Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
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Walmart Allowing Bitcoin Purchases At 200 US Kiosks
Walmart – the largest retailer in the United States – has launched a pilot with Coinstar to allow Bitcoin purchases. The program includes 200 Coinstar kiosks used to exchange U.S. coins for paper bills, gift cards, and BTC. Buy Bitcoin in Walmart As reported by Bloomberg on Thursday, the pilot is part of a larger initiative between Coinstar and Coinme. The latter is the world’s largest cash to crypto exchange with over twenty thousand locations. Per their partnership, Coinstar is…
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Walmart Terms Crypto Payments Partnership with Litecoin News as Fake
Following a press release by GlobeNewswire, Walmart has denied Litecoin partnership claims. The institutions' spokesman Randy Hargrove stated that the press release is fake. He also mentioned that the retailer urges the news site to investigate how the piece ended up public. The news seemed to quote Doug McMillon, Walmart's CEO, portraying a "Major Partnership." Litecoin had at some point tweeted about the partnership, but the tweet has somehow disappeared. Litecoin dramatic fall According to Coin Metrics, Litecoin has since then traded down…
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