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Lessons From Reason’s “The Fake Environmentalist Attack on Bitcoin” Mini-Doc

Lessons From Reason’s “The Fake Environmentalist Attack on Bitcoin” Mini-Doc

Phenomenal piece by Reason Magazine. We at NewsBTC have been countering the Bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment narrative for a while now. Now, we have a new tool. A short and sweet documentary that rests on a devastating premise. “Such environmentalist attacks on bitcoin are best understood as a strategy by economic, media, and political elites to undermine a […]

Bitcoin Resumes Decline, What Could Trigger More Downsides

Bitcoin Resumes Decline, What Could Trigger More Downsides

Bitcoin price failed to stay above $60,000 and started a fresh decline against the US Dollar. BTC could extend losses below $55,000 in the near term. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $61,000 resistance zone. The price is now trading below $58,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a key bearish […]

Why Marathon Is Comfortable With Bitcoin Plunging, Says BEP Is $6,500

Why Marathon Is Comfortable With Bitcoin Plunging, Says BEP Is $6,500

Marathon Digital Holdings’ (MARA) Fred Thiel said that Bitcoin price would need to drop 80% for the coin to stop being profitable for the company thus entering a challenging situation. Marathon is not worried about the past week’s dip. During a Bloomberg QuickTake Stock interview, Fred Thiel, Las Vegas-based company’s chief executive officer of Marathon, […]

How Salvadorans Will Use Bitcoin To Pay For Their Bills: Bitrefill Launches Payment Service

How Salvadorans Will Use Bitcoin To Pay For Their Bills: Bitrefill Launches Payment Service

Bitrefill, the startup that offers Bitcoin-funded prepaid cards for different services worldwide, launched a new bill-payment service that allows Salvadorans to pay for multiple basic needs using Bitcoin. The company made the announcement during the three-day conference Adopting Bitcoin carried in El Salvador, which brought together “the Bitcoin and Lightning community”. Bitcoin has been a […]

Why MoneyGram Launched A Bankless Payment Method On Stellar

Why MoneyGram Launched A Bankless Payment Method On Stellar

Payment giant MoneyGram International continues to cement its partnership with the Stellar ecosystem. Via an official post, the company announced a new stage for its collaboration by deploying a live cash-in and cash-out pilot initiative in the United States. Related Reading | Stellar To Launch New Europe-Africa Payment Corridor With This Partner After ending its […]

Kineko Announces Migration to Solana Following $41 Million In Volume Turnover

Kineko Announces Migration to Solana Following $41 Million In Volume Turnover

Kineko, a high-throughput sports betting and prediction markets protocol with the real-time settlement, has officially migrated to Solana. The company has gained substantial momentum since its inception on the Ethereum network and continues to be a leader in the crypto betting space. To date, Kineko has a volume turnover totaling over $41 million. The team […]

November Means Big News for Boost Coin Community

November Means Big News for Boost Coin Community

November has been a monumental month for the Boost community. The revolutionary Boost DeFi app is available to download in all app stores and already has an impressive 14k members. Seems like each week Boost developers are announcing a new live financial feature. Additionally, Boost announced a partnership with major crypto hedge fund NZT Capital […]

Blockchain Gaming Is Here To Stay, But, Is The Industry Facing Talent Scarcity?

Some say that blockchain gaming will inspire the next wave of cryptocurrency adoption. Play-to-earn games are certainly ever-present in headlines and conversations around the world. Are they close to mainstream adoption? Not in the slightest. The industry is just beginning and there’s a long way to go. The companies producing the games are well funded […]

EasyFi Lending Protocol Goes Live with Money Markets on Polygon

The universal layer 2 digital assets lending protocol, EasyFi Network has announced that it is now live with its lending protocol on Polygon. The new lending protocol went live on Nov 15, 2021 and will be initially supporting six money markets with supplying and borrowing on Polygon Network. While announcing the latest development, COO and […]

Twitter Creates Team Specializing In Crypto And Decentralized Apps

Twitter is known for its ability to give anyone a voice. The social media monster is now taking a new approach to stay on top, and recently have established a dedicated ‘Crypto’ team, led by Tess Rinearson. She explained that the “new team is focused on crypto, blockchains, and other decentralized technologies” within the crypto […]

Generate High Returns in Yield Farming with BNBMatrix

With Binance Smart Chain offering numerous possibilities to earn profits, Smart Contract happens to be the rising star. One of these opportunities happens to be Decentralized Applications (or Dapps) that seek to take advantage of the PoS (Proof of Stake) abilities of the BSC network. Lately, there have been new DeFi based Dapps getting launched […]

TA: Ethereum Nosedives, Why Bulls Could Struggle In Near Term

Ethereum started a fresh decline from well above $4,650 against the US Dollar. ETH could extend downsides if there is a clear break below $4,200. Ethereum started a fresh decline from the $4,700 and $4,750 resistance levels. The price is now trading below $4,500 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break […]

Faster Transactions, Lower Fees: New Cross-Chain Solution

The crypto industry is experiencing a massive upswing. With assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum hitting new all-time highs, and other cryptos following in their wake, it seems like a matter of time before mass adoption is imminent. However, the industry needs some technological improvements before it can be broadly accepted by the rest of the […]

Bitcoin Bears Are Back, Why BTC Could Even Dive Below $60K

Bitcoin price failed to settle above $65,000 against the US Dollar. BTC started a fresh decline, and it might extend losses below the $60,000 support. Bitcoin started a fresh decline from the $66,400 resistance zone. The price is now trading well below $65,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break below […]

Over $28.6M In Bitcoin And Other Cryptos Seized By Dutch Authorities

Dutch authorities seized over 25 million euros ($28.6) worth in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies due to alleged criminal activity. A Chainalysis 2021 report revealed that in 2019 the volume of illicit crypto activity represented a small 2.1% of all transactions, and in 2020 that volume fell 0.34%, but their expectation for 2021 was for […]

The Future of NFT: The Most Promising Collection Drops

NFT is definitely one of the main buzzwords of today: non-fungible tokens are used more and more widely in multiple industries, artists create new collections regularly, and NFT popularity and market value are growing steadily. However, it has become quite difficult to find true gems among the plethora of NFTs collections, so we have prepared […]

Bringing advanced trading tools to Coinbase

As our customer needs evolve and more sophisticated trading tools are required, we’re exploring creative solutions to continually improve the Coinbase experience for everyone on one unified platform. Starting today, a small number of Coinbase customers will begin gaining access to advanced trading functionality on coinbase.com, enabling a world-class trading experience plus access to other […]

Crypto.com Protocol (CRO) and SUKU (SUKU) are launching on Coinbase

Starting today, Crypto.com Protocol (CRO) and SUKU (SUKU) are available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store CRO and SUKU in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro. […]