Ether broke past $3 000 on Monday to set a new record high in a dazzling rally that has outshone the bigger bitcoin.
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It was all done on Zoom calls with no in-person meetings. That’s how smoothly the latest $4-million fundraising call from crypto investment company Revix went.
Cryptocurrency mania is getting a wake-up call in Turkey after two local exchanges crumbled in the space of a few days.
Ether pulled back sharply from a record high and bitcoin also fell on Friday amid speculation that US President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb investment in digital assets.
Fans are driving dogecoin higher to mark an auspicious day, even while other cryptocurrencies continue to struggle.
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, fell as much as 14% to $51 541 on Sunday, reversing most of the big gains it made over the past week.
British finance minister Rishi Sunak told the Bank of England on Monday to look at the case for a new “britcoin”, or central bank-backed digital currency.
Turkey’s central bank has banned the use of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets to purchase goods and services, citing “irreparable” possible damages and significant risks in such transactions.
The evolution of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies brings phenomenal potential to change the financial industry, but with this comes certain challenges that have to be overcome. By Wiehann Olivier.
Coinbase Global was valued at $86-billion at the end of its Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, in a choppy day of trading when its valuation went as high as $112-billion.