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Hong Kong Regulator Reminds Investors of Risks Associated With NFTs
9.6.2022
Hong Kong’s securities regulator has warned investors to be wary of risks that are associated with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The regulator also advised investors to consider investing in NFTs only if they fully understand the risks. NFTs ‘Straddle the Line Between Collectibles...
Binance Pay, Alchemy Pay, ePayments, and QponBay Support Offline Crypto Payments for NFTs at ‘Artaverse’
9.6.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Binance Pay, Alchemy Pay, ePayments, and QponBay are collaborating to facilitate offline crypto payment methods at ‘Artaverse’, an NFT and metaverse event to be held in Hong Kong from June 3rd to 12th. Participants of Artaverse will be able to use cryptocurrencies...
American Economists Are Baffled by an ‘Unusual Situation’ as Russia’s Ruble Is the World’s Best Performing Fiat Currency
9.6.2022
Two months after the Russian ruble fell below a U.S. penny, the transcontinental country’s fiat currency is the best performing currency worldwide. American economists are baffled by the “unusual situation” because a country facing stiff sanctions typically sees its fiat...
Bitcoin and Ethereum Still Stuck In Range, THETA and HNT Rally
9.6.2022
Bitcoin price failed to clear the USD 31,500 resistance zone and corrected below USD 30,500. It is currently (04:01 UTC) trading near USD 30,300 and is up 1% in a day and almost 2% in a week.
Similarly, most major altcoins are also range-bound. ETH traded below the USD 1,820 and USD 1,800...
World Bank Warns of Global Recession, Stagflation — ‘This Is the Sharpest Slowdown in 80 Years’
9.6.2022
The World Bank has warned of a possible global recession. “For many countries, recession will be hard to avoid,” said World Bank President David Malpass. “This is the sharpest slowdown in 80 years.” World Bank on Global Recession, Stagflation The World Bank warned about...
South Korean Crypto Exchanges Prepared to Self-regulate, Says Ruling Party
9.6.2022
South Korea’s ruling political party – the People’s Power Party – has stated that the nation’s leading crypto exchanges have created plans that could see them form a self-regulating body that could be empowered to take cross-platform decisions on matters such as delisting and the suspension...
Citadel, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Join Forces to Build Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
9.6.2022
Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial are reportedly building a cryptocurrency trading platform with help from Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab. “We know there is significant interest in this cryptocurrency space and we will look to invest in firms and technologies working to offer...
First Mover Asia: Crypto’s Institutional Future May Be Incompatible With Litecoin’s Privacy Protecting Features; Bitcoin Falls
9.6.2022
Major Korean exchanges are delisting the token after it introduced privacy upgrades involving the MimbleWimble protocol that’s designed to make transactions confidential and virtually untraceable
Paypal Upgrades Crypto Service — Now Lets Users Transfer Cryptocurrencies to Other Wallets, Exchanges
8.6.2022
Paypal has begun letting users transfer cryptocurrencies between its platform and other wallets and exchanges. “This feature has been consistently ranked by users as one of the most requested enhancements since we began offering the purchase of crypto on our platform,” Paypal...
Market Wrap: Is Bitcoin Breaking Down or Breaking Free?
8.6.2022
NEED TO UPDATE: Bitcoin (BTC) is trading around the $30K price level and appears to be in the mid-to-late stage of a bear market phase, according to some indicators. Meanwhile, some fund managers are hoping for a 10%-20% price jump to recover from last month's losses
Kazakhstan Central Bank Exploring ‘Opportunities in Crypto, DeFi ‘Innovation’
8.6.2022
Kazakhstan’s central National Bank has stated that it is “interested in” the “opportunities for innovation” that cryptoassets and DeFi can “give” the government.
Per Tengrinews, the Governor of the National Bank Galymzhan Pirmatov told journalists at a press conference, that Kazakhstan wanted...
Bitcoin bears have plenty of reasons to hold BTC price below $32,000
8.6.2022
Regulatory pressure and macroeconomic uncertainty continue to pin traders' sentiment and BTC price under $32,000
Checkout.com Reveals Merchants Can Accept and Make Payments in USDC
8.6.2022
On Tuesday, the financial technology company Checkout.com announced that it will allow merchant settlements using the stablecoin USDC via a partnership with the crypto firm Fireblocks. Checkout.com further detailed that in a beta test with select clients, the company settled $300 million...
Price analysis 6/8: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, AVAX, SHIB
8.6.2022
Bitcoin and altcoins are losing bullish momentum and persistent selling at overhead resistance suggests that the current consolidation is far from over
New NFT Marketplace, myNFT, Seals $7m in Funding to Make NFTs Accessible to All
8.6.2022
PRESS RELEASE. New London-based NFT marketplace platform, myNFT, has announced its upcoming launch with the news that it has received Series A funding from some of the most prominent investors in the blockchain industry. myNFT believes that the current NFT industry is filled with barriers, blocking...
Circle Announces the Stablecoin USDC Is Now Supported by the Polygon Network
8.6.2022
Circle, the issuer of the stablecoin usd coin (USDC), announced that the project is now supported on the Polygon network. The stablecoin with the second-largest market capitalization can now be withdrawn via a Circle Account and Circle APIs without the need for manual cross-chain bridge technology....
Biggest Movers: LINK Remains Near 1-Month High, as ADA Extends Bull Run
8.6.2022
LINK remained close to a one-month high earlier in today’s session, as crypto markets shook off some of Tuesday’s volatile moves. Although price volatility remained, bulls returned to show force, with ADA continuing to climb higher this week. Chainlink (LINK) LINK was trading around...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Ticks Up, Solana's USD 100M Bet, NFT Ticketing + More News
8.6.2022
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Benchmark Sees Canaan as Indirect Investment in Bitcoin; Shares Gain
8.6.2022
The broker initiated coverage of the mining-equipment business with a buy rating and $9 price target
Bitcoin Historical Performance is No Guide for the Future in 2022
8.6.2022
May turned out to be yet another disappointing month for bitcoin (BTC), despite promising predictions based on its historical performance. So, with that in mind, how reliable really are historical patterns for the price of bitcoin today?
Using crypto exchange Kraken’s monthly market outlook...