Bitcoin (BTC) faced fresh losses on July 1 as attention focused on an impending test of an important support zone. No price breakout for Bitcoin Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a 5% decline in BTC/USD overnight on Wednesday. As Cointelegraph reported, eyes are now on an area between $32,300 and $33,000 to provide
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has again rejected the idea of him buying into Ether (ETH) despite the social media platform’s activities with Ethereum-based nonfungible tokens (NFTs). On Wednesday, the social media platform announced a giveaway through Rarible, a major NFT platform utilizing the Ethereum blockchain network for minting digital collectible tokens. But despite Twitter releasing
Leading decentralized crypto exchange by trade volume Binance has restored British pound withdrawals using the Faster Payments network. On June 28, Binance uploaded a notice revealing that withdrawals via Faster Payments, a popular United Kingdom-based inter-bank payments platform, had been suspended for maintenance. The news came the same week the U.K.’s financial regulator, the Financial
The market capitalization of all 10,722 cryptocurrencies in existence is around $1.42 trillion on Wednesday and during the last 24 hours, all of these crypto-assets combined lost 3.92%. Meanwhile, bitcoin captures 45.73% of the entire $1.42 trillion capitalization and ethereum commands 17.8%. As both of these leading assets have improved this week, seven-day changes against
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has sold an NFT of the web’s source code for $5.4 million at fine art auction house Sotheby’s. The piece titled ‘This Changed Everything’ includes a time-stamped file of the source code’s 9,555 lines, a high-fidelity image, a 30-minute animation of the code being written,
Bitcoin (BTC) is printing a new price indicator this month — and it may not involve anything more than the day of the week. In its latest Telegram market update on June 30, crypto trading firm QCP Capital revealed its “Turnaround Tuesdays” indicator had caught all of the past month’s BTC price extremes. Bitcoin seals
Bitcoin’s (BTC) whipsaw volatility has been on full display throughout June, leaving traders confused and in search of the latest technical indicator or major news announcement that might provide some hint at which way the price will move. As the month of June comes toward an end, traders are now focused BTC’s on the monthly close to
Bitcoin price staged a mild resurgence at the start of this week but data from Glassnode suggests that its new BTC investors who came late to the party and are dumping their positions in a panic. This transfer of crypto assets from speculators or momentum chasers to long-term investors is a positive sign. This lays the
Derivatives data shows that Ether (ETH) traders are feeling less bullish when compared to Bitcoin (BTC). Even though the altcoin captured a nearly 200% gain in the first half of 2021 versus Bitcoin’s modest 22% price increase, traders seem to be more affected by Ether’s recent underperformance. Institutional flow also backs the decreased optimism seen
The U.S. House committee on financial services held a hearing Wednesday for legislators and a panel of witnesses to discuss cryptocurrency regulation in the United States. The subcommittee on oversight and investigations invited expert witnesses to testify before congress on the risks and opportunities of blockchain technology. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-MN), a ranking member of
Today, Ripple is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sendi Young as Managing Director of its European operations. In the midst of rapid growth, Sendi will oversee strategy and champion the expansion of Ripple’s global financial network technology, RippleNet, which delivers financial solutions that enable customers to easily run and scale their business. Deepening Our
On Wednesday, the North American bitcoin mining operation Blockware Mining announced the firm closed a $25 million investment round. According to the company, Blockware Mining aims to leverage the financing to expand operations “beyond its currently installed North American footprint.” Blockware Raises $25 Million, Purchases 14,000 ASIC Miners Blockware Mining, a bitcoin mining infrastructure and
Gold is set to outperform Bitcoin (BTC) in the second quarter of 2021. An ounce of gold has surged from $1,707.45 on April 1 to over $1,750 in the still-running June 30 session. That marked a roughly 3.9% jump over the quarter. Meanwhile, Bitcoin has plunged by more than 40% to below $35,000 after topping
The realm of metaverses is growing, with gaming, nonfungible tokens and contemporary performance art all contributing to create interactive and immersive digital-only ecosystems. “Welcome to Lobsteropolis District of Lobster Land” is the welcome notice that greets netizens upon entering Lobsteropolis city. Existing within the blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland, Lobsteropolis is a digital-only city based on
The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority is penalizing Robinhood to the tune of roughly $70 million based on the results of an investigation into the stock and cryptocurrency trading app. In a Wednesday announcement, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA, said it had ordered Robinhood to pay $57 million in fines to the regulatory
Ethereum Classic (ETC) reached its highest level in almost three weeks Wednesday, buoyed by Barry Silbert-backed Digital Currency Group’s $50 million investment and by an overall cryptocurrency market recovery led by Bitcoin (BTC). The 17th-largest cryptocurrency by market value traded as high as $63.19 — a nearly 98% rise from its June 22 low of