The United States Department of Justice is focusing its attention on the crypto-verse and how to control that ecosystem. On October 8, 2020, the US Attorney General released a report talking about the dangers associated with the adoption of cryptocurrencies and the expectations of the DOJ in this regard. The “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” is an...Read More
CorionX, a platform designed to incentivize and promote the global adoption of stablecoins and decentralized finance platforms, has announced it will be partnering with Syscoin to help tackle two of the biggest barriers to entry to DeFi — awareness and cost. Breaking Down Barriers to Entry As part of the partnership, CorionX will begin using...Read More
The Bitcoin market seemed to be consolidating again, following the trend it last witnessed back in June-July 2020. Generally, long-term investors consider the interpretation of the market as noise, but for derivatives traders, this could be the time to pay attention as contracts roll and Options expire. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was in the news...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has managed to climb $300 today and break bullish out of a 19-day consolidation pattern (white dashed lines). This is pretty surprising considering the recent Kucoin hack, BitMEX investigation from the CFTC, and the potential for a second wave of lockdowns worldwide. In just 6 hours, $12 billion flooded back into the crypto...Read More
The Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Working Group of the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) has developed and launched a global standard for the automotive industry integrating blockchain into a decentralized vehicle charging system. The statement clarified that the standard will initially focus on three main use case areas: peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, tokenized carbon credits...Read More
Messari, the leading provider of contextualized data and research tools for the crypto asset industry, announced today the addition of DigitalBits (XDB) to the Messari Registry. As a participant, the XDB Foundation commits to transparency via regular project updates. The DigitalBits blockchain has been designed to support consumer digital assets, specifically branded currencies. A global,...Read More
Leading crypto exchange, Coinbase had told its employees that they could accept the “exit package” and leave the company if they were uncomfortable with Coinbase’s “apolitical” stand. Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, announced today in a blog that, 60 people or “about 5% of employees” have opted to leave the company. He also...Read More
Bitcoin and Gold, just a few weeks ago, were noting what some would call “unnaturally high” levels of correlation– a figure of 73.6%. However, the said correlation soon dipped on the charts, with the BTC-Gold correlation registering a figure of -28%, at the time of writing. Source: Skew That’s not all, either, since at the...Read More
Over the last one week, Ethereum registered poor daily returns that lowered the cryptocurrency’s valuation by more than 6%. The same was noted across the market after Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, too noted a decline on the charts. While such bearishness continued to persist, at press time, altcoins such as NEM and Zcash were...Read More
US Department of Justice’s Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the release of “Cryptocurrency: An Enforcement Framework,” a publication that outlines the “emerging threats” and enforcement challenges associated with the “increasing prevalence” and use of cryptocurrency. Attorney General William P. Barr said that the 83-page-long report, which was produced by the DoJ’s Cyber-Digital Task Force,...Read More
October hasn’t really been favorable to the digital assets industry, with many of the market’s assets struggling to keep up with bearish pressure. With Chainlink staying close to its $10-valuation on the charts, many in the community are expecting the cryptocurrency to drop further. In fact, recent analysis suggests that another breakout might take place...Read More
Ripple announced today that it has launched a new beta service dubbed Line of Credit that is available to RippleNet customers who can now use the network’s on-demand liquidity (ODL) service to source capital and initiate payments using the network’s token XRP. This would mean that Ripple’s Line of Credit would provide upfront access to...Read More
It is a known fact that Bitcoin has wiped the floor with all the other traditional assets in 2020. High turbulence notwithstanding, Bitcoin was still up by 48 percent at press time, a figure that was higher than Gold, the S&P 500, and WTI. Interestingly, one particular asset class has been rubbing shoulders with the...Read More
Solana, which offers scalable solutions to decentralized applications, today announced the launch of its cross-chain bridge, dubbed Wormhole, which connects ETH and ERC-20 tokens to the Solana blockchain’s SPL tokens. Wormhole bridge will allow DeFi developers to move tokenized assets “trustlessly” across blockchains, taking advantage of Solana’s “speed and cost” which the firm claimed was...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article is the sole opinion of the writer and should not be considered as investment advice While the collapse on 1-2 October seemed brutal for most of the market’s crypto-assets, Litecoin has continued to maintain strong sideways movement between the ranges of $47.13 and $45. In fact, while LTC has breached its resistance...Read More
Noted on-chain market analyst Willy Woo is of the opinion that Bitcoin’s network fundamentals including blockchain data and infrastructural metrics are going pretty strong. But the BTC market has still not caught up on this ‘moon-like’ action. Willy believes it will, only next year. Bitcoin On-chain Data And Metrics From Infrastructure Players are in ‘Moon...Read More
ETH/USD – Short-Term Consolidation Continues Key Support Levels: $336, $324, $317.Key Resistance Levels: $342, $365, $378 Ethereum has been trapped in a short-term symmetrical triangle pattern since mid-September. The coin failed to break above the upper boundary on Tuesday as it headed lower into the 100-days EMA. The support there has held over the past...Read More
So, MicroStrategy bought millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin, without moving the price in any direction. Isn’t that a little surprising? At least for an asset where manipulation is said to be easy and present on a huge scale. It is weird how the news of a publicly-stated company buying $425 million worth of Bitcoin...Read More
Financial services company Square has announced that it has purchased $50 million in Bitcoin. The company headed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, says that it believes that cryptocurrencies are an instrument of “economic empowerment and provides a way to participate in a global monetary system, which aligns with the company’s purpose. Today, @Square announced that it...Read More
Bitcoin is worth much more than what it is today. That’s not a rhetorical statement; in fact, it’s a practical one. If the metric you’re measuring Bitcoin against is potentially infinite, then to put a finite value of $10,600 on a cryptocurrency which has a fixed supply doesn’t make sense. Every fiat currency can be...Read More
Disclaimer: The following article attempts to analyze the emerging patterns in Tezos’ long-term market and its impact on the price The recent fall in Bitcoin’s price did not have much of an impact on the Tezos market as the cryptocurrency was already on a trajectory going south. The crypto-asset’s value has been crumbling since mid-August,...Read More
[Featured content] Decentralized finance (DeFi) is certainly the hot topic of 2020 and a field where most of the attention in the industry is focused on. That’s not surprising. In a few short months, the total value locked in DeFi protocols has surged from about $500 million to over $11 billion, at the time of...Read More
After months of hype and activity, the DeFi space is finally facing some tough questions. This, after the space noted major price corrections over the past week, with the top ten DeFi assets sustaining an average loss of 23.4% and losing an average value of 27.44% over the past month. Source: DeFi Pulse Here, it...Read More
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Before implementing the ban on cryptocurrency derivatives sales in the UK for retail investors, the FCA asked over 500 firms, trade bodies, and competent authorities on their opinion. Interestingly, the results decisively concluded that 97% of all participants didn’t agree with the prohibition. 97% Oppose The FCA Crypto Derivatives Ban UK’s watchdog, the Financial Conduct...Read More
Following the fiasco between the United States Commodity and Futures Trading Commission and BitMEX – one of the world’s largest crypto derivatives platform, there will be major shifts in the executive management of the latter. As per an official announcement published today, October 8th, Arthur Hayes, the well-known CEO of the company operating BitMEX, will...Read More
Popular crypto-exchange BitMEX today announced a significant change in leadership, a step that comes over a week after the CFTC filed charges against it. According to the announcement, the changes will be made with respect to the leadership of the 100x group, the holding group for HDR Global Trading Limited, owner and operator of the...Read More
Unocoin is one of the earliest exchanges to enter the Indian cryptocurrency arena in 2013. And now the crypto trading platform has received funding from billionaire and bitcoin bull Tim Draper. The Series A round which raised $5 million was led by Draper Associates. 2020 Ventures and crypto-focused VC firm XBTO Ventures also participated in...Read More
Bitcoin SV appeared to undergo a trend reversal, at press time, as its bullish price momentum pushed the cryptocurrency’s price above its immediate support and pivot levels. On the contrary, with a persistent downtrend, a bearish outlook was evident for Synthetix after it lost control of two resistance levels. Maker was at the end of...Read More
Major cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has resumed deposits and withdrawals of some cryptocurrencies after the platform recently suffered a substantial hack. BTC, ETH, and USDT Withdrawal and Deposit Services Now Available According to an official announcement on October 7, KuCoin revealed that it reopened deposit and withdrawal functions for crypto tokens Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and...Read More
