Cryptocurrency Price LIVE – Bitcoin, Ethereum And Shiba Inu All End Christmas Week With Gains… – The Sun

The most valuable cryptocurrencies

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 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.

China’s crackdown ‘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.

China’s crackdowns on crypto

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.

The previous statement by the central bank sent the strongest yet signal that China is closed to crypto.

China’s statement on cryptocurrency, continued

Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital currency, and other cryptos cannot be traced by a country’s central bank, making them difficult to regulate.

The crypto crackdown opens the gates for China to introduce its own digital currency, which it is already working on and will allow the central government to monitor transactions.

China’s statement on cryptocurrency

The PBOC said it will “resolutely clamp down on virtual currency speculation, and related financial activities and misbehaviour in order to safeguard people’s properties and maintain economic, financial and social order”.

It said that trading of virtual currencies had become “widespread, disrupting economic and financial order, giving rise to money laundering, illegal fund-raising, fraud, pyramid schemes and other illegal and criminal activities.”

China stopped its crypto exchanges

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.

GYEN price predictions, continued

Wallet Investor expects the price of GYEN to add another zero and fall to $0.00845 in a year’s time.

Meanwhile, Digitalcoin expects GYEN to gain to around $0.022 in 2021.

Furthermore, Goldman Sachs expert Andrew Lokenauth is even more bullish on GYEN.

“From my prior experience, I feel it will be included on other exchanges due to demand,” he told The Sun.

“Also, due to current hype and mentions of GYEN on Reddit and Twitter, this can easily reach 10 cents.”

Long-term GYEN price predictions

The price of GYEN has jumped thanks to becoming available to Coinbase pro members.

Where the price will wind up in the future is tough to predict – and it is yet to be included on other major exchanges like Robinhood.

Marie Tatibouet, chief marketing officer of crypto exchange Gate.io, told The Sun that stablecoins aren’t exactly supposed to surge in trading like this.

“It looks like the demand is so high that the peg has failed to hold,” she said.

“A good stablecoin shouldn’t surge or fail under scrutiny.”

Who is behind Algorand?

The Algorand Foundation based in Singapore is behind the project.

Algorand claims that it speeds up transactions and improves efficiency when compared to bitcoin and other blockchains.

What is Algorand?

Algorand is a cryptocurrency of the Algorand blockchain, a public decentralized network on which smart contracts can be built.

It was created in 2019 by Silvio Micali, a professor a the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The computer scientist has also won the Turing Award for his work in the area of cryptography.

Man loses $1.6million, part three

The app demanded $1.5million from the victim and threatened to freeze his account if he didn’t pay.

“I go look on the FBI site and lo and behold, there’s this public alert about this type of scam,” he told the news outlet. “I’m 52, my entire life savings, gone in a matter of a month.”

The common scam, which involves meeting someone on a dating app, depositing money into a fake investment app (which is constantly changed, renamed or deleted) then losing it all, is called the “Pig Butchering Scam,” KMGH-TV detailed.

Man loses $1.6million, part two

The man said he successfully deposited funds into the account, including money from his retirement accounts.

He was reportedly able to withdraw cryptocurrency too, until he attempted to take out more.

A “customer service agent” with the app told him “you need to repay the loan before you can withdraw cash from your account,” KMGH-TV reported.

Man loses $1.6million in scam

A man says he lost his life savings in a scheme dubbed the “Pig Butchering Scam.”

The 52-year-old told Denver ABC affiliate KMGH-TV that he met a woman on a dating app who appeared to have similar interests to him.

The conversation turned to cryptocurrency, something he’d made about $70,000 on in a few years.

The man told the news outlet that the woman he fell for online convinced him to invest on a mobile and web app that seemed legitimate to the software engineer.

What is Cardano?

Cardano (ADA) is a cryptocurrency that uses blockchain, making it difficult to be hacked.

It was launched in 2017 and set up by Charles Hoskinson, who was one of the eight co-founders of Bitcoin rival, Ethereum.

Every time someone buys or sells the cryptocurrency, it’s permanently recorded on the platform’s blockchain.

Unlike some other cryptocurrencies, the blockchain is more transparent so anyone can see it. It’s managed by the Cardano Foundation.

The “altcoin” has been designed to make sure that investors can have some say in how the currency is run.

It means those who own Cardano have the right to vote on any proposed changes to the software, reports Coinmarketcap.

Risks of investing in cryptos, part five

Finally, the truth in marketing materials is a risk in investing in cryptos.

Firms may overstate the returns of products or understate the risks involved.

Risks of investing in cryptos, part four

Another risk of investing are the charges and fees.

Consumers should consider the impact of fees and charges on their investment which may be more than those for regulated investment products.

Risks of investing in cryptos, part three

A third risk of investing in cryptocurrencies is product complexity.

The complexity of some products and services relating to cryptoassets can make it hard for consumers to understand the risks.

There is no guarantee that cryptoassets can be converted back into cash.

Converting a cryptoasset back to cash depends on demand and supply existing in the market.

Risks of investing in cryptos, part two

Another risk of investing is price volatility.

Significant price volatility in cryptoassets, combined with the inherent difficulties of valuing cryptoassets reliably, places consumers at a high risk of losses.

Risks of investing in cryptocurrencies

We rounded up five risks of investing in cryptocurrencies.

The first is consumer protection.

Some investments advertising high returns based on cryptoassets may not be subject to regulation beyond anti-money laundering requirements.

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.

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 was launched.

NuCypher specifically operates as a decentralized key management system that uses blockchain technology.

What is the Metaverse, continued

Meta’s VR boss Andrew Bosworth said: “The metaverse is a set of virtual 3D spaces where you can share immersive experiences with each other when you can’t be together.”

“What comes after the internet? Instead of looking at a screen, you get to be in the experiences.

“You don’t have to experience it in VR. Most people initially will experience it on screens they already have.”

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg called it “the next version of the internet,” and predicted the true metaverse will be ready within the decade.

What is the Metaverse?

The Metaverse has a broad definition. It is an internet, but it is immersive – so you live within it.

The platform will have games, social networks, videos, shopping, health and fitness and more.

Risks of Robinhood, part three

In July, the platform was also ordered to pay nearly $70million in fines and compensation for misleading customers and outages.

If you are seeking a discount broker and are looking to open an IRA account, you can check out the following platforms: Vanguard, Fidelity, TD Ameritrade, Merrill Edge, among others.

Risks of Robinhood, part two

For investing individual stocks, make sure you check company reports, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, broker notes, and press releases so you can make the best decisions for your money.

Another risk when choosing Robinhood along with other brokers is that they can restrict trading when there’s unusual activity.

In fact, Robinhood faced some outrage earlier this year when it restricted trading on meme stocks including GameStop and AMC.