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The past seven days saw Bitcoin’s price increase by a whopping 10% in a few violent green candles that took place in the span of a couple of days. This brought a lot of positivity to the industry, and the total capitalization is also up by about $100 billion. At the time of this writing, BTC trades at around $24K, but it managed to paint a fresh high of above $25K for the first time since the summer of 2022. This has also had an impact on the entire market, as most of the...

The cash withdrawal restrictions imposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have made a strong case for Bitcoin as a solid store of value and a censorship-resistant currency. Nigeria is currently facing a shortage of physical cash after the CBN redesigned its banknotes, causing the old bills of the local naira currency to become useless. The policy prompted citizens to flood banks and ATMs to swap their old bills for new ones. Nigeria Limits Cash Withdrawals With the...

The US-based blockchain infrastructure platform – Paxos Trust Company – will stop the issuance of new Binance stablecoins (BUSD) from February 21.  Despite this, the firm said it has a “strong corporate balance sheet” and vowed to continue servicing new and existing clients. Ending the Relationship With Binance As directed by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), Paxos will halt minting new BUSD tokens next week (February 21). However, the entity will...

Bitcoin had tapped $22,000 hours before the latest regulatory scrutiny coming from the US, this time going after Paxos and the BUSD stablecoin the company issues. Somewhat expectedly, the altcoins have reacted even worse, with HBAR, APT, FTM, GRT, and a few others dumping by double digits. Bitcoin Back Below $22K Bitcoin was performing a lot better at the start of the month when it pumped above $24,000 for the first time in over five months after the latest interest rate hike...

Bitcoin’s recent freefall seems to have stopped for now, as the asset has calmed at just under $22,000. Most altcoins have even registered minor daily increases. Some, such as HBAR and Lido Dao, have even soared by double-digits. Bitcoin Calms Below $22K The situation around bitcoin was significantly more positive last week when it jumped above $24,000 for the first time since August 2022. However, it failed to remain there and retraced by over a grand to $23,000 in the...

The past 24 hours brought some more pain for the bulls as BTC slipped to another three-week low at under $21,500. Most altcoins are in no better shape, including the ETH liquid staking coins, many of which have seen double-digit price drops. BTC Drops Again The start of the month was highly positive for the primary cryptocurrency, which pumped to $24,200 after the latest interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve on February 2. However, the landscape changed in the...

The past seven days saw the cryptocurrency market decline considerably and lose around $60 billion of its total capitalization. This came on the back of a regulatory crackdown on behalf of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission toward cryptocurrency staking. It all started a couple of days back when a report suggested that the SEC is targeting the crypto exchange Kraken to allege that its staking offerings represented unregistered securities. The following day,...

The start of the year has been highly positive for bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market, with BTC exceeding $24,000 for the first time since August 2022. This came after a months-long bear market and untypical price stability at the end of last year when the asset stood helplessly below $17,000. Somewhat expectedly, though, the price increase has caught the attention of retail traders. Retail Investors Back at it 2022 turned out to be one of the worst years for...

Unlike some of the previous weekends since the start of the year, this one has been rather calm for bitcoin, which remains slightly above $23,000. Some altcoins, though, have performed more impressively, including OKB and a few memecoins. SHIB, BabyDoge Skyrocket CryptoPotato reported yesterday Shiba Inu’s massive daily increase of over 10%. However, the second-largest memecoin is well in the green once again on a daily scale. SHIB is up by another 7.5%, while its weekly...

Bitcoin was quite volatile after the US Federal Reserve announced the latest interest rate hike, which ultimately resulted in tapping a new 5-month high. Since then, though, the asset has calmed at around $23,000. Several altcoins have outperformed it in the past 24 hours, including Shiba Inu, which has soared by double digits. Bitcoin Drops Back Down to $23K Despite losing some ground at the end of January, BTC still closed it well in the green, posting its best month since...