Bitcoin open interest matches record high amid predictions of BTC price 'fireworks' this month
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Bitcoin open interest matches record high amid predictions of BTC price ‘fireworks’ this month

Bitcoin (BTC) is in line for “explosive” price action as derivatives markets return to form in 2022, a new forecast states. In a tweet on Jan. 4, Vetle Lunde, an analyst at Arcane Research, confirmed that BTC denominated open interest (OI) had returned to all-time highs seen in November. Open interest demands “fireworks” within weeks Bitcoin futures and options have…

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Spain Reduces ATM Numbers to 2002 Levels as Country Moves to Digital Payments – News Bitcoin News

The number of ATMs in Spain has been progressively shrinking to levels the country saw in the year 2002. Reports from local media suggest these actions have been taken to reduce costs and to push payment and operation digitalization in the sector. The highest number of ATMs was registered in 2008 when there were 61,714 active machines in the network.…

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NFT-focused holding company raises $50 Series A
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NFT-focused holding company raises $50 Series A

Digital asset curator Metaversal announced Tuesday that it has completed a $50 million funding round to further expand its investment capabilities in the nonfungible token (NFT) and metaverse sectors.  The Series A funding round was co-led by investment firms CoinFund and Foxhaven, with additional participation from Collab+Currency, Dapper Labs, Digital Currency Group, Franklin Templeton, Rarible, Theta Blockchain Ventures, Galaxy Vision…

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Bitcoin of America Surpasses 1500+ BTMs – Press release Bitcoin News
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Bitcoin of America Surpasses 1500+ BTMs – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin of America, a popular digital currency exchange, has surpassed 1500 plus Bitcoin ATMs. Bitcoin of America is a popular virtual currency exchange, registered as a money services business with the United States Department of Treasury (FinCEN)(RegNum). Apart from ensuring a fast and hassle-free transaction, their customer support makes them the best in the industry. Bitcoin…

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Coinbase CEO reportedly buys LA mansion for $133M
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Coinbase CEO reportedly buys LA mansion for $133M

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States — reportedly made a multi-million-dollar real estate purchase at the end of 2021. Armstrong bought a $133-million Los Angeles property from Japanese entrepreneur Hideki Tomita in December, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing anonymous people familiar with the matter. According to The Wall Street…

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Bogdanoff crypto-meme twins pass away at age 72
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Bogdanoff crypto-meme twins pass away at age 72

Raise a glass today to the twin characters behind the famous “pomp eet” cryptocurrency meme. The French television presenters died within one week of each other aged 72.  According to Le Monde, the two brothers were hospitalized on Dec. 15 and transferred to the intensive care unit of a Paris hospital after contracting COVID-19. Grichka died on Dec. 28, and…

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South Korean Presidential Hopeful Plans to Finance Election Campaign With NFTs
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South Korean Presidential Hopeful Plans to Finance Election Campaign With NFTs

A presidential candidate in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung, is planning to fundraise using NFTs, per Yonhap News. The strategy is financial and represents a bid to attract younger voters.  “As the young generation in their 20s and 30s are interested in emerging technologies, including virtual assets, NFTs and the metaverse, this type of fundraising could appeal to them,” Kim Nam-kook,…

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Nigeria Based Storage Provider Says It’s Too Risky for the World to Rely Centralized Cloud Storage Platforms
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Nigeria Based Storage Provider Says It’s Too Risky for the World to Rely Centralized Cloud Storage Platforms – Interview Bitcoin News

In the past year, internet giants like Amazon and Google all experienced outages which were blamed on errors and failed upgrades. The occurrence of such outages and their impact around the world again highlighted the importance of having a decentralized internet. Also, just like how the Covid-19 pandemic showed the world that blockchain-based digital currencies are the future, the outages…

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Nexo co-founder targets Bitcoin at $100K by mid-2022
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Nexo co-founder targets Bitcoin at $100K by mid-2022

Another promising price prediction has appeared for Bitcoin bulls in 2022. Antoni Trenchev, co-founder and managing partner of Nexo said that Bitcoin could hit the $100,000 milestone as soon as the summer in an interview with CNBC. Despite BTC opening the year with bearish price action, while the fear and greed index shows “extreme fear,” the Bulgarian business mogul set…

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Netgear's Meural Smart Picture Frame Integrates MetaMask for NFT Display
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Netgear’s Meural Smart Picture Frame Integrates MetaMask for NFT Display

Consumer electronics manufacturer Netgear is integrating crypto wallet MetaMask into its Meural smart picture frame, enabling the device to display NFT artworks. Unveiling the update at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Netgear announced that it will enable Meural owners to connect their MetaMask wallet to their smart frame and select NFTs held in the wallet for display.…

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