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Why Bitcoin’s 3-Day Candle Close Could Lead to a “Parabolic Advance”

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Bitcoin is currently expressing intense signs of strength as its price pushes up towards the $12,000 region. Although it has yet to breach this key level successfully, its strong overnight upswing does seem to indicate that a move higher is imminent in the near-term. This strength is likely rooted in the bullish monthly close that the benchmark cryptocurrency was able to post yesterday. This was the first time in three years that Bitcoin was able to close its monthly candle above $10,700. Many analysts are now noting that this may

Bitcoin Reddit Roundup – July 2020

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Welcome to the second edition of Reddit Roundup by Nik and Flip of Bitcoin Magazine! This roundup contains 45 links to the best quality content that was uploaded to Bitcoin Reddit this month. Most links come from the popular r/bitcoin, but we also retrieved posts from other forums as well, such as r/BitcoinMining. In this roundup there are 10 different categories of links: Privacy, Adoption, Development, Security, Mining, Business, Education, Regulation & Politics, Archaeology (Financial Incumbents) and, last but not least, Memes, Fun, And Other. Big shoutout to Sam Wouter,

Bitcoin is not Completely Banned in China: Beijing Arbitration Commission

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 11:04 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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China has no reservation against ‘Bitcoin activities as virtual commodities,’ the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) said in a report today. The report also added that the country’s laws and regulations ‘do not prohibit’ private possession and legal circulation of BTC.Bitcoin Is Not A Currency, But A ‘Virtual Commodity’Today local non-profit arbitration organization, the Beijing Arbitration Commission, pointed out in a report that Bitcoin cannot be used as a currency. It is not a legal tender and is not issued by China’s apex monetary authority.Overall, BTC doesn’t share the same legal

Crypto Price Analysis & Overview July 31st: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Chainlink & VeChain

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 11:02 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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BitcoinBitcoin saw a massive 17.7% price surge over the past week. During the past fortnight, Bitcoin managed to break above a symmetrical triangle pattern as it started to push higher to reach $9,815 by the start of this week.Bitcoin then went on to explode above $10,000 as it reached as high as $11,400 on some exchanges. The coin has struggled to break this resistance over the past 4-days and must overcome it for the bullish run to continue.Looking ahead, if the bulls can break resistance at $11,275, the ext target

Crypto As Payment Means Outlawed In Russia After Putin Law Signing

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 9:13 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has recently signed a new law. This law will officially prohibit the usage of cryptocurrencies in order to facilitate payment within the country, and will be in effect by 2021. At the same time as this, Russia’s government has recently begun to utilize blockchain technology in order to facilitate its constitutional amendment Crypto Payments Illegal For Russia Come 2021 RIA, a local news outlet, went into detail on Friday about the matter. RIA explained that President Putin’s bill he just signed will see to

Bitcoin Whales Are Accumulating More Than 50,000 BTC Every Month: Report

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 7:11 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The latest data suggests that Bitcoin’s recent bullish stint has excited large scale investors. Whales have been accumulating copious amounts of BTC in anticipation of a larger rally. Also, there’s an almost 38 percent increment in Bitcoin addresses holding more than $1 million worth of BTC.Bitcoin Hodler Net Position Change Remains PositiveData from on-chain analysis and crypto market insights provider, Glassnode suggests that Bitcoin’s recent rally hasn’t induced much of a selling reaction from long-term investors.Bigshot market participants are holding tight and eagerly waiting to reap greater profits from further

Crypto Price Analysis & Overview July 31st: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Chainlink & VeChain

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 7:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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BitcoinBitcoin saw a massive 17.7% price surge over the past week. During the past fortnight, Bitcoin managed to break above a symmetrical triangle pattern as it started to push higher to reach $9,815 by the start of this week.Bitcoin then went on to explode above $10,000 as it reached as high as $11,400 on some exchanges. The coin has struggled to break this resistance over the past 4-days and must overcome it for the bullish run to continue.Looking ahead, if the bulls can break resistance at $11,275, the ext target

Putin Outlaws Crypto as a Payment Means in Russia

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 7:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has signed a new law that will prohibit the use of cryptocurrency as a payment means in the country by 2021. Meanwhile, the Russian government recently deployed blockchain technology for its constitutional amendment.Crypto as Payment to Become Illegal in 2021According to a report by local news outlet RIA on Friday (July 31, 2020), the bill signed by President Putin will prevent citizens from using crypto to pay for goods and services in Russia. The bill will, however, enable transactions via digital financial assets (DFA).Also, government

Bitcoin Joins the Alt-Season Breaking $10k: The Crypto Weekly Market Update

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 7:09 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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This week was nothing short of exciting in the cryptocurrency markets. Bitcoin definitely woke up from its slumber and made a few aggressive moves upwards. Altcoins felt the pain as most of them decreased in value as the king of crypto took its toll.In seven short days, Bitcoin went from around $9,600 to $11,400, charting gains upwards of just shy of 20%. Earlier on Monday, the cryptocurrency catalyzed its performance, jumping from $9,800 to $11,200. After that, it consolidated for a few days, and just today, it painted fresh 2020

Will Video Game Crypto Be the Catalyst for Adoption?

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 6:59 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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-More than one-third of humanity will play video games by the end of 2021. -A number of platforms provide blockchain opportunities not found in traditional gaming. -After several years of failures, blockchain adoption may finally be here. The video game industry may be the natural catalyst to bring blockchain technology into the mainstream. Most experiments have failed so far, but is that about to change? After years of trial and error with Bitcoin, some video game platforms are finding a way to exploit distributed ledger technology. Is humanity witnessing the

DeFi Market Cap Surpasses $8 Billion

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DeFi is all the rage as the booming crypto landscape’s total market cap surpassed $8 billion today, per data from CoinGecko. DeFi Continues to Grow Exponentially The DeFi market cap continues to increase as more money gets poured into the nascent space. According to the latest data from CoinGecko, the total market capitalization of the top 100 DeFi coins is now over $8 billion. That said, the figure should be taken with a pinch of salt as different websites have different metrics to determine the DeFi market cap. For instance,