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Dogecoin mania leads to Robinhood crypto order failures

April 16, 2021 Cryptocurrency, Doge, dogecoin, Elon Musk, Markets, Robinhood, Robinhood Crypto Eddy 0

A surge in popularity for Dogecoin was behind a temporary shutdown of Robinhood’s crypto trading platform on Thursday night. The cryptocurrency, a fork of Litecoin that was created as a joke and is named after a popular meme featuring a Shiba Inu, has witnessed significant price increases over the last few days. According to a […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Says Cryptocurrencies Are ‘Vehicles for Speculation’

April 16, 2021 Coinbase IPO, coinbase listing, coinbase nasdaq, Cryptocurrency, Fed Chair, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Chairman, jerome powell, Regulation, Speculation Eddy 0

The Federal Reserve chairman believes that cryptocurrencies are “really vehicles for speculation” and “No one is using them for payments.” He then compared crypto to gold. His comments about cryptocurrency followed Coinbase’s direct listing on Nasdaq. Fed Chair Powell Thinks Crypto Is for Speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell talked about cryptocurrency in an interview […]

Cryptology Asset Group raises €32 million and explores buying bitcoin

April 16, 2021 Cryptocurrency, Cryptology Asset Group, Investments Eddy 0

Cryptology Asset Group, the Malta-based crypto investment firm, has raised €32 million through a share issue. The money will be used to invest in crypto and blockchain startups. The company announced on April 15 that it had successfully issued 128,375 new shares and sold 31,625 treasury shares to institutional investors. Cryptology trades on several German […]

Binance destroys $595 million worth of BNB tokens in its largest-ever burn

April 16, 2021 Binance, BNB, BNB burns, BNB tokens, Cryptocurrency Eddy 0

Crypto exchange Binance announced Friday that it has burned over 1 million BNB tokens, worth about $595 million, in its latest quarterly burn. This 15th quarterly BNB burn is the highest one ever carried out by the exchange in dollar terms. This is because the price of BNB jumped more than 16 times during the […]

Turkey’s central bank bans the use of cryptocurrencies for payments

April 16, 2021 ban, Bitcoin, BTC, Central Bank, crypto, Cryptocurrency, payments, Regulation, Turkey Eddy 0

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has banned the use of cryptocurrencies for payments. Announcing the news on Friday, the central bank said crypto-assets cannot be used directly or indirectly for payments, and no firm can provide such services. “Payment service providers cannot develop business models in a way that crypto assets are […]

Coinbase nabs a top 10 slot in Apple’s US App Store for the first time since January

April 16, 2021 app, App Store, Apple, Apple App Store, Bitcoin, cash app, Coinbase, Companies, Cryptocurrency, Exchanges, ninth place, Robinhood Eddy 0

Coinbase became the ninth most downloaded app on the Apple App Store for the United States as of Thursday. Coinbase’s app broke into the top 10 list one day after the company went public on Nasdaq via a direct listing. The crypto exchange closed Thursday’s trading session at a share price of $322.75 after opening […]

Proposed Miami-Dade crypto task force would explore whether to accept crypto for county payments

April 15, 2021 Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Dade, Ethereum, Fees, Institutional, litecoin, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Miami-Dade Cryptocurrency Task Force, Payments and Banking, Regulation, services, Taxes Eddy 0

Residents of Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida may one day be able to pay their taxes in the form of cryptocurrency. A memorandum made public on Thursday indicates that Miami-Dade County commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins has proposed the creation of the Miami-Dade Cryptocurrency Task Force, which, among other objectives, would seek to […]

Brevan Howard to start investing in crypto: report

April 15, 2021 Bitcoin, Brevan Howard, BTC, Cryptocurrency, Institutional, Investments Eddy 0

Brevan Howard Asset Management, the British hedge fund, is set to begin investing in digital assets, according to a report by Bloomberg. People familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that the company would invest up to 1.5% of a $5.6 billion fund in digital assets. They added that the investment, which is described as an […]

200-Year-Old American Wine Shop Now Accepts Cryptocurrencies

April 15, 2021 Acker, Acker Chairman, Acker Wine Shop, Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), BitPay, crypto payments, Crypto Support, Cryptocurrency, ETH, Ethereum, John Kapon, News, Wine Shop Eddy 0

Nearly every day now a new company is announcing the acceptance of cryptocurrencies in some form or another. Now one of the world’s largest fine wine auction houses and America’s oldest wine shop Acker has revealed digital currency acceptance to pay for auction payments and retail wine purchases. Wine Shop Acker Jumps Into the Crypto […]

Crypto brokerage Bitit is shutting down amid bitcoin bull run

April 15, 2021 Bitcoin, Bitit, BTC, closure, crypto brokers, Cryptocurrency, France, shutting down Eddy 0

French crypto brokerage Bitit is shutting down after six years in operation. The closure comes at a time when the crypto market is in a bull run and bitcoin is trading near all-time highs of above $62,000. “We are going to close Bitit by the end of April,” Bitit co-founder and CEO Nicolas Katan told […]

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