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A new rule under the hat of the COVID-19 relief bill will see 39 million US households receive up to $3,600 monthly starting from mid-July. Given the history between BTC’s price appreciation since the first-ever stimulus bill, the narrative rises now if this latest endeavor will push bitcoin higher again. 39M American Families to Receive up to $3.6K Per Month The COVID-19 pandemic pushed the US government (and many others) to undertake extreme measures to help alleviate the...

Williston, a city in North Dakota, plans to accept cryptocurrencies for utility bills online payments, becoming the first in the state to adopt crypto assets. According to City Finance Director Hercules Cummings, the city has partnered with BitPay, one of the largest bitcoin payment service providers in the U.S. Payments will be converted from crypto to fiat in real-time. Paying Bills with Crypto The city council would first monitor how citizens respond to crypto payments....

A brief panic episode following a statement by Janet Yellen caused the markets to close the day with red candles all over the place. In a videoconference with The Atlantic, Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, signaled that Joe Biden’s administration may be aiming to raise interest rates as a way to save the economy after the imbalance caused by measures to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. A *Not So* Good Idea When asked about what actions would be on the table to...

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp has announced that it will be expanding its United States operations, following a groundbreaking feat recorded in the country in the first four months of the year.   Massive Growth in Q1 Highlighting its achievements within the period, Bitstamp said in a press release shared with CryptoPotato today that new customer signups from U.S. residents surged by 570%.  The third-largest exchange noted that transaction volume, including trading...

The number of companies and organizations accepting bitcoin and other crypto assets as payment instruments continues to grow. The latest coming from the US are from the food industry – Muscle Maker Grill and numerous chain restaurants operated by one parent company – Landry’s. Buy Food With Bitcoin Founded in 1980, Landry’s Inc. is privately-owned multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming corporation operating multiple smaller companies. During a recent CNBC...

The past week has been overall very favorable for the cryptocurrency market. The total capitalization grew to $2.15 trillion, which is a 17% increase. Most of it came from altcoins, however. At the time of this writing, bitcoin’s price trades at around $56,000 following a quick spike. It’s up 9% on the week and managed to recover some of the losses of the previous seven days. In general, the overall trajectory for BTC has been quite positive. It started the week at slightly...

U.S. regulators are looking for ways to organize and adapt their laws to the rapidly changing world of cryptocurrencies. A bill to create a joint force between the SEC and CFTC to better understand and regulate cryptocurrencies has already been passed in the House and is ready to be introduced in the Senate. The Eliminate Barriers to Innovation Act of 2021 seeks to shed some light on the complicated regulatory landscape that hinders the development of cryptocurrency...

The Chairman of the Federal Reserve outlined that the US will not haste its own digital currency project despite China’s rapid advancements. He revealed that the CBDC approach undertaken by the Asian country will not be effective in the USA. China’s CBDC Won’t Work in the US With the rapidly expanding topic of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in countless countries, the world’s largest economy is yet to provide a definitive stance. Although the US dollar remains the...

The Louisiana House of Representatives has passed a resolution this week commending Bitcoin for becoming “the first decentralized trillion-dollar asset,” encouraging the state and the local government to consider crypto assets and blockchain technology. The House Resolution No. 33, signed by representative Mark Wright, praises BTC’s success through the years and its pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, for his “contribution to economic security.” “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED...

Americans’ interest in the cryptocurrency industry has grown significantly in the past year, found a survey by the Winklevoss-run crypto exchange, Gemini. Interestingly, BTC has remained the most popular digital asset, but the results show that US citizens have larger on-average positions in ether, BCH, and LTC. US Appetite for Crypto Rises The past twelve months were somewhat transformative for the crypto ecosystem, with the COVID-19 pandemic serving as the catalyst. This...