Cryptocurrency News LIVE Updates: Bitcoin Price Flux Near $40K, Mt Gox Unveils Plans To Repay Creditors In BTC

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Cryptocurrency News LIVE Updates: Bitcoin, the world’s first-ever digital currency, witnessed further declines in its price over the past day, dropping 4.33%, reaching $39,066. Notably, it even slipped as low as $38,943 today, as per CoinMarketCap’s data, with a continuous flux resulting in the price’s movement to and fro the $39K mark. Whilst, other cryptos like Ethereum, Solana, and XRP also noted downturns of 2%-5%, nabbing significant attention globally.

Meanwhile, the Ondo finance team offloaded 40 million ONDO to multiple exchange addresses, aligning with the price plunge witnessed by the ONDO token. Notably, the token’s price fell by 15% briefly, sparking speculations among crypto market enthusiasts globally.

Meme coins Shiba Inu and Dogecoin also noted a price fall, dropping 2% and 2.31%, respectively.

Notably, Mt Gox, the infamously hacked crypto exchange, recently announced plans to repay its creditors in Bitcoin, curating a tidal wave of speculations orbiting the Bitcoin price. Aligning with this, as Mt Gox reveals plans to unlock massive amounts of Bitcoin, a potential impact is much expected on the BTC price, accompanied by thrilling twists in market sentiments right before the upcoming halving.

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Crypto News LIVE: Crypto Startup Figure Eyes SEC’s Approval For Interest-Bearing Stablecoins

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01:18:22 PM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Mt Gox To Repay Creditors In Bitcoin, BTC Price Impacted?

Mt Gox, the infamously hacked crypto exchange, recently announced plans to repay its creditors in Bitcoin. Notably, the firm intends to unlock massive amounts of Bitcoin for this repayment over the next two months.

This unlock is expected to hit the crypto market, potentially impacting the BTC price and market sentiments for the upcoming halving.

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01:02:36 PM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Coinbase CLO Contends U.S. Treasury’s Crypto Mixing Rule

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12:49:43 PM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Bitcoin ETFs Net Outflow For Day 7

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12:22:04 PM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Shiba Inu Whales Reshuffle 4 Tln SHIB

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12:02:39 PM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: XRP Whale Offloads 29 Mln To Bitstamp

Amid XRP’s continued price slump, an unknown address offloads 29.1 million XRP to Bitstamp again. The amount transferred totaled $15.45 million while writing.

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Crypto News LIVE: Trump Backs Vivek Ramaswamy on CBDC Threat

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11:22:09 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Top Analyst Foresees XRP Price Rebound

One of the most prominent crypto market analysts, Ali Martinez, eyes an XRP price rebound shortly ahead, propelling market optimism for the token. Meanwhile, the XRP price showcased notable declines in recent days, followed by significant whale offloading activity.

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11:03:24 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Bitcoin Price Plunges 20% Post ETF Inception

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10:42:37 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: U.S. SEC Points Finger At SIM Swapping For X Account Breach

The US SEC stated that it was the prey of a fraudster technique named SIM swapping that resulted in its X account breach right before the Bitcoin ETF approval.

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10:17:32 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Dogecoin Whale Accumulates 166 Mln DOGE, Sparks Speculations

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09:57:10 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Binance Vs SEC Fraud Suit Takes A Thrilling Twist

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09:31:46 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: Shiba Inu Burn Rate Rockets 400% As Community Shifts SHIB To Dead Wallet

The Shiba Inu crypto community transferred a staggering 100 Million SHIB to a dead wallet again. With this, the SHIB burn rate marks a 447.16% upswing, propelling market optimism for the token.

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09:16:46 AM IST, 23 January 2024

Crypto News LIVE: FTX & Celsius Move Staggering Amounts Of ETH To CEXs

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