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Edward Snowden Believes China's Ban Made Bitcoin Stronger

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Edward Snowden, who previously worked for the U.S. National Security Agency as an IT expert, finds that Bitcoin only got stronger after the ban from China. On October 4, Snowden shared his opinion via a tweet. In May 2020, when China announced that trading crypto is illegal in the country, he wrote...

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Novogratz highlights the giant potential of BTC technology

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz mentioned that investors do not need to fear the fall in the value of bitcoin. The main value of a cryptocurrency lies in its technology. We see the expansion of a qualitatively new ecosystem that is not subject to any state. Novogratz made similar statements...

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BTC Mining Restarts in Iran After a 3-Month Ban

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Iranian authorities will enable licensed crypto miners to restart activities after a temporary ban announced by ex-president Hassan Rouhani on May 26, 2021, local media informs. Iran halted crypto mining due to extreme heat (around 120° F or 49° C), which caused power interruptions and a lack of...

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The trend for long-term storage of bitcoin is growing

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In mid-September, Arcane Research reported that the number of bitcoins placed on crypto exchanges had dropped to a three-year low. The last time a similar situation was observed was in August 2018. Long-term BTC holders refuse to sell cryptocurrencies even as they drop in value. According to...

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Morgan Stanley Has Purchased More GBTC Shares

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SEC records as of September 27, disclose that New York-based international investment company Morgan Stanley has expanded its shares of Grayscale BTC Trust by over 105% since April. As mentioned in the papers, at the end of July, the Europe Opportunity Fund, focused on settled firms and startups,...

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Fidelity Analyst Says El Salvador’s BTC Move Is “Overacted”

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On September 7, El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender. While many consider this move as of historical importance, Fidelity Investment analyst Jurrien Timmer disagrees. According to him, El Salvador's BTC adoption is overplayed. Timmer expressed his opinion during...

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Scaramucci questioned institutional acceptance of Bitcoin

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SkyBridge Capital, founded by Anthony Scaramucci, is one of the largest BTC investors. Scaramucci himself periodically points out the advantages of digital currency over other instruments. However, it is too early to talk about institutional adoption of bitcoin, the businessman mentioned. According...

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Deutsche Bank analyst believes BTC has become part of financial system

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Bitcoin (BTC) will remain a volatile instrument, but it has already become part of the modern financial system. This point of view is shared by Deutsche Bank analyst Marion Labour. He believes that, in fact, BTC can be called digital gold. Cryptocurrency will exist for centuries its main advantage...

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Bukele: A third of Salvadorians are actively using Chivo

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After El Salvador became the first state in the world to officially recognize bitcoin as legal tender, discussions of this event only continue to gain momentum. Media, analysts, and financial experts from all over the world are closely monitoring developments in El Salvador and how this innovation...

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Number of wallets holding more than 1000 BTC is rising since September

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The September fall in the value of bitcoin (BTC) was taken advantage of by large investors, who are often called "whales". As a reminder, last week the price of the leading digital currency fell below $ 40,000. The pullback was triggered by massive sales in the American stock market. The...

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Binance keeps leadership in BTC Futures trading volume

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Open interest in bitcoin futures is declining amid a cryptocurrency rollback. Now, this figure is $ 13.97 billion. Binance continues to hold the lead in all the leading metrics in the futures market. The trading volume of this product on the platform over the past 24 hours was about $ 20 billion...

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More than 50% of Salvadorans know nothing about Bitcoin

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Many citizens of El Salvador did not support the decision of the authorities to recognize bitcoin as a legal tender. The country even held protests against the cryptocurrency law. A poll by Sherlock Communications showed that more than half of Latin American residents know almost nothing about...

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The share of profitable bitcoin addresses fell to 70%

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Capitalization of the Bitcoin decreased by another 3% on September 22. The fall in the value of the cryptocurrency began last Monday. Capital outflow from risky assets provoked a negative trend in the digital asset market. The sharp weakening of the bitcoin rate is accompanied by a noticeable...

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Miners switched to accumulation amid recovery of BTC hashrate

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In June, the bitcoin hash rate dropped to 84.79 EH/s, the lowest since September 2019. The drop in network capacity was observed against the background of the mass migration of miners from China. Almost all mining pools began to sell the mined BTC to receive funds for the transportation of...

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El Salvador is in the top three countries by the number of BTC ATMs

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In early September 2021, a law came into force in El Salvador recognizing bitcoin as a legal tender. In this Latin American state, the number of cryptocurrency terminals has increased dramatically. By expanding the bitcoin infrastructure, President Nayib Bukele expects to increase citizens' loyalty...

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Crypto Market Cap Drops Below $2 Trillion

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In the last 7 days, Bitcoin's price fell by around 10.33% and now trades at $42.100. Ethereum went down by around 14.60% and trades at around $2890. It's the first time since August 6 that the largest altcoin's price declined below $3000. The total crypto market cap fell below $2 T and now stands...

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Bitcoin exchange balance fell to three-year low

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On the night of Friday, September 17, Bitcoin fell to $47,700. On the eve of the morning, the coin tried to gain a foothold above $ 48,000, having secured the support of American investors. However, in the second half of the day, the activity on the market weakened again, and soon the correction...

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Cathie Wood Believes BTC Will Hit $500.000 Over 5 Years

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The CEO and CIO of New York-based investment management firm ARK Invest, Catherine Wood believes that Bitcoin price will go up to $500.000 in five years. She also announced that the company's confidence in Ethereum rose after the ETH2.0 upgrade. Catherine Wood shared her opinion during the SALT...