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Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou noted that if Bitcoin's price doesn't go back $60.000 in the near term, the further fall will be more probable. Strategists of the institution stated that during the last several days, Bitcoin futures markets have seen a large liquidation as...

Revolutionary decentralized exchange UniSwap deployed its contracts for the release of v3 to Ethereum's all four testnets. The platform plans to launch its version 3 on May 5, 2021. Ethereum's testnets are Görli, Kovan, Rinkeby, and Ropsten, which are used by developers to check the smart contract...

PwC research says more than 60 central banks are currently working to create national digital currencies (CBDCs). The Bahamas is the farthest in this matter. This state received 92 out of 100 points in the rating. The second and third places were taken by Cambodia and China, which received 83 and...

Recent developments of the Monero network resulted in its price surge which reached a 3-year record and now is near to an all-time high set in 2017. XMR price surged above $424 for the first time since December 2017, when it hit $470. The token ranks 22nd by market cap which stands at around $7.1...

American rapper A$AP Rocky has announced the sale of his first NFT collection - unique crypto units that cannot be recreated. The rapper's NFT collection will appear on the Nifty Gateway platform on April 21. The auction will feature an excerpt from Sandman, which was first performed on camera on...

P2P payment provider Venmo owned by PayPal announced the launching of crypto buying and selling functions. The users of the network will be able to purchase BTC, Ether, LTC, and BCH with a spending requirement of at least $1 and share the activities on the app's feed. The possibility is allowed...

Chinese mining company Bitmain has published the characteristics of the hashrate of an ASIC miner for mining ether (ETH). On Friday, April 16, the company announced the AntMiner E9 but did not provide particular details on the technical specifications of the device. In a tweet dated April 18,...

Crypto exchange platform Binance.US hired Brian Brooks, the previous exec of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) as its CEO. Brooks will begin his service on May 1. He will replace the company's present CEO Catherine Coley, who was assigned in the role in July 2019. Serving at the...

German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom has acquired an unnamed number of tokens from the Celo mobile cryptocurrency payments project. “We are not fully aware of what Celo will be like in five to ten years, but we are confident that it will not disappear anywhere. The value is...

Israel-based multi-asset investment provider eToro included Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI) purchase options. We have 2 new asset additions 💚Explore👉https://t.co/0BOTZ04P7N— eToro (@eToro) April 19, 2021 ...

In a review by the Block Research team, it is said that March 2021 was the record month for the volume of Bitcoin transactions. As a result, this figure reached $ 366.27 billion - this is the maximum in the entire history of the largest cryptocurrency. The previous record was recorded in February....

California-based online e-retailer Newegg revealed enabling Dogecoin payments on its website. Trades will be managed through crypto payment service operator BitPay. We are now accepting #dogecoin as an official payment method via BitPay. Simply click "Edit" in the payment section during...

The next software update was announced by the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance. The administration of the trading floor published the corresponding announcement this morning. The update is scheduled for April 20, it starts at 5:00 Moscow time. The developers promise to complete it within two...

Late last week, Twitter began circulating information about the launch of Dogecoin (DOGE) futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). However, the marketplace quickly denied these rumors. The launch of futures trading on DOGE is not planned. Institutional investors immediately questioned the...

Democratic candidate for New York's high-level financial executive role, Reshma Patel talked about post-pandemic recovery saying the process includes investments in blockchain technology. She presented a "future proof” plan for New York, which is focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies....

Well-known American newsmagazine Time partners with crypto operations platform Crypto.com to enable payments in CRO token while subscribing. Particularly, Crypto.com users can get an 18-month subscription via one-time remittance. The cost of the option is $49. By paying with CRO the readers will...

Institutional investor demand for Ether (ETH) has skyrocketed this year. This is evidenced by the growing open interest in products targeted at the largest altcoin. Open interest in Ethereum options hit a new high this week. This figure rose to $ 3.57 billion. The first place is occupied by the...

Today Bank of England's official website disclosed that together with HM Treasury the entity will build a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) task force, which aims to organize the examination of a possible UK CBDC. There was noted in the release that the financial influencers haven's decided yet...