Bitcoin’s investment thesis as a long-term asset has been fairly well-received over the past few years. In fact, with more and more institutional investors, Bitcoin seems to be emerging as the go-to asset. While 2020 was pitted to be a key year for the cryptocurrency owing to its third block reward halving, the year hasn’t...Read More
U.S Representative of Texas, Congressman Michael Conaway introduced a new bill that, if passed, would offer a way for the U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to streamline all state-based regulatory requirements for US-based crypto exchanges, under a single framework, according to a draft of the bill uploaded today. This proposed legislation would build on...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum have shared the center stage at regular intervals this year. In fact, some would argue that Ethereum has run more miles and gotten more attention than BTC this year. Such a scenario was playing out in the markets as well. Over the course of certain bullish spells in 2020, most particularly during...Read More
In an attempt to provide more clarity on regulations to crypto firms, European Commission released a document titled The Digital Finance Package that included digital finance and retail payment strategies, according to an announcement today. This would be the first time that the EC has proposed detailed legislation on cryptocurrency assets. The future of finance...Read More
Volatility is a given in the Bitcoin market, but nowadays, it’s a given in every market. Let’s face it – 2020 hasn’t been a good year for a lot of things, least of all the financial markets. With stock markets hitting record-lows, inflation only likely to rise from here, and investors puzzled with all that’s...Read More
Crypto exchange Kraken’s Chief Security Officer, Nick Percoco, announced the release of four new security enhancements, on the Kraken platform that will be made available to all the exchange’s customers from today. Percoco further detailed the security updates in four different features named: Security Shield, Security Checkup, Device Approvals, and Device Management, with each step...Read More
Cuy Sheffield, senior director and head of crypto at Visa said in a report today that the global payment network, Visa, was advancing its work on its cryptocurrency payment technology and that it would incorporate blockchain tech into its operations. Although the Visa executive did not mention a specific timeline for the project, he added...Read More
Attackers behind the LockBit Bitcoin ransomware have released some of the data stolen from a U.S based firm called Skyline, which organizes trade shows and exhibitions, according to the “Information Leaks” Telegram channel. Media reports did not mention whether the company had paid the ransom to retrieve the data or the funds involved. 182,719 files...Read More
This week saw increased volatility in the crypto market, not only due to the expiry of Bitcoin contracts but also because of the expiry of Ethereum contracts. Nearly 460,000 ETH options are set to expire on Friday that made up for almost $450 million in open interest. This will be the largest expiration date for...Read More
Huobi has released its native crypto trading, mobile app for the Russian market according to a release shared with AMBCrypto today. With this move, users in Russia can now access Huobi’s mobile trading app on both iOS and Android. In recent news, Russia passed new regulations on crypto-trading and mining stating that it would not...Read More
Around four months ago the crypto winds started blowing towards defi. The total value locked up in defi-related protocols increased from about $1 billion to $10 billion. Although a lot of this hype began after Compound’s Comp token, there was a new bubble – it was the governance protocol/token bubble. Source: Defipulse Defi aka decentralized...Read More
Several crypto firms and DeFi angels have invested in Dune Analytics, a Norway-based, Ethereum data analyzing firm, which raised $2 million in a seed round according to an announcement today. The funding round was led by Dragonfly Capital and other VCs like Multicoin Capital, Hashed, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Coingecko, and the Digital Currency Group among...Read More
Physically settled BTC Futures on Bakkt are 322% higher relative to the July 2020 level. The average daily volume is $36 M. Source: Skew Open interest increased 197% over the past two months and the growth of physically settled BTC Futures is proportional to the same. Physically settled BTC futures on Bakkt were the first...Read More
Ex- Ripple CEO and angel investor Chris Larsen acknowledged moving 499,999,979 XRP today, after Whale Alert tracking account published a tweet stating that Larsen had moved XRP worth $115,847,491 at press time, to an unknown wallet with in the following tweet: 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 499,999,979 #XRP (115,847,491 USD)...Read More
Ethereum miners were enjoying the current market condition after the launch of Uniswap’s governance token, UNI. The launch drove the gas cost on the Ethereum network, which resulted in miners pocketing close to $1 million in fees within a single hour. These events along with Ethereum network activity resulted in the ETH miners earning more...Read More
ERC-20 token, TBTC, which lets Bitcoin holders safely copy BTC over to Ethereum and access yields from DeFi apps on Ethereum, has been launched and is ready for use on the tbtc.network, according to an announcement from the Keep Network today. According to the release, TBTC is trustless and is fully backed and matched by...Read More
Ethereum addresses holding more 1,000 ETH have leaked out to a number last seen almost 2 years ago. In 2017, there were approximately 7,200 addresses holding more than 1,000 ETH, however, this was during thebull run and this metric was hitting new highs. Considering the current situation this might seem like a disconcerting issue on...Read More
Indian police are investigating a New Delhi-based crypto firm, ‘Pluto exchange,’ which has been accused of swindling Rs 2 crore (approximately $270K) from 43 crypto investors, according to local reports. The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has suspected one Bharat Verma to be the Director of the crypto company who reportedly lured in...Read More
132 days post the third halving and Bitcoin is trading at $10450. The price has recovered nearly 25% from the post halving dip, it hit a high of 43.7% ROI last month. The ROI growth is in line with post halving prediction with YTD of 54%. Source: Ecoinometrics Though there is scope for real growth...Read More
They say you need to be brave to invest in cryptocurrencies. In a market where price changes over 10 percent and pump and dumps are a common occurrence, a bit of safety shouldn’t go amiss. Yet, there’s a lack of it. Crypto investors are not just dipping their toes into the cryptocurrency markets, they’re taking...Read More
So, Bitcoin crashed again; this time, it dropped from $11,000 to $10,280. This only confirms that bitcoin is range-bound again, between $11,000 and $10,000 with a tolerance of $500 on either side. Like any other crash, this article will identify the reason for the crash and what to expect hereon. Markets move in unison The...Read More
U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a stablecoin guidance on Monday for U.S national banks and federal savings associations to hold stablecoin reserves. This would be the first detailed national guidance on how cryptocurrencies backed by fiat currencies, with the dollar in particular, should...Read More
President of European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde said that incoming data suggested that Europe’s economic recovery was uncertain and that introducing a digital Euro would strengthen the European payment system. The President said in a speech addressed to a joint meeting of parliamentary deputies from France and Germany on Monday. Lagarde said the “Eurosystem” was...Read More
An article published in China Finance, a magazine run by the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), stated that China had to become the first nation to issue its digital yuan to “reduce its dependence on the US dollar”, according to a report published today. China Finance also sees issuing a digital currency as a “new...Read More
Bitcoin Options trading volume on the CME has consistently been higher than $7M over the past 3 months. In fact, the figure in question has even gone past $30M on quite a few occasions over the last 30 days. Source: Skew Such consistent trading volume is an indication of steady institutional interest and investment in...Read More
Leaked documents as part of the FinCEN investigation showed involvement of traditional financial firms including one Mayzus Financial Services and its connection to the Mt Gox cryptocurrency hack and theft, in the global financial corruption reports exposed by BuzzFeed News. FinCEN files contain 36 suspicious activity reports (SARs) on Mayzus Financial Services, which is the...Read More
If you speak to someone who has heard of Bitcoin but doesn’t invest in it, their reason for the same would probably be something like this, “It’s too volatile for me! I’d rather stick to stocks and bonds.” Well, fair enough, but does it actually hold water? To answer this, we would have to put...Read More
APY.Finance (APY), an automated yield farming platform raised $3.6 million in funding according to a release shared with AMBCrypto today. The funding announcement has come in after APY.Finance CEO, Will Shahda introduced the self-proclaimed ‘wealthfront for DeFi’ in a blog last month, that also mentioned its alpha launch in mid-October. Continuing from the last announcement, though,...Read More
With the Bitcoin-Gold correlation at 76.3%, at the time of writing, market analysts are once again commenting on how crucial this correlation is, especially with regard to what it implies. However, what is interesting to note here is that this correlation was negative for the most part of the past two years. That is, before...Read More
The Total Value Locked figures for DeFi have reached $9.76B. In fact, over the past 90 days, the space has unlocked 477.5% in growth, with the same showing no signs of stopping. While the SushiSwap incident did contribute to a dip in DeFi’s TVL, there was near-instant recovery, with the figures surging back to its...Read More
