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BTC Nears $20,000, as ETH Hits 1-Month Low – Coinotizia
Bitcoin was trading close to $20,000 to start the weekend, as traders reacted to comments from U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell during Friday’s Jackson Hole summit. Powell warned that “there will be some ...
Afghanistan Closes Down 16 Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Arrests Operators – Coinotizia
Law enforcement in Afghanistan has shut down over a dozen crypto exchanges in Herat, detaining the people who were running them. The offensive comes after the introduction of a ban on online foreign e...
While Almost 80% of Russians Know Crypto, Only 6% Understand It Well, Survey Finds – Coinotizia
The overwhelming majority of Russians in big cities are well aware of the term cryptocurrency but those with a good understanding of the topic are quite a small proportion, a new poll has indicated. E...
World’s Largest Crypto ATM Company Bitcoin Depot to Go Public via SPAC Deal – Coinotizia
The largest cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) operator, Bitcoin Depot, has revealed it has plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. The $885 million acquis...
Nigerian BTC Peer-to-Peer Volumes Nearly $400M in H1 of 2022 — Significant Growth in Kenya and Ghana Volumes – Coinotizia
Nigeria’s peer-to-peer bitcoin traded volumes of over $1.1 billion between January 2021 and June 2022 mean the West African nation is now Paxful’s largest market. Kenya, which saw traded volumes of ov...
John McAfee Is Alive, Hiding Out in Texas, Ex-Girlfriend Claims in Netflix Documentary – Coinotizia
John McAfee’s ex-girlfriend has made a claim that the former anti-virus tycoon is alive and well, living in Texas. That’s according to her statement made in the new Netflix documentary called “Running...
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Hints at Web3 Integration – Coinotizia
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, has hinted at a series of Web3 enhancements coming to the popular messaging platform. Durov talked about the benefits that tradable usernames and channel links might have...
Terra’s 2 Classic Coins Mysteriously Spike in Value, USTC Climbs 42% Higher in 24 Hours – Coinotizia
During the last 24 hours, crypto asset prices have improved as the global cryptocurrency market capitalization today has risen 1.9% to $1.07 trillion. Interestingly, the two so-called ‘defeated’ Terra...
IMF Sees Significant Increase in Correlations Between Bitcoin and Asian Equity Markets – Coinotizia
Officials at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that the correlation between the performance of the Asian equity markets and crypto assets such as bitcoin and ethereum has increased significant...
Hodlnaut Court Filings Highlight a $193 Million Shortfall, Whistleblower Condemns Crypto Lender’s Contradictory Statements – Coinotizia
The troubled crypto lender Hodlnaut shared another update after the company froze withdrawals on August 8, and then revealed the company is seeking judicial management in order to rehabilitate the sta...
Cryptopunks and BAYC Floor Values Go Head-to-Head, as the Punks Briefly Surpass Bored Apes – Coinotizia
On Sunday, August 21, 2022, the floor value of the Cryptopunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection briefly surpassed the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection’s floor value. While it’s not by a h...
Schiff Says US Inflation Decline ‘Only Temporary,’ Mark Cuban Sued, JPMorgan CEO on Recession, Axie Infinity Update — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has warned that the seeming ease in inflation for the United States economy is nothing to get too excited about, as Shark Tank star billionaire Mark Cuban is facing...
Leading Japanese Online Broker SBI to Pull Out of Russia’s Crypto Mining Sector – Coinotizia
SBI Holdings, the largest online brokerage in Japan, is shutting down its crypto mining business in the Russian Federation. Amid mounting uncertainty over the future of such investments due to the ong...
Bitcoin Miners Take in Bear Rally Profits by Selling More Than 6,000 BTC Since August 1 – Coinotizia
Bitcoin’s value against the U.S. dollar lost 7.3% during the last 24 hours after more than $600 million in value was removed from the $1.07 trillion crypto economy. Statistics show that a number of bi...
Kaiko Report Shows Latam Harnessing Crypto Mostly for ‘Real World’ Use Cases – Coinotizia
The latest data debrief issued by Kaiko, a provider of digital assets market data, has found that while there is retail movement in Latam regarding crypto assets, most liquidity is directed to “real w...
Another Stablecoin Fluctuates Wildly as HUSD Slips Below USD Peg to $0.82 per Token – Coinotizia
The stablecoin HUSD, originally associated with the crypto exchange Huobi Global, lost its peg with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, August 17, and it dropped even lower in value the following day on Thu...
US Federal Reserve Board Unveils Final Guidelines Used When Reviewing Requests for Access to Master Accounts – Coinotizia
The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has said it has released the final guidelines which are set to be used by Reserve Banks when “reviewing requests to access Federal Reserve accounts and payment services....
Russia’s GDP Decline Less Severe Than Expected, Wall Street Returns to Russian Bonds, Putin Criticizes US ‘Hegemony’ – Coinotizia
While the ongoing war in Ukraine continues, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation detailed this week that Russia’s economic hardships are less severe than expected. Russia’s e...
Colombia Plans to Launch Digital Currency to Reduce Tax Evasion – Coinotizia
The government of Colombia revealed it has plans to launch a digital currency. One of the purposes of this new currency would be to curb tax evasion and enhance the traceability of transactions made b...
DOGE Races to 3-Month High, XMR Hits Strongest Price Since June – Coinotizia
Dogecoin moved to a three-month high on Tuesday, as prices of the token were up by over 15%. Today’s move comes despite crypto markets mainly falling, with the global market cap 0.21% lower as of writ...
President of Central Bank of Brazil Disagrees With ‘Heavy Hand’ Regulations for Cryptocurrencies – Coinotizia
The president of the Central Bank of Brazil, Roberto Campos Neto, has defended the use of more moderate regulations in the crypto environment. Campos Neto stated that while regulation is indeed necess...
PoW Miners Rake in Profits Mining ETH Until the End, Ethash Networks Expect a Boost, JPMorgan Strategists Say ETC Could Benefit – Coinotizia
In just over a month’s time, The Merge is likely to be implemented on the Ethereum blockchain and the network’s proof-of-work (PoW) miners will be forced to mine another coin. So far, it seems ethereu...
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe ‘Developed a Roadmap for Adoption of CBDC,’ Says Governor – Coinotizia
The governor of the Zimbabwean central bank, John Mangudya, recently said his organization “has developed a roadmap for adoption of CBDC [central bank digital currency] in Zimbabwe.” Mangudya also rev...
Crypto Trading, Investing Illegal in Iran, Central Bank Governor Reiterates – Coinotizia
It is illegal to buy or sell cryptocurrency in Iran, the head of the country’s monetary authority has recently reminded citizens and businesses. The governor noted, however, that mining cryptocurrenci...
Netskope Discovers Hackers Are Using Google Sites and Microsoft Azure to Steal Crypto – Coinotizia
Attackers are taking advantage of certain SEO techniques to direct users to phishing sites for wallet apps like Metamask and exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken. These sites, created in Google Sites...
Bitcoin’s Mathematical Monetary Policy Is Far More Predictable Than Gold and Fiat Currencies – Coinotizia
This past April, records show that 19 million bitcoins have been mined into existence and 133 days later, there are 1.88 million bitcoins left to mint today. The network’s block subsidy halving is exp...
ETH PoS Upgrade to Transition on September 15 to 16 — Ethereum Devs Reveal ‘Tentative Mainnet TTD’ for The Merge – Coinotizia
Following the successful implementation of The Merge into Ethereum’s Goerli testnet, Ethereum developers confirmed during a Consensus Layer Call livestream that the highly anticipated proof-of-stake (...