The overall cryptocurrency market saw a second day of gains on April 27 after the weekend sell-off proved to be a good buying opportunity for retail and institutional investors. Lower gas fees following the Ethereum network’s Berlin upgrade along with an increase in institutional buying and decentralized finance activity lifted the price of Ether to
Bitcoin (BTC) is riding high on the back of a “very low and healthy” indicator, according to one market analyst, which could propel it to a key resistance level at $58,000. In a tweet on April 27, analyst Lex Moskovski noted that futures funding rates are suggesting this week’s BTC price run has been completely
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is entering the nonfungible token industry by introducing its own NFT platform and marketplace. The company announced Monday the upcoming launch of Binance NFT, a new NFT platform that is expected to start operating in June 2021. Based on Binance’s blockchain infrastructure, Binance NFT aims to provide minimum NFT
Another rainy Sunday night. You’re browsing on Facebook and Twitter — inundated with photos of your friend’s new baby, jokes that have been copied from poor hard-working comedians, and memes that certainly were funny… when you first saw them four years ago. Undeterred, you keep scrolling. There’s a tweet that proclaims a hot new cryptocurrency
Shapeshift Reveals Platform Supports Unwrapped Swaps via Thorchain With No KYC Just recently, Shapeshift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees published a blog post about a new project called Thorchain, a protocol that allows for decentralized exchanges without wrapping or bridging technology commonly used today. Thorchain launched on April 13, 2021, and … read more.
Amid the growing opposition against the new cryptocurrency tax regime in South Korea, finance minister Hong Nam-ki confirmed that the government will start taxing capital gains from crypto trading starting next year. “It’s inevitable, we will need to impose taxes on gains from trading of virtual assets,” the minister said when asked whether the tax should
Today, Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI)—the leading university blockchain accelerator program—welcomes the University of Capetown, Reykjavik University, and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYU Abu Dhabi) to solve key challenges in financial technology and advance real-world solutions for blockchain and cryptocurrency. The three additions join more than 35 global university partners already deeply engaged
Bitcoin (BTC) is still on course to hit $100,000 this year and its recent dip is “unchanged price action.” That was the conclusion of one of the industry’s best-known investors as BTC/USD recovered from its trip to near $46,000. Tapiero eyes “very rare buy signal” for Bitcoin… In a tweet on April 27, Dan Tapiero,
Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trade Regulatory Agency (known as Bappebti) is considering levying a tax on all cryptocurrency transactions taking place on regulated exchanges within the country. Currently, 13 cryptocurrency exchanges fall under Bappebti’s regulatory oversight, and the tax would be automatically applied by these platforms should it be approved, according to a report by the
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols Badger DAO and RenVM have announced today the launch of “Badger Bridge,” a Bitcoin-to-Ethereum bridge that will allow BTC holders to bring their Bitcoin to Ethereum and deposit it into yield-bearing vaults purportedly with a single click. “The Badger Bridge is the first of its kind to enable users to earn
A new survey revealed the different stances of Russians toward cryptocurrencies and fiat currency. Specifically, some of the respondents believe digital assets will replace fiat in ten years. Residents in Moscow Believe Cryptos Will Replace Fiat, While Others Are Skeptical According to Nord News, the research was conducted by Otkritie Bank, a Moscow-based financial institution
Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Eun Sung-soo has ordered FSC officials who hold crypto to file reports on their investments by May 7. The FSC employees subject to reporting are those who manage virtual currency tech developments, those responsible for drafting and applying virtual currency laws, and those who report on and manage crypto
The market capitalization of Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, zipped past $50 billion on Monday, in a sign that the cryptocurrency bull market was still heating up. Tether Operations Limited confirmed the milestone on Friday, with roughly 50 billion USDT now reported to be in circulation. Tether’s supply, and hence its market cap, has
Bitcoin (BTC) might have recovered from the $47,000 low seen on April 25, but the subsequent 15% bounce was not enough to bring optimism to the BTC options markets. Even at the present $54,000 level, the price remains 17% below the $64,900 all-time high reached on April 14. The popular Crypto Fear and Greed Index
Bitcoin price started the week off with a strong move that propelled the price above $50,000 and at the time of writing, bulls are in pursuit of the $55,000 level. On April 21, JPMorgan analysts wrote that the liquidity in the cryptocurrency markets is likely to recover sharply after the recent sell-off in Bitcoin (BTC). According
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has reshaped the face of the cryptocurrency market over the past year, attracting the attention of both institutional investors and retail traders alike as the traditional financial sector continues to warm up to blockchain technology. While the majority of largest DeFi protocols that have a significant amount of volume and value locked
