Month: August 2021

According to a report, the value of annual dollar remittances by Nigerians working abroad has surged to $34 billion, a figure that easily surpasses the previous record-high of $25 billion. Still, a large portion of the funds doesn’t seem to be entering domestic forex markets. Target Attained Two Years Ahead of Schedule The increase, which has been attributed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s “naira for dollar” incentive scheme, once again highlights the growing importance of diaspora remittances to Read more …

To satisfy the demands of miners in partnership allotting profits earned by mining, BTC.com has launched a function of multi-address payment on 28th July 2021. Miners can set multiple addresses under BTC sub-accounts and adjust the earning proportion of each address and the BTC.com pool will respectively distribute profits to addresses based on the earning proportion of each one. For example, Tom, Jerry, John, and David jointly bought a batch of miners, with a plan to distribute earnings upon the Read more …

To satisfy the demands of miners in partnership allotting profits earned by mining, BTC.com has launched a function of multi-address payment on 28th July 2021. Miners can set multiple addresses under BTC sub-accounts and adjust the earning proportion of each address and the BTC.com pool will respectively distribute profits to addresses based on the earning proportion of each one. For example, Tom, Jerry, John, and David jointly bought a batch of miners, with a plan to distribute earnings upon the Read more …

Cream finance, a defi borrowing and lending protocol, has been the victim of a hack that erased more than $29 million from its vaults. The attacker took advantage of a loophole in the implementation for adding the amp token to the protocol. This is the second time the platform has been involved in a hack. The first breach happened in February, when Cream lost $37.5 million. Cream Protocol Suffers Hack Cream protocol, a defi lending-borrowing platform present on Read more …

The British auction house Christie’s has been immersed in the non-fungible token (NFT) art and collectibles industry for quite some time. Christie’s has auctioned blockchain-backed items like Block 21 of “Portraits of a Mind,” Cryptopunks, and Beeple’s NFT that sold for more than $69 million. On October 1, Christie’s plans to sell a set of old 2017-issued Curio Cards and the set will also include a secret rare card. Leading Auction House Christie’s Is Auctioning a Set of NFT Curio Read more …

Ethereum failed to clear the $3,350 resistance and corrected lower against the US Dollar. ETH price is still above the 100 hourly SMA and it could rise again to $3,350. Ethereum seems to be facing a strong resistance near $3,350 and $3,380. The price is now trading above $3,200 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $3,180 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair Read more …

81 years ago on August 31, 1939, the company Marvel Comics was introduced to the world for the first time and people were presented with a whole universe of superheroes. In celebration of Marvel’s birthday and the firm’s collaboration with Veve Digital Collectibles, “Marvel Month” will conclude with special edition Captain America non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. A Lineup of Captain America Statue NFTs At the end of June, the wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Marvel Entertainment, announced the Read more …

Watch This Episode On YouTube Listen To This Episode: Austrian economics is a very common topic of discussion and study within the bitcoin community. Being the base economic theory upon which we find bitcoin resting, it makes sense that understanding this would be a primary lead for someone to get into bitcoin. Josef Tětek, one of our regular contributors here at Bitcoin Magazine, is an example of this. Tětek has written some fantastic articles for us, including “Your Financial Data Read more …

Bitcoin price failed to surpass the $49,000 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is sliding and it could even break the $46,500 support zone. Bitcoin is slowly moving lower from the $49,000 resistance zone. The price is now trading well below $48,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break below a key declining channel with support near $47,500 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could accelerate further lower Read more …

Venture capitalist Bill Gurley has taken a personal position in ether because he “was swayed by the arguments of the ethereum crowd.” He explained that it is “the smarter way to play if you’re going to have crypto exposure.” Bill Gurley Prefers Ethereum to Bitcoin Bill Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in San Francisco, California, shared his view on cryptocurrency in an interview with Bloomberg last week. He began by admitting that he Read more …

The below is from a recent edition of the Deep Dive, Bitcoin Magazine‘s premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox, subscribe now. With the price of bitcoin hovering near $50,000, momentum has returned to the market and strong hands have accumulated more bitcoin than ever. A 2013-style double bubble is in the cards. The 2013 cycle saw the price of bitcoin draw down 75% from Read more …

Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson, famed for making a fortune betting against the U.S. housing market, says that cryptocurrencies are a bubble that will prove to be “worthless.” While he sees unlimited downside to crypto, he will not short bitcoin, however. “Even though I could be right over the long term, in the short term, I’d be wiped out,” he explained. Famous Investor John Paulson Predicts Crypto Will Be Worthless John Paulson, the president and portfolio manager of U.S. Read more …