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2021-06-16 19:00:49 Huobi and Upbit Halt Trading of Some Cryptos in South Korea

South Korean crypto exchanges, including Huobi and Upbit, have started to suspend trading of some tokens that regulators have deemed too risky for investors;

Coinbase Pro Adds Support for CHZ, SHIB and KEEP

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Pro has opened deposits for CHZ, KEEP and SHIB ahead of trading;

Mining Companies' Stock Return Outperforms Bitcoin's

The market cap of the world's three largest public cryptocurrency mining companies has grown an average of 46% over the past three weeks, rebounding from a mid-May low;

Tim Draper Sticks to His $250K BTC Forecast

Tim Draper still believes that bitcoin can reach up to $250,000 by the end of 2022 or early 2023.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.604 trillion

BTC $38,848.01 (-2.91%)
ETH $2,425.93 (-4.90%)
BNB $348.37 (-5.05%)
ADA $1.5 (-3.59%)
DOGE $0.3 (-3.78%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.21 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.33 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.25 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-15 19:00:46 MicroStrategy is Selling $1B in Stocks to Buy Additional Bitcoins

MicroStrategy is selling up to $1 billion in stock and plans to use the proceeds to buy additional bitcoins;

Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs to Offer Ether Options

Goldman Sachs plans to expand its cryptocurrency offerings and to offer options and futures trading in ether;

Thailand Bans Dogecoin, NFTs and Fan Tokens Trading

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has banned local crypto exchanges from trading meme cryptos such as Dogecoin, fan tokens and collectibles based on non-fungible tokens (NFTs);

Coinbase Pro Opens Deposits for Polkadot

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced it opened deposits for polkadot (DOT) on its Pro version.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.715 trillion

BTC $39,891.11 (-1.60%)
ETH $2,538.58 (-0.58%)
BNB $364.93 (-1.96%)
ADA $1.55 (-1.10%)
DOGE $0.31 (-3.38%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.28 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.43 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.31 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-14 19:01:03 Tesla to Accept Bitcoin Again When 50% of Mining is Green

Elon Musk has said via Twitter Tesla will resume bitcoin payments when 50% of the cryptocurrency's mining is based on renewable sources;

China's Yunnan to Follow Other Regions in Crypto Mining Ban

According to the local authorities' notice, the province plans to close all cryptocurrency mining centers in the region;

Dutch Finance Minister Calls for Regulation of Cryptocurrencies

Wopke Hoekstra, the Finance Minister of the Netherlands, believes it is better to regulate cryptocurrencies than to ban them;

Block.one Settles Class Action Lawsuit, Pays $25.7M Fine

Block.one, a blockchain-focused company & developer of the EOS network, has reached a settlement to resolve the class action lawsuit initiated by the Crypto Assets Opportunity Fund.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.728 trillion

BTC $40,660.12 (+13.12%)
ETH $2,553.16 (+8.85%)
BNB $372.85 (+12.22%)
ADA $1.57 (+11.05%)
DOGE $0.32 (+6.26%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.27 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.42 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.24 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-11 19:00:48 SEC Warns Investors Over Risks Associated to Bitcoin Futures Investments

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned investors about the risks associated with investing in bitcoin futures;

IMF Warns Over Financial Risks After El Salvador Legalized Bitcoin

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees financial and legal risks in El Salvador's recent decision to legalize bitcoin as a legal tender;

Authorities Allow Texas Banks to Store Cryptocurrencies

The Texas Department of Banking has authorized banks to store their customers' cryptocurrencies with the adequate protocols;

Algorand Gets Boost with New $100M Fund

Arrington Capital, a blockchain-dedicated management firm, has launched a $100 million fund to support Algorand-related initiatives.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.573 trillion

BTC $37,044.53 (-0.15%)
ETH $2,436.51 (-3.42%)
BNB $358.49 (-0.50%)
ADA $1.50 (-3.34%)
DOGE $0.31 (-4.34%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.2 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.51 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.23 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.01 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-10 19:00:38 Vitalik Buterin Earns Over $4 Million From DOGE Investments

The Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has made more than $4 million from his investments in the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin;

Solana Closes $314 Million Round led by a16z and Polychain Capital

Blockchain ecosystem Solana has attracted over $314 million in a private investment round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Polychain Capital;

El Salvador to Mine Cryptos With Energy From Volcanoes

El Salvador, a Central American country that yesterday passed a law making bitcoin legal tender, wants to use the energy of volcanoes to mine the cryptocurrency;

Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Service by End of Summer

Interactive Brokers, an American multinational brokerage firm, will start offering cryptocurrency services by the end of the summer.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.623 trillion

BTC $37,997.12 (+8.44%)
ETH $2,551.46 (+1.03%)
BNB $365.57 (+2.54%)
ADA $1.57 (+0.88%)
DOGE $0.33 (+2.35%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.22 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.49 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.23 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-09 19:00:36 El Salvador's Parliament Legalizes Bitcoin as Legal Tender

The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador has passed a law according to which Bitcoin becomes legal tender in the country alongside the US dollar;

MicroStrategy Increases Its Private Offering for Bitcoin Up to $500M

The increase of 25% comes just a day after the company announced a private offering for $400 million to invest more in bitcoin;

Revolut Adds Dogecoin Trading to its Mobile App

With the latest listing, Revolut now allows users to buy, sell and store 30 cryptocurrencies;

BlockFi to Raise Funding at $5B Valuation: Report

BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lending service, is in the final stages of a new fundraising that could boost the company's valuation up to $5 billion.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.555 trillion

BTC $34,917.70 (+6.4%)
ETH $2,528.61 (+1.81%)
BNB $355.47 (+2.54%)
ADA $1.56 (+3.25%)
DOGE $0.32 (+1.01%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.2 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.37 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.20 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-08 19:00:58 1% of Bitcoin Supply is Tokenized in Wrapped BTC

As reported by WBTC via its official Twitter account, 1% of the entire supply of bitcoin is now tokenized on Ethereum as Wrapped BTC (WBTC);

FBI Recovers Millions Paid by Colonial Pipeline to Hackers in Crypto: Report

The FBI has completed an operation, which resulted in recovery of millions of dollars paid by the Colonial Pipeline operator in a cryptocurrency to a criminal hacking group known as Darkside;

Millions of Internet Sites Experience Problems Due to Mass Outage

Fastly, a cloud-based traffic optimization platform and content provider, has suffered a crash in the CDN infrastructure used to store images and other items at large enterprises;

MicroStrategy Reveals New Private Offering for $400M to Buy Bitcoin

MicroStrategy is about to make another bet on bitcoin as the company announced a new private offering for $400 million to invest more in the cryptocurrency.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.409 trillion

BTC $31,579.88 (-12.43%)
ETH $2,355.39 (-15.36%)
BNB $329.14 (-16.17%)
ADA $1.43 (-15.97%)
DOGE $0.3 (-15.28%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.2 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $2.82 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.19 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-07 19:00:42 Ethereum Average Fee Falls to a 6-month Low

The average transaction fee on the Ethereum network has dropped to $3.7, its lowest level since December 2020;

Twitter's Dorsey Teases Bitcoin Wallet by Square

Square, a fintech company founded, might develop its own bitcoin cold-wallet;

Auction House Phillips to Sell Banksy Painting for Cryptocurrencies

British auction house Phillips plans to sell artist Banksy's "Laugh Now Panel A" for bitcoin or ether;

Korea to Tax Overseas Crypto Starting 2022

South Korea's National Tax Service (NTS) announced that that Korean residents who hodl cryptocurrencies in foreign trading platforms will be obliged to report their hodlings for taxation starting 2022.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.655 trillion

BTC $36,052.13 (-0.34%)
ETH $2,783.14 (+2.30%)
BNB $394.50 (+0.67%)
ADA $1.71 (+1.67%)
DOGE $0.36 (-2.03%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.21 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.06 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.93 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.2 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.03 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-04 19:00:41 Elon Musk Makes BTC Fall Again With a New Tweet

Elon Musk has triggered a new drop in the price of bitcoin by posting a meme on Twitter with some words from Linkin Park's song "In the End."

NFT Bubble Burst as Market Down by 90%

The market peaked on May 3, when sales of NFTs reached a whooping $102 million just in a single day;

US Gives Ransomware Hacks Same Priority as Terrorism

The US Department of Justice will give ransomware-related investigations the same priority as terrorism cases;

Dapp Framework for Facebook's Diem Raises $4.5M

Pontem, a Polkadot parathread focused on decentralized applications (dApps) for Facebook's Diem, has raised $4.5 million in a round led by Mechanism Capital and Kenetic Capital.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.647 trillion

BTC $36,677.53 (-4.87%)
ETH $2,651.18 (-5.34%)
BNB $387.86 (-6.86%)
ADA $1.70 (-7.11%)
DOGE $0.36 (-8.73%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.21 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.07 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.55 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.24 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment

2021-06-03 19:00:41 Ripple Asks to Investigate 15 Crypto Exchanges to Prove Innocence

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen have filed a motion with the court asking the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate several cryptocurrency exchanges;

Google Lifts Ban for Limited Crypto Ads

Google has updated its financial products and services policy, according to which, advertisers can submit requests for advertisements focused on cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets targeting the United States;

ECB: Not Launching a Digital Currency Poses Risks

The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday published a report on the international role of the euro in which the regulator says that issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is necessary to ensure financial stability;

SEC Pushes Back Verdict on WisdomTree's Bitcoin ETF

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed another application for bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) until July.

Market Cap at 17.00 (GMT) - $1.741 trillion

BTC $38,692.44 (+1.91%)
ETH $2,810.27 (+0.86%)
BNB $417.42 (+1.13%)
ADA $1.83 (+2.14%)
DOGE $0.40 (-3.41%)

Mining Profitability

BTC $0.21 for 1 TH/s
ETH $0.07 for 1 MH/s
LTC $3.71 for 1 GH/s
BCH $0.23 for 1 TH/s
DASH $0.02 for 1 GH/s Open / Comment