Since December, Lumi Wallet’s customers can purchase crypto via Apple Pay One week after launching the new payment method Apple Pay, Lumi Wallet saw a 209% growth of in-wallet Bitcoin purchase. Lumi developers relate this to the simplification of the crypto purchase procedure and the shortening of the time of process around 7 times. According…
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Rumored upcoming crypto wallet regulation gains further opposition, this time from Cynthia Lummis, a recently elected Wyoming senator. As per recent rumors, United States Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, could drop a stringent piece of crypto-related legislation before his expected exit at 2020’s end. The ruling could potentially severely limit or ban self-custodied digital…
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Many have called the long-rumored rules an existential threat to peer-to-peer transactions. The Treasury has released its long-awaited proposal to restrict money services businesses, including U.S.-registered crypto exchanges, from dealing with self-hosted wallets. In a Friday evening announcement, the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, announced proposed rules requiring registered crypto exchanges to verify…
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Early BTC miners with the foresight to hodl have now become millionaires. Bitcoin’s (BTC) parabolic run has turned early miners into millionaires at a pace rarely seen before. Data from Glassnode shows that the number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least $1 million has skyrocketed to 66,540 this week — an increase of 150%. The…
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The 2020 rally differs markedly from the retail-driven FOMO of 2017. The Bitcoin (BTC) price surged to all-time highs on Wednesday, zipping past $20,000 in a show of bullish momentum for the flagship cryptocurrency. Although it’s easy to draw parallels between this year’s bull market and the speculative frenzy that drove the 2017 rally, the…
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Unique in Europe, the Dutch central bank now requires Bitcoin exchanges to prove that their users actually control their withdrawal addresses. Bitconic, a Netherlands-based Bitcoin (BTC) exchange, has informed its users that they now need to comply with a new verification measure in order to continue to use their services. The change comes following new…
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“Being your own bank” doesn’t have to be hard — here’s a few hints on how to do it right As the cryptocurrency market is in the midst of a major bull run with Bitcoin (BTC) approaching its all-time highs, the security concerns of cryptocurrency self-storage are becoming more relevant than ever. On Nov. 12,…
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Further gains in Wednesday trading come as mixed reactions flow in over PayPal’s decision to support four cryptocurrencies in 2021. Bitcoin (BTC) hit highs of $12,865 during trading on Oct. 21 as news that PayPal would support cryptocurrency continued to boost markets. Cryptocurrency daily market overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price closes in on 2019 highs…
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Wallets once again appear to be accumulating cryptocurrency at an increasing rate. According to analytics data provider Glassnode, 16,159 Bitcoin wallets now hold 100+ BTC. A report Monday from the company stated that this figure tests the previous six-month high of 16,158, last seen on June 8. Glassnode additionally shared that the number of non-zero Bitcoin addresses reached…
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Data shows 22,000 new entities created in a single day as one analyst suggests the added volume will translate to price gains. China may be behind a large spike in new Bitcoin (BTC) addresses as authorities launch a “targeted marketing campaign” — in favor of crypto. In a series of tweets on Oct. 5, analyst…
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