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Despite growing in price and popularity in the past few months, bitcoin still far away from receiving attention from the masses. A recent study compiled in the UK concluded that only 10% of the participants had purchased BTC, with Londoners being most akin to bitcoin exposure.10% Of UK Citizens Bought BTCFollowing the latest developments in the cryptocurrency markets when the prices started booming once again, Opinium and AltFi conducted a survey to garner people’s perspective on digital...

Just two days after bottoming at $17,500, bitcoin has recovered the losses and spiked back beyond $19K, as of writing these lines. Most major altcoins are also green, besides Ripple (XRP), which continues to drop in value following the Spark (FLR) airdrop snapshot.Bitcoin Soars Above $19,300: Overvalued?The primary cryptocurrency had a volatile past several days. Last Friday, just two days ago, It went from trading safely around the $19K mark to as low as $17,500.However, after Wall Street...

A recent report posted by the popular cryptocurrency exchange OKEx says that retail investors had chased BTC’s price when it was heading higher in the past few months. In contrast, whale traders and, possibly, institutions were taking profits and primarily buying the dips.Retail Traders Chase The Price; Large Investors Take ProfitsOKEx partnered with the blockchain data company Kaiko to analyze data from the most utilized trading pair on the exchange – BTC/USDT. The two organizations followed...

Following another dip to $17,600 bitcoin has bounced off and has reclaimed the $18K level. Most alternative coins have taken a breath of fresh air as well, and the market cap has gained about $20 billion since yesterday’s bottom.Bitcoin Reclaims $18KThe primary cryptocurrency began gradually decreasing in value at the start of the week. After a few consecutive days of trading in the red, bitcoin dipped even further to $17,600.Despite bouncing off initially, BTC failed to fully recover in the...

While Bitcoin has increased by a total of around 400% since the March lows, the picture doesn’t appear as bright in the short-term as it draws away from $20,000.Over the past seven days, the cryptocurrency lost over $1,000 of its dollar value, charting a decrease of about 5%.During the week, BTC managed to increase to above $19,300, but, unfortunately, it was all downhill from there. The cryptocurrency touched a low of $17,650 yesterday before recovering slightly to its current level of...

The NASDAQ-listed business intelligence company has surpassed its previous plans to offer $400 million in convertible notes. Instead, the firm announced today that it has raised $650 million via a senior convertible notes offering and asserted that the proceeds with be invested in bitcoin.The official announcement reads that “the aggregate principal amount of the notes sold in the offering was $650 million, which includes notes issuable pursuant to an option to purchase.”Although the company...

Despite classifying bitcoin as the best performing asset in 2020, Wells Fargo said in a recent report that the industry is still predominated by speculation rather than traditional investing. The large US multinational financial services company compared BTC with the gold rush in the 1850s.Bitcoin Shows Similarities With The 1850’s Gold RushThe San Francisco-headquartered giant explored the performances of different financial assets through this “wild and crazy year” in its latest report.The...

A year after PayPal suspended transactions for the leading adult website Pornhub, MasterCard, and Visa have followed the example in the midst of child abuse allegations.With cryptocurrencies remaining one of the few available options for payments, the question stands if such association is indeed positive for the industry.Visa and MasterCard Block Use Of Cards On PornhubThe popular adult website has attracted lots of negative attention to itself in the past few years. The situation worsened...

A few months following the soft-launch of the DBS Digital Exchange, the Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation announced the release of its digital asset trading venue. In addition, the investment holding company Singapore Exchange has announced it will take a 10% stake in the platform.DBS Digital Assets Officially AnnouncedCryptoPotato reported in late October that DBS Bank has successfully trialed its trading venue enabling institutional investors to access...

As the DeFi space continues to grow, ConsenSys has now announced a new offering from the leading wallet provider MetaMask. It will enable cryptocurrency funds, professional traders, and custodians with institutional-grade controls and applications for decentralized finance.The blockchain technology solutions provider ConsenSys has announced today a new offering oriented toward the growing space of decentralized finance (DeFi).In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company reiterated...