During the bloodbath that plagued financial markets on Monday, Cathie Wood’s investment management firm Ark Invest loaded up on shares of the largest American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, ending months of selling the stock. According to a tweet from Ark Invest outlining its trade activity for August 5, the company purchased 93,797 Coinbase shares (COIN) worth...Read More
Nexera, a DeFi protocol, has been affected by a smart contract security breach that resulted in the theft of $1.5 million worth of NXRA tokens. Following the incident, the value of the protocol’s native token plummeted by over 40%. $1.5 Million Stolen and NXRA Token Plummets 43% The exploit was first reported on August 7...Read More
Bitcoin mining is not boiling the ocean, said Michael Saylor during the Aug. 7 interview on “Bloomberg Open Interest.” However, the asset sure is boiling the MicroStrategy founder’s blood for a future-proof finance platform. Bloomberg Television’s Sonali Basak asked the insatiable Bitcoin custodian, “Beyond MicroStrategy, how do you hold Bitcoin personally? Do you have a...Read More
On August 7, 2024, during an interview with Bloomberg, Micheal Saylor, the executive chairman and founder of MicroStrategy said there’s never a bad time to buy Bitcoin (BTC). He also added, “We believe in buying Bitcoin whenever we have cash or whenever we can raise money in the capital market.” Micheal Saylor’s words on Bitcoin...Read More
After 11 years of dormancy, a Bitcoin wallet belonging to a miner, dating back to the Satoshi era in 2010, has come back to life. This entity suddenly became active on August 7 and transferred 250 BTC, worth approximately $13.95 million, to five new wallets. Historic Bitcoin Wallet From 2010 Awaken According to the latest...Read More
Bitcoin whales have been actively accumulating significant amounts of the cryptocurrency over the past month during the market slump. On-chain activity has revealed that over 404,448 BTC, valued at approximately $22.8 billion, has been moved to permanent holder addresses in the last 30 days. Bitcoin Whale Accumulation CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju highlighted...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Belgrade, Serbia, August 7th, 2024] The $3M round was led by 1kx with participation from Primitive Ventures and Gnosis. Blockscout’s open-source block explorer provides access to blockchain data with multi-search functionalities and advanced analytics for over 600 networks, including Filecoin, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and more. Blockscout has already become the de-facto solution...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Miami, USA, August 7th, 2024] Blockchain.com, one of the world’s most trusted and earliest crypto platforms, today announced a significant update to Blockchain.com Pay: the integration of Prove Identity Inc., the global leader in digital identity. This integration aims to streamline the Know Your Customer (KYC) process for U.S. customers, enabling instant...Read More
CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju predicts that if bitcoin’s price remains above $45,000, it could surpass its all-time high within a year. His optimism persists in the crypto market even as some bearish indicators loom in the broader financial markets following bitcoin’s rebound from the Monday lows. Ki Young Ju Predicts Bitcoin Recovery Ki Young...Read More
[PRESS RELEASE – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, August 7th, 2024] Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, today announced an unprecedented milestone, achieving an all-time high daily trading volume of over 107 billion earlier this week. This remarkable figure represents a staggering four times increase compared to Bybit’s daily average trading volume of 25...Read More
(Any views expressed here are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) What do you do when the market is down but you have an election to win? That’s an easy answer if...Read More
In a post on X on Aug. 6, CryptoQuant head of research, Julio Moreno, reported that the on-chain analytics firm’s ‘Bull-Bear Market Cycle Indicator’ has flagged a bear phase for the first time since January 2023. The move follows a massive market rout that resulted in around $500 billion being wiped out in less than...Read More
BlackRock has been proving the pundits wrong amid claims that there has been little or no demand for spot Ethereum’s ETFs, The asset manager’s ETHA ETF took another $108.4 million in daily inflows on Aug. 6. This comes in the same week that the underlying asset devalued by around 25%. On “crypto black Monday,” the...Read More
Capula Investment Management LLP, one of Europe’s largest hedge funds, informed that it holds $464 million in shares of spot Bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock and Fidelity. Capula’s disclosure contributes to institutional investors’ rising interest in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs. Capula’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Shares A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August...Read More
