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Max Kaiser, TV presenter and founder of Heisenberg Capital, expects the price of bitcoin to rise by 500% in the second half of 2021 to reach $ 220,000, according to Scott Melker's The Wolf Of All Streets podcast. In his opinion, the inflation of the US dollar stimulates the strengthening of the...

At the end of last week, the head of the Central Bank of Japan, Haruhiko Kuroda, criticized bitcoin and called it a speculative instrument. Before this, the cryptocurrency was attacked by the leaders of the Central Banks of Canada, Great Britain, and several other countries. Now they are joined by...

Over the past seven days, the value of the Cardano cryptocurrency (ADA) has risen by more than 11%. In terms of capitalization, this coin has already bypassed Binance Coin (BNB) and knocked it out of the top three altcoins. Crypto capitalization is now just over $ 52.123 billion. The ascent began...

In May Bitcoin's price saw a 36% decline, which is the worst drop after November 2018. The cryptocurrency was traded at around $58.000 at the beginning of May and closed the month with a price of about $37.000. Data shows that 47% fall happened from 14 May to 20 resulted in $14.2 billion...

Affordable government-supported power supply in Argentina opens more BTC mining opportunities allowing to mine from home. Generally, BTC mining is growing in places with low utility prices as it brings more income. As for Argentina, experts say the new policy adopted by the government can be used...

A Sydney resident spoke about the loss of all her savings due to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. She announced this on the air of the local radio station 2GB. A woman who has worked as a nurse all her life saw an advertisement offering to invest in bitcoin on the Internet. The project was...

The Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) has issued a warning to the crypto exchange Bybit for performing without a license. The regulator did not specify whether it plans to make any claims to the trading platform. In February 2021, Bybit received a similar warning from the UK Financial...

In May 2021, the trading volume on crypto exchanges reached a record high of $ 2.27 trillion. The Binance trading platform is ranked #1 in the crypto-to-crypto segment (the main exchange does not offer USD trading). Trading volume in May - $1.5 trillion. Bitcoin exchange Coinbase leads the...

Ethereum developers have identified a vulnerability in the EIP-1559 project that could lead to network congestion. This was told by the participant of the Ethereum Foundation Tim Beiko. The EIP-1559, presented in 2018, involves the burning of some of the transaction fees and helps to reduce the...

While the Chinese government takes measures to regulate the crypto industry, traders find the solution via OTC (over-the-counter) desks. As reported by Bloomberg, after China announced the latest crackdown, there has been a huge uptick in OTC service usage. Trading crypto isn't allowed in the...

SEC vs Ripple lawsuit is in the process. On May 30, another decision on the case was published, where the US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn announced denying the SEC's request to access Ripple Lab's legal counsel records. The government agency found the step would bring more clarification. Per the...

The Central Bank of Canada has no plans to launch a CBDC yet. However, the deputy head of the Central Bank Timothy Lane has already promised that the regulator’s token will be much more environmentally friendly than bitcoin. If the largest cryptocurrency causes huge harm to the environment and is...

The White House released a new document on the US budget government. There are offers for changes concerning crypto regulations. The budget was issued on May 28. It is the first one introduced by Joe Biden's presidency. Two crypto points included in the paper define to provide more information to...

Many central bankers have been criticizing bitcoin a lot lately. This week, the head of the Bank of Denmark generally stated that BTC is an insignificant instrument that does not have any impact on the financial sector. Therefore, credit institutions shouldn't work with cryptocurrency at all. The...

The second-largest cryptocurrency in terms of capitalization is much more useful than bitcoin thanks to the presence of smart contracts, said Todd Morley, co-founder of Guggenheim Partners and head of the Overline blockchain project. Another distinguishing feature of Ethereum, Morley called the...

Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has signed a bill allowing local banks to hold cryptocurrency. The document was developed by Republican Senator Mike Flood in cooperation with Telcoin. It involves the creation of a new state banking charter focused on financial services backed by digital assets. The...

Apple has opened the position of a business development manager with five years of practice in the crypto sphere, who will manage the affiliate program in the segment of "alternative payments." According to the vacancy, the candidate is expected to have experience of working "with...

In a recent meeting, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse stated the firm aims to go public when the SEC's lawsuit will be over. The legal actions started in December 2020, when the SEC started a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Ripple claiming XRP, the cryptocurrency developed by the company is security. The...