Bitcoin wasn’t the only cryptocurrency to feel the effects of Tesla’s decision. (Pic: Shutterstock)
Many cryptocurrencies are built on blockchain technology, which is a distributed ledger enforced by a distributed network of computers. Cryptocurrencies are distinguished from fiat currencies like the United States dollar or the British pound because any central authority does not issue them, making them potentially impervious to government intervention or manipulation.
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The value of cryptocurrency is also driven by scarcity. This alludes to the cryptocurrency’s finite mechanism. The Bitcoin protocol sets the maximum amount of BTC that can be mined at 21 million. Therefore, as more people enter the crypto space, Bitcoin’s scarcity will inevitably increase, causing its price to increase. Some coins also use the burning mechanism to increase their value by destroying a portion of the supply.
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Coinbase saw its trading volume suffer a steep drop, driven primarily by lower levels of volatility, despite the listing of dogecoin and shiba inu.
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What Happened: According to Binance U.S. market data, the Bitcoin to the U.S. dollar trading pair on Binance U.S. flash crashed within a minute from $65,815 to $8,200. This translates to a drop of 87% for the world's top cryptocurrency on the exchange according to cited market data.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao insisted that the long-term pay-off will be worth any compromise.
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Privacy coins are among those most being discussed by investors today. Monero is one of the oldest privacy coins. Its whole purpose is to help users keep their transactions completely anonymous. It also aims to be wholly decentralised. Users are able to complete transactions without needing to trust any user on the network.
The Polkadot currency was created by some of the breakaway leaders at Ethereum to form a new cryptocurrency with a better network. So, rather than having a single lane for carrying out and completing transactions, Polkadot has several lanes.
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Safemoon’s contract is directly copied from Ethereum’s smart contract RFILIQ. Safemoon even maintains the spelling errors of the original contract. Yet, 4JNET’s core team comes from internationally renowned enterprises like Oracle, Microsoft and IBM, so it boasts technical strength.
Yet the impact on the environment of Bitcoin mining - a complicated process of minting new digital tokens - has seen Tesla withdraw this option for customers.
Alternatively, if the price breaks below the 20-day EMA, the next stop could be the 50-day SMA ($0.24). If this support is breached, the selling could intensify and the pair may drop to the strong support at $0.19.
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In turn, cryptocurrency exchange platforms such as Binance have been feeling the heat across the world as regulators and governments have started to pay close attention to the operations of such platforms in the wake of the global crackdown on crypto.