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Bitcoin gained pace and cleared the $19,500 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC is now facing resistance and might correct lower to $19,500 in the short-term. Bitcoin gained pace above the $19,500 and $19,600 resistance levels. The price is now trading above the $20,000 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a move above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $19,460 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair tested the $20,500 resistance zone and might correct in the short-term. Bitcoin Price Gains Pace Bitcoin price formed a base above the $18,720 support zone. As a result, BTC started a decent increase and broke the $19,500 resistance zone. There was a clear move above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $19,460 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. The price even broke the $20,000 resistance and settled above the 100 hourly simple moving average. Bitcoin climbed above the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the key drop from the $20,500 swing high to $18,735 low. However, the bulls struggled to pump the price above the $20,500 resistance zone. A high is formed near $20,450 and the price is consolidating gains. It is trading above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the recent increase from the $18,738 swing low to $20,450 high. On the upside, the price is facing resistance near the $20,450 and $20,500 levels. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com The next key resistance is near the $20,920 zone. A clear move above the $20,920 resistance zone could push the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise towards the $21,500 level. The next major resistance sits near the $22,200 level. Fresh Decline in BTC? If bitcoin fails to clear the $20,500 resistance zone, it could start another decline. An immediate support on the downside is near the $20,000 level. The next major support now sits near the $19,600 level or the 50% Fib retracement level of the recent increase from the $18,738 swing low to $20,450 high, below which the price could decline heavily. In the stated case, the price may perhaps drop towards the $18,720 level. Technical indicators: Hourly MACD – The MACD is now losing pace in the bullish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BTC/USD is now well above the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $20,000, followed by $19,500. Major Resistance Levels – $20,500, $20,920 and $21,500.

One month ago, I posted that we had reached the lowest RSI level in a decade. I indicated this was the beginning of the most ideal time to DCA. The original post is still up. Many people thought this was a decent analysis. Many thought it was rubbish. Some people call TA garbage. Make up…
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So I guess there is a malware on my pc that is secretly replacing the values of crypto addresses when being entered, but different from other clipboard hijacking malware. This malware doesn't visibly change the text of the address that I paste (or type), the address that I copied is actually entered. But when I…
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Indian crypto traders may be giving up since they must now factor in a 30% income tax and a 1% tax per transaction on crypto trades, forcing exchange volume to plummet.

Digital asset product inflows were dominated by the $51.4 million posted by short BTC funds last week, with ETH products generating the next highest figure at just $4.9 million.

Not sure of the exact time it changed but I know it was recently. Just looking at my profile now I noticed ETH staking rate is now only 3.25%. This is a drop from the 3.67% it was for the last few months. I wonder how much the apy will drop before we get access…
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Peter Schiff-owned Euro Pacific Bank has been suspended by Puerto Rico’s financial regulator. Schiff claims that there’s “no evidence of crimes,” warning that “accounts are frozen and customers may lose money.” Puerto Rico’s Regulator Suspends Peter Schiff’s Bank Euro Pacific Bank, owned by notorious bitcoin skeptic and gold bug Peter Schiff, has been suspended by […]

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It’s official, Intel is part of the bitcoin mining business. The gargantuan technology company announced its “ultra-low-voltage energy-efficient” ASIC chip barely six months ago, and it’s already here. Under normal circumstances, infrastructural support from a multinational company like Intel would be tremendous for the bitcoin market. How will it react in the middle of all this chaos? Will it react at all? The news didn’t immediately do much, but the long-term effect remains to be seen. Intel AXG Custom Compute team is now shipping the Blockscale ASIC! First product will always be unforgettable, congratulations team👍 Excited to see how @ArgoBlockchain @griid and @HiveBlockchain improvise around Blockscale and our open design. pic.twitter.com/0rxtNTLMfw — Raja Koduri (Bali Makaradhwaja) (@RajaXg) June 29, 2022 Raja Koduri, Intel’s Architecture, Graphics and Software (IAGS) division’s senior vice president, recently tweeted:  “Intel AXG Custom Compute team is now shipping the Blockscale ASIC! First product will always be unforgettable, congratulations team. Excited to see how Argo, Griid and Hive improvise around Blockscale and our open design.” Notably absent from the list is BLOCK, Jack Dorsey’s company. Does that mean something or is BLOCK just fourth on the list? Three months ago, Bitcoinist quoted Raja Koduri emphatically saying: “Our blockchain accelerator will ship later this year. We are engaged directly with customers that share our sustainability goals. Argo Blockchain, BLOCK (formerly known as Square) and GRIID Infrastructure are among our first customers for this upcoming product.” The Bitcoin Miners React To Intel’s Announcement Green mining company Hive was the first to react, they tweeted “HIVE is proud to have partnered with Intel, and we can’t wait to put the new ASICs to good use mining BTC!” A few months ago, the company was much more eloquent in a press release NewsBTC quoted. “These miners are expected to be delivered over a period of one year starting in the second half of calendar 2022, the effect of which, if they are all installed, would be an expected increase of up to 95% in our aggregate Bitcoin mining hashrate from 1.9 Exahash per second.” $HIVE is proud to have partnered with @intel, and we can’t wait to put the new ASICs to good use mining $BTC! https://t.co/qDWKnU95MI — H I V E (@HiveBlockchain) June 29, 2022 For their part, Argo also went the simple route and tweeted. “Thanks, Raja Koduri and Intel. We’re excited to be innovating with these new ASIC chips in our custom immersion mining rigs. Our thanks to ePIC Blockchain for joining us on the ride.” That new player, ePIC Blockchain Technologies produces self-proclaimed “North American Designed ASIC RIGs.” So, innovation and customization are on the way. Thanks, @RajaXg and @intel. We're excited to be innovating with these new ASIC chips in our custom immersion mining rigs. Our thanks to @ePICBlockchain for joining us on the ride. https://t.co/pKlxDjkm08 — Argo (@ArgoBlockchain) June 29, 2022 Last but not least, let’s remember Raja Koduri’s words when Intel’s bitcoin mining experiment started:  “Today, we at Intel are declaring our intent to contribute to the development of blockchain technologies, with a roadmap of energy-efficient accelerators. Intel will engage and promote an open and secure blockchain ecosystem and will help advance this technology in a responsible and sustainable way.”   Remember that statement as we pass to the next section. BTC price chart for 07/04/2022 on Bitfinex | Source: BTC/USD on TradingView.com Mainstream Media Mocks Intel In the eyes of mainstream media, bitcoin or anything related to it can’t do anything right. And this bear-market-of-sorts we’re into gives them the perfect ammunition to attack the technology and the billion-dollar market around it. Luckily, bitcoin doesn’t care. In the first mainstream article about Intel shipping its Blockscale ASIC chips ahead of time, The Register starts with valuable information: “Blockscale is shipping a couple days ahead of Intel’s previously stated release window for the third quarter, which begins Friday. Even if it’s a tiny head start, it is nonetheless an achievement for a corporation that is becoming notoriously under-schedule across multiple products, including the Sapphire Rapids server chips and the discrete Arc GPUs.” Only to then, start dunking on bitcoiners and Intel alike. They start with this: “Experts and company officials are warning that the world of blockchain-fueled digital currencies is entering a crypto winter, a period where the value of virtual coins plunge and remain low. This last happened between early 2018 and mid-2020.” And then, they dedicate 1000 words to the market’s condition instead of discussing Intel’s SEG energy-efficient intentions. Or the perfectly executed roll-out strategy that the company exhibited these last few months. Or the fact that bitcoin is humanity’s only hope. Featured Image: Blockscale promotional image from this tweet | Charts by TradingView

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