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ETC Group Releases Bitcoin Cash Report Praising High Usage and Vibrant Development – Bitcoin News

ETC Group, an ETF issuer company, released a report last month about the evolution of Bitcoin Cash in the years after the hard fork that created it. While the company acknowledged the asset price is lagging compared to its older sibling, it praised the crypto on other aspects like development and actual usage. Bitcoin Cash has improved regarding these two…

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Bank of Russia to assess Bitcoin holdings volumes as $36M leave banks

The central bank of Russia is trying to evaluate the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) held by local investors amid a massive amount of money not returning to banks following the pandemic-fueled withdrawals.According to Elizaveta Danilova, head of the central bank’s financial stability department, the Bank of Russia is polling local cryptocurrency investors to estimate cryptocurrency investment volumes in Russia.“We need…

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Payments Giant Visa Launches NFT Program to Support Digital Artists  – Bitcoin News

Visa, one of the leading credit and payments companies, has announced the creation of a program that will allow artists to understand how they can use new technologies like NFTs. According to Visa, NFTs have the potential of evening out the field for artists, allowing them to close the gap between art and its potential consumers. The company will sponsor…

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Second largest US mortgage lender UWM dumps Bitcoin payment plans

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), one of the largest wholesale and purchase lenders in the United States, is ditching Bitcoin (BTC) payment plans after running a test.UWM officially announced Thursday that the company has successfully conducted its first-ever cryptocurrency mortgage pilot, accepting five crypto payments in October and one in September.The firm did not disclose more information about the test, neither…

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Think $60K is the top? This Bitcoin fractal suggests it’s the next bear market bottom

Bitcoin (BTC) may have hit highs of $60,000, but calculations suggest that the price level will matter much more to bears, not bulls.In a tweet on Oct. 14, popular Twitter account TechDev again highlighted historical data which has so far accurately tracked Bitcoin’s highs and lows.How about an 80% BTC price crash to… $60,000?While BTC/USD is tipped to retake all-time…

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G7 Finance Ministers and Bankers Adopt Guidelines for Central Bank Digital Currencies – Finance Bitcoin News

Any digital currency issued by a central bank must support financial and monetary stability, finance leaders from G7 member states have insisted. State-issued coins should also ensure privacy, transparency, and data protection, the officials stated. The forum adopted 13 public policy principles for retail digital currencies and stressed that “CBDCs are not ‘cryptoassets.’” CBDCs Must ‘Do No Harm’ to Stability,…

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Flow integrates Filecoin storage services to make NFTs more decentralized

Filecoin has officially become the storage collaborator for the Flow Blockchain. Filecoin said in an Oct. 13 announcement that the move was a part of a push to ensure holders’ and issuers’ NFTs are “securely available everywhere.” The announcement follows from a previous move in August in Which Dapper Labs was working to integrate Filecoin’s storage services with the Flow…

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Bitcoin hits $60K for the first time since April after reports of imminent ETF approval

Bitcoin has surpassed the $60,000 mark briefly for the first time since April 2021. The price has been boosted by reports suggesting a Bitcoin futures ETF is likely to begin trading in the United States as early as next week. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro indicate that Bitcoin prices have been on a slow grind upward since the beginning of this…

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Half of unique active crypto wallets played a blockchain game in Q3

The number of crypto wallets participating in blockchain games has surged in recent months according to new research.According to DappRadar’s Q3 ‘Blockchain Game Report’, unique active wallets connected to gaming decentralized applications reached a total of 754,000 for the period. This represents almost half of the industry’s activity with the blockchain industry registering 1.54 million daily unique active wallets on…

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