Mike McGlone – Senior Commodity Strategist at Bloomberg – expects 2022 to be a successful year for both bitcoin and gold. He believes the primary cryptocurrency will hit $100,000, while the precious metal will trade at $2,000. What Will Fuel Bitcoin’s Rally in 2022? The current global financial system is passing through tough times, to say the least. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the health concerns around it, caused many companies to temporarily cease operations or send their...
Read More »Market Watch: BTC Dipped Below $47K on Another Volatile Friday
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...
Read More »Florida Should Allow Residents to Pay State Fees in Crypto, Says Governor
The member of the Republican party and Florida Governor – Ron DeSantis – proposed that the government should allow businesses to pay state fees with digital assets like bitcoin. He added that the authorities plan to launch pilot programs to explore the use of blockchain technology to monitor motor vehicle records as well as validate Medicaid settlements. Towards a Crypto-Friendly State Ron DeSantis included his idea as part of the 2022-2023 budget proposal during an...
Read More »Polygon Strengthens its ZK Capabilities With $400 Million Acquisition of Mir
Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution Polygon has announced the acquisition of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology developer Mir for $400 million. As per reports, the platform conducted the purchase with 250 million MATIC tokens for $1.60. The acquisition was announced at the backdrop of Polygon’s “zk day” virtual event. Since the transaction, MATIC’s price has risen by more than 50%. The New Acquisition According to the official blog post, Mir’s team will be joining Polygon to...
Read More »Parallel Finance Wins Polkadot’s Fourth Parachain Auction with $306M in DOT
Institutional-grade lending protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi), Parallel Finance, has won the fourth Polkadot parachain auction. Over $300 Million Contributed The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that the protocol saw support from over 30,000 contributors who provided a total of 10.75 million DOT, worth a whopping $306 million, during the auction. According to the team, the figure makes Parallel Finance the third project on the Polkadot parachain auction...
Read More »Bitcoin Losing $50K, Altcoins Bleed Out, Inflation on the Rise: This Week’s Crypto Recap
There’s no sugarcoating it, the past seven days have been very tough throughout the entire cryptocurrency market, with a few small exceptions. The total capitalization dropped to $2,375 billion, which represents a loss of about 13%. Let’s start with Bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency is down 14% on a seven-day scale. It started the week at around $56K, but bears weren’t having it anymore and crashed the price during the early Saturday trading session when BTC dropped to...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Bounces $2K as US Inflation Numbers Highest in 40 Years
The inflation numbers in the United States for November are out, and it appears that the Consumer Price Index is at its highest point in about 40 years. Bitcoin’s price spiked above $50K on the news, albeit briefly. Bitcoin’s price surged by almost $2,000 in a few hours, reaching an intraday high above $50K before retracing to where it currently trades at about $49,500. Chart by TradingViewThis comes as the monthly inflation numbers in the United States became public today....
Read More »EOS Community Blocks Ongoing Payments of $250 Million in EOS to BlockOne
On November 8, the EOS community elected to stop ongoing payments to BlockOne – the company behind the project. The decision comes after continuous debates within the community over the reliability of BlockOne, saying the company has plagued the network with centralization. ENF vs. BlockOne The conflict between the EOS Network Foundation (ENF) and BlockOne has been heating up in the last few weeks. The ENF said that BlockOne has been drifting away from the network’s interests...
Read More »Investors Should Not Receive Compensation for Crypto Losses, Says FCA’s CEO
Nikhil Rathi – CEO of UK’s top financial regulator FCA – proposed that the British government should not pay compensations to individuals investing in cryptocurrencies in case of a loss. Digital assets have been employed in criminal activities, and investors dealing with them “must be ready to lose all of their money,” the top exec opined. The UK Needs to ‘Draw Some Pretty Clear Lines’ The Chief Executive Officer of the FCA – Nikhil Rathi – addressed his proposal to the...
Read More »Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury Faces Criticism for Promoting Floki Inu
Developers of the self-named “DOGE Killer” Floki Inu have apparently hired the popular British professional boxer, Tyson Fury, to promote the memecoin to his two million followers on Twitter. In a short promotional video posted on his Twitter page, the world heavyweight champion could be seen wearing a branded FLOKI hoodie while reading off of a script, urging his followers to join the Floki bandwagon. Fury mentioned that the memecoin project is currently establishing...
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