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China Continues Bitcoin Mining Crackdown to Improve Capital Controls Enforcement, Enhance RMB Protections, Strength Digital Yuan Use-Case: Report

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform offering risk management solutions, recently noted that the Bitcoin market is continuing its consolidation pattern. As mentioned in an update from BitOoda, $30,000 has “proved to be a support level for now.”… Read More

CloseCross Traders Betting Big on ETH

Trading data from blockchain-based derivatives platform CloseCross suggests the majority of ETH investors expect its price to stay stable or increase, an analysis released today shows. In mid-June, roughly 80 percent of ETH and BTC trades on CloseCross were based on them gaining price from… Read More

Chainalysis Shares Detailed Classification System for Cryptocurrency Services based on Level of Risk, Other Factors

Since Bitcoin’s (BTC) launch back in 2009, virtual currency has managed to drive new markets, while spurring advancements in modern financial infrastructure. It has also led to innovative thinking in how to address the global economic requirements, the Chainalysis team writes in a blog post…. Read More

CipherTrace Shares Report on Blockchain Analysis that Helped US Seize $2M+ in DarkSide Ransom Paid by Colonial Pipeline

On June 7, 2021, the US Department of Justice announced that they had managed to seize 63.69 BTC (valued at around $2.5 million) of the 75 BTC ransom Colonial Pipeline was forced to pay to DarkSide. This ransom recovery is notably the very first undertaken… Read More

Remittance Payments to El Salvador can be Improved by Using Bitcoin or Other Crypto Rails Instead of Regular Money Transfers: Report

Nate Maddrey and the other researchers at Coin Metrics have shared their latest State of the Network Report. Published on June 15, 2021, the report from Coin Metrics notes that on June 9, 2021, the El Salvador Congress introduced a bill that officially made Bitcoin… Read More

Ethereum Records Largest Outflows on Record Last Week at $12.7M, as Bitcoin Remains a Popular Choice, CoinShares Reports

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (June 14) that for the week ending June 14,… Read More

Bitcoin Mining in Iran Banned for 4 Months, Hundreds of Unregistered BTC Miners Seized by Government: Report

Zack Voell, a cryptocurrency mining specialist, writes in a blog post published by Compass that Iran has banned Bitcoin mining for four months in the country’s most recent “legal pivot” away from the “begrudged but enduring segment of miners” operating in the country. Voell points… Read More

DogeCoin Trading on Binance Briefly Surpassed BTC, ETH Volumes in May, while Ethereum Volume Exceeded Bitcoin on Coinbase: Report

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics research team noted that during the past month, Ethereum (ETH) trading volumes have been catching up with Bitcoin (BTC) volume on Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange. Although Bitcoin led by a significantly large margin at the start of… Read More

Payments Fintech Fiserv to Allow Consumers to Share Data on their Digital Asset Holdings with Financial Institutions

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a multinational provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, will allow customers to share data on their digital asset holdings with their Fintech app providers. Consumers will be able to share their data with various financial institutions, wealth management firms,… Read More

Bitcoin, Crypto Selloff Mostly led by New Traders, as “Smart Money” Held Through, Ethereum Whales Soared in May: Report

Digital asset firm Kraken notes in its latest Kraken Intelligence report that May was a rather “unpleasant” month for crypto. The Kraken Intelligence team points out that with such a “severe” price correction, some may now be wondering whether “the party that began last September… Read More

UK Fintech Bottlepay to Allow European Consumers to Perform Instant Bitcoin, Euros, GBP Payments

Bottlepay, an international payments app provider, has introduced its services across Europe, enabling clients to perform instant, cost-effective cross-border transactions with Euros and Bitcoin (BTC). The Bottlepay app leverages the Lightning Network (LN), a layer-2 Bitcoin payments scalability solution, in order to conduct faster transfers…. Read More

CoinShares Reports its Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin ETPs Cross-listed on Germany’s Börse Xetra Exchange

Leading European digital asset manager CoinShares (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) announced Monday (June 7, 2021) that three of the firm’s recently introduced physically-backed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have now “cross-listed on Germany’s Börse Xetra exchange.” As noted in a release from the company: CoinShares… Read More

El Salvador Might Make Bitcoin (BTC) Legal Tender, but Transactions with the Crypto are Too Costly and Slow

El Salvador is reportedly looking to become the first nation in the world to adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender. El Salvador’s government might introduce legislation that could potentially make it the first country to adopt BTC as legal tender, along with the US dollar…. Read More

Crypto-Native Bitcoin Water Trust Initiative Launched, with Support from Professional Skateboarder Tony Hawk

Global safe drinking water nonprofit, charity: water, revealed on June 4, 2021, that they have introduced a “crypto-native” Bitcoin Water Trust initiative. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the trust will enable charity: water to receive and “hodl” (hold long-term) Bitcoin donations in… Read More

Unchained Capital Finalizes $25M Series A Round led by Bitcoin Tech and Financial Services Provider NYDIG

Unchained Capital, Inc. recently revealed that it has completed the initial closing of a $25 million Series A round that was led by institutional Bitcoin tech and financial services provider, NYDIG and parent firm Stone Ridge Holdings Group. In addition to participating in the equity… Read More

Significant Number of US, UK Consumers Now Own Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, DogeCoin, Litecoin: Survey

Cryptocurrency ownership is on the rise across the globe and in a recent survey of nearly 3000 US adults, Bitcoin remains the “overwhelming” favorite among the scores of virtual currencies that are currently available. According to data from TradingPlatforms.com, shared with Ci, 80.7% of US… Read More

Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, DogeCoin Payments will be Accepted by Perk Hero via BitPay

Perk Labs Inc. (CSE: PERK)(OTCQB:PKLBF)(FKT:PKLB), the parent company of Perk Hero, the mobile commerce platform with attractive deals on curated specialty products and digital gift cards, has teamed up with BitPay, a leading provider of Bitcoin and crypto payment services. Perk Labs plans to take… Read More

Bitcoin DeFi Protocol Sovryn Introduces Hackathon Offering $500,000 in Financial Assistance to Blockchain Developers

Sovryn, a protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin, has introduced Sovrython, which is a virtual or online conference and hackathon that is scheduled to take place from June 4 to July 18, 2021. There will be $250,000 in bounties and another $250,000 in post-hackathon… Read More

Digital Assets: Atani Founders Reveal how Their Software Allows Crypto Traders to Conduct Seamless Transactions

We recently caught up with Paul Barroso, Co-founder & CEO of Atani and Haydeé Barroso, Co-founder & COO at Atani. Paul and Haydeé explained how their platform allows users to access many different crypto exchanges such as Binance, Huobi, Coinbase Pro, among many others. Atani… Read More

Recent Bitcoin, Ethereum, Wider Crypto Market Crash Was “Big Test” for Nascent Stablecoin Market: Report

The cryptocurrency market has really been tested during the past few weeks following “a cascade of negative news,” the Coin Metrics team notes in its latest report. The resulting crypto market price crash has also been “a big test” for stablecoins, which are becoming a… Read More

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