The gains accompanied a sharp overnight spike in the number of Bitcoin whale addresses. Bitcoin (BTC) extended its gains, hitting nearly $45 thousand on March 1 as interest rate speculators reduced their bets on aggressive rate hikes in 2022 and the number of whale addresses spiked amid speculations that BTC is proving itself as an…
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Half of the husband-and-wife duo that has been charged by American prosecutors with attempting to launder a monster bitcoin (BTC) allegedly raided from the crypto exchange Bitfinex in a 2016 hack is talking to the authorities about a possible “plea deal.” CNBC reported that a federal prosecutor told a court on Monday that he…
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“Now is a pivotal point in Bitcoin’s evolution — we’re on the verge of mass adoption, and I think that I can make it happen faster,” said Samson Mow. Blockstream chief strategy officer Samson Mow has announced he will be leaving the blockchain firm after five years. In a Tuesday Twitter thread, Mow said he…
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“We built this interface so anyone who wants to donate but holds other ERC-20 tokens can do so with one click,” said the Uniswap team. On Tuesday, decentralized exchange Uniswap launched an interface that directly converts ERC-20 tokens — such as Aave, Chainlink’s LINK and Decentraland’s MANA — to Ether (ETH). The coins are then sent to…
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Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto market continued to rise strongly today, as more analysts drew a parallel between the current market action and bitcoin’s role as sovereign money in a world heavily impacted by war and sanctions. According to the crypto exchange Bitfinex, the war in Ukraine could prove to be the first…
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Ethereum climbed over the $3,000 level on Tuesday, as crypto bulls returned in full force, following weeks of market tension. Bitcoin also rallied, with prices nearing $45,000 and cryptocurrency markets as a whole trading over 14% higher. Bitcoin The world’s largest cryptocurrency was one of the biggest gainers in the top ten on Tuesday, as…
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WAVES price rallied in excess of 100% after unveiling plans to launch a blockchain agnostic Metaverse and establishing a new partnership with Allbridge to facilitate cross-chain transfers. Development never stops in the blockchain sector and projects that continuously evolve are the ones that stay at the forefront and survive over the long-term. One project attempting…
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The popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has addressed the request from Ukrainian officials to freeze the accounts of all Russian users. A Coinbase spokesperson noted that the digital currency platform would not “institute a blanket ban” against ordinary Russian users. Coinbase, Coinberry, and Kucoin Follow Binance’s and Kraken’s Decision to Refuse ‘Sabotaging Ordinary Russian Users’ On…
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A US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) filing by GRIID – an American infrastructure company that owns and operates a number of Bitcoin (BTC) mining facilities and one of Intel’s first recipients of its upcoming “Bonanza Mine” chips – has claimed that the upcoming Bitcoin miners offer considerable efficiency, rivaling the current market leaders….…
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AVAX, NEAR and WAVES were undoubtedly some of the biggest gainers on Tuesday, as crypto markets were over 14% higher as of writing. LUNA was also higher, and climbed by as much as 22% in today’s market session. WAVES WAVES was easily the biggest gainer during Tuesday’s trading session, as it rose by as much…
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