Yet tales of meme-coin holders becoming millionaires have attracted new waves of retail investors to crypto — along with a growing number of nefarious players. In May, the Federal Trade Commission tallied a record number of crypto investment scams, with Americans’ losses totalling around US$80 million since October.
So far, the main thing that has driven Safemoon has been the hype generated by celebrity backing. Celebrities such as Jake Paul, Afrojack, and Keemstar have also promoted the coin this year, leading to significant price increases.
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That’s the same crowd that has pumped up the prices this year for other crypto like Shiba Inu and Dogecoin.
While still on the tokenomics, 4% of the 12% fee is automatically distributed to the token holders every 60 minutes in BNBs. Such active income is attracting many investors, and in the process, increases Bitrise coin market cap.
The recent trading frenzy over a digital token called Shiba Inu — commonly billed as a “meme” or joke coin — has vaulted the canine-themed cryptocurrency into the top ten most valuable digital assets by market value, hitting $40 billion and surpassing its cousin and apparent inspiration, Dogecoin.
It is also the case that not all of Binance services are available in every country. One such country, while perhaps surprising, is the U.K. As of mid-2021, as the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) ruled that the company’s U.K. arm is unable to conduct regulated activity, it has had a knock-on effect for U.K. users.
A NEWLY launched cryptocurrency DogeZilla has exploded out of the gate – and some are wondering if this will be the next meme coin of preference.
As of 8am ET on Thursday morning, it was slightly up in early trading. Bitcoin, however, was down under $65,000 at 8am ET, according to CoinBase.
Immediately after the platform went live, Binance.US also launched its Referral Program with a range of rewards being available to the customers and their referees under certain requirements.
Currently, the price of Safemoon is hovering around the $0.0000014 level. This is around 90% down from the heights the coin reached in April 2021.
Still, an increasing number of big, powerful players are validating crypto’s potential.
Some teams have no issue with leveraging the power of social media by paying influencers to promote their coins. With a few heavy hitters on your side, you can spread rumours nearly instantly. If people are talking about your project, you win.
The sudden spike in selling pressure pushed the flagship cryptocurrency to a low of $62,050, easing nearly 5,000 points in market value. Although prices have bounced back above $63,000 in the last few hours, it remains to be seen whether BTC can hold above support.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen government regulation of stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency that has soared in popularity in the past year.
Importantly, cryptocurrencies can be exchanged for fiat currencies in special online markets, meaning each has a variable exchange rate with major world currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, British pound, European euro, and Japanese yen.
More rich young investors are opting to go without a traditional financial adviser. Instead, they are betting they can get good-enough investment options from do-it-yourself digital platforms that are cheap and easy to use. Many also want to invest in riskier assets, like cryptocurrencies and tech startups.