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With the death of the eccentric British-American computer programmer and cryptocurrency proponent, John McAfee, the U.S. government could find it difficult to confiscate funds belonging to the tech entrepreneur. Absence of Death Certificate Stalling Further Process As previously reported by CryptoPotato, McAfee was found dead after committing suicide in a prison in Barcelona, Spain. McAfee’s death happened a few hours after the Spanish authorities authorized the...

New York Federal Reserve Bank President – John Williams – opined that the rapid development of virtual assets challenges the central banks’ desire to launch their own CBDCs. He advised policymakers to consider how cryptocurrencies would work efficiently alongside physical cash. Crypto Raises Questions for Central Banks John Williams – the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – reacted to the recent presentation of the former Bank of England governor Mark...

21Shares AG, the Swiss-based issuer of cryptocurrency-oriented Exchange-Traded Products, continues with launching such ETPs in Europe. The latest will track the performance of Solana (SOL) and will go live on June 30th on the Swiss stock exchange. SOL ETP Coming to SIX Exchange The company, aiming to close the gap between institutional investors and regulated cryptocurrency products, announced its latest ETP in a press release shared with CryptoPotato. It will track the...

With bitcoin’s price recovering more than $5,000 in a few days and heading towards a multi-day high, bulls have received further support that the asset may aim even further north. The popular Puell Multiple metric has displayed a buy signal for just the fifth time, with every previous occasion being “spot on,” according to analysts. Puell Multiple Buy Signs Developed by on-chain strategist David Puell, the Puell Multiple is calculated by dividing the daily issuance value of...

China’s crackdown on bitcoin mining has caused severe damage to local businesses. Owners of small hydroelectric power plants have decided to put for sale their operations, promising that they can be used for BTC mining. Illegal BTC Mining in China to Go on? As it has become painfully clear for the cryptocurrency community, China doesn’t favor Bitcoin. The world’s most populated nation tends to reiterate its ban on the industry frequently, but this May, it took things a step...

Mad Money host Jim Cramer is still bullish on Bitcoin, but instead of buying more BTC he went for Ethereum this time, claiming it can be used to buy more things like NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, Cramer said a lot of money is coming to Bitcoin despite its current slump. However, he seems to have changed his mind again by buying more Ethereum instead.  “Bullish. Have to be. There’s too much money coming in,” says @JimCramer. “I went back...

The residents of India, known to be a gold-loving nation, increased their digital assets investments from $200 million last year to $40 billion this year. The exponential growth sounds impressive having in mind the hostile crypto restrictions, which the central bank maintains. Indians Admire Gold but Love Crypto The blockchain analysis company Chainalysis reported that the Indian population has started investing massively in crypto in 2021. According to the data, last year’s...

The financial analyst and Global Head of Equity Strategy at Jefferies – Christopher Wood – opined that the Chinese officials want no competition for its digital renminbi. That is why they enforced the crackdown on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies lately. China Cares About its CBDC Not Carbon Footprint Christopher Wood – the prominent financial analyst focused on the Asian market – surmised that there is more to the story behind China’s negative stance against crypto mining...

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies cannot and should not replace fiat currencies, argued the former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. Additionally, he supported the popular narrative that counties should aim at adopting blockchain while averting from using BTC. Bitcoin Cannot Replace Fiat Speaking to the Greek Reporter, Varoufakis, who has never been a bitcoin fan, used the opportunity to bash the asset. He touched upon one of the most notable BTC merits – the...

Polygon, a full-stack scaling solution for Ethereum formerly, known as MATIC network, plans to launch an all-purpose scalable data availability layer dubbed Avail. Polygon to Launch a General Purpose Blockchain In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, Polygon noted that Avail will provide foolproof data available while preventing data encoding proofs using erasure coding and polynomial commitments to create a two-dimensional data availability scheme. Avail is a blockchain...