Recent strength in Ethereum boosted investors’ morale and gave bulls the upper hand in March 25’s $2.4 billion options expiry. Ether (ETH) bulls have a few good reasons to celebrate the 20% gain between March 14 and March 24. The price increase surprised many and led to the first daily close above $3,000 in 34...Continue Reading

BTC pushed through a key price level as investor sentiment soars across the sector, but analysts caution that $44,000 must become support to mark a macro-level trend change. Morale across the cryptocurrency ecosystem is rising on March 24 as several days of positive moves have helped lift Bitcoin (BTC) back above $44,000 and Ether bulls...Continue Reading

“Once crypto exchanges are compliant, the SEC’s primary reason for denying spot Bitcoin ETFs would no longer be valid, likely clearing the way for approval,” said the analysts. Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, exchange-traded fund analysts for Bloomberg, said that a proposed rule change with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission could be the...Continue Reading

Illia Polosukhin, Ukraine-born crypto entrepreneur and Near protocol co-founder, explains how crypto has become an invaluable instrument for supporting Ukraine’s resistance. “Crypto became the largest driver for humanitarian help as well as some of military help for Ukraine,” said Illia Polosukhin, the co-founder of Near Protocol.  Polosukhin, who was born and raised in Kharkiv, Ukraine,...Continue Reading

The bill would direct federal agencies to scrutinize how El Salvador implements its Bitcoin law. El Salvador president Nayib Bukele reacted to the news that the recently proposed Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) had passed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will now head to a full Senate vote. The 40-year...Continue Reading

On March 9, United States President Joe Biden issued a quite comprehensive executive order that directs no less than two dozen cabinet members, departments and agencies in the government to study the benefits and detriments of blockchain technology for various aspects of the American economy. There has been a considerable amount already written about the...Continue Reading

Colorado is set to accept tax payments in crypto. To some experts, it’s only a matter of time before other U.S. states follow suit. The governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, announced in February that the state government plans to allow residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies as early as the summer of 2022. To some...Continue Reading

A Bitcoiner called Felix Crisan outfoxed a crypto scammer, getting them to set up a Bitcoin Lightning Wallet before putting them in their place. There’s poetic justice to scammers getting beat at their own game. A cryptocurrency scammer met their match when trying to trick Bitcoiner Felix Crisan into sending them Tether (USDT).  The scammer...Continue Reading

Fresh comments from officials show the need to tame inflation, while bonds see their biggest comedown from all-time highs since 2008. Bitcoin (BTC) continued to fight for $43,000 support at the Wall Street open on March 24 amid fresh jitters tied to United States economic policy. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Kashkari warns...Continue Reading

Similar to countries like Indonesia, Malaysia has not banned crypto trading but the government doesn’t want to adopt crypto for payments. An official at the Ministry of Finance of Malaysia reportedly opposed the idea of adopting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment method following recent crypto-friendly proposals by the deputy communications minister. Malaysia has...Continue Reading