Day: January 13, 2022

Top or bottom? Traders at odds over whether Bitcoin will keep rising

Bitcoin (BTC) touched $44,000 a second time on Jan. 12 amid increasing divergence of opinion about whether the price bottom is “in.”  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cryptox Markets Pro and TradingView showed the $44,000 mark acting as local resistance Thursday, following forecasts that $46,000 could soon return. Bitcoin stayed broadly higher overnight following the previous day’s United States inflation data, but for some, now was not the time to become overly confident. “BTC starting to feel a little toppy (local), although asks are diffused through some…

Topped or bottomed? Traders at odds over whether Bitcoin will keep rising

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Bitcoin (BTC) touched $44,000 a second time on Jan. 12 amid increasing divergence of opinion about whether the price bottom is “in.”  BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the $44,000 mark acting as local resistance Thursday, following forecasts that $46,000 could soon return. Bitcoin stayed broadly higher overnight following the previous day’s U.S. inflation data, but for some, now was not the time to become overly confident. “BTC starting to feel a little toppy (local), although asks are diffused through some key…

Pakistan’s central bank reportedly wants to ban crypto

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The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is reportedly seeking to ban all cryptocurrency transactions in Pakistan. Pakistan’s Sindh High Court reportedly held a hearing related to the legal status of cryptocurrencies in the country, in which several Pakistani authorities, including the SBP, submitted a document to the court, arguing that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are illegal and cannot be used for trade.  According to local news channel Samaa TV, the document cited at least 11 countries, including China and Saudi Arabia, that have opted to ban cryptocurrencies. The Pakistani central bank reportedly urged the…

How To Turn Unused Internet Bandwidth Into Cash?

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Monetizing your internet connection According to OpenVault’s broadband study from 2021, the average US household uses approximately 435GB of data per month. However, many internet service providers (ISPs) offer 1TB+ monthly data allowances or unlimited data plans. Many internet users waste hundreds of millions of gigabytes worth of unused bandwidth every month. Now there is an innovative technology called PKT, which enables internet-connected customers to earn passive income from a home or office internet connection worldwide. PKT is not a company and has no investors or CEO. It is a…

China aims to separate NFTs from crypto via new blockchain infrastructure

China is planning to draw a clear line between cryptocurrencies and nonfungible tokens (NFTs), pretty much the same way it did with its digital currency efforts, before the crypto crackdown in the country harms the local NFT industry. The Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN), a government-backed blockchain project in China, is working on infrastructure that would support businesses and individuals to build platforms and apps to manage NFTs, the South China Morning Post reported. Officially called the BSN-Distributed Digital Certificate (BSN-DDC), the project aims to support the deployment of non-crypto NFTs…

Monetary Historian – Economics Bitcoin News

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Franklin Noll, an academic and monetary historian, has asserted that crypto can be both a security and a currency. Pointing to the history of U.S. money, Noll argues that being both a currency and a security is, in fact, not contradictory. The ‘Infamous’ Continental Dollar Coins Franklin Noll, a U.S.-based monetary historian, has asserted that the history of the U.S. dollar over the years shows that being a currency and a security is not contradictory and that crypto can be both. The assertions by Noll, the president of Noll Historical…

Russia’s Tinkoff Banking Group Buys Majority Stake in Swiss Crypto Startup Aximetria

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Visa survey shows that 24% of SMBs plan to accept crypto payments

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Back in 2021, a study showed that there is a high demand for cryptocurrency payment abilities among both crypto holders and non-holders. However, in the same study, 50% of participants noted that there are not enough businesses that accept crypto. This may change very soon. Almost one out of four small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) that participated in a survey by Visa said that they are planning to accept payments in cryptos like Bitcoin. In the same study, 73% of respondents stated that accepting new forms of digital payment options…

German Online Bank N26 to Launch Cryptocurrency Trading Business This Year – Bitcoin News

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N26, a German online neobank, has announced it will get into the cryptocurrency trading business this year. The announcement was made by Max Tayenthal, co-founder and a CEO of the company, who pondered whether focusing on cryptocurrency instead of going global may have been a better idea. The company closed operations in the U.K. and is now exiting the U.S. N26 to Offer Cryptocurrency Services N26, a German online bank, has announced it will roll out cryptocurrency trading services for its customers this year. The co-founder of the…