Trading and investing platform eToro said it did not limit buy orders this past weekend. "We did not implement any restrictions to crypto buy orders this weekend," Amy Butler, global head of PR for eToro, told Cryptonews.com today, stressing that "the email we sent to customers last week only outlined possible restrictions." Having experienced the…
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Gary Gensler. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube/Bloomberg Markets and Finance Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, who is considered to be pro-crypto and blockchain-savvy, has been officially Read more…
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David Barral. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/barraldb A Spanish football club said that it has made a veteran footballer and La Liga veteran the first professional player to complete a transfer conducted entirely in crypto. Per the Spanish football newspaper Sport, David Barral – a former Real Madrid, APOEL and Sporting de Gijón striker who has…
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As bitcoin (BTC) is now seemingly stuck in a range, it could both fall further or push through the USD 40,000 level again – with Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) possibly being a determining factor. After hitting a new all-time high of USD 42,000 in early January, last week, bitcoin dropped to almost USD 30,000 before…
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Bitcoin price struggled to settle above the USD 38,000 resistance and started a fresh decline. BTC broke the USD 37,200 support and it is currently (05:00 UTC) trading well below USD 36,500. If there is a clear close below USD 34,200, the price might decline 5%-8% in the near term. On the other hand, there…
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The head of the Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck said there are relatively “few” crypto-keen institutional investors in Japan – and has complained of the lack of a framework to help foster professional crypto investors. In an interview with IT Media, Satoshi Hasuo, the Representative Director and President of Coincheck, warned that “there is a possibility Read…
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Russian Bitcoin (BTC) miners could be in for a massive, unexpected environmentally friendly windfall if a pilot leads the nation’s energy giants to embrace crypto mining en masse. Further details have been unveiled about a plant operated by the oil arm of Gazprom, Gazprom Neft, which late last year invited miners to set up shop…
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Elon Musk. Tesla chief Elon Musk made another comment on the definition of money, with some interpreting it as supportive of Bitcoin (BTC) and others not as much. In a Twitter exchange, Musk agreed with American author Ben Mezrich who said that he wouldn’t turn down getting paid in BTC again. Then, with Parallax Digital…
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Source: iStock/standret, Cryptonews.com Today is the date on which the injunction placed on related major crypto companies Bitfinex and Tether by the New York Attorney General (NYAG) expires, and it is also the deadline for both companies to hand over any remaining financial documents tied to the elusive USD 850 million to the NYAG. Tether,…
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Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Bitcoin news German bitcoin exchange-traded product (ETP) from ETC Group has garnered volumes matching those of popular European funds, as BTCetc Bitcoin Exchange Traded Crypto (BTCE) has recorded average daily trading Read more…
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