Bitcoin price holds 200-day trend line as trader predicts low is in
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Bitcoin price holds 200-day trend line as trader predicts low is in

Bitcoin (BTC) is retaining this week’s gains — and some traders are doubling down on their bullish BTC price bets. BTC/USD 1-hour chart with 200-day EMA. Source: TradingView Trader: Bitcoin price may have bottomed A key moving average is buoying low-timeframe BTC price action, which continues to preserve $27,000, data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows. Bitcoin may have…

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Binance pushes new stablecoin as it confirms plan to cease BUSD support
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Binance pushes new stablecoin as it confirms plan to cease BUSD support

Crypto exchange Binance has encouraged users to start converting their Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin holdings into a newly listed stablecoin amid plans to wind down support for BUSD.  In an Aug. 31 statement from Binance, the crypto exchange confirmed prior speculation that it will gradually stop support for BUSD by February 2024 — a decision in line with Paxos’ plans…

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Airline Giant Lufthansa Launches NFT Loyalty Program on Polygon
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Airline Giant Lufthansa Launches NFT Loyalty Program on Polygon

Lufthansa Group, parent company of one of the world’s largest airlines, today announced the public launch of an NFT-based loyalty program that rewards participating passengers with digital collectibles that can unlock added benefits. All of the group’s airlines—which include Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, and others—are participating in the Uptrip loyalty program, letting passengers collect digital trading cards…

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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index updated to reflect hardware distribution and hashrate increases
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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index updated to reflect hardware distribution and hashrate increases

Researchers behind the well-known Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) have officially revised its methodology to enhance the accuracy and reliability of the Index’s estimates for the first time since its inception in 2019. The CBECI was launched in July 2019 in an effort to provide reliable data-driven insights to questions about Bitcoin mining’s energy-intensive nature and associated environmental impact. …

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Stroom Raises $3.5M to Bring Liquid Staking to Bitcoin Lightning Network
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Stroom Raises $3.5M to Bring Liquid Staking to Bitcoin Lightning Network

Stroom Network, a liquid staking project for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, has raised $3.5 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round led by Berlin-based crypto investment firm Greenfield, with strategic support from Mission Street, the venture arm of Ankr. The funding round was also joined by Lemniscap, No Limit Holdings, and Cogitent Ventures, along with several other venture capital firms and…

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