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A dramatic reversal on Monday sees BTC/USD instantly fill the latest CME futures gap before bouncing off forecast levels below $28,000. Bitcoin (BTC) lost $30,000 support on Jan. 4 as all-time highs gave way to a rapid retracement totalling thousands of dollars. BTC price dips $4,000 in 60...

Daily highs of $23,625 for Bitcoin price show fresh bullish appetite. Bitcoin (BTC) price hit highs above $23,500 on Dec. 22 as Monday’s weakness flipped to see bulls challenge previous levels. BTC price in 5.2% daily gains Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Coin360 and TradingView show BTC/USD...

Bitcoin is currently in price discovery but a drop to the $18,500 region in the short term shouldn't be ruled out. Bitcoin (BTC) price has seen a massive rally in previous months, accelerating from $10,000 to a recent all-time high of around $23,700. This is a rally of 135% in just a matter of a...

The price of Bitcoin just hit $20,000 for the first time ever in a historic milestone for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has reached $20,000 for the first time in history on Dec. 16. The historic milestone comes just over two weeks after breaking its...

Ethereum has begun to bounce strongly since last week’s lows, correlating with a move higher in the price of BTC. ETH currently trades for $590, though moved extremely close to $600 earlier today. Analysts are optimistic that the cryptocurrency will continue its ascent in the days and weeks...

Ethereum is exploding higher despite a strong Bitcoin correction just hours ago. The price of Bitcoin fell as low as $17,500 on leading exchanges this morning as the institutional buying that kept the price afloat during the week abated over the weekend. BTC has since bounced back since hitting...

A new record was so close bulls could taste the victory, but the achievement was blocked by massive whales who reloaded centralized crypto exchanges with a flood of BTC to be dumped, stopping the rally in its tracks. Here’s what this could mean for the crypto market over the next few weeks...

The CEO of the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Ashley Alder, said in a discourse that Hong Kong will before long manage all digital currency exchanging stages, regardless of whether they exchange securities. Digital currency and other virtual resource venture items have started...

One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Liquid, reported the attack last week. The company said that on November 13, 2020, an unknown attacker compromised the email accounts of several employees and eventually penetrated the company's internal network. The administration of Liquid...

The Ministry of Finance proposes amendments with fines or jail for hiding cryptocurrencies when submitting declarations. The Russian Ministry of Finance prepared amendments to the Tax, Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes and the Code of Administrative Offenses. According to them, those owners...

Portal specialists CyberNews.com we analyzed Ethereum smart contracts (in fact, the code that helps online services send and receive payments) and found that almost 3.8 thousand smart contracts are subject to serious vulnerabilities that allow hackers to quickly steal $1 million. During the...

Bitcoin’s new highs come amid lots of new money pouring in via stablecoins. According to Tether’s official transparency data, the USDT market cap crossed a $17 billion mark for the first time, hitting over $17 billion in total assets. Tether’s market cap has been growing exponentially in 2020...

Cubans are interested in Bitcoin as other major digital payment options like PayPal are unavailable. Cuba is apparently seeing an influx of Bitcoin (BTC)-related activity as Bitcoin interest is on the rise in the country. According to data from Google Trends, Cuba now ranks second in terms of...

Attackers who carry out BEC attacks conduct operations in at least 39 different countries and are responsible for annual losses of $26 billion. IB specialists from The agari cyber intelligence Department analyzed more than 9 thousand cases of BEC attacks (business email compromise) around the...

With a market cap now over $1.5 billion, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) makes up 80% of the total BTC held on Ethereum. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) reached all-time highs today in terms of market capitalization and number of tokens. WBTC is the most popular version of Bitcoin tokenized for use on the...

$20,000 Bitcoin is back on the table if bulls clear this key resistance cluster. Bitcoin (BTC) price has been showing impressive strength in the previous weeks and today the price made a new 2020 high at $13,666. This momentum was made alongside weakness in the U.S. dollar and many analysts...

The CSO of CoinShares thinks that a payments-focused PayPal token could be forthcoming.| Global digital payment giant PayPal might be moving into issuing its own cryptocurrency after officially entering the crypto industry, according to a major industry exec. Meltem Demirors, CSO at digital...

Can a technological fix really combat a corruption-ridden political order? Kyrgyzstan’s acting President and Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov has proposed introducing a blockchain-based system to ensure fair elections in the near future and restore public faith in the democratic process. On Oct...

The new guidelines describe how to prevent advanced technology from falling into the hands of foreign governments. Artificial intelligence, quantum information science and semiconductors are among the leading technologies that the US is seeking to protect under new guidelines. The White House...

It seems the review was already in process before the attack ever occured. Popular hardware wallet company Ledger recently announced that they had passed a notable security evaluation, known as SOC 2 Type 1. This certification came following a significant data breach the company suffered in...