With only two days left to the third halving, severe levels of volatility reached the cryptocurrency market, and Bitcoin plunged by 20% in a matter of hours. Similar price developments transpired back in July 2016 when, again, two days before the second halving, BTC dropped by 11%. History On Track In 2016 and 2020 As...Read More
Bitcoin crashed 10% in 30 minutes, and almost 20% over the past hours, plunging below $8000 on some exchanges. Just two days before the anticipated Bitcoin halving event and no more than 48 hours after touching the $10K mark, a classic “sell the news” dump had initiated. As of writing these lines, the price of...Read More
The past couple of months have been nothing but a wild ride for Bitcoin. In the middle of March, when the coronavirus started to spread in the Western World, and markets reacted swiftly, BTC lost more than 40% and tumbled to $3,600. Now, less than two months later, the price is not only fully recovered...Read More
0x (ZRX) gained 143% against the dollar leading into Friday, May 8. The price surge comes after announcing weekly staking payouts, and potentially getting a fortuitous ‘Ethereum rub’ from Vitalik Buterin. Notably, on May 7, the 0x community voted in favor of a proposal that would cut the regularity of staking payouts from 10 days...Read More
The majority of Bitcoin holdings are currently in a profitable position following the recent rally of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, data from on-chain data provider Glassnode shows. The UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) metric from the data firm puts the proportion of the moneymaking Bitcoin at 81%. What Is UTXO Realized Price Distribution...Read More
Only four days left until the Bitcoin halving event. This by itself could have been enough to fuel the primary cryptocurrency beyond the $10,000 mark. Maybe it happened faster than expected, Bitcoin just reached the 5-digit mark for the first time since February 24, 2020. As of writing these lines, BTC completes an incredible 35%...Read More
The popular American hedge fund manager, Paul Tudor Jones II, said that he is buying Bitcoin amid the growing trend amongst world central banks to print excessive amounts of money. He added that the hedge fund he founded in 1980, Tudor Investment Corporation (Tudor BVI), could start allocating portions of its assets in Bitcoin futures....Read More
Millions of US citizens received a stimulus check worth $1,200 in the last few weeks as government aid to fight the effects prompted by the COVID-19. Interestingly, if that amount was invested in Bitcoin when the first checks were initially received, it would have grown to $1,600 by now. $1,200 Becomes $1,600 In Weeks According...Read More
Bitcoin has come a long way since it was first introduced to the world when its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto published the whitepaper. In its first days of trading in 2010, BTC had a price of around $0.003. To those who have been in the market long enough, this price seems like that of many...Read More
A record-breaking number of 210 Bitcoin options contracts were traded yesterday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, which set up a new all-time high of nearly $10m. Of the total amount, 202 contracts were May calls (bullish), while 8 were May puts (bearish). CME Bitcoin Options Volume On The Rise CME launched options on Bitcoin in...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has been recovering steadily since the crash in mid-March. With it, most of the altcoins are also growing, charting notable increases altogether. However, BTC is also taking over the market as its dominance has been going up continuously. Bitcoin Dominance Highest Since January 2020 Bitcoin’s dominance is the index that measures the cryptocurrency’s...Read More
Some of the most popular cryptocurrency-related channels on YouTube indicated that the giant video platform is shadowbanning Bitcoin videos. Several YouTubers complained that the new practice began two days ago, which coincides with a recent core update from Google. YouTube Reportedly Shadowbanning Bitcoin Videos The most widely used video-sharing platform has a continuous quarrel with...Read More
Polls surveying over 15,000 people suggest that the majority believe Bitcoin’s price is likely to dump as the halving happens and skyrocket later on. This coincides with the behavior of the cryptocurrency following the previous halvings. Mooning Postponed, Bitcoin Will Dump At Halving A few well-known members of the cryptocurrency community recently initiated polls to...Read More
A new analysis implies an inverse correlation between the price of Bitcoin and the total supply of USDT on cryptocurrency exchanges. According to it, the declining amount of Tether sitting on exchanges could soon propel another increase in BTC’s price. Bitcoin’s Price Related To USDT On Exchanges? New data compiled by the cryptocurrency monitoring company,...Read More
Days before the third-ever Bitcoin halving, the interest towards the primary cryptocurrency has surged, according to Google trends. The phrase “buy Bitcoin” is getting very close to the previous two-year high levels of June 2019’s bull-run and the March 12 dump of this year. Buy Bitcoin Search Volume Increases Significant attention is heading Bitcoin’s way,...Read More
Bitcoin intelligence, data, and analytics firm Glassnode found the Bitcoin hash rate hit a new all-time high over the weekend, ten days before the Bitcoin halving event. In other words, miners are putting more computational power into maintaining the Bitcoin network. Because miners must venture electricity and capital intensive computer processors to mine Bitcoin, the...Read More
The novel COVID-19 pandemic disrupted gold distribution in Q1 2020, while the demand saw a serious increase, primarily in the west. At the same time, most central banks continued amassing large quantities of the precious metal. Gold Demand During The COVID-19 Crisis With the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of the...Read More
According to a new study, the total trading volume of cryptocurrency derivatives has increased dramatically by over 300%. At the same time, BitMEX’s leadership position in the field has been challenged by Huobi, OKEx, and Binance. Derivatives On The Rise And amid the most apprehensive days of uncertainty prompted by the eventual aftermath of the...Read More
The recent Bitcoin price increases, and the upcoming halving have brought back media attention. CNBC recently explained the upcoming halving and made a bold prediction claiming that BTC could surge soon. CNBC Believes Bitcoin Will Surge Bitcoin made an appearance on CNBC’s Fast Money on Friday following the recent price surge. Crypto-friendly expert, Brian Kelly,...Read More
The latest price developments helped Bitcoin’s price to recover following the massive sell-offs in mid-March. However, while most features of the cryptocurrency market have reclaimed previous positions, a few are still showing weak charts. Bitcoin Price Recovered Since Black Thursday The year started quite positively for Bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market. Interest, trading volumes,...Read More
Tether, the issuer of the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDT, is in the limelight again as the company’s treasury minted fresh USDT worth more than a billion dollars in a single month. Tether Mints 1.6B USDT in April. From April 1, 2020, to April 30, accumulated records from Whale Alert, a platform that tracks large crypto transactions...Read More
Bitcoin’s halving is right around the corner. It will slash the block reward miners get from minting new bitcoins in half and potentially reduce the supply of the cryptocurrency on the market. Historically, this has been a major bullish catalyst for Bitcoin as its price has so far increased substantially after the two previous halvings....Read More
Bitcoin’s price increased substantially over the past few days, breaking a lot of important resistance levels on its way up. The cryptocurrency touched $9,500 but has since retraced to its current trading price at around $8,900. In any case, this staged it for a full recovery from the mid-March selloff while equity markets are yet...Read More
Ethereum investors have been accumulating and holding substantial amounts lately. More than 77% of ETH in externally owned accounts (EOAs) has not moved in the past six months, new data revealed. Ethereum Investors Hodl And Accumulate The price of Ethereum, similarly to most cryptocurrencies, went through violent turbulence lately. Starting 2020 at about $131, reaching...Read More
Top global assets closed the month of April in the green, with Bitcoin coming through as the best-performing asset of April. BTC was up roughly 34%, rising from the $6,400 range at the start of the month to just over $8,700 on the last day. The S&P 500 gained 12.7% while gold rallied by $6.7%...Read More
The latest positive price developments in the cryptocurrency scene have helped Bitcoin to reclaim its position as the best performing asset in 2020. BTC is currently beating the S&P 500 index, US 10 year treasury bonds, and even gold. BTC’s Recent Price Jump 2020 has been nothing but volatile for the cryptocurrency market. Looking at...Read More
Traders are ecstatic as the cryptocurrency markets finally recover from the recent crash of March 12 amid the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. At that time, Bitcoin (BTC) and the altcoins shredded all the profits they have amassed since the start of the year, leaving many in bearish sentiment. Altcoin Crashes Against BTC However, with the...Read More
2020 has been a tumultuous year for the cryptocurrency market so far. Starting off great in the first couple of months, prices collapsed mid-March, largely because of fears induced by the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In any case, there is one digital currency that seems to be particularly overlooked and that’s Binance Coin...Read More
Bitcoin’s stock-to-flow (S2F) model has become one of the most popular formulas based on monthly S2F and price data. It activated various analysts across the world as many have verified the actual relationship between Bitcoin’s price and its stock-to-flow ratio. Now, the analyst who originally came up with it has presented a new model that...Read More
The partnership between TRON and the technology giant Samsung continues to reap benefits. As of today, the popular blockchain company with have a dedicated section in the Samsung Galaxy Store, featuring applications built on top of the TRON network. TRON Apps On Samsung Galaxy Store Back in 2019, both firms announced the initial partnership agreement...Read More
