In late 2012, WordPress became the first major merchant to accept payment in Bitcoin. Others, including online electronics retailer Newegg.com, Expedia, Microsoft, and Tesla followed. Countless merchants now view the world’s most popular cryptocurrency as a legitimate payment method.
Changpeng Zhao increased crypto-asset availability as one of the founders of Binance, which has grown into one of the largest crypto exchanges. Sam Bankman-Fried, co-creator of the FTX digital asset trading platform, serves as another important individual in the industry that impacts trading, decentralized finance (DeFi) and other aspects of the crypto space.
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Ethereum gained 3.85% to $4,720 and Dogecoin was trading 9.73% higher at $0.2858. Digital token Stellar climbed 3.72% to $0.3733 and XRP zoomed 8.05% to $1.26.
Since the 2019 introduction of Binance.US, which Binance has referred to in the past as a U.S. partner, the international Binance has faced regulatory scrutiny — though that scrutiny has not extended to Binance.US. For example, Italian regulators announced on July 15 Binance was no longer authorized to operate in the country.
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EverGrow Coin also has an anti-Whale system in place. An additional 1% charge is applied to all the sales, which lowers the volume of swing trading and Whale manipulation. Additionally, the intelligent contract prevents simultaneous sales of more than 0.2 percent of the circulating supply.
SAFEMOON launched earlier this year - and it's already attracting attention from cryptocurrency investors.
(Bloomberg) -- Crypto exchange Binance.US, whose chief executive officer recently resigned, just appointed a new president.
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Crypto coins use the process of mining and the resulting blockchain as a physical measure of the currency. This is similar to how Reserve Banks used to have gold reserves that backed their fiat currencies.
"Nowadays new coins can be listed on decentralised exchanges on the first day they are created, without any regulation or due diligence," said Jinnan Ouyang from Singapore-based crypto company Openmining.
Unlike other cryptocurrencies, SafeMoon claims it will reward people who buy its token and hold on to it rather than trade - for which there are penalties in place.
SafeMoon recorded a 99% rise in one day in April after Bitcoin had its biggest single drop for months.
Some experts have already expressed concern that the inclusion of the Binance Coin on the platform may prove controversial in the United States. While Binance.US is described as a subsidiary, its business model might draw attention from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission based on the fact that BNB token acts as both a security and a utility token. As such, it could pass the so-called Howey test for being security, thus potentially becoming a snag on the Binance’s path to establishing itself in the US.
EL ZONTE, El Salvador (AP) — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, El Zonte has had the cryptocurrency in its economy for the past year.
Bitcoin and Ether created a new all-time high of $68,641.57 and $4,857.25 on Tuesday Bitcoin breaks past $68,000, ether nears $5,000 as flows surge in crypto