Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows that Bitcoin taproot utilization has now hit a new all-time high, thanks to the emergence of Ordinals on the network.
Bitcoin Taproot Utilization Hits New All-Time High Of 4.2%
According to the latest weekly report from Glassnode, both Tap...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
While the Cardano price has experienced a somewhat dark 2022, there are good reasons to be bullish on ADA at the moment, according to Santiment’s on-chain data. Also, while the all-time high of $3.09 from September 2, 2021 is still -88.28% away...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The revolutionary character of Bitcoin, the first digital currency to unlock previously closed barriers in the digital currency market, means that it hardly needs an introduction. The past year was extremely difficult for all cryptocurrencies, includ...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Shiba Inu is one of the worst performing cryptocurrencies within the top-20 by market cap within the last week. SHIB has lost 3.7% of its value in the last 24 hours, while it is down as much as 12% on a weekly basis.
One reason for this, besides the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
This week was host to the biggest acquisition of blockchain-based art from an American museum. The new additions of nearly two dozen NFT art pieces were gifted to one of Los Angeles’ most recognizable museums from one of the most recognizable n...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Per a report from Bloomberg, crypto exchange Binance’s recent issues with U.S. regulators were triggered by Circle. The company behind stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) allegedly issued a complaint to the New York State Department of Financial Services in 2...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Singapore-based bank DBS plans to apply for a license to help offer crypto trading services in Hong Kong. In recent times, Hong Kong has been embracing the crypto industry, which is why significant banks such as DBS have been planning on penetrating...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong recently denied that the company’s staking services are a security under U.S. regulations. The company claims that it is willing to defend its product “in court if necessary.”
Fol...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
According to the on-chain blockchain security and data analytics company PeckShield, a wallet address associated with a Chinese multilevel marketing (MLM) Ponzi project has amassed more than 22.37 million MATIC in the past few days.
The Chinese MLM P...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ author Robert Kiyosaki has not been shy to let the world know about his support of bitcoin and the finance writer has come out again to reiterate this support. This time around, Kiyosaki paints an incredibly bullish narrative for...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitstamp has been extending its operational tentacles in the industry. The crypto exchange’s latest addition is an active license in France.
Bitstamp Joins The French Digital Asset Market
Recently, Autorité Des Marchés Financiers (AMF), the pr...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows the Bitcoin Coinbase premium index has shot up recently. Here’s what this may mean for the price of the cryptocurrency.
Bitcoin 30-Day SMA Coinbase Premium Index Shows Rapid Surge
As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
MetaMask, a popular crypto wallet provider, recently informed its users of the ongoing fraudulent activities by a Namecheap hacker, instructing them to be careful.
Namecheap is a web hosting company that offers its clients various hosting services....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
In recent months, initiatives surrounding central bank digital currencies, (CBDC) have gained traction as banking authorities attempt to streamline cross-border transactions and stimulate innovation in the payments industry.
Regulators in Asia, Euro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Data shows a Polygon whale has just deposited $5.2 million in MATIC to Binance, a sign that could be bearish for the value of the asset.
Polygon Whale Transfers A Large Amount Of MATIC To Binance
As per data from the cryptocurrency transaction tracke...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Bitcoin and crypto market is once again facing an important week. After Bitcoin reached its annual high of $24,248 on February 02, the price is currently in a consolidation.
Especially the news around Kraken, the US Securities and Exchange Commis...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Paxos Trust Company is on the hit list of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, who is out to slap the financial institution and technology company specializing in blockchain with a court case for allegedly violating investor protection laws in...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Twitter CEO Elon Musk put the Dogecoin price on a short rally of 5.7% a few hours ago as he once again expressed his love for the meme coin. After the Twitter acquisition, the hype around DOGE had been dwindling, partly because Musk has some issues t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has shown his kindness and support for individuals affected by the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria by making a sizeable donation.
According to numerous news sources, Buterin gave approximately $150,000 w...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Last November, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, undertook its largest-ever downsizing, laying off more than 11,000 employees. It appears, however, that other staff will soon be given the pink slip.
The Financial Times reported on Saturday that...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
E-commerce giant Shopify has launched its new blockchain suite of products for merchants. This development is expected to improve user experience on web3-based stores hosted on Shopify. In addition, merchants can utilize token gating and leverage new...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
If you got no date or nothing to do on Valentine’s Day, Cardano (ADA) is set to keep the excitement up as it rolls out its SECP mainnet upgrade on February 14 at exactly 21:44 UTC.
But first, here’s a quick peek into how Cardano has been...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The Russian Federation is looking to launch a crypto-mining facility worth over $12.3 million (900 million rubles) in the coming months. According to a report by local Russian media, RBC, this massive data processing center will be located in Buryati...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Bitzlato, a well-known cryptocurrency exchange platform, made headlines after the release of its cofounder, Anton Shkurenko, from brief arrest and questioning. Local authorities took Shkurenko into custody for questioning related to the company’...