Ethereum has had a lot of growth in the past year. Growing more than bitcoin and producing more gains. But it is no secret that the market cap of Ethereum is still a long way away from $2 trillion. The market cap of the digital asset currently sits at $248 billion. A $2 trillion market cap prediction might be overly optimistic. But Matthew Sigel does not believe that it is. According to Sigel, Ethereum can reach a $2 trillion market cap in a “blue sky scenario.” The prediction does not come as a surprise given the level of confidence in Ethereum lately. With forecasts even reaching as high as ..read more

Twitter has become the latest entity to drop its own NFT collections despite a decrease in the hype surrounding non-fungible tokens. Announcing the development today, the social media platform revealed that it has created 140 NFTs, which will be distributed freely to 140 users. While the NFTs are free, about seven of them have already been listed on the Ethereum-based platform, Rarible, with a “not for sale” disclaimer. At the time of writing, the bidding price for each of the listed NFTs was 1 mETH. The new NFTs are different from the NFT Tweet, which was auctioned by Jack Dorsey in March. At ..read more

The U.S. Congress Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held a hybrid hearing on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. The institution summoned Alexis Goldstein, Director of Financial Policy for the Open Market Institute, Sarah Hammer, Managing Director at the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance, Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research at Coin Center, and others. Adam Cochran, a partner at Cinneamhain Ventures, made a detailed summary of the event. The members of the Committee made their opening statements with Congressman Tom Emmer defending Bitcoin and the potential of blockchain techn ..read more

Today, June 30 marks the last day of the month, and after around 8PM ET the Bitcoin monthly candle will come to a close. This monthly candle isn’t anywhere as damaging as this past May, which historically was one of the worst on record. However, there’s no denying that this month was also still fairly nasty and has left the market in a state of indecision. Here’s what past moments of indecision say about the current market cycle, and what could come next depending on which side of the trade gains control over the next month in Bitcoin. Stalemate Between Bulls And Bears Results In Sideways Act ..read more

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On Wednesday, the North American bitcoin mining operation Blockware Mining announced the firm closed a $25 million investment round. According to the company, Blockware Mining aims to leverage the financing to expand operations “beyond its currently installed North American footprint.” Blockware Raises $25 Million, Purchases 14,000 ASIC Miners Blockware Mining, a bitcoin mining infrastructure and colocation service operation revealed the company has raised $25 million on June 30. The U.S.-based firm claims to “generate bitcoin below market prices” by utilizing three different revenue streams ..read more

CryptoPotato had the chance to poke the brains of the professional cryptocurrency trader Scott Melker, perhaps better known in the industry by his Twitter alias The Wolf of All Streets.  With the market being as volatile and dynamic as it has been in the past couple of months, it’s safe to say that we had a lot to discuss. Bitcoin Price: Is It Still a Dip or Change of Momentum? Plenty of people are of the opinion that it’s high time we stopped calling the current correction a dip. A 50% drop from the all-time high is a considerable retrace. “It’s a little minimizing to call this a dip ..read more

Bitcoin is down in value 45% since the crypto asset’s all-time high (ATH) three months ago and the downward movement has ignited significant speculation about another bear market. Other skeptics believe that bitcoin has died, as the web page that hosts bitcoin obituaries indicates 2021 bitcoin deaths have doubled in comparison to all the bitcoin obituaries in 2020. According to Skeptics Bitcoin Has Died 29 Times This Year The price of bitcoin (BTC) is lower than it was three months ago when the crypto asset touched an ATH of $64,895 per unit roughly 90 days ago. Since then, BTC has been cons ..read more

Germany’s financial regulator, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, also known as BaFin, issued a license to Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to enable its local subsidiary to carry out cryptocurrency custody business in the country. BaFin announced the news of the approval via an official release on Monday (June 28, 2021). According to the German regulator, Coinbase was the first crypto exchange to get BaFin’s license to operate crypto custody services. Back in 2019, German lawmakers passed a law, stating that platforms wishing to operate a legal crypto custody service mus ..read more

Payments giant NCR and New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) are collaborating to allow 650 U.S.banks to offer bitcoin trading to their 24 million customers through their mobile applications. 24 Million Customers of 650 Main Street Banks May Soon Have Access to Bitcoin Trading New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) said Wednesday that 650 banks and credit unions in the U.S. will soon be able to offer bitcoin trading to their customers through their mobile applications. The bitcoin option is made possible through a collaboration between NYDIG and enterprise payments giant NCR. NYDIG is ..read more