Author: Donald Munn
Yesterday on Twitter, Bitcoin got more than 611,000 mentions in 24 hours. JUST IN: #Bitcoin has been mentioned 611,074x times on Twitter in the last 24h. — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) March 1, 2022 Google also saw a spike in searches for the word Bitcoin yesterday. Why have Bitcoin mentions on Twitter and Google searches increased? There are two factors behind these spikes. The first, of course, is the rapid and consistent price movements. On 24 February the price had fallen from around $39,000 to just above $34,000, while between Monday and yesterday it rose from $38,000 to $43,000. However, it is…
In Canada, the Purpose Bitcoin ETF (BTCC) hit an all-time high in demand yesterday. The spot ETF was the first of its kind in Canada and has 32,329 BTC and continues to expand. The case of the Bitcoin ETF approved in Canada Since Putin’s first statements to the world, the ongoing war in Ukraine has intensified the volatility of Bitcoin’s price. Yesterday, the cryptocurrency lost further ground against the backdrop of demand and the value of related ETFs. In Canada, relative to the previous year, the Purpose Bitcoin ETF jumped 31% and holdings reached US$1.3 billion, a truly remarkable achievement. …
It’s finally official, Ukraine has activated three official wallets to allow anyone to help the Ukrainian people through cryptocurrency donations. Three wallets to make cryptocurrency donations to the Ukrainian people Cryptocurrencies’ decentralization, effectiveness, and power are even more evident in situations like these. When there are armed conflicts, in fact, donating through the old financial system, you know, is not so simple and immediate. The news of the opening of these wallets was given through Twitter, which has always been the channel for giving and receiving official information regarding the world of cryptocurrencies. The news of these official wallets where…
After much anticipation, the CEO of the large U.S. chain of cinemas and theaters AMC has officially declared that from March 19, the company will also accept payments in Dogecoin Shiba Inu. From March 19, AMC will accept Dogecoin and Shiba Inu The last announcement in this sense had come in November, when the CEO of the company that manages the largest chain of theaters and cinemas in the world, Adam Aron, had said that soon AMC would also accept Shiba Inu, along with the other four cryptocurrencies that were already accepted as a form of payment: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum…
The Twitter profile defiprime published a screenshot showing a possible sale of Bitcoin for 6,438,828 rubles. That means right now, Russians are buying Bitcoin even for amounts higher than $64,000. Matreshka premium is a new kimchi premium $BTC trading at Russian p2p exchanges/fiat on-ramps with about $20K premium right now pic.twitter.com/XnG3o4xcxG — defiprime (@defiprime) March 1, 2022 Why Russians are paying a lot more for Bitcoin Another screenshot is also shown where you can see other prices on other P2P platforms starting from 5.6 million rubles, or about $56,000. Note that instead, on Binance, the price turns out to be…
SPONSORED POST Currently one coin, RBIS, the native token of the ArbiSmart project, is starting to generate a buzz for checking all these boxes, with all indicators pointing to it becoming the biggest breakout star of 2022. The strategy The ultimate goal of every crypto investor is to discover a promising up-and-coming altcoin, buy it cheaply and then make a huge profit when the coin price shoots up. The difficulty of course, is in identifying which altcoins are about to take off. While there are never any certainties in the crypto arena, there are a variety of considerations that can…
A few weeks ago, a proposal was made to add a rule to the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislative package being discussed in the European Parliament to attempt to restrict Proof-of-Work (PoW) in the 27 member states. This would effectively ban Bitcoin mining in the European Union due to its energy impact. No ban on Bitcoin mining in Europe This regulation was removed from the MiCA, as reported by its proposer, MEP Stefan Berger. Die Abstimmung des EU-Parlaments zu #MiCA wird auf meine Forderung hin abgesetzt und nicht am 28. Februar stattfinden. Als Berichterstatter ist es für mich zentral,…
Security Council deputy chairman and former president of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia could “nationalize” foreign assets. Russia’s threat to foreign assets The measure has apparently not yet been approved, but could come into force if Western states seize the funds of Russian citizens and companies. According to Medvedev, such a measure would receive a symmetrical response. At the moment there is no evidence that Western sanctions against Russian citizens include the seizure of their assets, only the freezing of them. The difference is that frozen assets remain the full property of their current owners, who can no…
Elon Musk’s Starlink routers have arrived in Ukraine, and Tesla’s CEO has confirmed that the service is now active in the country. Starlink in Ukraine In recent days Mykhailo Fedorov, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, appealed to Tesla’s CEO to use the Starlink system to help Ukraine. @elonmusk, while you try to colonize Mars — Russia try to occupy Ukraine! While your rockets successfully land from space — Russian rockets attack Ukrainian civil people! We ask you to provide Ukraine with Starlink stations and to address sane Russians to stand. — Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 26, 2022 Elon Musk has…
Today’s NFT News involves country music star Dolly Parton and her ‘Dollyverse’ metaverse and Pplpleasr’s Shibuya video platform that uses Ethereum NFTs to fund and decide on movies. Not only that, Axie Infinity’s popular blockchain game has also received criticism from its gamers over the news that it will increase the transaction fee from 4.25% to 5.25%. Dolly Parton creates ‘Dollyverse’ with music and artwork Country music star, Dolly Parton is diving into the metaverse by creating ‘Dollyverse‘, in collaboration with bestselling author James Patterson, to bring NFT music and artwork during SXSW 2022. I am pleased to announce I…