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The CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) – came out with a long Twitter thread to outline some of the hurdles in front of the cryptocurrency industry and how to potentially handle them in the following years. Before diving into some of the challenges, SBF outlined what the industry has already achieved. Namely, these include a solid userbase, smart contracts, numerous potential use cases, the beginning of scaling solutions, as well as “an enormous amount of attention.” Yet,...

After a 24-hour hiatus below the coveted $50,000 mark, bitcoin has bounced off and reclaimed it. Most altcoins are also slightly in the green, while Cardano and Polkadot have stolen the show with impressive 8% gains on a daily scale. Bitcoin Reclaims $50K It was just several days ago – before Christmas – when the primary cryptocurrency struggled at $48,000 after unsuccessful attempts to overcome $50,000. The landscape changed at that point when the bulls initiated an...

After nearing $52,000 earlier this weekend, bitcoin has lost some ground but still stands around the coveted $50,000 mark. The altcoins are untypically calm, with ETH close to $4,000. In contrast, MATIC is up by more than 6% on a daily scale. Bitcoin Down to $50K Just days before Christmas, the primary cryptocurrency had dropped to $48,000 after failing to overcome $50,000. However, the bulls came to play at this point and pushed the asset north. In the following hours,...

Despite retracing after the latest two-week high by several hundred dollars, bitcoin has remained above $50,000. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red following yesterday’s gains, with a few exceptions, such as Bitcoin Cash ABC, which is up by 50%. Bitcoin Maintains $50K Following a few consecutive weeks of consistent price drops, bitcoin finally initiated an impressive leg up yesterday, in which it broke above $50,000. Moreover, the cryptocurrency kept going upwards in...

Christmas Eve is upon us, and it’s a green one. The overwhelming majority of cryptocurrencies are trading well in the green today and, as a matter of fact – throughout the entire week. Let’s kick it off with Bitcoin. BTC’s price was trading at around $46,000 this time last week. We saw the first bullish attempt on Sunday, but the price was rejected above $48K and retraced back to $46K. Then, things started looking positive, and bitcoin started climbing towards $50K. It had...

Following another sub-$46,000 dip, bitcoin has bounced off and currently sits above $47,000. The altcoins are also slightly in the green, with Terra outperforming the rest after a substantial double-digit surge. LUNA Surpasses DOT The altcoins have suffered quite a lot since the start of December, and especially since the massive crash two weeks ago. Ethereum went from nearly $4,700 to $3,500 in a day, and even though it has recovered a lot of ground since then, it still...

Polkadot has announced the launch of the first parachains, a set of individual blockchains that will run in parallel within its ecosystem, the project noted in a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Saturday. Polkadot’s First Batch of Parachains According to the official announcement, slots for the first parachains are allocated to different blockchain projects built on the Polkadot network and focused on various niches. These include decentralized finance (DeFi),...

Bitcoin’s adverse price movements continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset fell to a two-week low of $45,500. Most altcoins also suffered, with the apparent exception of Avalanche, which has soared by nearly 10% on a daily scale. Bitcoin’s 14-Day Low It was just two days ago when the US Federal Reserve said it will leave the interest rates unchanged, which caused a substantial price surge for bitcoin. The cryptocurrency traded at $46,500 and skyrocketed to $49,500 in...

Another seven days have passed and, unfortunately, they weren’t any better than the week before. Traditional and cryptocurrency markets are tumbling, despite the US Federal Reserve leaving rates unchanged and increasing the country’s debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion. Bitcoin was headed well into the green last weekend when the price surpassed $50,000 on Sunday. This gave the community some relief and also brought hope that it’s time for a recovery rally. Bears had a mind of...

Yesterday’s inflation news from the US pushed bitcoin to $50,000 once more, but the asset failed and dropped by several thousand dollars. Most altcoins are also in the red on a daily scale, as ETH slid to $4,000. Bitcoin Rejected at $50K The past several days didn’t go all that well for the primary cryptocurrency. It tried to recover from last week’s massive crash and challenged the $50,000 mark on several occasions but to no avail. Its inability to break above had driven it...