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Fintech companies see an opportunity in the negligence and reluctance of traditional banks toward the cryptocurrency ecosystem. 44 Total views 20 Total shares The banking capabilities of fintech have met cryptocurrencies in a new partnership between Australian crypto exchange BTC Markets and the local neobank Volt.With a license to operate in Australia as an authorized…

Bitcoin (BTC) begins the last week of March with a bang after returning to its yearly opening price above $46,000.In a surprisingly strong upward move for a weekend, BTC/USD began surging upwards Saturday, continuing overnight to challenge its highs from the start of 2022.Coming against an ongoing macro climate of considerable uncertainty, strength in Bitcoin…

A July 9 post by @PricedinBTC on the "cost to mine Bitcoin" in the United States gathered the crypto community's attention, especially considering the recent headlines that BTC miners have made. The crypto bear market and growing energy costs have caused a perfect storm for the mining sector and this has led some companies to…

Speaking at a panel today at BlockShow Asia 2019, VeChain founder Sunny Lu suggested that token value is mostly arbitrary.The panel was titled "Creating Token Value — Are Monetary Gains Hindering Blockchain Innovation?" and it also included Eddy Travia, co-founder and CEO of Coinsilium; Matthew Roszak, chairman & co-founder at Bloq; Greg Wasserman, co-head of…

Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko called Bitcoin (BTC) a “chaos hedge, or schmuck insurance,” in an interview with CNBC Fast Money on Aug. 14. Yusko made the comment while explaining the folly in paying too much heed to the daily price movements of BTC.Should we park the narrative of Bitcoin price’s correlation with global…

A Lido DAO member raised concerns over what impact the SEC’s crackdowns on staking could mean for the future of DeFi in the U.S. 524 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTA crackdown by the United States securities regulator on crypto staking could have unintended consequences…

Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has emerged as a clear favorite among betters in a proposed “cage match” with Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. In the 48 hours since the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) challenge was issued by Musk, sports betting firms and odds providers have already delivered preliminary odds for the…

The billionaire described the token as “the lowest cost economics teaching tool available” on the market. 1322 Total views 10 Total shares Amid recent endorsements from celebrities and people in tech, the price of the meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin has surged more than 700% in the last month. Now even billionaire Mark Cuban says he understands…

The most recent spin-off from the mothership, Binance Australia, claims to provide local traders with the speed, deep liquidity and security of the flagship platform. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance is launching a fiat-to-crypto trading platform in Australia, offering support for direct purchases of crypto using the Australian dollar (AUD).Binance already operates Binance Lite Australia which…