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Vitalik: ‘More confident about the merge’ following ETH’s successful London upgrade

The London upgrade has been a success, and now eyes are on the even more eagerly awaited merge with Eth 2.0

Charles Hoskinson hits the nail on the head speaking about the infrastructure bill amendment regarding crypto.

Here's a link to the stream he just did speaking on the subject: youtube.com/watch?v=JEF8dwF36qY&ab_channel=CharlesHoskinson If you love crypto and don't want to see innovation stifled and exported to more regulatory-friendly countries, please contact your representative. This affects everyone and is particularly detrimental to proof-of-stake protocols like Cardano and eventually Ethereum. Below are some resources I've…
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Over $2 million worth of ETH burned since the London upgrade

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BREAKING: White House reportedly supports only minor changes to crypto tax proposal

The crypto community is rallying against an amendment to the U.S. infrastructure plan that would maintain strict reporting requirements for developers and validators while exempting miners.

JPMorgan now offers clients access to six crypto funds … but only if they ask

JPMorgan now offers access to six different crypto funds from GrayScale, Osprey Funds and NYDIG.

Ciphertrace Announces Enhanced Monero Tracing Capabilities for Governments

Crypto compliance firm Ciphertrace has announced enhanced tools for tracing Monero transactions. “Ciphertrace takes Monero tracing capabilities to the next level with the ability to follow the flow of funds backwards from the transaction of interest to its source,” the company claims. Ciphertrace Claims to Have ‘Enhanced’ Tools to Trace Monero Transactions Blockchain analytics and […]

TA: Bitcoin Regains Strength, Why Bulls Eye Strong Rally above $40K

Bitcoin price started a fresh increase above the $38,500 resistance zone against the US Dollar. BTC even broke $40,000 and it is now correcting gains. Bitcoin gained traction above the $38,500 and $39,500 resistance levels. The price is now trading above $40,000 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $39,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair is correcting gains, but the bulls are likely to remain active near $39,000. Bitcoin Price Turns Green Bitcoin price formed a base above the $37,600 level and started a fresh increase. BTC broke the key $38,500 resistance level to move into a positive zone. The price even broke the $39,000 resistance level and settled well above the 100 hourly simple moving average. Finally, there was a break above the $40,000 resistance zone. There was also a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $39,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. The price traded as high as $41,395 before there was a downside correction. Bitcoin traded below the $40,500 support level. There was a break below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the recent increase from the $37,678 swing low to $41,395 high. It is now consolidating near the $40,000 support zone. On the upside, an initial resistance is near the $40,500 level. The first key resistance is near the $40,750 level and a connecting bearish trend line. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Therefore, a close above the $40,750 resistance zone and the trend line might trigger a steady increase. The next major resistance is near the $41,500 level. Any more gains could set the pace for a move towards the $42,500 resistance zone in the near term. Fresh Decline in BTC? If bitcoin fails to climb above the $40,750 and $41,500 resistance levels, it could start a fresh downside correction. An initial support on the downside is near the $49,000 level. The first major support is now near the $39,500 zone. It is near the 50% Fib retracement level of the recent increase from the $37,678 swing low to $41,395 high. A clear downside break below the $39,500 support might lead the price towards the $38,500 support. Technical indicators: Hourly MACD – The MACD is slowly 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 – $39,500, followed by $38,500. Major Resistance Levels – $40,500, $40,750 and $41,500.

Crypto Mom: True decentralization is the only thing that will save DeFi projects

SEC Commissioner Pierce believes that DeFi founders’ only hope to bypass financial regulation is to ensure full decentralization from launch.