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On March 24, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that U.S. buyers are now able to purchase Tesla vehicles with Bitcoin (BTC). Musk also tweeted that Tesla will not convert BTC payments into fiat but will add to its existing treasury of about 48,000 Bitcoin.  Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives expects Bitcoin to account for less

Cryptocurrency traders — according to the findings of a new study commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority — are a young and diverse bunch who are not always level-headed in their investment choices. The study, conducted by the international strategy consultancy BritainThinks between mid-August 2020 and late January 2021, was based on a sample of

On March 23 the Coinbase listing ‘bump’ reemerged as the exchange announced that it would list Ankr (ANKR), Curve DAO Token (CRV), and Storj (STORJ) on Coinbase Pro.   A blog post from the top U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange stated that inbound transfers for ANKR, CRV and STORJ are available beginning March 23 with trading set to “begin on

Ripple’s native blockchain asset XRP surged to its one-month high on Monday as traders grappled with the prospects of its re-listing on cryptocurrency exchanges. The seventh-largest cryptocurrency experienced a dramatic decline in recent months after the US Securities and Exchange filed a lawsuit against its parent company, Ripple Labs, for its alleged role in selling

The privacy-centric web browser Brave will soon integrate a dedicated Binance Smart Chain wallet, according to a recent announcement, opening up the browser’s users to BSC’s ecosystem of DeFi products. Although Brave can already be configured to jump onto Binance Smart Chain manually, the addition of a preconfigured wallet is expected to simplify the process,

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first soccer player to be rewarded for his career achievements in cryptocurrency, after the Juventus F.C. star received 770 JUV tokens — one for each senior career goal scored, as reported by Spanish outlet Marca. JUV is the official Juventus fan token, launched in 2019 by the Italian football club on

Bitcoin (BTC) has been facing stiff resistance near the $60,000 level for the past few days. This suggests that market participants are cautious at these levels and a positive trigger may be needed to drive the price higher and start the next leg of the uptrend. One of the developments that could be bullish for

We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and we throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Sanja Kon, CEO of Utrust Sanja Kon is the CEO of Utrust, a blockchain-native payments ecosystem that wants

Cardano (ADA) made a run at its all-time price high on March 18, following renewed retail interest in the asset. It ultimately hit a price of $1.47 on Thursday, based on TradingView data from the Kraken exchange — just short of its $1.48 all-time price high, set on Feb. 27. Cardano’s 1-hour chart shows the asset

Over the past two months, the open interest on Ether options increased by 50% to reach $3.1 billion as ETH price gained 44% in that time period. Ether’s price appreciation and the rising options open interest resulted in a potentially historic $1.15 billion expiry set for March 26. Most exchanges offer monthly exposures, although a

This week CNBC reported that Morgan Stanley will give its millionaire clients access to Bitcoin (BTC) starting in April and this shows that traditional financial powerhouses are under pressure from their clients who are demanding exposure to cryptocurrencies. This suggests that the rate of institutional adoption may still be at a nascent stage. Chinese tech

Cardano (ADA) has had an impressive start to the year as it broke through the psychological $1 barrier and made an all-time high at $1.50. The impressive 590% year-to-date gain took place as the network transformed into a multi-asset network, similar to Ethereum, and this could bode well for Cardano’s future. The rally’s final leg

The explosion of interest in non-fungible tokens over the past two months has taken some of the attention away from the decentralized finance sector but this doesn’t mean that some projects are not seeing bullish breakouts. One project that has continued to work on expandin the capabilities of its ecosystem is the Kyber Network (KNC),

Institutional investors have continued to pump money into cryptocurrency investment products in Q1 of this year, according to a report by CoinShares. The inflows of $4.2 billion in the first quarter have broken the previous record of $3.9 billion made in the fourth quarter of 2020. NYDIG CEO Robby Gutmann recently told listeners of the

XRP was among the biggest gainers in the cryptocurrency market on Tuesday, even as most of its top rivals, including Bitcoin, experienced major sell-offs. The Ripple blockchain’s native token surged up to 19.46 percent to an intraday high of $0.52 during the Asia-Pacific session. While it failed to extend its upside bias any further, leading

Polkadot (DOT) has emerged as one of the top-choice blockchain networks over the past year thanks to its focus on facilitating interoperability between separate networks, especially Ethereum (ETH).  As a result of Polkadot’s rise to prominence, projects that have embraced the concept of interoperability and joined the Polkadot ecosystem have seen a boost in their