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Ignoring all known rules of gravity, Bitcoin has taken for the skies, and it shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. This week the cryptocurrency is up by another 14% and is currently trading just about 6% below its all-time high of around $20,000 reached in December 2017.The week started off fairly calmly, and some were even thinking that there is a correction incoming. This wasn’t the case, as right after the weekend, BTC started moving… up. It breached its former high on Wednesday and...

Americans have just elected Cynthia Lummis (R) as their first female pro bitcoin senator, and she seems ready to make history. Lummis (R) became senator-elect from the state of Wyoming after beating the democrat candidate Mike Enzi. She has a long and well-known career in politics, but few know about her proud past as a Bitcoin hodler. And Lummis’ story doesn’t seem to be stuck in the past. The new senator is willing to give a better future to the Bitcoin ecosystem by putting...

It has been roughly seven months since the US government sent the first stimulus checks worth $1,200 to many citizens. Interestingly, that amount would now be worth nearly $3,000 if invested in Bitcoin as the asset price has significantly appreciated since then, unlike the dollar. Stimulus Checks: The History World governments were caught by surprise when the COVID-19 pandemic broke out earlier this year. One of the first orders of business included seizing regular life as we...

Bitcoin is up by a total of around 5% this week. However, the most interesting part is that it finally broke above the coveted $16,000 mark for the first time since January 2018. This time, however, things are looking a lot more stable. BTC had a few attempts at $16,000 and managed to convincingly break through today. Ironically, it’s Friday the 13th so there goes the myth of bad things happening on this date. At the time of this writing, the price is trading at above $16,200...

The giant online payment processor announced yesterday that all “eligible PayPal account holders in the US can now buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly with PayPal.” The update of the original statement reads that users can interact with digital assets from their PayPal application or through their desktop accounts. The cryptocurrency community remains split in its opinion-whether this is actually good for Bitcoin in the long run.  From one side, people believe that...

Brad Garlinghouse believes that bitcoin holding companies will soon be affected by new policies from the Biden-led administration. Bitcoin Will be Subject to Climate Change Management Policies According to a tweet on Monday (November 9, 2020), Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has envisaged that Bitcoin holding companies might come under scrutiny once the Biden admin begins to carry out its climate change management policies. Ripple’s head said firms that are hodlers of the...

A former Microsoft software engineer found guilty earlier this year has been sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing more than $10 million in Bitcoin. The 26-year old Ukrainian used accounts and passwords of other employees and the services of various Bitcoin mixers. Nine Years In Prison For Stealing $10M In BTC As reported by CryptoPotato year, the US District Court in Seattle found guilty Volodymyr Kvashuk on 18 charges. He operated as a software engineer in the US...

Shortly after suspending withdrawals and deposits to its platform, the crypto lending service Cred has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  CryptoPotato reported in late October that the US-based platform had temporarily suspended all funds inflows and outflows while assisting law enforcement agencies in investigating an “incident.”  According to an official announcement from this past weekend, Cred INC. has “commenced a voluntary Chapter 11 case in the United States...

Despite briefly tanking following the results of the US Presidential elections, Bitcoin has reclaimed the $15,000 mark and registered its third-highest weekly close. The altcoins have also recovered yesterday’s losses, and the market cap has jumped back to $440 billion. Bitcoin’s Third-Best Weekly Close Bitcoin peaked at a new yearly high on Friday as the uncertainty of the US elections grew. However, once the results came in, meaning that the 46th US President will be Joseph...

The official election of Joe Biden as the 46th US President resulted in a sharp nosedive for Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market. While BTC dumped to a low of $14,350 at its Saturday’s lowest, the total market cap lost nearly $30 billion at one point yesterday. Biden’s Election Drove BTC Down? The past week has been quite impressive for Bitcoin. The primary cryptocurrency entered the election day on November 3rd at about $13,300. The uncertainty that followed...