$1.4M in Bitcoin Remains Idle — The Curious Case of the 37-Day-Old 2009 Block Reward Spent a Year Ago

Approximately 378 days ago, before the bitcoin bull market started to heat up, a unique block was spent stemming from a coinbase reward created 37 days after the Bitcoin network launched. It seems roughly ten coins from the block reward were sold to an exchange, but 40 bitcoin worth $1. дальше »

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Binance Smart Chain DeFi project BurgerSwap hacked for $7 million

BurgerSwap, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform based on smart contracts network Binance Smart Chain (BSC), fell victim to a so-called flash loan attack today, allowing the malicious actor to get away with roughly $7. дальше »

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Ether sails past BTC’s daily volume as Grayscale ETH Trust trades at 11% premium

Roughly $60 billion worth of ETH changed hands over the past 24 hours while BTC saw $50 billion in trade.

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Does Ethereum really have a ‘high chance’ of overtaking Bitcoin?

On April 5 Bitcoin BTC/USD hit an all-time high of $63,052 and has since fallen around 40% to trade below the $38,000 mark on Monday. Ironically, the price of Ethereum ETH/USD is also down by roughly the same 40% from its all-time high of $4,128. дальше »

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Ex-Ripple exec Jed McCaleb dumped over $310 million in XRP this month

Jed McCaleb, former CTO and co-founder of payment network Ripple (XRP) and current CEO of Stellar (XLM), has sold roughly 275 million XRP since early May as part of his daily “dumping. ” The great XRP dump According to blockchain explorer XRPScan, McCaleb received just over 442 million XRP from Ripple on May 2. дальше »

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MicroStrategy Discloses A $15M Bitcoin Purchase

When it comes to bitcoin, MicroStrategy is looking for more. This comes after buying over 20,000 BTC in the first quarter of the year, at an average cost of roughly $52K (for a total cost exceeding $1B). дальше »

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Stablecoin Demand in 2021 Skyrockets, Fiat-Pegged Token Economy Nears $100 Billion

While most cryptocurrency markets are down today in value, dollar-pegged stablecoins have seen significant demand during the last 24 hours. Currently, the entire market valuation of all the stablecoins in existence is roughly $96 billion. дальше »

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You can buy condos with DOGE in Portugal as crypto real estate listings soar

You can now use Dogecoin to buy luxury apartments in Portugal, with a penthouse currently on sale for around 5 million DOGE, worth roughly $2.2 million. дальше »

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Ethereum Miners Earned $89 Million in Transaction Fees on May 10

On May 10, the Ethereum network generated roughly $89 million in transaction fees, the highest in its history. At this pace, the platform is on the course of printing $32.5 billion in fees, a gold mine for miners but a negative development for users who are increasingly shifting to layer two options. Ethereum is ActivityRead More дальше »

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Andreessen Horowitz Announces Launch of $1B Cryptocurrency Fund

One of the biggest names in venture capital, Andreessen Horowitz (also known as a16z), is reportedly raising capital between $800M and $1B for their latest cryptocurrency fund. Third Time’s A Charm The firm has raised capital for two previous funds centered around cryptocurrency investments, including an initial $300M fund in 2018 and a roughly $500M […] дальше »

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Хакер вывел из DeFi-протокола Spartan токены на $30 млн

Злоумышленник атаковал работающий в сети Binance Smart Chain (BSC) проект децентрализованного финансирования Spartan Protocol и вывел из его пулов ликвидности около $30 млн. What we know so far -*Attacker used $61m in BNB to overcome the pools via a as yet unknown economic exploit path to remove roughly $30m in funds from the pools. дальше »

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Australian cricketer Brett Lee donates 1 Bitcoin towards India’s coronavirus fight

Brett Lee, a former Australian international cricketer, has donated one Bitcoin (worth roughly $54,000 today) to the so-termed “Crypto Relief” fund aimed at helping Indian hospitals to fight the coronavirus pandemic. дальше »

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Japanese Gaming Giant Nexon Buys $100 Million Worth of Bitcoin (BTC)

Nexon has announced the purchase of 1,717 bitcoin (BTC) worth roughly $100 million (11.1 billion yuan) at an average price of $58,226. The firm says the move is in a bid to protect shareholder value while also hedging against inflation, according to a press release on April 27, 2021. Nexon Adds Bitcoin to its BalanceRead More дальше »

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Trading Analysis: Hash Rate Drop, Post-Coinbase Listing, and Rumors

BTCUSD closed the weekly session on April 25 at $49,128 in a long black body close, down 12% for the week. While bearish on the face of it, the price critically closed above the key Fibonacci level at roughly $47,000 after testing it towards the end of the week. дальше »

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Gate.io Announces $2 Million Compensation Program for PAID Network Hack Victims

Leading digital asset exchange Gate.io unveiled a compensation program roughly worth $2 million to compensate all users who lost their funds during the recent hack on the PAID Network. Gate.io Compensates PAID Network Hack Victims In what comes as a respite for PAID Network token hodlers – at least for the ones who held theRead More дальше »

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Aave v2 launches liquidity mining program targeting stablecoin borrowers

Aave has launched its v2 liquidity mining program, offering roughly $880,000 worth of governance token rewards to users daily until July 15. дальше »

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Tether Surpasses $50 Billion Market Cap As Coinbase Pro Adds USDt

Tether has nicked another milestone as its market capitalization now exceeds $50 billion. Exponential Growth in 12 Months Foremost stablecoin Tether has announced that roughly 50 billion USDt is currently in circulation. дальше »

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CME Bitcoin Futures Traders Makes No Significant Changes in Position, Despite Weak Price Action

A total of 8,680 BTC, worth roughly $2. 3 billion at the price of $53k per BTC, is the open interest (OI) on Bitcoin futures on CME Group, as of April 23rd. The OI on CME has declined by roughly 850 contracts as spot prices made a pullback last week. дальше »

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BIC’s Crypto Video News Show: Coinbase Update

Owners’ Dump Explained After the initial push that saw the company valued at over $100 billion, we next saw that insiders sold roughly $5 billion worth of stock. Among them were the CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase director Brian Wilson, and investment firm Andreesen Horowitz. дальше »

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Turkish Crypto Exchange Users Unable to Withdraw as CEO Flees

Lawyer Oguz Evren Kilic, who represents several Thodex users, has officially filed a legal complaint. Users of the crypto exchange claim they have been unable to withdraw their investments. As Thodex has roughly 390,000 active users, Kilic said that potential losses could be hundreds of millions of dollars. дальше »

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Unlocking Financial Inclusion with CBDCs

The global pandemic exposed many existing government distribution channels for financial aid as inadequate. With roughly one quarter of the world’s population unbanked, a number of stimulus programs faltered and rolled out too slowly and unevenly – including in developed countries – because of a reliance on traditional bank accounts for payments. дальше »

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Trading Analysis – April 19

After closing the weekly session at $56,280 in a bearish engulfing pattern, down 6% from the previous week, BTCUSD staged an abortive recovery in the early trading hours on Monday. A daily close on Saturday below the key support level of 61165 triggered a rapid, alarming decline on Sunday, leading to roughly $4. дальше »

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Romanian university plans to accept crypto payments for admission fees

The academic institution with a student body of roughly 11,000 said the addition of crypto payments was part of a plan to support local businesses like Elrond. дальше »

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WAVES token surges to new all-time high following NFT announcement

The price of WAVES token swiftly spiked by roughly 50% today, reaching a new all-time high of $20.82, according to crypto metrics platform CoinGecko. The post WAVES token surges to new all-time high following NFT announcement appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

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Cointelegraph Consulting: Deep diving with Ethereum whales

The 10-largest Ethereum whales have accumulated roughly $10 billion, but their investment behavior suggests some are still hungry. дальше »

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Why's Bitcoin stuck under $60,000? The gold market cap may hold the answer

Both Bitcoin's daily volume and the amount held by large addresses roughly match 10% of gold's.

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Riot Blockchain Buys Largest Bitcoin Hosting Facility in US for $651 Million

Riot Blockchain will purchase all of Whinstone’s assets and operations for $80 million in cash and 11. 8 million shares of Riot common stock. At roughly $50 per share, that amount of stock is currently worth $590 million. дальше »

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Chinese Lottery Firm Rebrands, Purchases Bitcoin Mining Rig Manufacturer for $100 Million

Following the acquisition of the Chinese mining pool Btc. com, the China-based lottery company 500. com revealed the purchase of a bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Bee Computing. The Shenzhen firm purchased the semiconductor and mining device manufacturer for roughly $100 million in a share exchange agreement. дальше »

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Data: Bitcoin Bull Run May Be Less Than One-Quarter Complete

Bitcoin price continues to struggle with resistance above $60,000, but data suggests it is refueling for a much larger move higher. In fact, the same data could point to the current bull run only being roughly one-quarter or less of the way through to completion. дальше »

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XRP Just Secured Its Highest Weekly Close Since May 2018 As Price Soars Above $0.7

Ripple’s cryptocurrency, XRP, has been able to score its highest weekly close since May of 2018. On Sunday, the cryptocurrency closed the week at $0. 6349  — a level not seen in roughly 35 months. Minutes after printing this bullish weekly candle, the seventh-ranked cryptocurrency crossed $0. дальше »

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Fei Labs raises 639K ETH in genesis event

The funds, which are equivalent to roughly $1.3 billion, will be used to bootstrap the Fei decentralized stablecoin.

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Here’s why ‘there’s about zero chance’ of Bitcoin being replaced

Almost every Bitcoin maximalist has argued how Bitcoin has performed better than tech stocks. Reiterating the same, MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor said that the crypto asset has grown roughly byThe post Here’s why ‘there’s about zero chance’ of Bitcoin being replaced appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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Decentralized Exchange Uniswap Reveals Protocol Version 3 With New Automated Elements

Roughly 28 months ago, the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap version one (v1) was released and then in May 2020, version two was launched with new features. The dex is by far the largest decentralized trading platform among its competitors, as the exchange swapped $7. дальше »

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Cryptocurrency Investments with Stimulus Checks Surge in the US

According to data from a Harris Insights poll, roughly 7% of Americans surveyed have used their stimulus checks to buy cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Given the rise of the market in recent times, these investors could have pocketed decent profits depending on when they bought. дальше »

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After Raising $3.7 Million, the Main Sale of 8,300 Ether Cards NFTs Began on Mar 18

After a successful presale, where roughly 17 percent of the 10,000 NFTs were sold, raising $3.7 million in ETH, the EtherCards main sale began on Mar 18, at 9 AM EST. This was a chance for the public to buy into the future of NFT gamification and value generation. The main sale will go onRead More дальше »

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Crypto Exchanges Could Be Seeing 100,000 New Users Per Day

Crypto exchanges are seeing a tremendous surge in their user numbers. Posting on Twitter, market analyst Willy Woo found that there are roughly 35,000 new daily users on-chain. This could translate to approximately 100,000 new users spread across cryptocurrency exchanges every day. дальше »

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France to auction 611 bitcoins worth $32 million

The French government is set to auction off 611 bitcoins (roughly $32 million) tomorrow…

The post France to auction 611 bitcoins worth $32 million appeared first on Coin Journal.

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This Bitcoin bull explains why bitcoin surged and fell this weekend

At press time Bitcoin was down roughly 6% and was trading in the $56,000 range at press time. This weekend, the price of the crypto asset hiked to more than $60,000, nearly a month after Bitcoin surgeThe post This Bitcoin bull explains why bitcoin surged and fell this weekend appeared first on AMBCrypto. дальше »

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DCG Owned Cryptocurrency Mining Arm, Foundry, to Open Bitcoin Mining Pool to the Public

Foundry, a North America-based mining firm, announced on Thursday it is launching its mining pool to institutional clients following a successful five-month beta phase testing. The firm, owned by Digital Currency Group (DCG), welcomed Texas-based Blockcap to its clients' list using roughly 10,000 mining machines provided by Foundry. дальше »

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Data Shows Bitcoin Peaks Last Roughly 40 Days: When To Sell Your Coins

Bitcoin price has been an uptrend for a year now, and given the strength of the move and the fact the asset is now at more than $50,000 per coin, begins to bring up the question: when to start selling your coins? According to past crypto bull market data, the final push to the peak […] дальше »

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Philly t-shirt company allocates $1M of its cash reserves to BTC / ETH

Roughly 30% of the $1 million has already been put toward crypto purchases.

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BlockFi users targeted in ‘racist and vulgar’ email attack

Roughly 500 people were in for a random surprise on Mar. 8, receiving a profanity-laced correspondence from BlockFi after their email addresses were used to sign up for fake accounts. дальше »

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Burned Banksy NFT Sale Captures Close to $400K, Critics Claim Buyers Are ‘Morons’

On March 3, a group of anonymous art enthusiasts decided to burn an original Banksy screenprint worth roughly £70,000 or around $95,000 USD, and then turned it into a non-fungible token (NFT) asset. дальше »

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Satoshi’s 21 Million Mystery: One-Millionth of the Bitcoin Supply Cap Is Now Worth $1 Million

On Sunday, March 7, 2021, the price per bitcoin jumped over the $50k handle once again, as the digital asset’s overall market capitalization is around $925 billion. One thing is for certain, there will never be more than 21 million bitcoin and today there’s roughly 18,647,525 bitcoin in circulation. дальше »

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Bitcoin Targets $75K As Next High After Stability Above $50K

Earlier last week, Bitcoin bottomed at $45K, marking a 25% drop from its record $58K high. This was a test and confirmation of this support not visited since February 11th. Furthermore, it was a healthy trace with past dramatic uptrends being followed by roughly 30% pullbacks. дальше »

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Thai SEC Backpedals on Crypto Trading Requirements

The Thai SEC, whose original legislation required prospective cryptocurrency traders to have a minimum income of at least 1 million Thai baht, which is roughly $33,000. This legislation drew backlash for its excessively high standards. дальше »

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ADA & DOT Get Another Push From FD7

The micro-fund will make annual investments between $1 million and $5 million across 50 companies specializing in developing ADA and DOT. Roughly 30% of these companies will receive secondary investment of $5 million to $20 million, depending on their growth, the announcement read. дальше »

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MicroStrategy Buys Another $15 Million of Bitcoin, Unrealized BTC Profits up 100% to $2.3 Billion

The CEO of MicroStrategy–the business intelligence platform listed at NASDAQ, Michael Saylor, has confirmed that the firm bought an additional 328 BTC for roughly $15 million in cash. MicroStrategy’s Confidence in Bitcoin Their Form 8-k records on Mar 1 reveal, their doubling down came when Bitcoin and crypto prices crashed, falling approximately 30 percent fromRead More дальше »

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Market Roundup: Bitcoin Fights $50K as MicroStrategy Buys 19,452 BTC

The week may have started with some of the biggest 24-hour liquidations ever seen. Bitcoin declined to the mid-$40k range as traders suffered roughly $6 billion in liquidations on Tuesday, Feb 23. дальше »

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CoinShares Rolls Out a Physically-Backed ETH Exchange-Traded Product

The new ETP will provide institutions with passive exposure to Ethereum (ETH). According to the firm’s press release, ETHE will be available with roughly $75 million in assets under management (AUM). дальше »

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