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For the first time since April, Bitcoin’s price is back at $60,000. It’s a major psychological level, even though, from a technical standpoint, it doesn’t contain that much resistance. In any case, this followed a considerable weekly increase and rumors of the approval of a futures-backed Bitcoin ETF in the US. Let’s take a dive. This time last week, Bitcoin was trading at around $54K, but it was mostly up from there. It had almost reached $58K by Tuesday when BTC went...

Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has continued to express its support for the ecosystem development of the sharded heterogeneous multichain blockchain network, Polkadot. In an official announcement on Friday, the company revealed that it will start the Polkadot Parachain Slot Auction which is scheduled to commence in November. “A separate announcement will be posted with more details. Please stay tuned for the upcoming initiatives!,” the exchange said....

The blockchain-based digital payment company – Ripple – joined the Digital Pound Foundation to assist with the creation of a central bank digital currency. Incorporating with The Digital Pound Foundation According to a recent announcement, the enterprise blockchain provider will continue its involvement in CBDC projects by joining the Digital Pound Foundation. Launched on October 14th by a group of founding members, the latter is an independent forum aiming to support the...

One of the largest Bitcoin whales, who has been quite active lately, sold 1,500 coins at $56,200 yesterday. Interestingly, they bought back a third of that quantity a day later at a higher price. As outlined by CryptoQuant’s analyst going by the Twitter handle VentureFounder, the unknown BTC whale sold a large chunk of 1,500 bitcoins on October 3rd at $56,200 per coin. In USD terms, this substantial amount totaled $84,300,000. This coincided with their recent strategy to...

The owner of the Dallas Mavericks – Mark Cuban – praised Ethereum and its native cryptocurrency as the investment option with the most upside potential. Speaking of bitcoin, he once again said it is superior to gold. Investors Should Pick ETH In a recent interview for CNBC, the American billionaire Mark Cuban advised beginners in the cryptocurrency industry to select Ethereum (ETH) as an investment choice. According to him, it has the biggest upside potential: “As an...

The president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has recently aired his view on cryptocurrencies, admitting that they can serve as a medium of exchange and cross-border payments. In an interview with CNBC, which was published in full on the Kremlin website, he noted that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could one day be used as a unit of account. Crypto Still ‘Premature’ for Oil Trades While Putin acknowledged the potential of cryptocurrencies in the payments...

Purpose Investments – an asset management company with $12B+ in AUM – recently announced that mutual fund units would be available for its cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These include its Purpose Bitcoin ETF and Purpose Ether ETF, each directly backed by BTC and ETH respectively. Purpose Investments Mutual Fund Units As indicated in a press release from GlobeNewswire, there are now six mutual fund units available for both the Purpose Bitcoin and Ether ETFs....

The recent price surge from bitcoin has not deterred long-term holders from keeping their portions. Recent data from Glassnode informed that the percentage of BTC supply that has been held for at least three months had reached a record of over 85%. BTC Holders Refuse to Sell Citing data from the blockchain analytics company Glassnode, the Chinese journalist Colin Wu outlined the behavior of bitcoin holders and their most recent attitude towards the asset. As the graph below...

Polkadot was first introduced in a Whitepaper almost five years ago. Now, the heterogeneous multichain network announces a massive milestone – its parachains are officially ready to launch on the mainnet. Polkadot Parachains Greenlighted Polkadot’s parachains are one of, if not the most integral component of its network. They represent diverse and specialized blockchains that connect to Polkadot’s Relay Chain. They also constitute the multichain aspect of Polkadot’s...

Francis Suarez strongly disagreed with Jamie Dimon’s opinion that bitcoin is “worthless.” The primary cryptocurrency has intrinsic value, while its underlying blockchain technology is “the most secure, most decentralized blockchain on the planet,” the Mayor said. Suarez Vs. Dimon Miami’s Mayor – Francis Suarez – and JPMorgan Chase’s CEO – Jamie Dimon – are, by all means, in the opposite corners when opining about the merits of bitcoin. While the top politician is one of the...