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The United States' deputy commerce secretary has confirmed the existence of a "deal" with Japan and China that will limit exports of chip-making tools.

"We can't talk about the deal right now," Don Graves said on the sidelines in Washington, quoted by Reuters and the Guardian. "But you can certainly talk to our friends in Japan and the Netherlands."

Bitcoin rose 1.4% on Tuesday, ending the day around $41,300 and remaining near that mark on Wednesday morning. Ethereum added 1.3% to $3080 in the last 24 hours, XRP corrected 0.9% to 0.766, and other top ten altcoins gained 0.7% (BNB) to 4.9% (Terra).

For the most part, Bitcoin is used either as a storage of value or as an investment (most people believe it has enormous potential for long-term growth). But did you know there are several ways to increase your Bitcoin holdings other than sitting on your investment and hoping it grows?

The price of bitcoin has nosedived after fresh reports emerged that China has expanded its crackdown on the mining of cryptocurrencies.

Mining operator cryptocurrency such as Huobi Mall and BTC.TOP suspended operations in China. This stoppage comes after Beijing will crack down on mining and trade Bitcoin.

This action made the digital currency plummet. The State Council Committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Liu He announced a crackdown on Friday evening.

The Turkish police have identified three more suspects in the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange platform fraud case, Demirören News Agency reported on May 17.

Those suspects include a software developer, a financial department employee and the wife of Thodex founder Faruk Fatih Özer's older brother, the report said.

Tesla has made roughly $1 billion in paper profits from its investment into bitcoin

There's no end in sight when it comes to the number of video games coming out. New ones just keep coming in. That's because game developers make sure to produce plenty of titles to cater to the different interests of millions of players. So, far they haven't disappointed their audience.

Bitcoin hit yet another record high on Friday, and moved within sight of market capitalisation of $1 trillion a, blithely shrugging off analyst warnings that it is an "economic side show" and a poor hedge against a fall in stock prices.

Fiat currency refers to non-digital money. A centralized power controls fiat money. Several economic elements, as well as supply and demand, determine the value of fiat money. And these are the main differences between fiat currency and a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. Examples of fiat currencies include Dollars, Pounds, and Yen.