# Bitcoin News
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January 15,2021 by Guest Post at Bitcoin
Bitcoin was unable to hold $40,000 after making its ATH of just below $42,000. A large sell-off from miners caused Bitcoin to drop 18% to $30,410. About $170 billion were wiped out from the cryptocurrency market. The flash crash rekindled memories of the 2017 boom-and-bust that dragged Bitcoin from the...
January 15, 2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at
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Organic searches for the term "Bitcoin" are now around its all-time highs, a screengrab by Mati Greenspan, a licensed Portfolio Manager, on Dec 14 shows. https://twitter.com/MatiGreenspan/status/1349499426692354051 Google Trends Hints As gleaned from Google Trends, a tool used to indicate retail interest in any topic reveals a growing interest in Bitcoin....
January 14,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin
eToro has sent a letter to its millions of customers on January 13, 2021, notifying them that it may not be able to handle their bitcoin (BTC) buy orders in the coming weekend, as the insatiable demand for the orange coin is surpassing its liquidity capacity. Crazy Bitcoin Demand Crashes...
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# Blockchain News
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January 15,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain
Figure Lending has obtained a $100 million loan facility from leading U.S lender, JPMorgan for conforming and jumbo mortgages. The blockchain-powered mortgage platform claims it has secured $1.5 billion of lending facilities via five funding deals, according to a LedgerInsights report on January 15, 2021. Figure Gets $100 Million From...
January 15, 2021 by Adeniyi Olowoporoku at
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Chinese backed blockchain project BSN has revealed plans to pilot the adoption of a global CBDC system in 2021. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) was the major talk in 2020 and it appears that the push will be greater this year. BSN developing a Universal Digital Payment Network (UDPN) BSN...
January 14,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain
In a first, a Chinese hospital sends its patient the first blockchain-powered electronic bill. Electronic Bill on Blockchain According to a Coindesk report on January 13, a hospital in China recently sent the first electronic bill to one of its patients. Notably, the bill was issued from a blockchain-powered invoice...
# Altcoins News
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January 15,2021 by Evan Ezquer at Altcoins
With the recent nosedive in the price of EOS, it appears that Block.one now holds over twice the value of BTC than EOS, its own token, leaving some crypto proponents to question the blockchain company's true intentions. Block.one's BTC Holdings Are Well Over $5 Billion A 2019 report had articulated...
January 14, 2021 by Evan Ezquer at
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Polkadot has witnessed a massive surge in price by almost +37.9% in the last 24 hours, driving the market cap to $10 billion, bringing it to a new all-time high at $12.74. And for the first time, DOT became the 5th biggest cryptocurrency in market cap. DOT Price Soars Record-High...
January 14,2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at Altcoins
Vonovia, a top real estate company in Europe that’s part of the DAX 30, is issuing a €20 million digital bond on the Stellar Blockchain in partnership with Firstwire and Bitbond, a press release on Jan 13 reveals. It comes less than three weeks after the German cabinet made into...
# Regulation News
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January 15,2021 by Anthonia Isichei at Regulation
Gemini, the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian could go public, according to founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss. Gemini Could Go Public According to Bloomberg on Thursday (Jan. 14, 2021), the Winklevoss Twins disclosed that they were considering a public listing for Gemini. The proposed ambition to go public comes amid...
January 13, 2021 by Evan Ezquer at
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On Jan 8, two legislators in Kentucky have recently submitted a bill that aims to make the US state a very attractive option for cryptocurrency miners in the form of tax breaks. Kentucky Crypto Mining Bill The proposal was submitted to the General Assembly, which would see Bitcoin and other...
January 12,2021 by Evan Ezquer at Regulation
According to Wall Street veteran, Caitlin Long, the ruling from the Office of Comptroller of Currency (OCC), which was released in a letter last week, gives large banks an unfair advantage over crypto startups. As such, it is a double-edged sword for the crypto industry. OCC New Law Is a...
# Price Analysis
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Total crypto market cap added $74 billion to its value for the period since Monday morning and now stands at $1.033 trillion. The top ten coins are all in green for the last 24 hours with PolkaDot (DOT) and bitcoin (BTC) being the biggest gainers with 37.1 and 11 percent...
The total crypto market cap added $111.7 billion to its value for the last seven-days and now stands at $942.7 billion. The top 10 currencies were mostly in green for the same time period with Cardano (ADA) and Ripple’s XRP adding 32.1 and 28.3 percent to their values respectively while...
Total crypto market cap added $102 billion to its value for the period since Monday morning and now stands at $1.09 trillion. The top ten coins are all in green for the last 24 hours with Ripple’s XRP and Stellar's (XLM) being the biggest gainers with 41.5 and 18.5 percent...
# Ethereum News
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January 15,2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Ethereum
Crypto analysts have predicted that the price of ether (ETH) may reach another all-time high in the coming weeks, if the current plunge of ETH reserves on centralized exchanges is anything to go by. Ether Reserves Fall by 27 Percent in 48 Hours It's no longer news that the bull...
January 5, 2021 by Anthonia Isichei at
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With the price of ETH crossing the $1,000 mark for the first time since 2018, the average gas fee on the Ethereum network set a new all-time high (ATH) on Jan. 4. Ethereum Gas Fees Almost Touched $20 According to data from YCharts on Monday (Jan. 4, 2021), the average...
January 4,2021 by Wayne Jones at Ethereum
Top cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ethereum have had an explosive start to the New Year. BTC has rallied to a new all-time high above $34K while ETH just broke above the $1K psychological barrier and seems poised to climb higher. According to Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, cryptocurrencies will continue gaining popularity...
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