Data from popular cryptocurrency monitoring firm reveals that institutional investors had a record-breaking number of leveraged short positions in Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). While this might imply a lot of things, it appears that smart money is leaning toward bearish developments in the market. Of course, there’s always the possibility...Read More
In the long-term, multiple metrics seem to suggest Bitcoin will command a price in the 6 figures. However, short-term analysis saw Bitcoin fail to break past $11,800 and could be set to drop back to $11,300. Source: CoinStats The major altcoins also show some indecision and bearishness. Binance Coin indicated a possible drop of almost...Read More
After volatility hit the consolidating market of Bitcoin, the value of the asset was driven to a peak of $12,473 on 17 August. However, ever since the traded value of the asset has remained in the mid-$11k level. At press time, BTC was valued at $11,586 with a high correlation coefficient of 0.4751 with the...Read More
The UK Financial Conduct Authority, responsible for financial regulations in the country, is looking to introduce further legislation that includes cryptocurrency firms. Such companies operating on the island may need to submit annual reports on how they deal with financial threats and crimes. UK FCA Explores Further Crypto Regulations In its latest consultation report, the...Read More
Today, we’re sharing the next phase of our European journey by announcing new leadership for our European operations. Marcus Hughes, who currently serves as General Counsel for our international operations, has stepped into the role of General Manager for Europe. In this role, he will be responsible for continuing to scale our operations across Europe,...Read More
Cardano has been moving steadily along its long-term development plan, launching Shelly last month while the Ethereum Classic network had revamped its security measures to prevent further attacks after exchanges lost millions in a recent 51% attack. In the short-term, Cardano and XLM are in a downtrend, while ETC showed little momentum either upward or...Read More
The crypto space is experiencing another red day today as a further $13 billion disappears from the market. This exodus of investment has caused Bitcoin to unravel $300 in the last 4 hours or about $1,200 in the last week. While there are no apparent catalysts for the current decline, Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell,...Read More
Disclaimer: The following price prediction should materialize in the next couple of weeks. Ethereum recently broke back above $400 but doubts continued to surface as the price fell below the resistance again. The bearish pressure has been prevalent but over the long-term, once the pressure subsides, ETH is still at the right place in terms...Read More
The cryptocurrency derivatives trading exchange FTX has launched a Uniswap futures index combining the top 100 pools on the Uniswap platform. At the same time, the company’s recently released DEX dubbed Serum focused on the growing DeFi trend, continues with new developments. FTX Lists a Uniswap Index FTX announced the launch of the Uniswap futures...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article attempts to analyze the emerging patterns in the Litecoin short-term market and its impact on price. Bitcoin’s price taking a downward route has forced most altcoins to similarly on the charts. Among these alts was Litecoin [LTC] which is also referred to as the digital silver. LTC lost 11% of its...Read More
Back in May 2019, Bitcoin started at $4000 and came close to $14000 however the momentum could not be sustained and there was a subsequent fall in the price. There were signs of a bull run in the first half of 2020 in anticipation of the upcoming halving and the event acted as a potential...Read More
The American multinational giant bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has entered into a strategic partnership with the blockchain-based company ConsenSys. As part of the deal, ConsenSys will acquire the bank’s enterprise blockchain platform – Quorum. ConsenSys Acquires JPM’s Quorum As reported earlier by Reuters, the New York-based blockchain startup has acquired Quorum and plans to...Read More
The amount of turbulence depicted by the altcoins is significant at the moment. Even though the trend is overall bullish, some of the assets are trying to re-test higher price points to consolidate above their supports. Over the past-day, Bitcoin Cash was able to sustain a bit of recovery whereas Zcash declined on the charts....Read More
If you’ve been in the crypto sphere for a while now, then you can relate to how hard it is to keep up with all the updates and developments. This is because the crypto space moves at hyper-speed and comes with so many changes one needs to adapt to just as quickly. Books about cryptocurrencies...Read More
Binance, Houbi, and OKEx have revealed that they will support Qtum’s new offline staking feature, enabling users of the world’s largest exchange to earn QTUM rewards simply for hodling. Binance’s decision to support Qtum staking is a significant boost for the smart contract network as it embarks on a new phase in its development. In...Read More
Ethereum marked another failed attempt to overcome the $400 resistance. From there, the way to below $390 was quick. The cryptocurrency has been declining since ETH hit a 2-year High at $450 last week. Against Bitcoin, Ethereum attempted to break the 0.035 BTC resistance today but got was rejected and now facing a huge support...Read More
After peaking at $447 on 17 August, the price of Ethereum has been moving lower. As ETH was currently being traded for $396, its miners were witnessing a sharp decline in their revenue as the Ethereum fees dropped by almost 80% from its all-time high on 22 August. The DeFi hype had maintained higher gas...Read More
In the gleam of a drastic price movement expressed in BTC recently when it slipped below the $12,000 mark, major altcoins are seen to be moving sideways lately. Altcoins like LEND and SNX are leading the top gainers’ list with decent profits accrued over the last 24 hours. As this may seem possible to proceed...Read More
The 7th iteration of the renowned cypherpunk event will explore the topic of Digital Totality and will Livestream many workshops and talks during the three-day congress in October. Prague, Czech Republic — August 25th, 2020 — The organizers of the 7th annual Hackers Congress (HCPP), which will take place on October 2nd-4th in the stunning...Read More
MicroStrategy publicly announced its adoption of Bitcoin as a primary reserve asset earlier during the month. The trend has now caught up on more firms. Canadian businesses Snappa, and Middle-Eastern food joint chain, Tahinis announced the allocation of their cash reserves to BTC. Canadian Firms Snappa Allocate ‘Significant’ Cash Reserves to Bitcoin In a blog...Read More
A global leader in the technology and blockchain industry, Maxonrow is thrilled to be hosting the first-ever MAXathon. This digital hackathon will challenge participants to reimagine the use and applications of blockchain for health and sanitary solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With €15,000 in prizes available, blockchain experts, developers, and other tech enthusiasts...Read More
Chainlink was caught in a retracement that could extend further. After setting ATH recently, this is to be expected of Chainlink, especially when we consider well-known personalities such as Dave Portnoy tweeting about Chainlink and Bitcoin, and the FOMO he could have induced in the past weeks. BAT and ATOM maintained bullish momentum but showed...Read More
– Dr. Daniel Diemers, former Partner at PwC Strategy&, digital entrepreneur and investor, member of the Swiss Blockchain Federation, and one of the top 10 Corporate Digital Shapers in Switzerland in 2018 joins FiCAS as the newest Board Member – Since FiCAS launched the world’s first discretionary managed crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) in late July,...Read More
– Joint project with Bosch, Daimler Mobility and Boerse Stuttgart Group – Digital tokens for investments in industrial goods – Repayment linked to actual utilization In a joint basic research project with the Bosch research team “Economy of Things”, Daimler Mobility and Boerse Stuttgart Group, 51nodes has developed a flexible method for financing industrial capital...Read More
One of the well-known crypto investors, Brock Pierce, announced his candidature for office as an independent contestant. Now, Pierce has also revealed that Akon, the award-winning rapper, who’s also known for his interest in cryptocurrencies, will be his leading strategist. The two notably relate well as Brock Pierce continues to express the respect he has...Read More
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has climbed up the listings to rank in the top 10 derivatives exchanges. The volume and open interest from institutional heavyweights on exchanges like CME solidify Bitcoin’s mainstream acceptance. It fuels anticipation and liquidity on spot and derivatives exchanges for retail traders. The magnitude of the influence is debatable, however,...Read More
Two months ago, Yearn was one relatively unknown decentralized lending aggregator among many emerging projects in the DeFi sector. From less than $10 million in total value locked into the protocol, it has exploded by over 7,500% to today’s TVL levels of $763 million. What’s more, its native governance token YFI has seen similar gains...Read More
Bitcoin took another swing at $11,800 but it got rejected and retraced to its current level of about $11,680. Ethereum has returned above $400, while lower-cap alts continue to fluctuate massively. Bitcoin Tries $11,800 As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, $11,800 is a key resistance standing in the Bitcoin’s way upwards. The asset indeed attempted to overcome...Read More
