Bitcoin Island: The Isle of Man is Turning Orange July 22, 2022 | City Talk In April 2015, an article was published on the BBC News website about “Bitcoin Island” – a place where you could use Bitcoin to buy a pint of beer from The Thirsty Pigeon and then scan a QR code to pay for your taxi ride home. The price of one bitcoin was a mere £230, [...]
Why Bitcoin Not Crypto July 22, 2022 | City Talk In Part 1 of this article, I recall my own early experiences with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. I bought my first cryptocurrency in October 2020. Like many others who were working from home due to Covid restrictions, my monthly outgoings had dropped unexpectedly – no more commuting, no more socialising – and I was getting into [...]
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network capacity hits new high, and crypto lenders investigated July 18, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin moved down to $19,000 last week before starting an uptrend that is still ongoing
Crypto exchanges’ Bitcoin balances plunge, and Ethereum closer to major upgrade July 11, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin moved up at the beginning of last week, going from a $19,000 low to a $22,000 high
Crypto investment products’ AUM reach record low amid spot Bitcoin ETF push July 4, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin kept on dropping throughout last week.
Bitcoin price to start recovery after final ‘washout’ of crypto winter, says Fundstrat June 30, 2022 Bitcoin could face one more crash before its price recovers. A final ‘washout’ could send the price of the biggest cryptocurrency plummeting to $13,000 before it starts to go up, analysis by financial research firm Fundstrat found. Bitcoin is currently trading around $20,000. “Most short-term technicals point to an above-average chance of a final ‘washout’-style [...]
DeFi-ing the rules: five opportunities and five risks of decentralised finance June 29, 2022 | City Talk In the Star Wars universe, the Force is a mystic energy field generated by living beings that binds the galaxy together. The ability to wield the Force gives Jedi Knights their superhuman abilities, making them peacekeepers of the galaxy. But how powerful would the Jedi be if every ‘transaction’ that used the Force had to [...]
Binance CEO calls for greater regulation as crypto firms face liquidity issues June 28, 2022 The CEO of Binance urged for greater industry regulation as crypto firms face liquidity issues amidst the crypto rout. “There should be clearer regulatory guidelines on reserves for different types of businesses in the crypto space,” Changpeng Zhao said in an interview with Yahoo Finance on Monday. He also called for disclosure and transparency requirements, [...]
‘Worrying rise’ in crypto scams claiming to be celebrity endorsed, Santander says June 28, 2022 Cryptocurrency scams falsely claiming to be endorsed by celebrities are surging, Santander warned. “We’re seeing a worrying rise in ‘celebrity-endorsed’ cryptocurrency scams, where familiar faces are being misused on social media in order to con people out of often life-changing sums of money,” said Chris Ainsley, the bank’s head of fraud risk management in the UK. He warned [...]
SEC Chair calls Bitcoin a commodity and likens other crypto assets to securities June 28, 2022 Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler called Bitcoin a commodity while likening other crypto assets to securities. “Many of these financial assets, crypto financial assets, have the key attributes of a security,” he said to CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday. “Some, like Bitcoin… my predecessors and others have said, they’re a commodity.” He said [...]