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A healthy price boost to both BTC and DOGE comes as hodlers can now afford a whole Tesla Model 3 with a single Bitcoin. Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers can now all own a Tesla electric car — as long as they have at least 1 BTC in their wallet. As BTC/USD crossed $34,000 at the weekend and went on to hit...

A U.K. judge ruled against extraditing the WikiLeaks founder to the U.S. in response to his legal team arguing he would have a "high risk of serious depression leading to suicide." Amid speculation on social media that United States President Donald Trump may still pardon Julian Assange before...

A dramatic reversal on Monday sees BTC/USD instantly fill the latest CME futures gap before bouncing off forecast levels below $28,000. Bitcoin (BTC) lost $30,000 support on Jan. 4 as all-time highs gave way to a rapid retracement totalling thousands of dollars. BTC price dips $4,000 in 60...

The price of Bitcoin surged past $33,000 as buyers on Coinbase aggressively accumulated BTC. Coinbase has seen a large spike in buyer activity overnight as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $32,500 on Jan. 2. Analysts say the trend was reminiscent of MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin accumulation...

Crypto exchange Binance has announced the launch of “European-style” Bitcoin options contracts on its trading platform. Crypto exchange giant Binance is set to expand its cryptocurrency trading catalog with the launch of a European-style Bitcoin (BTC) options contract. Announced on Dec. 28...

A Christmas full of cheer for hodlers tops out above $28,000, amid warnings that Bitcoin is already in regulators' crosshairs for 2021. Bitcoin (BTC) has had a week like no other, hitting fresh record highs of $28,400 and staying near the top — what's next. As markets return to digest a wild...

Bitcoin Could Top Near $28,000 With such rapid price action to the upside, analysts have begun to speculate where this market will top. One trader recently shared the chart seen below and postulated that the market could top at $28,000 in the near to medium term. The chart shows that Bitcoin’s...

MoneyGram sheds light on the nature of its partnership with Ripple. Global money transfer service MoneyGram has clarified the nature of its collaboration with its blockchain partner Ripple following the latter’s recent probe by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In a press statement...

Bitcoin is currently in price discovery but a drop to the $18,500 region in the short term shouldn't be ruled out. Bitcoin (BTC) price has seen a massive rally in previous months, accelerating from $10,000 to a recent all-time high of around $23,700. This is a rally of 135% in just a matter of a...

The price of Bitcoin has cut through another critical resistance range putting $100,000 in play, on-chain data suggests. The Bitcoin price (BTC) has surpassed the $21,000–$22,000 resistance range to rise above a new high of $23,000 on Dec. 17. Meanwhile, on-chain analyst Willy Woo now says...

Ethereum has begun to bounce strongly since last week’s lows, correlating with a move higher in the price of BTC. ETH currently trades for $590, though moved extremely close to $600 earlier today. Analysts are optimistic that the cryptocurrency will continue its ascent in the days and weeks...

Blockstack's ecosystem has gone beyond the firm that gave it life, argues CEO. You could argue that the crypto industry should be crowdsourcing Blockstack’s legal expenses. Blockstack’s trailblazing work with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the initial coin offering (ICO) for its...

After consolidating for many days, Bitcoin underwent one final push ahead of the weekly candle close just minutes ago. The price of the leading cryptocurrency currently trades for $19,400, far above the weekly lows. This one final push allowed BTC to push to its highest weekly close ever...

Bitcoin has undergone a strong rally over the past few weeks, rallying from the $11,000 range to $18,700 as of this article’s writing. A comparison between BTC’s current rally and the rally that Tesla saw in late 2019 suggests that in the year ahead, BTC could be primed to see exponential...

A new record was so close bulls could taste the victory, but the achievement was blocked by massive whales who reloaded centralized crypto exchanges with a flood of BTC to be dumped, stopping the rally in its tracks. Here’s what this could mean for the crypto market over the next few weeks...

The CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Ashley Alder, said in a discourse that Hong Kong will before long manage all digital currency exchanging stages, regardless of whether they exchange securities. Digital currency and other virtual resource venture items have started...

One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Liquid, reported the attack last week. The company said that on November 13, 2020, an unknown attacker compromised the email accounts of several employees and eventually penetrated the company's internal network. The administration of Liquid...

The Ministry of Finance proposes amendments with fines or jail for hiding cryptocurrencies when submitting declarations. The Russian Ministry of Finance prepared amendments to the Tax, Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes and the Code of Administrative Offenses. According to them, those owners...

Axelar, a decentralized interoperability fabric that connects blockchain ecosystems, applications and users, has announced seed funding of $3.75 million with investments secured from, Binance X, the Binance Smart Chain Accelerator Fund, an arm of Binance – the popular cryptocurrency exchange...

Bitcoin price is up over 3% and it gained strength from the $13,000 support against the US Dollar. BTC is now facing a heavy resistance near the $13,650 and $13,700 levels. Bitcoin remained well bid above the $13,000 level and it started a fresh increase. The price broke the $13,500 resistance...