Bitcoin wasn’t the only cryptocurrency to feel the effects of Tesla’s decision. (Pic: Shutterstock)
A top official said Zimbabwe is looking to allow cryptocurrency as legal payment, according to a local report Sunday.
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Blockchain. A permanent online ledger that functions as a public accounting of cybercurrency transactions that have been executed. New “blocks” are added to the blockchain after the confirmation of each set of transactions.
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There are over 2000 cryptocurrencies available to buy and sell, though most have little value. Of these, bitcoin, ether (the token of the Ethereum network), ripple, bitcoin cash (an offshoot of bitcoin) and litecoin are among the most valuable by market capitalisation.
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Bitwise’s chief investment officer explained why the firm has decided to drop its Bitcoin futures ETF and focus on the spot Bitcoin ETF.
The process is more complicated than this, but when most coins are mined, the mining rate decreases so that the total supply is only replenished to account for lost units. If you’re aware of basic economics, you’ll know that supply and demand determine prices. For the sake of our discussion, let’s consider supply to be limited or highly restricted.
NEW BUSINESS: Binance.US, the American arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, hired its first lobbying firms last month, newly filed disclosures show, as policymakers in Washington face calls to rein in the rapidly growing and mostly unregulated industry. Hogan Lovells’ Ivan Zapien, a Democratic lobbyist who previously was chief of staff to now-Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and former House GOP aides Aaron Cutler and Chase Kroll will lobby for the exchange.
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In no time, all the Binancians and the entire crypto world will soon jubilate as Binance.US prepares to list Axie Infinity (AXS) on its platform today. According to the announcement, right after the listing event, Binance.US will open a full-time trading section for AXS/USD and AXS/USDT pairs.
Charlie Barton, an investment specialist at comparison site Finder, warned in mid-May: “The performance of Polygon has been extremely strong recently, achieving 10,000% growth in the last year.”
“You can’t ever determine how long or how far up a speculative investment can go, and you tend to be very shocked at how much it falls,” she said.
SafeMoon is not yet listed on Coinbase or Binance. However, the currency does hope it will achieve this in the future.
Cryptocurrency trading is a new, and growing, feature of the crypto world. Trading is separate from crypto’s use as a monetary system. Instead, users buy and sell cryptocurrencies as they would buy and sell shares of a company. Purchasing stock grants gives you ownership in a company, whereas purchasing a token grants you ownership of that cryptocurrency. In the U.S. tax system, cryptocurrency transactions are viewed in the same way as stock trading transactions. This reflects how most users are making money from the crypto world.
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