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Messina CEO willing to bet his Porsche on BTC reaching $60K again

Jim Messina said he remains bullish and is buying more Bitcoin, despite seeing the flagship crypto lose over 60% of its value year-to-date.

4 years ago

Payments

Bitcoin transaction worth $500M cost $0.80 in fees

A total of 24,529.85 BTC was sent on the Bitcoin network for a fee of just over 4,000 sats — or roughly $0.83.

4 years ago

Trading

Bitcoin holds steady as Google, Meta lead tech stock rout after missing Q3 targets

Bitcoin has surged to a six-week high over $20,000, as Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft stocks records negative returns.

4 years ago

Stablecoins BUSD -0.12%

SBF hints FTX could potentially create its own stablecoin

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried said that the Second Great Stablecoin War had begun following Binance-backed BUSD's supply growth.

4 years ago

Mining

World’s largest Bitcoin mining firm Core Scientific on the verge of insolvency

In an Oct. 26 SEC filing, Core Scientific said its operating performance and liquidity had been severely impacted by rising electricity costs and falling Bitcoin prices.

4 years ago

Adoption

Buterin says crypto is a better bet than gold

Buterin made the statement in response to Zach Weinersmith saying that people should buy gold over Bitcoin (BTC) since it does not have a centralized authority controlling it like fiat.

4 years ago

Featured

CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update – Oct. 26: Dogecoin leads gain as BTC maintains $20k

The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the last 24 hours, published 07:00 ET on weekdays.

4 years ago

Memecoins DOGE -0.09%

DOGE up 18% as Elon Musk moves to take over Twitter

Dogecoin has spiked over 18% to reach a local high of $0.0777, as possibilities of its integration with Twitter increase.

4 years ago

CBDCs BNB +0.37%

Kazakhstan to launch CBDC on BNB Chain

Kazakhstan inked a deal with Binance to launch its Digital Tenge on the BNB Chain.

4 years ago

Crypto

CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily: Phishing attack steals 700 Ethereum; Moldova bans crypto mining

Vitalik Buterin says ZKPs are necessary for Ethereum, Binance overshadows Huobi in derivatives trading, and more in this edition of CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily.

4 years ago

Price Watch

US and EU lead Bitcoin’s price action

Increased buying pressure in the U.S. and the E.U. pushed Bitcoin's price close to $21,000 as the two regions begin to buy BTC for the first time since August.

4 years ago

DAOs SUSHI +1.88%

Sushi DAO approves proposal to evolve into 3 legal entities

Sushi's new legal structure will include a Cayman Island-based DAO foundation, a Panamanian foundation, and a Panamanian corporation.

4 years ago

Research

About 61% of BTC holders are underwater as market stagnation persists

The majority of Bitcoin investors are holding losses during this period of stagnant price action.

4 years ago

Analysis

FTX records largest short liquidation event in its history

A total of $936.24 million was secured in short liquidations on the popular cryptocurrency exchange FTX, marking the largest ever since its emergence.

4 years ago

Censorship ETH +2.20%

Op-Ed: Is Ethereum now under U.S. control? 99% of latest relay blocks are censoring the network

Roughly 63% of all Ethereum blocks produced in the last 24 hours were OFAC compliant. Industry experts ask "why is nobody talking about this?"

4 years ago

Analysis

Binance overshadows Huobi in crypto derivatives trading

Huobi has seen its stock fall as its derivatives trading volume for September plunged 27.9% to $9.56 billion, continuing its freefall from the start of the year.

4 years ago

Mining

Moldova bans crypto mining amid energy crisis

Moldova is currently facing an energy crunch due to Ukraine's inability to continue exporting 30% of the electricity it needs.

4 years ago