Prominent American economist Paul Krugman once again shared his negative stance towards cryptocurrencies. He compared a Ponzi scheme. Taking Aim at Crypto The most recent adverse price developments in the cryptocurrency market sparked many negative comments. Joining them was the Nobel Prize laureate – Paul Krugman. In an interview for the New York Times, he described cryptocurrencies as a ”long-running Ponzi scheme.” He said that investing in digital assets is very similar to...
Read More »US Investors Will Have to Report Cryptocurrency Transactions Over $10K to the IRS
All transactions above $10,000 now have to be reported to the IRS for documentation and taxation purposes. This comes right after a major market-wide correction which saw the price of bitcoin tumbling down to $30K. IRS Doubles Down The IRS will be expanded with an $80B package aiming to increase their manpower and resources. Individuals and businesses dealing in cryptocurrency will be subject to a higher level of scrutiny, given that the Treasury believes cryptocurrency...
Read More »Australian Minister Urged Crypto Investors to Be Utterly Cautious
The Australian Financial Services Minister – Jane Hume – warned cryptocurrency investors to beware of the risks in the market. She sounded a note of caution to the public after the prices of most digital assets collapsed significantly yesterday. However, Hume outlined their future importance. ‘They Are Volatile And High-Risk Assets’ Following the recent bloodbath, many of the cryptocurrencies are now far away from their highs. For example, Bitcoin itself lost a major chunk of...
Read More »How Does the May 19th Bitcoin Correction Compare to History?
Bitcoin and the rest of the market tanked yesterday. Red was all over the place with double-digit drops across all charts. In BTC’s case, this nosedive came as a continuation of larger retracement that started after the all-time high in April at $65,000. However, how does this correction compare to others? Mid-2021 Correction: What Happened? Before heading into the most recent price developments, it’s worth exploring what transpired before the market got there. In short,...
Read More »Pancake Bunny Exploit: $44 Million Stolen as BUNNY Token Crashed 99% in Seconds
Pancake Bunny, Binance Smart Chain’s largest yield aggregator service, has suffered a flash loan attack in which over $44M was stolen by an outside exploiter. Pancake Bunny’s underlying native token, BUNNY, crashed from $150 to $1 within seconds. Bunny Fam Today at 10:34 UTC, PancakeBunny was attacked with an economic exploit that crashed the price of BUNNY. None of the vaults have been compromised. Team Bunny is currently working on solutions and will provide a report as...
Read More »Bitcoin Bull Run Still ‘In Tact’, According to SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci
Bitcoin’s 2021 bull cycle was paused, not entirely stopped, and will resume, opined the founder of SkyBridge Capital – Anthony Scaramucci. In a new interview, the former White House Communications Director addressed the recent environmental issues and called Bitcoin a fully robust monetary network. Yesterday’s market crash that saw bitcoin sliding by more than $10,000 in minutes sent shockwaves among investors and commentators rushing to offer their opinion on the matter. The...
Read More »Elon Musk, Michael Saylor, Peter Schiff, and Others: Community Reacts to Bitcoin’s Bloodbath
This collapse, catalyzed by Elon Musk’s tweets criticizing Bitcoin’s energy consumption, was exacerbated by several factors, including China, reiterating its anti-Bitcoin stance, a large short position on Bitfinex, and the necessity of a general correction in the overbought crypto space. Crypto-related hashtags are trending across the world, including #crypto, #buythedip, and #altseason2021. Bears Attack Bitcoin skeptics and critics felt vindicated today as BTC temporarily...
Read More »Bought The Dip: Justin Sun Buys $150 Million Worth of Bitcoin
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, just announced that he purchased over $150 million worth of bitcoins at an average price of about $36,800. In what some are calling ‘the greatest wealth transfer of the year,’ Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency market at large plummeted over 50% before rebounding over 25% within hours. Amidst a slew of liquidations, several high-profile cryptocurrency advocates like Michael Saylor spoke out, reaffirming their bullish thesis, unexpectedly including...
Read More »Wells Fargo to Onboard a Crypto Strategy for Instituional Clients in June
The investment department of the large multinational financial service organization, Wells Fargo, is looking into offering cryptocurrency products to its institutional clients. A senior executive outlined the innovation in a recent interview and called bitcoin “a nice diversifier.” Wells Fargo Getting on the BTC Wagon? In a recent interview with BusinessInsider, Darrell Cronk, president of the Wells Fargo Investment Institute (WFII), highlighted the bank’s recent...
Read More »Over $8 Billion Liquidated in a Day as Bitcoin Plummets to $30,000
The enhanced volatility in the crypto market continues to harm leveraged traders as the liquidations in the past 24 hours are more than $8 billion. Naturally, roughly 90% of all liquidations came from long positions. It’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market has seen better days. The entire capitalization saw around $900 billion evaporated in the span of a week. It all started with Elon Musk’s statement asserting that Tesla had stopped receiving bitcoin for its electric...
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