their employees in bitcoin. In a tweet by a local radio station 107.7 Fuego on Tuesday (June 15, 2021), three government ministries were considering the possibility of companies’ workers receiving their wages in BTC. This was revealed by the Minister of Labor, Rolando Castro. According to Castro, the decision to pay salaries in bitcoin will...

The American billionaire Tim Draper predicted that bitcoin’s value would reach $250,000 by the end of 2022. He further opined that the primary cryptocurrency would be the core of all financial activities for the next 20-30 years. BTC Is The Future Tim Draper – an American venture capital investor – shared with CNBC his bullish view on BTC’s future value. He forecasted that despite the volatility in the crypto market, the primary digital asset would hit $250,000 by the end of...

Richard Bernstein, an institutional investor Hall of Famer, sounded a note of caution to investors to beware of dealing with Bitcoin. He finds it ”wild” how the primary cryptocurrency was still very popular in a bear market, while assets like oil have been disregarded in a bull market. The Rush to Own BTC Has Become Dangerous In a recent interview with CNBC, the CEO and CIO of Richard Bernstein Advisors spoke about the increased popularity of Bitcoin and altcoins. He opined...

Michael Saylor’s initiative to continue buying more and more bitcoins makes no sense, argued the full-time BTC basher – Peter Schiff. Following the latest development coming from MicroStrategy, in which the company outlined plans to allocate another $1 billion in the asset, the prominent economist called Saylor “truly insane.” Schiff to Saylor: Truly Insane If you have followed the cryptocurrency markets even vaguely in the past year, two names should be popping out as the...