PayPal and its Venmo mobile payment service plan to provide their 325 million users with the opportunity to directly purchase cryptocurrencies.

This was reported by CoinDesk, citing sources familiar with the situation. The publication notes that at the moment PayPal can be used to withdraw funds from some cryptocurrency sites, but the service has never been used to purchase cryptocurrencies before.

American economist and trader Nassim Taleb wrote that Bitcoin is a good idea, but most cryptocurrency users do not understand the nuances of its work.

Nassim Taleb participated in a discussion on Twitter with the "Bitcoin maximalist" Giacomo Zucco. Zucco questioned Taleb's views on the imposition of central planning by bureaucrats and politicians, since they have no "personal interest in the success" of this strategy. 

Outrageous businessman John McAfee announced the launch of the decentralized exchange Ghost, which is associated with the eponymous anonymous cryptocurrency and will replace the McAfeeDEX platform.

The main network of the anonymous cryptocurrency Ghost should be launched today - until that moment, Ghost tokens were placed on the Ethereum blockchain. The coin will be based on the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus method, and the decentralized exchange Ghost of the same name will become the main platform for trading this cryptocurrency. The site also supports BTC, ETH, DAI, USDT and ESH.

The share of inactive Bitcoins exceeded 60%. The largest increase in the number of inactive BTC since the beginning of the year is observed among coins purchased 10 years and 2-3 years ago.

According to Glassnode, 60.63% of all BTCs did not move for more than a year. These data indicate the consolidation of BTC ownership and that investors who bought cryptocurrency at the lowest prices in 2018 have not yet begun to profit from their investments. More than four years have passed since such a large percentage of outstanding BTC did not move for more than a year.

The Bitcoin exchange rate pushed off support at the level of $ 9,000 and, according to the popular cryptocurrency analyst Michael van de Poppe, is preparing for growth to $ 12,000.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao shared his secrets of success and identified four factors for the effective expansion of cryptocurrency exchanges around the world.

Peter Brandt, an analyst and experienced trader, said that Ripple's XRP cryptocurrency is a fraudulent scam, with the price of coins being constantly manipulated.

Bloomberg analyst Mike McGlone believes that Bitcoin has every chance of reaching $ 20,000 this year and updating its all-time high.

In his article, McGlone writes that technical and fundamental factors increasingly indicate a positive development for Bitcoin. So, Bitcoin is becoming an increasingly popular investment tool, the number of open positions in futures continues to grow. The attitude towards cryptocurrencies among institutional investors is changing.

What should the creators of ICO pay attention to when conducting a marketing campaign for their project? And how to avoid becoming a victim of fraudulent activities from unscrupulous marketing campaigns?

We invite all members of our community to pay attention to a problem that may affect almost any team that faced with the issue of effectively promoting their project. 

Researchers at the Kraken cryptocurrency exchange believe that part of the inheritance received by the millennials and generation X will be invested in Bitcoin and this will bring its rate to $ 350,000 by 2044.

In the report "Inheriting USDs & Acquiring BTCs: How 'The Great Wealth Transfer' Will Fuel 'The Great Bitcoin Adoption,'" analysts note that at the moment, young representatives of wealthy families in America alone can inherit about $ 70 trillion. If they allocate at least 5% of the inheritance received, then more than $ 971 billion will be invested in Bitcoin.