Grayscale Investments’ total assets under management (AUM) are now worth $25 billion in crypto according to the firm’s latest announcement on 13 January: 01/12/21 UPDATE: Net Assets Under Management, Holdings per Share, and Market Price per Share for our Investment Products. Total AUM: $25.0 billion$BTC $BCH $ETH $ETC $ZEN $LTC $XLM $XRP $ZEC pic.twitter.com/0aNNHB1VKb —...Read More
New Zealand’s financial regulator has warned investors of the dangers of investing in Bitcoin. The comments were aimed at the recent fluctuations in the price of the major cryptocurrencies, which have shown quite the amplitude. Negativity, Led By The Recent Ups and Downs of BTC Price New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a...Read More
Wallet security exploits have resulted in losses amounting to millions of dollars, which many believe hinders mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and other crypto-assets. Recently, data compiled by Ngrave’s team projected that crypto users’ assets are not as secure as they believe them to be. According to the hardware wallet maker’s ongoing survey on crypto...Read More
With Bitcoin rising up the valuation ladder in 2021, there has been aggressive demand for stablecoins since the first of January. In fact, the collective market cap of all stablecoins, at the time of writing, amounted to ~$33.5 billion, after the supply added $4 billion in the past 12 days alone. Source: Coinmetrics CoinMetrics‘ data...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Tezos, at the time of writing, was trading at $2.40, with XTZ having a market cap of $1.8 billion, making it the 22nd largest cryptocurrency in the world. With XTZ up by 2.1% in...Read More
Bitcoin’s activity on Twitter is edging closer to its 2017 levels, based on data from Arcane Research. In fact, the 7-day average of tweets mentioning Bitcoin is back at its December 2017 high, with the number of Twitter users mentioning Bitcoin already surpassing its old peak, based on data from Arcane Research’s chart on Bitcoin...Read More
Cardano entered a consolidation phase as its price refused to lean in either direction, with ADA taking its guidance from market leaders Bitcoin and Ethereum. SNX showed signs that its bullishness was coming to an end, and a move towards the $13.41-support might be a possibility. ATOM was capped at the resistance around $5.97, but...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice EOS‘s price has suffered a hit like every other altcoin in the market. However, the crash in EOS’s price came as a blessing in disguise since its price was soon back to its crucial...Read More
Ethereum’s losses were sustained at the $1,042-level as the market’s bulls stepped in and eased the selling pressure. At the time of writing, the strong resistance level at $1,139 was restricting ETH’s price, but the momentum could shift if the price manages to topple the upper ceiling. On the contrary, altcoins such as Zcash and...Read More
In yet another somewhat disappointing turn of events for Ledger users, the company has just revealed that they’ve discovered that the customer records for 20,000 ‘new’ users has been leaked during an incident with Shopify from back in the summer of 2020. In its most recent update, the cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger revealed that...Read More
Aladdin Exchange is an upcoming digital asset exchange that provides a secure, convenient, and transparent platform for cryptocurrency users. As part of its pre-launching event, the Aladdin Exchange team invites everyone to pre-register and refer people to join the crypto exchange before its official launching. By doing the pre-registration and referral, users can get instant...Read More
After crossing the $1,300-mark on the 10th of January 2021 to touch $1,339 on the price charts, Ethereum fell. However, while ETH has since recovered, the said recovery has been slower than anticipated, with the latest correction in Bitcoin’s prices possibly being a reason for the delay. In fact, Ethereum’s correlation with Bitcoin has always...Read More
Digital currency plans across nations seem to be drawing out concerns from a host of commercial banks. As a result, several questions have emerged with regard to a CBDC’s impact on private banking sectors. Recently, Russia’s Association of Banks became the latest network to join the discussion. According to the Association, local member banks weighed...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Zcash, at the time of writing, was in a unique spot in the market. While the rest of the crypto-market was consolidating at a lower range, ZEC managed to rally back to its yearly...Read More
After a stellar two weeks that saw the cryptocurrency hit an ATH of $41,941 on the charts, Bitcoin’s price corrected to fall to the $34,000-level. With Bitcoin valued at $34,606 at the time of writing, it is worth noting that this market cycle during this bull season has largely been a case of two steps...Read More
The topic of working COVID-19 vaccines has been widely discussed ever since the virus started spreading globally last year. Although a few have already been approved, their distribution faces difficulties and delays. This has prompted fraudsters to take advantage by promoting vaccines on the dark web and requesting up to $1,000 per dose paid via...Read More
The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has issued a formal apology for users in the UK and the EU region. The company acknowledged that its services have been unstable because of the high number of new registrations and the latest regulatory requirements. More Users Led To Problems On Coinbase Coinbase users located in the UK...Read More
China’s MicroBT, one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin mining rig manufacturers, is planning to go public in the United States, according to local reports. MicroBT manufactures WhatsMiner and over the past year or so, it has gained a significant market share. In fact, it became the second-largest Bitcoin mining rig manufacturer in China, despite being...Read More
Polkadot may soon see its first-ever parachain, with Plasm Network announcing today that it has successfully connected to Polkadot’s testnet Rococo V1 locally. Announced last month, the Rococo-V1 testnet is based on the latest version of the parachain consensus, which is the same code that will run on Polkadot and Kusama. According to Polkadot Co-Founder...Read More
Investing in cryptocurrencies carries risks of its own. Apart from the highly volatile price, investors who store their funds on external wallets (and not exchanges) need to save and protect the information that will enable them to access the assets. In case someone loses their private keys (essentially a password for the wallet), this could...Read More
GateHub, a U.K-based hot wallet company that allows users to store and trade cryptocurrencies on its platform, has come out in support of Ripple and XRP amidst the latter’s legal troubles with the United States’ SEC. According to a statement released by the platform, GateHub will continue to list XRP until the SEC’s complaint against...Read More
Most of the cryptocurrency market struggled to register gains on the price charts after Bitcoin fell below the $36,000-mark once again. Following the world’s largest cryptocurrency’s lead, altcoins such as Litecoin, Monero, and DASH flashed red, with the direction of their near-term movement still far from certain. Litecoin [LTC] Source: LTC/USD, TradingView Litecoin, the world’s...Read More
Bitwise Asset Management, a leading provider of crypto-index funds and ETF trends, is in the news today after it published a survey revealing how financial advisors around the United States feel about crypto. In the eyes of many, the survey’s findings validate the contention that cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream. The survey in question found that...Read More
Bitcoin prices are currently trading just over 20% down from their all-time high last week of $42,000. Things looked like recovering on Tuesday, January 12, but the ‘lower high’ posted indicates the prices have further to fall and the correction is not over yet. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading at $33,000, down...Read More
