The world’s leading payment processor, Visa, has announced a partnership with First Boulevard – a digital neobank that is focused on building generational wealth for the Black Community.The aim of this collaboration is to pilot Visa’s new suite of cryptocurrency API’s that will enable the company’s customers to purchase, custody, and to trade digital assets held by Anchorage.Anchorage is a federally chartered digital asset bank.As CryptoPotato reported last week, the company said that it...
Read More »Large Caps Explode: BNB Breaks ATH Above $50, ETH Reclaims $1400 (Market Watch)
Despite another attempt to overcome $35,000, bitcoin has continued to trade inside the tight range of $33K to $35K.In contrast, large-cap altcoins, along with some DeFi ‘stars’ had performed a lot better. This includes a new ATH for Binance Coin, Ethereum rising above $1400, getting near the previous January 2018 ATH range. On the other side, XRP has plummeted following the recent gains.Binance Coin Surpassing $50 To New ATHMost of the large-cap altcoin market is well in the green against the...
Read More »Ripple (XRP) Skyrockets 50% As Bitcoin Struggles At $34K: Crypto Market Watch
After a sharp drop that led BTC for another retest of $32,000, the asset has recovered and climbed back up to nearly $34,000, as of now. However, its dominance continues to decrease as some alternative coins have outperformed their leader, including XRP surging above $0.60.Bitcoin Eyes $34,000The primary cryptocurrency went through a roller-coaster on Friday after Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk updated his Twitter profile to include “Bitcoin” as the only description.The asset responded with an...
Read More »The Bitcoin Bubble Effect: Yes, We Are in a Very Early Stage (Opinion)
The debate as to whether or not we are still very early on in the cryptocurrency space is one that’s been going on for quite some time. For some reason, a lot of people tend to tie it up to the current pricing of different cryptocurrencies – something, that in my opinion, has nothing to do with the bedrock of the conversation.We’re in a bubble. Well, at least most of us are in a bubble. And I’m not talking about prices.The Bitcoin BubbleWhether you realize it or not, we’re in a bubble. Me,...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Rejected at Key Resistance as Uniswap’s UNI Hits $20 (Market Watch)
Following the highly volatile few days in which BTC displayed $6,000 price moves in both directions, the cryptocurrency has calmed around $34,000. At the same time, XRP and a few more altcoins have exploded in value and reduced BTC’s dominance to 62.5%. Uniswap’s UNI token even hit $20.XRP’s Massive Surge Reclaims #4th SpotThe past few days have been anything but boring in the cryptocurrency space – from the retail-driven hype for Dogecoin and up to four-digit gains, through the Elon...
Read More »VISA Might Add Cryptocurrencies to Its 70 Million Merchants Network
Visa, the world’s leading payment processor with millions of merchants in its network and hundreds of millions of users, might add cryptocurrencies to its payments network.Visa Jumps on the Crypto BandwagonVisa, the multinational financial services corporation, might be joining the cryptocurrency bandwagon.In the company’s fiscal first-quarter 2021 earning call, the CEO of the company, Al Kelly, said that they are in a position to make cryptocurrencies more “safe, useful, and applicable.”In...
Read More »XRP Price Soars 80% Following Ripple’s Response to SEC Charges
There are no boring days on the cryptocurrency market, and that’s particularly true for this week. After the GameStop saga, Dogecoin’s pump, and Elon Musk putting Bitcoin in his bio, it appears that it’s now XRP’s time to shine.The price for Ripple’s native cryptocurrency, XRP, has increased by as much as 80% in a few short hours. Less than 12 hours ago, the coin was trading at around $0.28 but has since surged to an intraday high of $0.51 for an increase of about 80%.The price has since...
Read More »Bitcoin Plunged $4000 To Pre-Elon Musk Pump Levels: Weekend Market Watch
After a highly volatile day prompted by Elon Musk’s Bitcoin engagement on social media, BTC has retraced back to around $34,000, as of writing these lines. Most alternative coins also went along the ride, and the total market cap has sustained the $1 trillion mark.Bitcoin’s 24 Hours Wild RideThe primary cryptocurrency was struggling in the past several days as it even dipped beneath $30,000 on a few occasions that were quickly bought by the bulls. As a result, Bitcoin dominance was fading,...
Read More »Elon Musk, Wall Street Bets, GameStop, and Bitcoin to $38K: The Weekly Crypto Market Update
This week will probably go down in history. Not for the cryptocurrency market but for Wall Street. Of course, this doesn’t mean that Bitcoin didn’t do its thing – it did, and this time it was Elon Musk responsible.First things first, though, a few days ago, Redditors took Wall Street at its own game. To be precise, Wall Street Bets, a group that exploded in popularity on the forum and quickly gained millions of followers, decided to open long positions on a legacy stock – GME. This is the...
Read More »Crypto Market Cap Tops $1T as Bitcoin Price Touched $38K Following Elon Musk’s Engagement
The cryptocurrency market capitalization has exploded above $1 trillion as Bitcoin surged to $38,000 following a recent pro-BTC action taken by Tesla’s Elon Musk.The alternative coins joined the ride as well, including Ethereum touching $1,400 and XRP surging above $0.28.Bitcoin Touches $38K Following Musk’s EngagementCryptoPotato reported earlier that the primary cryptocurrency was struggling with maintaining its price above $32,000. While the bears were looming in, a compelling development...
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