Crypto markets are super volatile at the moment. Although the prices of the popular tokens remain within a descending trend, the likelihood of a fine upswing continues to hold upright. The start of the year was extremely bullish, as the markets were screaming for more upside. Further, two months down the line, the altcoins went...Read More
Financial technology conglomerate Block, owned by X co-founder Jack Dorsey, has decided to invest 10% of all profits made from bitcoin-related products in monthly BTC purchases. Speaking to shareholders in a Q1 2024 earnings report, Dorsey outlined several reasons for the decision, addressing investors’ concerns about why Block is so focused on the largest cryptocurrency....Read More
CryptoQuant analysts have found that Bitcoin miners have increased their selling activity in the last month amid slow demand growth for BTC. According to the latest CryptoQuant weekly report, the decrease in BTC demand is evident in low Bitcoin whale demand, fewer purchases from spot exchange-traded funds in the United States, and the Coinbase premium...Read More
Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the best-selling financial book Rich Dad, Poor Dad, has outlined six rules for surviving a market crash, mentioning bitcoin (BTC) as real money that goes up in value. According to a tweet by the financial educator, the market crash has begun and will be a bad one. However, such seasons...Read More
There are around 23,000 bitcoin options about to expire on May 3. These have a notional value of around $1.4 billion which has been pretty similar to previous expiry events. Crypto markets have been dumping hard all week but have recovered marginally in late trading on May 2. However, bitcoin remains under $60,000 and sentiment...Read More
MicroStrategy has proposed a new Bitcoin-based strategy for combatting online spam – though Bitcoiners are skeptical as to whether it’s a good idea. During the annual MicroStrategy World conference on Wednesday, the company’s executive chairman Michael Saylor unveiled “MicroStrategy Orange” – an open-source decentralized identity solution built on Bitcoin. What is MicroStrategy Orange? MicroStrategy described...Read More
The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States have recently observed a noteworthy trend, marked by a consecutive six-day period of outflows. Notably, BlackRock’s IBIT ETF encountered its first instance of outflows just yesterday. This development coincides with bitcoin navigating through its most challenging month since the aftermath of the 2022 FTX collapse,...Read More
The largest American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has added support for the Lightning Network on its platform to enable faster and cheaper payments. According to a blog post, the Lightning Network integration on Coinbase will reduce the cost of sending bitcoin (BTC) globally by 20x compared to the 2% charged on United States credit card transactions...Read More
Nic Puckrin, the co-founder and CEO of crypto information portal Coin Bureau, thinks selling one’s bitcoins (BTC) in May would be more profitable than offloading the assets in September. According to his tweet, the cumulative returns of disposing of one’s cryptocurrencies in May have surpassed selling in September or any other time of the year...Read More
The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index shows crypto investor sentiment has turned neutral following BTC’s slump below $57,000. According to data from Alternative.me, the fear and greed index sits at 54 for the first time in three months, signaling that crypto investors are neither fearful nor greedy amid the current market conditions. Investors Harbor Neutral...Read More
A griefing attack on the Bitcoin testnet recently caused a surge in network activity, resulting in the generation of over 165,000 blocks, equivalent to three years’ worth of blocks in just one week. The attacker, Jameson Lopp, co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa, publicly took credit for the incident, facing backlash from other Bitcoin...Read More
According to Glassnode data, Runes transactions generated $117 million in cumulative Bitcoin network fee revenue post-halving, with $62.4 million amassed on the day of the halving itself. However, this rise proved to be short-lived, recent data reveals that on April 28, Runes transactions only contributed $1.03 million in fees. Runes Dominates Bitcoin Network Post-Halving On...Read More
Analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex say several on-chain metrics are flashing the buy signal for bitcoin (BTC), indicating a potentially attractive entry point for market participants. According to the latest Bitfinex Alpha report, the Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) measure and the open interest (OI) weighted funding rate, which shows the cost of holding...Read More
Business intelligence company MicroStrategy continues to increase its bitcoin stash, with a recent purchase of 122 BTC for nearly $8 million. In 2024 alone, the NASDAQ-listed giant has bought over 25,000 BTC. The company, which continues to remain the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, also reported a net loss and a decline in revenue...Read More
Outflows in digital asset investment products continued for the third week in a row. The latest weekly outflow of $435 million marked the highest outflow since March. According to the latest report by CoinShares, the trading volumes in Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs) dropped to $11.8 billion last week from $18 billion the previous week, with Bitcoin...Read More
Is the Bitcoin bear market already starting to rear its head? One new piece of market data suggests this could be the case. As of Monday, Bitcoin is entering what could be its fifth negative weekly close in a row. Historically, Bitcoin has never closed five consecutive weeks in the red outside of a bear...Read More
A Bitcoin miner defied the odds by independently solving a network block 841,286, which allowed them to acquire a full 3.125 BTC reward. The fourth Bitcoin halving took place on April 20 at block 840,000, reducing the block reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, which is currently valued at around $200,000. Bitcoin Miner Solves...Read More
Bitcoin has fallen back to more than 15% down from its mid-March peak, dropping to a ten-day low of under $62,000 on Monday morning. On April 28, an analyst feed ‘Stockmoney Lizards’ noted that the halving was over, but bitcoin continues to print red candles. They said that we are not at the end of...Read More
Binance’s dominance in Bitcoin trading outside the U.S. is dwindling as offshore exchanges expand their reach and regulatory landscapes evolve, reshaping the competitive dynamics of the digital asset industry. According to data from Kaiko, Binance, once dominating Bitcoin trading markets outside the U.S., has witnessed a decline in its share of BTC trading over the...Read More
Bitcoin’s fourth halving is already in the history books, and the block rewards have been reduced to 3.125 BTC. Although historically the event has been named the catalyst of a new bull cycle, there’s a lot of controversy now, with many claiming that the effects of this halving are declining. Aside from that, though, there...Read More
The portion of Bitcoin miner revenue coming from transaction fees has fallen significantly after surging on the day of the last halving event. A CryptoQuant report revealed that transaction fees now represent 35% of total miner revenue, a significant decline from the 75% recorded on April 19. Transaction Fees Surge During Halving The fourth Bitcoin...Read More
A piece of notebook paper featuring the phrase “Buy Bitcoin,” famously seen in the background during a broadcast featuring then-United States Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen in 2017, has been sold for 16 BTC, equivalent to approximately $1.027 million. The auction, held at PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar in New York City, was organized and facilitated...Read More
An “epic sat,” an extremely rare satoshi (the smallest unit of Bitcoin) from the network’s fourth halving block, was recently sold for over $2 million. On April 25, the crypto mining pool ViaBTC successfully auctioned off “Sat 1,968,750,000,000,000” for 33.3 BTC, approximately $2.13 million, on the cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx Global. ViaBTC’s Rare Satoshi Auctioned CoinEx...Read More
Bitcoin could be headed to $1 million after a tsunami of newly printed cash drives up all asset prices, according to Strike CEO Jack Mallers. The executive, whose payments app lets people remit fiat currency around the world on Bitcoin rails, said in a Friday interview that money printing will be required to bail out...Read More
Bitcoin whales appear to be realizing their profits from BTC’s latest rally, as on-chain analysts have identified a surge in inflows to centralized crypto exchanges. According to a CryptoQuant Quicktake by anonymous crypto analyst Phi Deltalytics, BTC whale inflows to exchanges currently constitute a substantial portion of overall flows to trading platforms. Whales May Be...Read More
Following Bitcoin’s recent halving event, market analysts are closely eyeing the role of liquidity in shaping the cryptocurrency’s trajectory over the coming months. According to insights from Kaiko, the strengthening liquidity could support a sustained rise in bitcoin’s price. Bitcoin’s Liquidity Rebounds Liquidity refers to the ease with which an asset can be bought or...Read More
Blockchain developers have come one step closer to launching rollups on Bitcoin, enabling “unlimited smart contract functionality” and scaling once foreign to the OG crypto network. On Friday, BitcoinOS published the whitepaper for “BitSNARK and Grail”, a system for bridging Bitcoin to layer 2 rollups and blockchains in a trust-minimized way. Rollups On Bitcoin: Is...Read More
After a few days of hovering above $66,000, bitcoin (BTC) has dropped to a low of $63,500 amid heightened volatility. Coincidentally (or not), the amount of outflows from the United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) market on April 24 hit $120 million. BTC Plunges by 4.5% Data from CoinMarketCap shows that BTC lost roughly...Read More
Standard Chartered Bank analyst and head of digital assets research, Geoff Kendrick, believes bitcoin (BTC) will likely trend higher following the halving due to lower leveraged positions in the market. Speaking to BNN Bloomberg during an interview over the weekend, Kendrick said the current market environment, which has lower leverage, could propel the value of...Read More
Balaji Srinivasan – the popular venture investor and Coinbase’s former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) – believes Bitcoin Maximalism is due to gain steam as a philosophical and economic belief system. In a Twitter post on Wednesday, the entrepreneur argued why faith in the existing financial system is bound to erode over time as the U.S....Read More
