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The number of US city mayors, whether current or running, supporting bitcoin continues to grow. After Miami’s Francis Suarez, the favorite to win the race in New York City, Eric Adams, promised to make NYC different in a year, including becoming the “center of bitcoins.” BTC Going to NYC? Running as a Democrat, Eric Adams is a polarizing figure that managed to get ahead in the race through an old-school strategy by receiving support from Black and Latino voters with unions....

A few weeks after China started its nationwide crackdown on Bitcoin mining, new reports have confirmed the speculations that at least some miners will look to transition to the US. The most recent one indicated that three tons of mining machines will move from Guangzhou to Maryland. BTC Miners: From China to the US The world’s most populated nation strengthen its grip on Bitcoin mining in May this year after reiterating its ban on operating with BTC and other digital assets....

Over the past seven days, we saw yet another unsuccessful attempt of Bitcoin to breach the coveted $40K mark definitively. Let’s roll back a little. Last weekend, the price was rather indecisive as it was struggling beneath $36K. All this changed on Sunday, however, when bulls stepped in and took control over the market. By Monday, BTC was trading above $40K, and it actually managed to stay there for a few days. This saw the community rather enthusiastic as the price was...

The global investment manager VanEck would have to wait more to receive the SEC’s answer about its Bitcoin ETF application from earlier this year. The Commission’s second delay seeks other interested parties to weigh in on whether such a product will be sustainable. After withdrawing its previous attempts, VanEck filed another application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in March this year to release a Bitcoin ETF. The agency initially delayed the decision back...

The past seven days, despite being intensive in terms of important news, were less than exciting when it comes to pricing. Most of the cryptocurrencies experienced substantial losses. Bitcoin, unlike the majority of altcoins, performed relatively well in comparison. It’s still down about 5% on the week, but its market dominance has increased to about 44%, which is a considerable improvement. The downward pressure started last Saturday when the price tanked from about $38K...

America’s second-oldest bank, State Street Corporation, will establish a digital unit to focus on cryptocurrency endeavors. This comes shortly after the banking organization with over $40 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) said it will enable crypto trading through its platform. State Street Sets Up a Digital Unit The Finance Times reported State Street’s latest endeavor in relation to the cryptocurrency industry. According to the coverage, the giant bank has outlined...

Victory Capital Holdings has outlined plans to enter the cryptocurrency market through its wholly-owned investment adviser, Victory Capital Management. To do so, the branch has partnered with Nasdaq and crypto-focused asset manager Hashdex. Founded in 2013, Victory Capital Holdings is a US-based asset manager with nearly $160 billion in AUM as of April 30th, 2021. According to a press release shared on June 9th, the firm’s investment adviser, Victory Capital Management, has...

One of the world’s leading brokerage companies, Interactive Brokers, will be offering cryptocurrency trading services to its clients by the end of summer 2021. According to a recent report by CNBC, Interactive Brokers will start allowing its customers to trade cryptocurrencies by the end of summer 2021. Speaking on the matter was the Chairman and the CEO of the company, Thomas Peterffy, who said: Customers certainly are asking for cryptocurrency trading and we expect to be...

Progressive Care, a Florida-based healthcare services company, announced today that it has started accepting bitcoin payments for its COVID-19 Rapid Resting services at its PharmcoRx locations. Progressive Care Now Accepting BTC Payments According to the company, the decision was made on the eve of Bitcoin 2021, the world’s largest Bitcoin Conference taking place in Miami this week. The event will attract over 50,000 visitors to Pharmco’s core marketplace in the Miami...

Bitcoin is trading more or less where it was a week ago, following another seven days of choppy price actions. This time, however, it seems that it was an event that propelled its most recent decline and the catalyst was no other but Elon Musk. Last weekend kicked off with a crash towards $33K on Saturday, followed by an increase and yet another decline to roughly around the same area on Monday. As the workweek began, the price started recovering, and it reached well over...