Prashant Jha
An engineering graduate, Prashant focuses on UK and Indian markets. As a crypto-journalist, his interests lie in blockchain technology adoption across emerging economies.
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Rises to ATH amid Market Wide Shortage of Mining Chips

Prashant Jha January 23, 2021

Bitcoin mining difficulty has peaked to a new all-time-high almost for the first time in three months when the bitcoin bull run started towards the end of October 2020. The low bitcoin mining difficulty throughout the bull run suggests that there was less pressure on miners as the rising price compensated for them. 📈 #Bitcoin

Bitcoin mining difficulty has peaked to a new all-time-high almost for the first time in three months when the bitcoin bull run started towards the end of October 2020. The low bitcoin mining difficulty throughout the bull run suggests that there was less pressure on miners as the rising price compensated for them. 📈 #Bitcoin

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Crypto Companies Eye Public Debut As IPO Frenzy Heats Up

Prashant Jha January 23, 2021

Crypto companies seem to be eager to make their public debut this year as the crypto market crossed the trillion-dollar market cap this bull run. Coinbase was among the first crypto companies to announce their decision to go public with an IPO in the first quarter of 2021. Bakkt became the second prominent crypto firm

Crypto companies seem to be eager to make their public debut this year as the crypto market crossed the trillion-dollar market cap this bull run. Coinbase was among the first crypto companies to announce their decision to go public with an IPO in the first quarter of 2021. Bakkt became the second prominent crypto firm

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Is Peter Schiff Secretly Accumulating Bitcoin? Schiff Gold Website Accepting BTC Payment

Prashant Jha January 23, 2021

Peter Schiff, the well-known gold proponent who is often in the headlines for his Bitcoin rants has found himself in a tricky situation when Peter McCormack pointed out that his website Schiff Gold allows people to purchase gold using bitcoin and a few other altcoins. Now, this is awkward… https://t.co/iuia46BC3X pic.twitter.com/MA7gbe14TH — Peter McCormack (@PeterMcCormack)

Peter Schiff, the well-known gold proponent who is often in the headlines for his Bitcoin rants has found himself in a tricky situation when Peter McCormack pointed out that his website Schiff Gold allows people to purchase gold using bitcoin and a few other altcoins. Now, this is awkward… https://t.co/iuia46BC3X pic.twitter.com/MA7gbe14TH — Peter McCormack (@PeterMcCormack)

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MicroStratergy Buys The Bitcoin Dip Again With $10 Million BTC Purchase

Prashant Jha January 22, 2021

MicroStrategy, the software giant with over $1.3 billion bitcoin purchase in the past 6 months has bought the bitcoin dip again with a $10 million purchase at $31,808 apiece, taking their total bitcoin holding to 70784 worth $2.27 billion. MicroStrategy has purchased approximately 314 bitcoins for $10.0 million in cash in accordance with its Treasury

MicroStrategy, the software giant with over $1.3 billion bitcoin purchase in the past 6 months has bought the bitcoin dip again with a $10 million purchase at $31,808 apiece, taking their total bitcoin holding to 70784 worth $2.27 billion. MicroStrategy has purchased approximately 314 bitcoins for $10.0 million in cash in accordance with its Treasury

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Market Correction Or Bull’s Strategy, Why this Bitcoin Dip Might be Bullish And Not Bearish?

Prashant Jha January 22, 2021

On-chain Bitcoin metrics suggest that the price correction might play in bitcoin’s favor as whale accumulation has seen a significant surge over the past couple of days. Bitcoin price correction of 13% yesterday took it to below $30,000 level for the first time in 3 months, raising speculation about a long due market correction. 📈

On-chain Bitcoin metrics suggest that the price correction might play in bitcoin’s favor as whale accumulation has seen a significant surge over the past couple of days. Bitcoin price correction of 13% yesterday took it to below $30,000 level for the first time in 3 months, raising speculation about a long due market correction. 📈

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Bitcoin Price Dips Below $30,000 as Coinbase Premium Goes to -122

Prashant Jha January 22, 2021

At present, the Coinbase premium is running in negative at -122 suggesting the selling pressure is high and whales are more likely to sell than hodling. Coinbase Premium is the bitcoin price difference in USDT on Coinbase and Binance. During the peak of the bull season, the extensive buying by whales took the price of

At present, the Coinbase premium is running in negative at -122 suggesting the selling pressure is high and whales are more likely to sell than hodling. Coinbase Premium is the bitcoin price difference in USDT on Coinbase and Binance. During the peak of the bull season, the extensive buying by whales took the price of

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Blockchain News

Indian Crypto Exchange BuyUcoin Hacked, Personal Info of 325k Users Breached

Prashant Jha January 21, 2021

BuyUcoin, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange is reportedly hacked leading to a breach of nearly 325K users’ data on the dark web. The reported breach has leaked sensitive personal information of customers that include e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details, order details, bank details, KYC details (PAN number, passport numbers), and deposit history. In

BuyUcoin, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange is reportedly hacked leading to a breach of nearly 325K users’ data on the dark web. The reported breach has leaked sensitive personal information of customers that include e-mails, mobile numbers, encrypted passwords, user wallet details, order details, bank details, KYC details (PAN number, passport numbers), and deposit history. In

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Craig Wright Bullies Two Websites to Take Down Bitcoin Whitepaper, Bitcoin.org Refuses

Prashant Jha January 21, 2021

Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator is now threatening to take two websites bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org to court for copyright infringement if they didn’t remove the bitcoin white paper from their platforms. Wright is infamous for threatening lawsuits against people and company’s who have called him out for his absurd lies and in most cases

Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator is now threatening to take two websites bitcoin.org and bitcoincore.org to court for copyright infringement if they didn’t remove the bitcoin white paper from their platforms. Wright is infamous for threatening lawsuits against people and company’s who have called him out for his absurd lies and in most cases

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Treasury Secretary Vs SEC chief, Bitcoin Future Hangs in Balance As Biden Appointee Choose Their Sides

Prashant Jha January 21, 2021

Biden’s govt. already seems divided on Bitcoin as newly appointed SEC chief Gary Gensler is Bitcoin pro but Treasury Secretary appointee Janel Yellen called Bitcoin a FUD. The new Biden administration is taking over with promises of better healthcare, writing off student loans, and stimulus checks worth $2,000 for the Americans to cope with the

Biden’s govt. already seems divided on Bitcoin as newly appointed SEC chief Gary Gensler is Bitcoin pro but Treasury Secretary appointee Janel Yellen called Bitcoin a FUD. The new Biden administration is taking over with promises of better healthcare, writing off student loans, and stimulus checks worth $2,000 for the Americans to cope with the

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Major Thai Crypto Exchange Bitkub Temporarily Suspends Operation Post SEC Snub

Prashant Jha January 20, 2021

Bitkub, a Thailand based cryptocurrency exchange on Wednesday shut its desktop trading services temporarily to fix the problems leading to multiple outages in the past month owing to high trading volumes, reported Bangkok Post. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has directed the exchange to fix the problems with its platform within firms as traders

Bitkub, a Thailand based cryptocurrency exchange on Wednesday shut its desktop trading services temporarily to fix the problems leading to multiple outages in the past month owing to high trading volumes, reported Bangkok Post. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has directed the exchange to fix the problems with its platform within firms as traders

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Chinese Govt. Executive Points Out Illegal Overseas Transfer of Assets in Crypto

Prashant Jha January 20, 2021

Xuan Changneng, the dep. director of the state administration for Foreign Exchange recently raised concerns over the illegal transfer of assets overseas via bitcoin as the price of the top cryptocurrency soared to a new all-time high a couple of weeks ago. Important information：Xuan Changneng, deputy director of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, pointing out

Xuan Changneng, the dep. director of the state administration for Foreign Exchange recently raised concerns over the illegal transfer of assets overseas via bitcoin as the price of the top cryptocurrency soared to a new all-time high a couple of weeks ago. Important information：Xuan Changneng, deputy director of State Administration of Foreign Exchange, pointing out

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Breaking: Bitfinex and Tether Seek 30-day Extension to Produce Critical Financial Document Before NYAG

Prashant Jha January 20, 2021

iFinex Inc, the parent company of both Tether and Bitfinex has filed for a 30-day extension for the submission of key documents about Tether reserves and other financial operations in the ongoing lawsuit filed by NYAG. Update letter for NYAG Tether case, ~30 more days of waiting everyone. See you around Valentine's day https://t.co/NgozuAMDVY —

iFinex Inc, the parent company of both Tether and Bitfinex has filed for a 30-day extension for the submission of key documents about Tether reserves and other financial operations in the ongoing lawsuit filed by NYAG. Update letter for NYAG Tether case, ~30 more days of waiting everyone. See you around Valentine's day https://t.co/NgozuAMDVY —

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Bitcoin Analyst Highlights On-Chain “Signals” For Bulls to Kick-In

Prashant Jha January 20, 2021

Bitcoin analysts are looking at Coinbase outflows and premiums as their immediate signals to predict the short term BTC price movements. Bitcoin price seems to be stuck between $35k-$40k having spent the past couple of weeks sitting between the same range after a massive correction of 10%. Whales Are Depositing Bitcoin on Exchanges The current bitcoin

Bitcoin analysts are looking at Coinbase outflows and premiums as their immediate signals to predict the short term BTC price movements. Bitcoin price seems to be stuck between $35k-$40k having spent the past couple of weeks sitting between the same range after a massive correction of 10%. Whales Are Depositing Bitcoin on Exchanges The current bitcoin

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Just-In: CITI Bank Extends Partnership With Ripple Powered Volante’s VolPay

Prashant Jha January 19, 2021

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (Citi) has announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with key Ripple partner Volante Technologies, a global provider of payments and financial messaging solutions. The partnership would help CITI in the adoption of hugely popular ISO 20022 financial messaging standards across its global payments operations, as the new payment standard

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (Citi) has announced the extension of its long-standing partnership with key Ripple partner Volante Technologies, a global provider of payments and financial messaging solutions. The partnership would help CITI in the adoption of hugely popular ISO 20022 financial messaging standards across its global payments operations, as the new payment standard

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Ethereum Breaks ATH After 3 Years On Several Exchanges, What’s Next?

Prashant Jha January 19, 2021

Ethereum finally broke its previous all-time high of $1432 to create a new ATH at the time of writing. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has nearly doubled its price since the start of the new year and many trade pundits believe it could also see price actions quite similar to bitcoin especially when its

Ethereum finally broke its previous all-time high of $1432 to create a new ATH at the time of writing. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has nearly doubled its price since the start of the new year and many trade pundits believe it could also see price actions quite similar to bitcoin especially when its

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Former Ripple CTO Dumps 28.6 Million XRP For The First Time Post SEC Lawsuit

Prashant Jha January 19, 2021

Jed McCaleb, former CTO of Ripple dumped another 28.6million XRP for the first time since SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two of its executives. McCaleb’s settlement deal with Ripple back in 2013 gave him 9 billion XRP in batches to avoid him dumping his entire portion of settlement tokens on the market. The

Jed McCaleb, former CTO of Ripple dumped another 28.6million XRP for the first time since SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple and two of its executives. McCaleb’s settlement deal with Ripple back in 2013 gave him 9 billion XRP in batches to avoid him dumping his entire portion of settlement tokens on the market. The

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On-Chain Metrics Suggests Ethereum [ETH] Price Poised to Breach ATH

Prashant Jha January 19, 2021

ETH price currently trading at a new yearly high of $1,340 with over 12% gains in the past 24 hours is now less than $100 away from breaching its all-time-high of $1,420 or another price rally of nearly 8-10%. The on-chain metrics suggest that whales have already started to anticipate the big move from ETH

ETH price currently trading at a new yearly high of $1,340 with over 12% gains in the past 24 hours is now less than $100 away from breaching its all-time-high of $1,420 or another price rally of nearly 8-10%. The on-chain metrics suggest that whales have already started to anticipate the big move from ETH

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British Fund Manager Ruffer Reinstates Rising Institutional Interest in Bitcoin

Prashant Jha January 18, 2021

Ruffer, a British fund manager in its half-yearly review lauded bitcoin and its growing influence among institutions as its recently revealed portfolio of $730 million in Bitcoin along with its exposure through MicroStrategy and Galaxy Digital has more than doubled since its investment in the top cryptocurrency. The British Fund Manager recently revealed that it

Ruffer, a British fund manager in its half-yearly review lauded bitcoin and its growing influence among institutions as its recently revealed portfolio of $730 million in Bitcoin along with its exposure through MicroStrategy and Galaxy Digital has more than doubled since its investment in the top cryptocurrency. The British Fund Manager recently revealed that it

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Breaking: Crypto Exchange Livecoin Announces Closure After Failing to Resolve Issues Post Hack

Prashant Jha January 18, 2021

Livecoin, one of the largest Russian exchanges just announced that it will be closing down operations. The official announcement noted that the exchange could not recover from the financial and technical losses incurred due to a hack in December 2020. Thus they have decided to seize their operations and return the remaining funds to their

Livecoin, one of the largest Russian exchanges just announced that it will be closing down operations. The official announcement noted that the exchange could not recover from the financial and technical losses incurred due to a hack in December 2020. Thus they have decided to seize their operations and return the remaining funds to their

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Bitcoin Price All Set to Move up After two Quiet Weeks, Breaks Binance Whale Sell Wall at $36.5K

Prashant Jha January 18, 2021

Bitcoin price is currently trying to regain its position above $40,000 having spent the past two weeks in the $35k – $40k price range, after experiencing a near 23% drop last Monday. The Bitcoin whales are currently dominating the price behavior of the top cryptocurrency as most of them are currently on a selling spree

Bitcoin price is currently trying to regain its position above $40,000 having spent the past two weeks in the $35k – $40k price range, after experiencing a near 23% drop last Monday. The Bitcoin whales are currently dominating the price behavior of the top cryptocurrency as most of them are currently on a selling spree