Category: Cryptocurrency

Jan 24
Bank of Korea completes first phase of digital currency pilot

The second phase of the CBDC mock testing is expected to be completed by June this year 2895 Total views 42 Total shares The Bank of Korea has successfully completed the first phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) mock testing, which started in August 2021.  The South Korean central bank said that the […]

Jan 24
No regrets for NYC mayor receiving his first Bitcoin paycheck during dip

New York City Mayor Adams was nonchalant about receiving his first Bitcoin paycheck during a 50% drawdown from all-time highs. 3460 Total views 46 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is a New York state of mind thing for Eric Adams, the crypto advocate serving as the 110th mayor of New York City. He received his first […]

Jan 24
Bitcoin ‘enters value zone’ as BTC price floor metric goes green again

Bitcoin (BTC) has just reentered a key price zone, which has signaled the beginning of the end for bear phases, data confirms. In a tweet on Jan. 24, Charles Edwards, founder of crypto investment firm Capriole, flagged Bitcoin’s network value to transaction (NVT) ratio metric as it delivered a new and rare “oversold” signal. NVT […]

Jan 24
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, LUNA, ATOM, ACH*, FTM

Bitcoin (BTC) fell close to $34,000 on Jan. 21, which reflects a 50% decline from the $69,000 all-time high made on Nov. 10, 2021. Altcoins also could not buck the trend and faced intense selling pressure, which pulled the total crypto market capitalization to $1.6 trillion, a 46% decline from its November 2021 all-time high […]

Jan 23
El Salvador buys its cheapest 410 Bitcoin as prices reach $36K

President Nayib Bukele confirmed that the purchase of 410 BTC was made against $15 million, placing the trading price at approximately $36,585 per BTC. 21433 Total views 140 Total shares The Central American country of El Salvador has added 410 Bitcoin (BTC) to its central reserve as BTC prices trade below $37,000, a price last […]

Jan 23
NFTs and DeFi overturn a banker‘s generational curse of poverty in 2 years

“When I started, I almost gave up multiple times. I just want to help others have a more streamlined way to get into crypto,” said Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter. 6935 Total views 94 Total shares Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter from Texas, believes that the cryptocurrency ecosystem offers a fighting […]

Jan 23
BTC price falls to $34K as Bitcoin RSI reaches most ‘oversold’ since March 2020 crash

It‘s looking more and more like a capitulation, but so far, open interest remains “unflushed,” analysts warn. 43125 Total views 183 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) refused to stem recent losses during Jan. 22 as predictions of a flight to $33,000 and lower looked increasingly likely to become a reality. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: […]

Jan 23
3 possible reasons why Polkadot is playing second fiddle in the L1 race

2021 was a sort of “coming-of-age” for many layer-one (L1) blockchain protocols because the growth of decentralized finance (DeFi) and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) forced users to look for solutions outside of the Ethereum (ETH) network where high fees and network congestion continued to be barriers for many. Protocols like Fantom (FTM), Avalanche (AVAX) and Cosmos […]

Jan 23
Bitcoin records all-time high network difficulty amid price fluctuations

Data from BTC.com estimates that the network will continue to grow stronger by attaining another all-time high in the next 12 days, with a network difficulty of 26.70 trillion. 7472 Total views 43 Total shares The Bitcoin (BTC) network has recorded a new all-time high mining difficulty of 26.643 trillion with an average hash rate […]

Jan 22
Price analysis 1/21: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, SOL, XRP, LUNA, DOT, AVAX, DOGE

Bitcoin (BTC) and most major altcoins continue to witness a bloodbath on Jan. 21 and the result of the most recent downturn has been a $200 billion reduction in market capitalization.  A new report by Huobi Research, in collaboration with Blockchain Association Singapore, forecast Bitcoin to enter a bear market in 2022. The liquidity tightening measures […]