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John Mcafee Widow: I Do Not Accept The “Suicide Story” That Has Been Spread By The Main Stream Media

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Janice McAfee, the widow of entrepreneur John McAfee, said she would not believe the story of John suicide until the end of the investigation.


 

The 75-year-old businessman was found dead in a prison cell a few hours after the Spanish Supreme Court authorized his extradition to the United States.

In a statement published via Twitter, Janice noted that the court decision was not unexpected for John and could not made him to finish off his life.

 

In their last conversation, they discussed a plan of action for the extradition.

“The extradition would not have happened immediately, it would have taken many months,” the widow added.

According to her, John was ready for the legal fight.

Janice McAfee stressed that the media reported the entrepreneur’s suicide before she or a lawyer registered his death.

“I can’t describe in words my rage over the fact that I learned about John’s death from a Twitter post,” she wrote.

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Now, the media announced a certain “suicide note” in John pocket, that was not mentioned before, when she took McAfee’s things from prison.

She said:

“Now it is being conveniently reported that there was a suicide note found in his pocket, something that was not mentioned when i collected John belongings from the prison and another piece of information that media somehow got hold of before myself and john attorney.”

Janice added.

“The investigation into John’s death is still ongoing, but I will share any information I can. In the meantime, I disagree with the story of “suicide” spread by the malignant Cancer that is the mainstream media (MSM). They and their unnamed sources cannot be trusted, ”she concluded.



McAfee was arrested in October 2020 in Spain at the request of the US authorities. The Securities and Exchange Commission accused the entrepreneur of defrauding investors by promoting ICO projects, and of non-payment of taxes. In 2021, charges of fraud and money laundering were brought against McAfee.

Swiss Bank Sygnum Becomes First Regulated Bank To Offer ETH 2.0 Staking

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Swiss bank Sygnum became the first regulated bank to offer Ethereum 2.0 staking to its clients.


Sygnum Eth 2.0 staking participants, will be able to receive an annual income (APY) of 7%.

The Sygnum management announced that the bank clients can conveniently and safely stake Ethereum 2.0 and receive profitability of up to 7% per year. This feature is integrated with the Sygnum banking platform, so customers will be able to use their bank accounts for staking ETH.

With fully isolated wallets, ETH will be held in highly secure individual client accounts. Sygnum said it is ready to expand its range of regulated digital asset products and services.

Read: Goldman Sachs Report: Ethereum Has the Potential To Surpass Bitcoin As A Store Of Value

Staking ETH2 will open up additional opportunities for long-term investors as Ethereum is the foundation for the vast majority of decentralized finance applications. Data shows that the amount of funds locked in Ethereum 2.0 staking have already exceeded $13 billion.

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Thomas Eichenberger, Head of Business Units at Sygnum Bank said:

“Ethereum is the second largest blockchain protocol, and Ethereum staking is a core element for digital asset portfolios which can now be accessed in a convenient, secure and regulated setting, This further expands Sygnum’s offering of attractive, regulated yield generating products to meet the needs of clients to accumulate other forms of return in addition to capital appreciation.”

Read: Less Risk Of Major Sell off As Ethereum Balances See Big Drop On Exchanges

Head of Accounts and Custody at Sygnum Bank, Thomas Brunner, Said:

“Sygnum clients can participate in the new proof-of-stake Ethereum and benefit from potentially higher staking rewards now. This is a compelling choice for long-term investors in the Ethereum ecosystem.“



Sygnum launched staking, custody, trading and lending for Tezos (XTZ) last November.

Read: Galaxy Digital CEO, Mike Novogratz: Ethereum Can Become the Biggest Crypto

In addition, Sygnum provided an income opportunity using its Digital Swiss Franc (DCHF) stablecoin pegged to the Swiss franc. The stablecoin was introduced by the bank in March last year.

Vechain Price Prediction: VET Looking For A Major Bullish Breakout

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Vechain price is consolidating in the range of $0.082 to $0.089 since 1st, July. Which is a bullish sign as strong consolidation could lead to big upward price movements, but Vechain might retest the demand zone of $0.0782 before reaching $0.10.

Read: Vechain Real World Transactions


If VET bounces off from the current price range of $0.080-$0.085, investors can expect an 12% rise to the $ 0.0924 resistance level. Overcoming this area could cause VeChain to hit the $ 0.10 barrier, further up 18%.

Read: San Marino Approves Vechain Powered National Digital Vaccination Passports And Why It Matters?

In a very bullish case, the bulls could try to push the VET towards or around the 50% Fibonacci retracement level at $ 0.105, which represents a 35% rally from the $0.0782 support.

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The price of the Vechain is currently hovering above the support at $0.083 and may fall slightly if there is selling pressure. Thus, investors can expect a correction to $0.083 or a demand zone extending from $0.0721 to $0.0739.

Read: A Comprehensive Long List Of Vechain Food Safety Use Cases

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Since Bitcoin is showing a bullish bias, altcoins are likely to follow suit. If BTC goes to $40,000, VeChain’s price could easily slide through $0.10 and touch the $0.115.

Red: Suzhou City Launched “Changan Code” Based On Vechain Toolchain Covering More Than 300,000 Local Residents



While things look good for VeChain price, a breakdown of the $0.0829 level will lead to a drop into the demand zone, which stretches from $0.0721 to $0.0739. This move will not have a negative impact on the optimistic outlook. However, a decisive 4-hour candle close below $ 0.0709 would invalidate the bullish thesis, and VET price can fall to $0.0667.

Read: VeChain Blockchain Milestones In Epidemic Prevention

 

Goldman Sachs Report: Ethereum Has the Potential To Surpass Bitcoin As A Store Of Value

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Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world, recently received support from Goldman Sachs, one of the leading American investment banks.


In a research note on Tuesday, the New York investment bank, Goldman Sachs mentioned that Ethereum growing popularity makes it a prime contender to overtake Bitcoin as the most valuable digital currency.

Read: Swiss Bank Sygnum Becomes First Regulated Bank To Offer ETH 2.0 Staking

According to a Report, the investment bank believes that Ethereum currently looks like the cryptocurrency with the most real potential. The report Said, it is the most popular smart contract app development platform.

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Ethereum may overtake Bitcoin as the dominant digital store of value in the coming years, according to a report published by Business Insider citing the latest research note from Goldman Sachs.

However, Goldman Sachs believes that the growing competition between various cryptocurrency assets, including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Binance Coin, and Cardano, is a major risk factor.

Read: Less Risk Of Major Sell off As Ethereum Balances See Big Drop On Exchanges

Goldman Sachs research note writes:

“ETH currently looks like the cryptocurrency with the highest real use potential as Ethereum, the platform on which it is the native digital currency, is the most popular development platform for smart contract applications. The competition among cryptocurrencies is another risk factor that prevents them from becoming safe-haven assets at this stage,” 



Goldman Sachs noted that despite the latest surge in the popularity of cryptocurrency assets like Ethereum and Bitcoin, none of them will be able to overtake Gold anytime soon. The bank highlighted the risky nature of digital currencies.

Read: Galaxy Digital CEO, Mike Novogratz: Ethereum Can Become the Biggest Crypto

The research says:

“Gold is competing with crypto to the same extent it is competing with other risky assets such as equities and cyclical commodities. We view Gold as a defensive inflation hedge and crypto as a risk-on inflation hedge.” 

Paperless Trade Coming To East Africa With The Partnership Of IOTA And Kenyan Firm

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The IOTA Foundation is partnering with a Kenyan firm to bring paperless trade to the region, and following a successful pilot, the initiative is expanding to various other trade destinations.


Through the partnership, the IOTA Foundation removes the cumbersome paperwork that interferes with trade and transfers all the data to the IOTA tangle.

The IOTA Foundation announced the successful completion of the first phase of its partnership with an East African firm to bring paperless trade to the region.

The IOTA foundation has teamed up with the East Africa brand for a project to replace the cumbersome and costly paper-based processes in the region’s supply chain. IOTA replaced this system with an efficient digital system based on Tangle, IOTA’s ledger data structure.

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The foundation partnered with a Kenyan firm, Trademark East Africa (TMEA) in Nairobi to create a connectivity technology infrastructure for East African organizations to “communicate transparently, securely and instantly with each other and with international partners.”

Trademark East Africa is a non-profit agency that works to stimulate trade growth in the region. TMEA estimates that an African entrepreneur must complete an average of 96 paper documents for a single transaction. For exporters, the process is even worse. Because they have to share documents manually, sometimes they lose them, and this leads to delays that are always costly. The IOTA Foundation is working with TMEA to change that.

Iota.org writes:

“In a single trade transaction, an African entrepreneur is likely to fill 96 documents, all on paper. The IOTA Foundation has extended its partnership with Trademark East Africa to facilitate paperless trade, cutting costs and delays while improving efficiency. Today we are testing the system with government agencies in Kenya, to be followed by a roll-out of testing in neighbouring countries.”



Sr. Director Trade Environment, TradeMark East Africa, Alban Odhiambo said:

“COVID19 challenged the project as travel became impossible. Despite many challenges the IOTA Foundation has proven to be a steady partner in development and we are excited to enhance our collaboration with the IOTA Foundation”. 

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Allied Payment Network Partners With NYDIG To Put Bitcoin On Their Balance Sheet

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In a recently published press release, digital payments provider Allied Payment Network has signed a partnership with NYDIG.


The Allied Payment Network, the industry’s most innovative provider of online and mobile digital payments for financial institutions, today announced a partnership with NYDIG, a leading Bitcoin technology and finance firm. The partnership allows financial institutions to offer their customers the ability to buy, sell and store bitcoins.

Alongside this partnership, Allied announced that they will allocate bitcoin for its corporate treasury, with the assistance of NYDIG.

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Popular Twitter Influencer with 1 million followers, Pomp writes:

“BREAKING: Allied Payment Network, a digital payment provider, has announced they will put bitcoin on their balance sheet.

Bitcoin is inevitable.”



The Allied payment network intends to buy bitcoin and store it in its corporate treasury with the assistance of NYDIG. Thus, the company will become the first-ever payment provider to integrate bitcoin into its platform and allow financial institutions to offer it to their customers.

NYDIG provides BTC technology and financial services to banks, corporations and other financial institutions.

Bitcoin Mining Firm Argo Blockchain Is Looking At A Secondary Listing On Nasdaq

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Argo was the first blockchain firm to list on the London Stock Exchange, and now Argo Blockchain is looking at a potential secondary listing on the Nasdaq.

Read: The Bitcoin Senator, Cynthia Lummis Invites Bitcoin Miners To Wyoming 


Argo Blockchain, which headquarter is in London, and is listed on the London stock exchange, with mining infrastructure located at multiple sites in Quebec, Canada and comprise approximately 18,000 mining machines, announced that it is considering the possibility of a secondary listing on the Nasdaq.

Read: Less Risk Of Major Sell off As Bitcoin Balances On Exchanges Drop To Lowest Level Since January

Agro says that no decision has been made regarding the timing of the secondary listing and the conditions under which it will take place.

Operational Updates

Cryptocurrency mining company Argo Blockchain announced on Tuesday that it has mined 167 Bitcoin in the month of June.

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Read: Bitcoin Whales Are Buying BTC, Accumulate 60k BTC In One Day

The total hash rate on the Bitcoin blockchain dropped from 150 EH/s to 90 EH/s in one month due to restrictions on cryptocurrency mining in China, followed by a record drop in BTC Mining difficulty level. Argo Blockchain CEO Peter Wall said that despite these changes in Bitcoin, they performed well throughout June.



Argo generated revenue of £4.36 million ($6.03 million) during the month. Mined 167 BTC in May. The company has mined a total of 883 Bitcoins since the beginning of 2021. There are 1,268 BTC in total in Argo reserves.

Vechain Real World Transactions: 20K+ Enterprise NFT Transactions And Over 50K Transactions For The San Marino Digital Covid Certificates

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Recently San Marino Approves Vechain Powered National Digital Vaccination Passports. 


The Republic of San Marino, partnered with Vechain and DNV Assurance to announced the release of National Digital Vaccine passports, using Vechain technology that guarantee a unique certificate. The certificates are issued via Vechain Non-Fungible Tokens (eNFTs). The San Marino Digital Covid Certificate covers vaccination against Sars-Cov2.

Read: VeChain Blockchain Milestones In Epidemic Prevention

CEO of VeChain, Sunny Lu, shared his thoughts:

“The Digital Covid Certificate presents a perfect case in this sector, which is also a new solution to help the government gain ground in the fight against Covid-19. Based on PoA consensus, VeChainThor public blockchain provides a well-balanced infrastructure for the government, public and private sectors to work together to create a single, standardised verification system framework.”

Read: San Marino Approves Vechain Powered National Digital Vaccination Passports And Why It Matters?



Today Sara, VeChain Ecosystem Adviser, Former VP, VeChain Technology SEA said in her recent tweet:

“20K+ enterprise NFT transactions! And previously over 50K transactions for the San Marino digital covid certificates which are now issued as NFTs. Way to go guys! Real world transactions that’s VeChain and their ecosystem partners.”

That is a great achievement by Vechain in a short period of time.

Red: Suzhou City Launched “Changan Code” Based On Vechain Toolchain Covering More Than 300,000 Local Residents

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VeChain was one of the first chains to properly implement NFTs in the form of X-Node tokens. While other chains are used to deploy and trade useless memes and GIFs as “NFTs”, VeChain has taken the concept further with eNFTs; that are relevant in the real world, to real people. The San Marino green vaccine passport is a perfect example of that. Here you have, a GDPR compliant solution that is not only scalable, but usable by all stakeholders without having to know anything about blockchain; yet enjoying all its benefits.

Read: A Comprehensive Long List Of Vechain Food Safety Use Cases

This San Marino Vaccine Certificates has opened up new ideas, and marks a major step forward in VeChain unique blockchain.

 

Cardano Foundation Long Term Plans: Onboard Ten Fortune 500 Companies,1 Billion Users, And 50 Banks

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The Cardano Foundation Targets Fortune 500 Companies That Will Own And Use ADA.


In a recent You Tube Video, Frederick Gregaard, CEO of the Cardano Foundation, shared some of the lofty goals that the Charles organization has set for itself over the next five years.

Read: Grayscale Adds Cardano To Their Product Family

According to Cardano foundation strategy, three Fortune 500 companies could own and use ADA, by 2024.

Other goals include increasing the diversity of on-chain activities, publishing three more white papers, and promoting the growth of wallet addresses.

Read: What July 2021 Hold For Cardano (ADA)?

By 2026, Cardano will become a self-sustaining system that will be completely controlled by its users.

Proof-of-stake blockchain, Cardano plans to develop a suite of services with 1 billion users on board. In addition, Cardano Foundatin expects 10 Fortune 500 companies to hold ADA by 2026.

When it comes to shorter-term goals, the Cardano Foundation plans to increase interoperability and onboard 50 banks by 2022.

Read: Cardano Gets On The Top Of Stakeable Assets List With More Than 70% Of Total ADA Supply Is Now In Staking



Tesla and Square are currently the only Fortune 500 companies with Bitcoin on their balances. None of them own any altcoins as per their latest regulations.

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As far Cardano founder and its team are concerned, there is high chances that Cardano will certainly attract Fortune 500 companies and multiply its users big times once smarts contracts are rolled out.

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Cardano Price Analysis: ADA On The Verge OF A Strong Bullish Breakout

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ADA price is making a ascending channel. 25 moving average (Shown in Purple) on ADA 4-hour chart is providing a nice support.

Read: Cardano Foundation Recent Future Plans: Onboard Fortune 500 Companies And 1 Billion Users


Cardano (ADA) has been a very strong coin overall as it is currently still up nearly 4,000% from last year lows. $1.00 appears to be the base for the ADA. As long as $1 can act as a support, this is a great opportunity to raise ADA prices soon.

Read: Grayscale Adds Cardano To Their Product Family

ada price analysis 6-7-21

Looking at the chart, we can see that a clear upward channel has been holding the price for the past several weeks. As long as the ADA is able to stay in this range, the price rally can continue May highs of $2.35.

ADA price is rejected from key resistance at $1.43. But if support of $1.35 holds which is a strong support we can clearly see a nice push upwards, where ADA will meet its first resistance of $1.80.

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ADA price is facing resistance in two forms, First a resistance line (Shown In Red) that ADA has to cross, and then 200 4H moving average (Shown In Yellow). The ascending trend line and 200 4H moving average are providing a strong resistance at $1.46 to $1.48 price range. Bulls need to push the price to overcome these resistance. A nice 4H candle closing above 200 4H moving average would confirm bullish scenario.

Read: What July 2021 Hold For Cardano (ADA)?

Once there is breakout we can see a sharp price increase, that could lead ADA price to $ 1.80 that would be a 25% move upwards.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is also pose a very bullish looks, moving higher for nearly a week and a half, making a nice upward trend.



If ADA price is unable to cross $1.43 to $1.48 resistance and 200 4H moving average, we could come down to find support at $1.36, if $1.36 is broken then we will find support at $1.02 to $1.10 that is acting as a strong support since 19 May, 2021.

Read: Cardano Gets On The Top Of Stakeable Assets List With More Than 70% Of Total ADA Supply Is Now In Staking

Levels To Watch 

  • Trend: Bullish
  • Immediate Support: $1.36
  • Lower Support: $1.02 to $1.10
  • Immediate Resistance: $1.43 to $1.48