ST. MARTIN, Miss. (AP) — A south Mississippi church is allowing parishioners to give offering or pay tithes using cryptocurrency.
But some say the BITO ETF is not enough, because while the fund is linked to Bitcoin, it does not actually hold the crypto directly. The fund instead holds Bitcoin futures contracts. While Bitcoin futures follow the general trends of the actual crypto, experts say it may not track the price of Bitcoin directly. For now, investors must continue waiting for an ETF that holds Bitcoin directly.
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While it shares characteristics of both currency and investments, there’s still debate among experts about whether cryptocurrency is clearly one or the other.
Its value has now plummeted by 99.99%, said cryptocurrency data website CoinMarketCap.
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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.
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New Delhi: Prices of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin and Ether have surged to new highs in Asia trade, according to a Reuters report. The more and more acceptance of cryptocurrency and apprehensions about inflation have bolstered the Bitcoin and Ethereum prices in the trading market, the Reuters report said.Also Read - Bitcoin vs Britcoin: Bank of England Reveals Launch Timeline of UK's Own Cryptocurrency
There are several reasons why investors find this cryptocurrency appealing, and the chief of that is its affordable price. However, this coin has also shown that its value can rise well enough over the years, and it still has plenty of room for growth.
Something is brewing over at SafeMoon. The DeFi project is close to launching a widely anticipated V2. The team is targeting greater adoption and additional use cases with the launch of V2.
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.
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At the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, more people–especially those in the mainstream finance world–were paying attention to bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading. And in early January 2018, the Japanese exchange Coincheck disclosed a hack worth a whopping $534 million. This happened right around the time that bitcoin slipped from its peak value, and it certainly seemed to accelerate its drop.
Bitcoin and Ethereum are in retreat following a flash crash. Binance U.S. was hit with a bug Thursday, resulting in a flash crash that saw Bitcoin’s price plummet by around 90%. Ethereum also dipped 50% on the exchange.