Cryptocurrency News

On January 18, the price of Chainlink’s LINK token hit a new all-time high of $23.68. The token is heading to a new high. At the moment, it trades for $23.89. Chainlink represents a decentralized oracle system that bonds smart contracts with real-world derived data. The network's native token...

Employees of the software development firm Sequoia Holdings will be able to get a portion of their salary in Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Bitcoin Cash. “We are delighted to offer our team a new opportunity. Many of our employees support cryptos,” said co-founder and CEO Richard Stroup. Sequoia...

On January 21, the Bitcoin price fell under $30,000 for the first time since January 4. This increased wave of selling pressure on the cryptocurrency market. At the moment, the cryptocurrency trading rate is nearly $31.460. The global crypto market cap saw over a 4.71% decline in the last day....

New York-based global investment management corporation BlackRock approved BTC futures services for two of its supplies. On January 20, the company submitted the corresponding documentation to SEC. BlackRock is the leading asset manager worldwide, handling $7.81 trillion as of end-Q4 2020. It's...

The anonymous crypto network Firo (previously known as Zcoin) has been hit by a 51% attack. The Firo team is currently negotiating with exchanges and pools. Users are strongly advised not to make transactions on the Firo network. The developers also told about the testing a solution "that...

Russian officials announced that the Regional Court of Arkhangelsk decided on canceling a former order to blacklist the cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance in the country. The hearing was on January 20. The proceedings began in September 2020, when Binance received a notice from Russian data...

Ripple ex-advisor Michael Barr may head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under the Joe Biden presidency. If appointed, Barr will replace Brian Brooks, a previous chief lawyer at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, who worked as head of the OCC from May 2020 to January 2021. At...

Researchers from the Chainalysis company found that in 2020 the share of the illegal use of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has significantly decreased. However, such tools are still very popular among criminals because they can be used to send funds anonymously, the analysts said in a report....

British financial firm Ruffer Investment believes institutional investors will gradually move into bitcoin. That is stated in the review of the giant, dedicated to assessing the market situation over the past six months. The authors noted that as early as last year, there was a tendency in which...

Tether's founder and the cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex's owner iFinex Inc turned to the New York Supreme Court. The request is to reappoint the expected trial day one month later. Within the period, the company will present all the necessary papers to the legal authority. Initially, the...

The price of the largest altcoin by market cap surged to $1,439 on Bitstap. The previous all-time high dates back to 2018. The market cap of the cryptocurrency surpasses $163 B at the moment. Recently the Ethereum network's daily transaction volume has also been rising noticeably. At the moment it...

Iranian law enforcement agencies have confiscated another batch of underground mining equipment. According to the local news agency Tasmin, this illegal mining farm stole electricity from the state-owned company Tavanir. In the Islamic Republic, power engineers, together with law enforcement...

On January 18, 2021, the Binance Coin (BNB) rate rose to a record high: the coin rose to $ 46.18. Today, the token retreated as part of the correction and fell to $ 45.46. Cryptocurrency capitalization on Tuesday, January 19, fell to $ 6.474 billion, but BNB is still in the top ten altcoins. Over...

According to the latest data, open interest in futures contracts on ChainLink (LINK) has surged to a new high. Researchers from the Bybt.com team found that this figure reached $ 287.72 million at the end of this week. The surge in interest in LINK-futures is observed against the backdrop of...

On January 15, cryptocurrency manager Grayscale Investments surged $700 M. The increase has started in the final quarter of the last year. The CEO of the company Michael Sonnenshein tweeted about it. Grayscale accumulated $3.3 B through its cryptocurrency investment instruments in Q4 2020. This...

Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said that bitcoin will not collapse, its price will continue to rise in the long term. “The cryptocurrency looks much more resilient after the price set a new record and then declined,” he said. Summers believes that the reason for the continued...

SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been active in Bitcoin-related discussions lately. Recently, the author of the book "Bitcoin Billionaires" Ben Mezrich tweeted that, in the future, he will never give up receiving payments in Bitcoin. In response to a tweet from Mezrich, Musk...

Polkadot's price has seen a huge growth in the last week. It went up by 60% and trades above $16 at the moment. The market cap of the asset surpassed $14 B, getting ahead of XRP. Now Dot is the 4th largest asset, coming after Tether. On the other hand, XRP faces difficulties after the SEC filed a...