Vietnamese police foil $1M crypto scam, protect 300 potential victims

Bitcoin and select altcoins are attempting to break above their respective resistance levels, signaling aggressive buying by the bulls.

Bitcoin (BTC) rising above $8,500 appears to have left gold proponent Peter Schiff with egg on his face after he predicted its imminent downfall to $1,000. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and precious metals monitor Kitco showed that while Bitcoin has gained 7.5% over the past week, gold has conversely slipped 4%. Gold expected to hit $1,500 lowsAfter…

A Twitter user pointed out that if a top Bitcoin developer can’t keep his wallet secure, then mass adoption is a pipe dream. 809 Total views 17 Total shares Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFTWith one of Bitcoin's original core developers claiming that his balance got drained by a hacker, the…

Previous documents from the Indian government indicate that it believes any cryptocurrencies not issued by the government are considered private, and therefore could be banned. 292 Total views 16 Total shares Government documents from 2019 have been cited by an Indian crypto expert to suggest that the proposed ban on all “private cryptocurrencies” could include…

The newly launched Codefi Staking purports to be a more secure staking solution for Ethereum 2.0. 1334 Total views 16 Total shares ConsenSys, a New York-based Ethereum software company, has partnered with cybersecurity firm Securosys to launch a more secure staking solution for Ethereum 2.0.The new product, dubbed Codefi Staking, provides “institutional staking tools for Ethereum…

Institutional interest for digital assets continues to grow rapidly, demonstrating that cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and nonfungible tokens (NFT) are here to stay. At the same time, traditional financial institutions are beginning to understand the dire need to properly support digital assets. For example, although payments giants such as Mastercard and Visa currently offer crypto-enabled credit and…

Sellers pushed Bitcoin price below $55,000 even as record-high BTC futures open interest and optimism surrounding the issuance of $1,400 stimulus checks for Americans had traders anticipating a rally. 1305 Total views 13 Total shares Bitcoin price sold off on March 15 as bears pushed the price back into the mid-$50,000 range a few days after…

Bitcoin's (BTC) price has been consolidating in the previous weeks as the sentiment and momentum have slowed to a crawl. That's very natural, as it's also impossible to throw a six every time. Therefore, consolidation and correction are necessary for the market to recharge before resuming the uptrend. Several reasons were given for such a corrective…