Coinbase – one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – has acquired a Dallas, Texas-based crypto startup known as Zabo. Coinbase Gets Its Hands On Zabo Zabo is a relatively new firm, with its seed funding round occurring just last year in 2020. At that time, the company managed to raise more than $2.5 million thanks to the leadership of financial enterprises like Austin’s Moonshots Capital. It was one of the firm’s first blockchain-based...
Read More »Cambodia Unveils a New Bank-Issued Cryptocurrency Called Bakong
Cambodia is another country that is heavily reliant on the U.S. dollar. Tired of its dependence on USD, the country has launched a centralized, bank-issued cryptocurrency, hoping that people will begin to utilize it for payment purposes, and thus far, the results have been rather positive. Cambodia Has Unveiled an Official CBDC As it turns out, El Salvador – which has been in the news quite a bit as of late – is not the only country out there that depends heavily on USD...
Read More »Stellar Lumen (XLM) Price Corrects Lower, $0.27 Holds The Key
Stellar lumen price started a decent increase above the $0.2800 resistance against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading near $0.2800 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.2760 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair is likely to start another increase as long as it is above the $0.2700 support zone. Stellar lumen price is showing positive signs above $0.2700 against the US Dollar,...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: Dips Remain Supported Near 0.75
Ripple price gained traction and it rallied above $0.7500 against the US dollar. The price is now trading well above the $0.7500 resistance and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $0.7500 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue to rise as long as it is above the $0.7000 support zone. Ripple price is trading in a positive zone above $0.7500 against the...
Read More »Fidelity Purchases More Than 7% Stake in One of North America’s Biggest BTC Mining Firms
Fidelity Investments Inc. is now a major stakeholder in Marathon Digital Holdings, one of the biggest bitcoin mining firms in North America. Fidelity Investments Buys More Than 7% of Marathon At the time of writing, Fidelity has purchased a 7.4 percent stake in the crypto mining enterprise, thereby boosting the institutional presence that has grown so prevalent in the crypto world over the past few months. Since the end of last year, many institutional figures from...
Read More »Ray Dalio Likes BTC, But He Likes Gold Even More
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio clearly has a soft spot in his heart for bitcoin, but when it comes to gold, it looks like that soft spot gets even bigger. In a recent interview, Dalio was quick to claim that bitcoin is like a digital version of gold, but he still values the real thing over its digital counterpart. Ray Dalio: Gold Is a Better Choice In the interview, Dalio explains jokingly: If you would put a gun to my head and you said, ‘I can only have one,’ I would...
Read More »Ethereum Surges Following Upgrade Codenamed “London”
Ethereum is surging like crazy as of late. Many investors are piling into the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the primary competitor to bitcoin after its newly scheduled upgrade took place. The upgrade is simply going by the codename “London” at the time of writing. Ethereum Is Booming! Over the past day alone, Ethereum has surged by more than eight percent. It appears the currency’s rally is allegedly helping its fellow altcoins, such as BNB –...
Read More »A New Crypto Scam Is Reportedly Appearing on Google
Online search giant Google is being criticized for its alleged lack of action against a bitcoin scam that takes on the form of a legitimate published newspaper article. Google Crypto Scams Are Becoming Too Prevalent The scam looks like a piece published by British media platform The Daily Mirror. The piece includes an interview with a person that is alleged to be Britain’s youngest millionaire, who reportedly earned all his money through crypto investments. The headline...
Read More »e-RUPI Is a Company That’s Pushing Crypto-Based Ideals
e-RUPI is a new cashless and contactless payment instrument that allows individuals to make payments for goods and services on their mobile devices. As a product that generates QR codes, e-RUPI is praising the cryptocurrency space for helping the world of digital payments expand beyond typical horizons. e-RUPI Has Many of the Same Principles as the Crypto Space While e-RUPI is not involved in cryptocurrency nor is it in any way, shape, or form similar with digital...
Read More »BSV Has Become the Latest Victim of a 51% Attack
Bitcoin SV (BSV) – a currency that emerged a few years ago through a hard fork of bitcoin cash – has been subjected to a 51 percent attack. Analysts claim that the attack may have been an attempt to fully destroy the asset. Bitcoin SV has now dropped by more than five percent. BSV Is Under Attack A 51 percent attack usually occurs through the hands of a miner or miners that are looking to somehow profit from a particular asset’s blockchain. The persons involved try to...
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