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FTX's Bankman-Fried Accused of Misleading Public Over Bitcoin as FT Picks His Words 'Selectively'
16.5.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO and founder of major crypto exchange FTX, and investor in Solana (SOL), was accused of misleading the public as he omitted important facts while bashing Bitcoin (BTC). The CEO claims that his quotes were chosen "very selectively" by a mainstream media outlet, known...
‘44 Nations Meeting in El Salvador to Talk Bitcoin,’ Claims President Bukele
16.5.2022
Thirty two central bankers and 12 financial chiefs representing 44 nations will meet in El Salvador later today, per the nation’s President Nayib Bukele, who claimed that – among other things – the group will discuss bitcoin (BTC)....
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Bitcoin and Ethereum Consolidate Gains, ADA and SOL Accelerate
16.5.2022
Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the USD 30,000 resistance zone and climbed above the USD 31,000 level before correcting lower again. It is currently (04:06 UTC) consolidating gains near USD 30,400 and remains at a risk of a downside break below USD 30,000. BTC is up 2% in a day...
Securities Giant SBI Snaps up Controlling Stake in One of its Crypto Rivals, BITPoint
14.5.2022
The Japanese securities and banking giant SBI Holdings has made another key M&A move – and will snap up a controlling interest in BITPoint, one of the domestic rivals to its SBI VC Trade crypto trading platform.
Per Nikkei, BITPoint’s operator, the loyalty point provider Remixpoint, has stated...
Nomura's Bitcoin OTC, Prosecutors vs. Arthur Hayes, Tether's Reserves + More News
13.5.2022
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Critics Say El Salvador Could Default on Conventional Debts Before it Even Issues Bitcoin Bonds
13.5.2022
Concerns are being voiced that El Salvador could default on bond payments, with international critics claiming that President Nayib Bukele’s “experiment” to grant bitcoin (BTC) legal currency status “has hit a wall.”...
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Diem Co-Creator Shifts Focus to Bitcoin
13.5.2022
David Marcus, former Meta executive and co-creator of Facebook’s now sold Diem project, has moved his focus to Bitcoin (BTC), unveiling a new company, Lightspark, established with the aim to explore, build and extend BTC’s capabilities and utility.
“As a first step, we’re actively assembling...
Bitcoin Recovers From $26,500; Time To Invest in BTC?
13.5.2022
Bitcoin’s decline and bearish crypto movement was a sudden sentiment change created by the collapse of LUNA as it lost its peg. To save UST from further decline, BTC was sold to create a hedge. Now that the initial negativity has subsided, BTC could return above the $35,000 level. Still, there...
Elon Musk Puts Twitter Deal on Hold
13.5.2022
Tesla chief Elon Musk’s deal with social media giant Twitter to take over the company has been put on hold.
“Twitter deal temporarily on hold pending details supporting calculation that spam/fake accounts do indeed represent less than 5% of users,” Musk wrote on the social media platform around...
Bitcoin Jumps Above USD 30K, Ethereum Reclaims 2K as Tether Regains Peg, LUNA & UST Near Zero
13.5.2022
Bitcoin price remained well bid above USD 25,000 and started a recovery wave. It is currently (04:46 UTC) trading above the key USD 30,000 resistance zone, near USD 30,500, and is up 6% in a day, trimming its weekly losses to 17%.
USDT regained its peg after losing it yesterday. (Learn more:...
Chelsea Secures First Crypto Shirt Sponsor in USD 24M Deal
13.5.2022
Shortly after the UK seized the club from sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and a group of investors paid GBP 2.5bn (USD 3.1bn) for his shares, Chelsea FC is teaming up with digital asset investing platform WhaleFin under a shirt sponsorship deal for the next season.
The deal...
Google Searches Show Increased Interest in Buying Bitcoin & Ethereum as Prices Fall
12.5.2022
Data by Google Trends suggests that there is an increase in interest among people who seek to buy top cryptoassets like bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) as prices hit multi-month lows.
The interest in search terms "should I buy bitcoin" and "should I buy ethereum" have increased by more than...
Two Clues for When Bitcoin Downturn Might End
12.5.2022
As the crypto market crash continued on Thursday, analysts told Cryptonews.com that traders should keep a close eye on the bitcoin (BTC) price on Coinbase, as well as tether’s (USDT) progress towards getting back to its dollar peg, for clues about when the worst selling pressure might end.
“If...
Most Wanted 'Cryptoqueen', Galaxy's Buyback, Delayed CBDC + More News
12.5.2022
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Bitcoin Dominance Rises as ETH/BTC Breaks Down
12.5.2022
The bitcoin (BTC) dominance – bitcoin’s share of the overall crypto market capitalization – has risen sharply over the past two days, as the price of ethereum (ETH) has broken lower against BTC.
Since Wednesday this week, the bitcoin dominance has risen from under 42% to 44.3% as of Thursday...
Brazil’s Biggest Neobank Makes Bitcoin Investment & Will Let Customers Buy BTC, Ethereum
12.5.2022
Nubank, Brazil’s largest digital bank, is set to invest 1% of its portfolio in bitcoin (BTC), and will begin rolling out functions that allow its app users to buy, sell, and hold BTC and ethereum (ETH).
Per the media outlet Exame, the neobank will convert 1% of its equity to bitcoin via...
Bitcoin Below USD 29K, Ethereum Dives More, LUNA, Altcoins Crash
12.5.2022
Bitcoin price started another decline and traded below the key USD 30,000 support. BTC even broke the USD 28,500 support to move further into a bearish zone. It is currently (03:58 UTC) down 8% and is trading near USD 28,700. BTC is also down 28% in a week.
Similarly, most major altcoins...
South Korean Court Gains Support from Exchanges in Bid to Include Crypto in Bankruptcy Cases
12.5.2022
South Korea’s judiciary is set to include crypto holdings in lists of debtors’ assets in bankruptcy cases – and the nation’s leading crypto exchanges have agreed to cooperate with courts on the matter....
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AMC Calls Crypto Adoption a ‘Massive Home Run,’ but Wary of Regulatory Challenges of Coin Issuance
11.5.2022
The American entertainment industry giant AMC Entertainment Holdings has expanded on its crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) plans – claiming that it has “eight different NFT programs that either already have been launched or are in the works,” but adding that it will only press ahead with...
Crypto Market Dives – and Rebounds – Following UST De-Peg, US Inflation Report
11.5.2022
Bitcoin (BTC), ethereum (ETH), and the broader crypto market experienced a sharp correction today after the terraUSD (UST) stablecoin collapsed, and an inflation report in the US revealed higher-than-expected price rises. However, prices later turned around, marking a strong recovery for...