Category: cryptocurrencies

Buy, Sell, Trade Bitcoin with Credit Card & 100+ Cryptocurrencies @ BEST rates from multiple sources, Wallet-to-Wallet, Non-Custodial!

Pizza Hut to accept Bitcoin for pies in Venezuela

Fast food chains like Burger King and Church’s Chicken already accept crypto payments in the South American nation. A famous U.S.-based pizza chain has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments in all its stores in Venezuela. According to a Nov. 27 tweet from crypto services firm CryptoBuyer, Pizza Hut stores in the South American nation now accept crypto…
Read more

After Ripple exec declares Bitcoin maximalism ‘over,’ XRP price surges

“I think that the days when folks believed that there’s only going to be Bitcoin, I think, are over,” said Asheesh Birla. In a podcast for Lend Academy recorded Nov. 5, RippleNet general manager Asheesh Birla called Bitcoin (BTC) a “pretty innovative alternative to gold,” but added that 2020 had shown there was room for…
Read more

Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, ETH, ADA, XLM, XEM

Bitcoin and a few altcoins have seen aggressive buying at lower levels, which could result in a retest of their recent highs. As Bitcoin price rallied to a new 2020 high, the open interest on CME Bitcoin (BTC) futures rose to $1.16 billion, making it the world’s largest Bitcoin futures market, according to Arcane Research.…
Read more

High priced $32K Bitcoin options show some pro traders expect more upside

$32,000 per Bitcoin seemed unreasonable in October, but the 950% spike in the January call option suggests some traders think it’s a possibility. A month ago, one would be hard pressed to find any investor who would have expected a $32,000 Bitcoin (BTC) price for January. At the time, a 140% upside was needed from…
Read more

Bitcoin relief rally is underway — Can BTC price reclaim $18K?

Bitcoin price is rallying this weekend but is this just a relief rally or can BTC regain bullish momentum? Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped severely in the previous week, falling from $19,500 to $16,000. Corrections never occur smoothly as dropdowns are frequently sudden and painful. The recent correction isn’t much different as the drop occurred in…
Read more

Why institutions suddenly give a damn about Bitcoin

As big players continue to enter the crypto space, institutions are becoming mega HODLers. Without a doubt, Bitcoin (BTC) has become an increasingly popular asset to own among institutional investors. By the end of the second quarter of 2020, Fidelity reported in a survey of almost 800 institutional investors that 36% owned crypto assets. A…
Read more

Exchanges outdo auctions for governments cashing in criminal crypto, says exec

Governments are increasingly liquidating crypto assets seized in criminal investigations. Earlier this week, Lithuania’s tax service, the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, added $7.6 million dollars to the state budget through the sale of cryptocurrencies seized in criminal investigations.  The occasion marked the first time that the Lithuanian government liquidated confiscated cryptocurrencies. In doing so, the…
Read more

Hodl or spend? Retailers offer Black Friday deals for those paying with cryptocurrency

As crypto enters the mainstream, major retailers are offering discounts and promotions to get customers to pay using cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency adoption is slowly but surely making its way to the mainstream — a notion that has become more apparent as major retailers like PayPal announce support for digital currencies. As such, it shouldn’t come as…
Read more

Data shows Bitcoin price drops days after BTC futures open interest hits $1B

Data shows Bitcoin has a pattern of sharply correcting after the open interest on BTC futures tops $1 billion. There was a time when BitMEX derivatives exchange reigned sovereign over other exchanges, and the company effectively held a 50% market share until July 2019. For this reason, traders kept a close eye on every indicator…
Read more

Chinese police seized crypto assets worth $4.2B today from PlusToken Ponzi

Court filings from Nov. 19 show that a large volume of crypto assets, including Bitcoin and Ether, was seized from seven convicts in the PlusToken case. The PlusToken controversy, which has led to the arrest of 109 individuals so far, has also reportedly resulted in a titanic seizure of crypto assets by Chinese authorities worth…
Read more