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In the wake of both Coincheck’s hack–as well as a big one that hit the South Korean exchange Coinrail–governments in East Asia began to crack down. Over the course of a few months, China, Japan, and South Korea all announced different measures to better regulate crypto-trading. The world was watching to see if this new technology would hit the mainstream–and government crackdowns following gigantic hacks helped poison the public perception.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved legislation making the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender in the country, the first nation to do so, just days after President Nayib Bukele made the proposal at a Bitcoin conference.
The NFTs sold to holders during the three-day presale will account for 30% of all tokens on the December 1 launch. NFT holders will be able to claim 30% of all tokens after the launch and then unlock 2% of tokens every day after. As long as they hold their NFTs, they will be eligible to receive 2% of tokens every day going forward.
Since Binance doesn't allow for US Dollar deposits and trading, most of the volume on the exchange occurs against stablecoin pairs such as BTC/USDT, BTC/USDC, and BTC/BUSD (BUSD is Binance's native stablecoin). One other factor to note is that although Binance does have more volume than any other exchange, that volume is spread across a much larger pool of cryptocurrencies than other exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken. Therefore, it's always important to look at the specific asset you're interested in trading in order to determine how liquid (or illiquid) it is.
This follows the launch of new Bitcoin futures Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in the form of ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF, as well as similar moves from Valkyrie and Van Eck.
One of the most valuable assets a cryptocurrency can have is an active, engaged community which is fully on board with the team’s vision.
Once there are enough transactions in the block, more information is added such as the header data and hash from the previous block in the chain and a new hash for the current block.
Cryptocurrency existed as a theoretical construct long before the first digital alternative currencies debuted.
Bitcoin price has been consolidating for more than ten days and shows no signs of a directional bias. BTC collected liquidity and could be primed for a move lower. For now, the altcoins are showing strength as BTC coils up. If BTC crashes, altcoins are bound to take a hit.
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Dow, at the time, simply could not come up with a good reason for the crypto’s insane performance. The only logical explanation: It’s a bubble. His views were especially prescient. He told Bloomberg this month that he made a profit twice due to this canny call.
Unlike traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies exist only as a shared digital record of ownership, stored on a blockchain. When a user wants to send cryptocurrency units to another user, they send it to that user’s digital wallet. The transaction isn’t considered final until it has been verified and added to the blockchain through a process called mining. This is also how new cryptocurrency tokens are usually created.
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SafeMoon captured attention from the get-go. Its name evokes a prudent form of the “to the moon” mantra embraced by crypto crowds looking for prices to burst straight up.
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