Bitcoin price corrected lower from the USD 58,000 resistance. However, BTC is still trading above the USD 56,000 level and is almost unchanged in a day. The current (12:30 PM UTC) price action is positive, suggesting more possible upsides above the USD 57,500 and USD 58,000 levels. Besides, most major altcoins are trading in a […]
Bitcoin Almost Unchanged, Ethereum, Altcoins Show Mixed Results
Binance Investigated by CFTC in US – Report
Source: Instagram, Binance Major crypto exchange Binance is being investigated by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over concerns that it allowed Americans to place wagers that violated US rules, Bloomberg reported, citing undisclosed people familiar with the matter. The CFTC is seeking to determine whether Binance, which isn’t registered with the agency, permitted […]
A Year Since Big Market Crash: Bitcoin Up 1,370%, Ethereum – 1,740%
Source: Adobe/fesenko It has been a year since the infamous Black Thursday (USA time) / Black Friday (UTC time) – one of the "droppiest" events in Bitcoin (BTC)’s, Ethereum (ETH)’s, and altcoins’ history. And the world’s first crypto has come a long way since. On the night (UTC time) from Thursday, March 12, to Friday, […]
Binance Rolls out Crypto Pay Service for Bitcoin, Ether, Fiat and More
Source: iStock/prima91 The crypto exchange giant Binance has come good on claims last year that it was poised to join the payments sector, moving its Binance Pay platform out of beta and into the full rollout. Following a similar move from rival crypto trading platform Bitfinex earlier this month, Binance wrote, in a blog post […]
Miner Backlash Over Fee Upgrade Provokes A Countermove by Ethereum Devs
Source: Adobe/bizoo_n Ethereum (ETH) developers have responded to a miner backlash against a fee-related Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) by proposing to bring forward the blockchain’s planned move to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism which makes miners obsolete. Developer Mikhail Kalinin has submitted a pull request to “implement the executable beacon chain proposal,” which would deploy […]
SEC ‘Wants to Know How Much We Spend on Groceries,’ Say Ripple Execs
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Bloomberg The long battle between the American regulatory Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the XRP issuer Ripple has taken a personal turn – literally – with the SEC seeking personal financial information from banks on the company’s two most powerful executives, its co-founder Christian Larsen and CEO Bradley […]
Justin Sun: Christie’s Tech Glitch Stopped Me Paying USD 70M for Beeple NFT
Justin Sun. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Tron Foundation The Tron (TRX) chief Justin Sun has spoken out after it was confirmed he was thwarted in the finals seconds during his attempt to buy the first piece of digital-only art to go under the hammer at the auction house Christie’s. Initially, it was reported that […]
Bitcoin Eyes Fresh ATH, Ethereum and Altcoins Show Positive Signs
Bitcoin price is following a bullish path above the USD 55,000 pivot level. BTC even broke the USD 58,000 resistance before correcting lower. It is currently (05:00 UTC) trading above USD 56,000 and it might continue higher towards USD 60,000. Besides, most major altcoins are holding important supports. ETH moved back above the USD 1,800 […]
Chat App KakaoTalk’s Crypto Wallet Now Has 0.75m Users
The logo of the KakaoTalk chat app. Source: Adobe/Denys Prykhodov The South Korean chat app operator Kakao says some 0.75 million, or more than 1% of its users are now using its chat app-linked crypto wallet that was launched in June 2020. Per a report from TechM, the service is firmly “en route to the […]