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Bitcoin Can Be The Undoing Of Inequality
Since the Nixon Shock of 1971, wealth inequality has soared to levels not seen in over a century. The dollar was no longer redeemable for gold but was instead backed only by faith. Without the limitations of a backed currency, those in power were given the opportunity to create as much fiat currency as they desired, with little to no consequence. Destined to lose faith due to abuse, fiat currency was doomed from inception.
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Electricity used to mine bitcoin plummets as crypto crisis widens
Consumption down by third since 11 June, with even sharper falls among other cryptocurrency networks
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JP Morgan Says BTC Selloff Might Worsen if Miners Continue Offloading
The increasing pressure for Bitcoin (BTC) miners to sell their holdings could further exacerbate the bear market. American multinational investment bank JPMorgan Chase strategists said in a note on June 24. Led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, the strategists believe miners are selling their BTC holdings to cover operations costs.
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With His Bitcoin Bet, Michael Saylor Mistook ‘Scarcity’ For An Inflation Hedge
Argentina has a population of 45 million, while Switzerland can claim roughly 8.6 million citizens. Where it gets interesting is that the Swiss franc is one of the world’s most circulated currencies, while the Argentine peso isn’t even the currency of choice in Argentina. Given the country’s history of devaluation, Argentines go to great lengths to exchange their pesos for dollars as a way of mitigating the horrors of devaluation.
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Citi to launch Bitcoin custody services for institutional investors
Today (June 22), Citi made the announcement that it has chosen METACO as the partner to develop and trial digital asset custody capabilities. Through this agreement, METACO’s technology and digital solutions will be combined with Citi’s extensive custody network in order to establish a platform that will allow customers to hold and settle digital assets such as Bitcoin (BTC) in a safe and straightforward manner, according to a Business Wire report.
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Keep Patience, Trust Bitcoin: El Salvador President has A Message for Bitcoin Investors
On Saturday, June 18, Bitcoin underwent another major price correction slipping under $20,000 for the first time since December 2020. As of press time, BTC is trading at $18,548 with a market cap of $354 billion. Panic has spread all across the crypto market making investors uncomfortable about the recent downside. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has asked to take a chill pill and maintain patience in such testing times. In a message on Twitter, President Bukele wrote:
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El Salvador Bitcoin holdings have lost half their value, minister says not to worry
In brief: A lot of people are sweating over the tumbling price of Bitcoin, which was just $800 away from $20,000 only a few hours ago, but few have as much to lose as El Salvador. It adopted BTC as an official currency last year and holds 2,301 Bitcoin valued around $50.1 million at the time of writing. Unfortunately, the country paid a total of $105.6 million for the digital currency. Its Finance Minister isn't worried, though: he says the crash poses 'extremely minimal' fiscal risk to the South American nation.
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Bitcoin prices plunge as major crypto lender halts operations
The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are falling Monday, after the major crypto lender Celsius halted all withdrawals citing "extreme market conditions."
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Binance Exchange Halts Bitcoin (BTC) Withdrawals Amid Turbulent Conditions
An official notification from the Binance team states that they are actively working on a solution. Zhao asserts that he expects the issue to be resolved in 30 mins.
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Which Bitcoin Miners Do Not Cut It Anymore?
As 2022 might be the most turbulent year in all history of crypto, it is no surprise that things taken for granted last year might not be up-to-date now. Bitdeer, a cryptocurrency cloud mining service platform, has brought an insight into which devices do not cut it for Bitcoin mining anymore.
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The Total Crypto Market Cap Drops under $1.2T, but Data show Traders are less inclined to sell
The cryptocurrency market cap has been dropping in the past 30 days and seems to have found its support at the $1.17 trillion level. On Monday, June 13, the Bitcoin price had dropped by about 10.57% in the past 24 hours, while the Ethereum price had dropped by 14.03%. This is according to data obtained from Coinbase, Binance, and CoinMarketCap.
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Mt. Gox bitcoin settlement payouts of $9 billion may start in months
A settlement to pay back billions in losses to creditors of now-defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox following its 2014 collapse was finalized recently.
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Two Positives of a Bitcoin Painful Market.
Red Is Red, I Want the Green Back.
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PayPal allows transfer of crypto to external wallets
PayPal Holdings Inc said on Tuesday it will now allow users to transfer cryptocurrencies including bitcoin to external wallets, nearly two years after the fintech giant opened up its platform to digital currencies.
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What the early days of Red Bull tell us about Bitcoin and the demise of altcoins
If you can have the original, why go for the copycat? In fact, Red Bull is one of the most prominent companies in Austria today and certainly one of the biggest global brands hailing from Austria. Its success is down to a tried and tested business strategy that is easy to understand but extremely hard to pull off: instead of competing with incumbents you just create a whole new product (sub)category.
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Why the Central African Republic adopted Bitcoin
Some 90% of people in the Central African Republic lack access to the internet, needed to use Bitcoin.
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Satoshi Nakamoto: A mysterious guy who developed a trillion digital currency
Uncovering Satoshi Nakamoto will be a multi-year process in order to try to understand who really is this man and finally how decentralized bitcoin currency is. Nowadays, the total capital of crypto market is over half a trillion dollars with bitcoin dominance nearly 46% of total. Satoshi Nakamoto is the most mysterious man in the world. One unknown billionaire is hiding and people keep searching for the founder of Bitcoin. Vitalik Buterin explains who Satoshi Nakamoto really is.
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The shocking story of $500 millions in Bitcoin, lost forever in the dump
There have been a number of exciting stories in the Bitcoin world this week, but none more so than the story of James Howells. Howells is an IT specialist who mined 7,500 bitcoins back in 2009, when they were worth next to nothing.
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Bitcoin Will Reinspire The Pursuit Of Beauty
Bitcoin lets us envision ourselves far into the future. It allows us to think, to set high goals and to discover a genuine pursuit which provides real value.
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Crypto scams have cost people more than $1 billion since 2021, says FTC
More than 46,000 people say they lost over $1 billion in crypto to scams since the start of 2021, says FTC.
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