SHIBA Inu coin is up on Coinbase on Tuesday, as is Bitcoin after Square CEO Jack Dorsey revealed the company is looking to get into crypto mining with that currency.
“Square is considering building a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide,” CEO Dorsey said in a tweet on Friday.
“If we do this, we’d follow our hardware wallet model: build in the open in collaboration with the community.”
Bitcoin’s price hit a six-month-high of $62,000 after the tweet, Business Insider reported.
Both Bitcoin and Shiba Inu remain up on Tuesday, according to Coinbase.
Plus, crypto prices saw some changes after President Biden’s statement drawing attention to potential pitfalls of the currency, such as ransomware and other cyber threats.
The statement from Joe Biden read: “Cyber threats can affect every American, every business regardless of size, and every community. That’s why my administration is marshaling a whole-of-nation effort to confront cyber threats.”
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‘MILESTONE SCABILITY TEST’
Solana is on the rise following a “milestone scalability test” last month.
It hosted the “Degenerate Ape Academy”, a collection of digital artworks (NFT) on Solanart, a marketplace on the Solana network.
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EXPERT COMMENTS ON ALCHEMY PAY AND BINANCE
Shaun Heng, vice president of growth and operations at CoinMarketCap told The Sun that it’s challenging to assess the risk of many crypto projects like Alchemy Pay.
And while he isn’t a fan of Alchemy Pay’s crypto-linked cards, he did tout one its partners Binance, which is the largest crypto exchange by trading volume globally.
Heng said: “The partnership with Binance is most definitely a good sign of validation for the project.”
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PUSH FOR MEXICO TO FOLLOW EL SALVADOR
In early October, Grupo Elektra, a leading banking and retail company in Mexico, threw its support behind Bitcoin by introducing the Bitcoin Lightning Network as a payment method.
But Mexico’s central bank quickly shot down the plans, warning: “The country’s financial institutions are not authorized to carry out and offer to the public operations with virtual assets, such as Bitcoin, Ether, XRP.”
Many of the country’s lawmakers remain opposed to Bitcoin, despite grappling with high inflation rates due to the continued devaluation of its currency.
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AMC CEO TALKS ABOUT ACCEPTING CRYPTO
“AMC CEO Adam Aron says company will accept Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum ‘before year end,’ with Dogecoin expected in Q1,” someone captioned this video on Twitter.
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WHAT IS NUCYPHER? CONTINUED
This allows users to share private data with a number of others in a secure way.
Holders of its token NU can stake their tokens through the network to run a node, which is responsible for creating and sending information.
Interestingly, NuCypher token is an ERC-20, which means it is built on Ethereum.
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WHAT IS NUCYPHER?
NuCypher was founded by Michael Egorov MacLane Wilkison in 2015, but it wasn’t until 2019 when the public testnet for NuCypher’s network launched.
NuCypher specifically operates as a decentralized key management system that uses blockchain technology.
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VOLATILE PRICES AND DEMAND
Myron Jobson, personal finance campaigner of Interactive Investor, told The Sun: “It is difficult to predict the price of something that has an intrinsic value of zero.”
“All it takes is a tweet from high-profile individuals who have significant influence on sentiment to cryptos to drive up demand.”
“But greater regulatory scrutiny on cryptos threatens to hamper the growth potential of the Shiba Inu.”
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NO GUARANTEED RETURNS
There are no guarantees when it comes to cryptocurrencies, so when someone mentions “guaranteed returns,” they are often scammers.
There is no way to eliminate the element of risk from cryptocurrencies, although scammers may try to convince you otherwise.
Check out these other ways to spot scammers in the crypto space.
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MOST VALUABLE COINS
Cryptocurrency prices hit record highs earlier this year amid interest from high profile individuals such as Elon Musk and more institutional investment in the sector.
The most valuable coins are generally Bitcoin and Ethereum but there are lots of alternatives or altcoins aiming to benefit from crypto interest.
Values can be volatile though and regulators have warned that investors could lose all their money.
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WHAT IS TETHER?
The Tether cryptocurrency, which is also known as USDT, was officially launched as Realcoin in 2014, but has since changed its name.
It’s described as a “stablecoin”, which is a type of cryptocurrency that aims to keep crypto values stable.
Tether aims to do this by pegging the price to a regular “fiat” currency, like US dollars, Euros or the Chinese yuan.
Tether claims to keep values steady by holding reserves in that currency in a bank.
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WHAT ARE ALTCOINS, PART TWO
Simon Peters, crypto-asset analyst at eToro, said: “They build on the success of bitcoin by slightly changing the rules, economics or use cases to appeal to different users.”
“Altcoins vary greatly in their use cases and practical application. They typically have a form of technology they underpin or provide a liquidity solution to a product or service.”
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WHAT ARE ALTCOINS?
Altcoin stands for alternative coin, a type of virtual currency that uses the so-called blockchain to allow secure transactions.
Altcoin is a category of cryptocurrency rather than a currency itself, and there are more than 900 different altcoins available.
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CHINA PREVIOUSLY SHUT DOWN CRYPTO EXCHANGES, PART TWO
While crypto creation and trading have been illegal in China since 2019, further crackdowns this year by Beijing warned banks to halt related transactions and closed much of the country’s vast network of bitcoin miners.
Thursday’s statement by the central bank sent the strongest yet signal that China is closed to crypto.
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CHINA PREVIOUSLY SHUT DOWN CRYPTO EXCHANGES
It’s not Beijing’s first move against digital currency – in 2017, China shut down its local cryptocurrency exchanges.
Despite the war on crypto, Chinese mines power nearly 80 percent of the global trade in cryptocurrencies.
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CHINA’S CRACKDOWN ON CRYPTO IS ‘BIG OPPORTUNITY’ FOR US
China’s crackdown on cryptocurrency transactions “is a big opportunity for the U.S.”, according to Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee.
This comes as the US Securities and Exchange Commission lobbied for more regulations when it comes to cryptocurrency.
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US SET TO ‘STEM ILLICIT USE OF CRYPTOCURRENCY’
A recent statement from President Joe Biden read: “Cyber threats can affect every American, every business regardless of size, and every community.”
“That’s why my administration is marshalling a whole-of-nation effort to confront cyber threats.”
The White House signaled that the US will gather 30 other countries to discuss responses to cybercrime.
“This month, the United States will bring together 30 countries to accelerate our cooperation in combatting cybercrime, improving law enforcement collaboration, stemming the illicit use of cryptocurrency, and engaging on these issues diplomatically,” it read.
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CRYPTO AUDIO STREAMING, CONTINUED
According to Audius, over 5.3million people have used the platform this month.
Audio has been listed on CoinMarketCap since October 2020, and has rocketed in value following a deal with Chinese-owned social media giant TikTok.
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CRYPTO AUDIO STREAMING
Audius is a crypto-powered music streaming platform.
It’s owned and controlled by token holders – and tokens are called Audio.
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DIGITAL WALLET, CONTINUED
As with other cryptocurrencies, people will be able to buy and sell libras on exchanges for traditional currencies.
Facebook said that its alternative currency paves the way for smoother transactions and payments online.
The project however faced regulatory resistance over concerns about security and reliability.
In December 2020, Libra changed its name to Diem and moved its operations from Switzerland to the US as part of a “strategic shift.”
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WHAT IS A DIGITAL WALLET?
A digital wallet is a gadget or piece of software that securely stores users’ payment information and passwords for numerous payment methods.
They allow users to store cryptocurrencies, make online or in-store purchases, and track their finances.
In 2019 Facebook said it plans to introduce a cryptocurrency that at the time was called Libra.
The tech titan said it wanted to create a separate, private currency system to allow users to make cross-border payments more easily.
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WHAT IS BITCOIN?
Bitcoin was established in 2009 by an unknown computer expert using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto.
The cryptocurrency uses a mining procedure that involves a computer solving a difficult mathematical problem with a 64-digit solution.
For each problem solved, one block of Bitcoin is processed. In addition, the miner is rewarded with new Bitcoin.
But the reason why it gets criticism from environmentalists is that Bitcoin currently uses roughly 99.10terawatt-hours annually, according to the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance.
Currently, are about 21million Bitcoin tokens in existence.
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SQUARE MAY BUILD BITCOIN MINING HARDWARE
Square CEO Jack Dorsey said the company may create a bitcoin mining rig in a tweet on Friday, according to Business Insider.
“Square is considering building a bitcoin mining system based on custom silicon and open source for individuals and businesses worldwide,” CEO Dorsey said in a tweet late that day.
“If we do this, we’d follow our hardware wallet model: build in the open in collaboration with the community.”
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MESUT OZIL RELEASING HIS OWN CRYPTOCURRENCY, CONTINUED
Fans who purchase it can trade it the same as Bitcoin and also get discounts on his gear plus there will also be opportunities to meet him.
Ozil is following in the footsteps of fellow footy stars Keisuke Honda and James Rodriguez by venturing into cryptocurrency.
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IS MESUT OZIL RELEASING HIS OWN CRYPTOCURRENCY?
Former Arsenal star Mesut Ozil will launch his own cryptocurrency this week.
The 32-year-old playmaker, who left the Emirates for Fenerbahce in January, is expanding his M10 brand by creating a digital coin.
SunSport understands he will officially launch his cryptocurrency over the coming days.
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WHO FOUNDED ALCHEMY PAY?
The cryptocurrency was co-founded by payments industry veterans Molly Zheng, Shawn Shi and John Tan.
Trading for Alchemy Pay first began in September 2020.
According to Alchemy Pay, it is the “world’s first” hybrid crypto and fiat payment gateway.
Through Alchemy Pay, users are allowed to receive payments in the local currency of their choice, regardless of how it is sent.
