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
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) on major exchanges has dropped by approximately 2.9 percent to $10,558.60 over the past 24 hours, as of press time —sparking widespread declines throughout the wider cryptocurrency market. Tokens relating to decentralized finance have seen particularly harsh declines of late, and BTC’s drop in valuation since a failure to push...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 latest news coming out of Iran points to growing support for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency miners in the country. Miners will now have access to the electricity output from three power plants to mint digital assets, courtesy of Iran’s Thermal Power Plant Holding Company (TPPH). Tender For Bitcoin, Crypto Miners To Leverage Output of 3...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum have long been the two most-popular cryptocurrencies in the market. While Bitcoin has remained top of the charts, for most of the time, Ethereum has been the cryptocurrency following it. This, despite the fact that a number of altcoins have taken a jab at ETH’s position over the years. Spoiler – None...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
To the investment world, Bitcoin just doesn’t make sense. An asset with no financials, no quarterly earnings reports, no management to speak for it on investor calls, no valuations, no annual report, no head office, nothing. How does one value something like this in order to invest in it? There’s a simple answer – They...Read More
Have you heard about Yearn Finance’s YFI token? It acts as a governance token for its decentralized finance platform. It broke Bitcoin’s record of the all-time high in terms of USD prices. The YFI token attained highs of over $38,000 in August and even peaked above $43,000 in mid-September 2020. Do you know what’s the...Read More
MicroStrategy made a huge splash when it chose Bitcoin as its Primary Treasury Reserve Asset, a move, the implications of which, are yet to sink in among many in the crypto-community. In fact, MicroStrategy Founder and CEO Michael Saylor invested a massive $500M off its balance sheet in Bitcoin. The fact that Michael got acquainted...Read More
As of 20 September, Bitcoin’s difficulty has been adjusted by ~11.35%, with the hash rate subsequently hitting a new ATH of 143m TH/s. This was the largest positive adjustment in the year 2020, and its implications might not be as bullish as one would expect. While an increase in hash rate leads to an increase...Read More
Popular TV host Max Keiser recently highlighted that Bitcoin’s continuously growing hash rate is significantly more important for humanity than its price. He believes that the expanding energy demand for sustaining the network would ultimately result in the demise of altcoins and fiat currencies. Rising Energy Consumption For BTC Is A Good Thing: Keiser Following...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article should not be taken as investment advice as it is the sole opinion of the writer Bitcoin’s rise from $10,000 to $11,000 was slow, but steady. However, of late, the market’s bulls seem to have run out of steam. The outlook for Bitcoin on the medium to long-term...Read More
What’s the tipping point for Bitcoin Futures on top derivatives exchanges like the CME, an exchange that has recorded a daily trading volume of over $300M and Open Interest of over $400M, consistently, for the past 3 months. Source: Skew Well, a small shift in Open Interest or trading volume can have a cascading effect...Read More
Bitcoin’s use-cases have evolved quite a bit over the past decade. For many investors, the right amount of exposure to the crypto-market and assets like Bitcoin can be extremely useful as a hedge, especially when compared to traditional assets like the S&P, Gold, etc. Compared to the latter assets, Bitcoin has also been able to...Read More
When it comes to the question of mainstream or enterprise adoption of blockchain technology and Bitcoin, much of the discussion tends to focus on barriers such as scalability. However, a valid concern for any organization considering the use of blockchain in transaction processing is that of finality. You could think of a Bitcoin transaction like...Read More
In light of rising institutional interest and Bitcoin’s press time RoI of 53.17% YTD, it may be the right time to evaluate what comes after 60/40. Once the mantra of Wall Street Bulls, 60/40 is now a passé strategy. Allocating 60% broadly to stocks and 40% to bonds assured relatively good returns with low-risk exposure...Read More
A bitcoin wallet containing a little over 69,000 BTC is doing the rounds in hacking communities all over the internet. The reason? It’s obvious. Everyone (read seasoned hackers and self-professed bitcoin wallet crackers) wants to break it open and take it all. Or at least, a slice of the almost $750 million pie. For the...Read More
In the cryptocurrency world, every sign is a bullish sign. From China getting into blockchain, to Facebook launching its own cryptocurrency, to Donald Trump tweeting about Bitcoin, nearly everything can be construed to be a sign of the upcoming bull run. Needless to say, not all of these signs actually have any backing behind it....Read More
This week was nothing short of exciting. Bitcoin started trading at around $10,300 but was on a positive note throughout the entire time. It increased gradually, without any sharp and somewhat surprising movements, and managed to add about 6.5% to its value. The cryptocurrency tapped the important psychological and technical resistance at $11,000 but failed...Read More
Bitcoin’s recovery in the market has been slow but it has been witnessing escalating interest from users. As traders look at the low price of BTC as a perfect opportunity to hold, some old metrics have been suggesting that the bull-run might not be that far away. As the on-chain metric gains strength, Bitcoin’s short-term...Read More
Bakkt’s cash-settled Bitcoin futures were launched in December 2019 on popular demand. Physically settled Bitcoin futures exposed traders to the risk of holding the asset and didn’t exactly fly among derivatives traders. Despite the initial roadblocks, cash-settled Bitcoin futures have doubled in volume in the past six months. What’s interesting is that it has maintained...Read More
MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor continues to dig deeper into Bitcoin after his company purchased $425 million worth of the cryptocurrency. In a recent podcast episode with long-time BTC proponent Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, Saylor claimed he’s ready to HODL Bitcoin for a century and said it’s 1,000 times better than gold. Saylor On His Change Of...Read More
The East-Asian market is the largest in the cryptocurrency landscape, accounting for a whopping 31% of the total volume over the past year. It is also home to the highest mining activity with China controlling close to 65% of the total Bitcoin hash rate. While the trading volume is driven by a robust professional group...Read More
Bitcoins are being tokenized at a rapid rate for use on the Ethereum blockchain. Just ten days back, BTC supply’s on the world’s largest smart contract development platform was 73,000. Now that number is nearing 100,000. Consequentially, the valuation of Bitcoin’s supply on Ethereum has topped $1 billion. Bitcoin Supply On Ethereum Approaching 100,000 As...Read More
Utrust, a blockchain powered crypto payment gateway that gives e-commerce businesses the option to accept cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, announced its integration with Kompakt, a Cologne-based electronic music record label company. This would allow the music company’s fans to pay in digital currencies like BTC, ETH, and also UTC token when they buy merchandise...Read More
Bitcoin has been, by far, one of the market’s best-performing assets, despite periods of stagnation in 2020. Given the present economic condition and the uncertainty that is prevalent, Bitcoin has been pitted to be the go-to store of value asset, giving the likes of monetary metals like gold stiff competition. This has also led to...Read More
Bitcoin’s status as a safe-haven asset has been one of its key selling points for a long time. In fact, this has enabled the world’s largest and most dominant cryptocurrency to welcome more users into the ecosystem, especially in light of the fact that citizens in failing economies are rapidly losing faith in their depreciating...Read More
Dips are a common phenomenon in every financial market. Whatever goes up, has to come down – Momentarily, or otherwise. The same is true for Bitcoin. While many novice traders fear the sight of a price decline, opportunistic traders observe it from the perspective of accumulation for the long-term. Ecoinometrics’ latest newsletter on previous Bitcoin dips...Read More
After noting a 24-hour rise of 54.27%, Bitcoin held on exchanges climbed to 28.54k. In fact, this was the biggest one-day increase in nearly two months. This BTC is held on exchanges for the purpose of trading and an increase in this number is an indicator that HODLers are selling slowly. While there are other...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article should not be taken as investment advice as it is the sole opinion of the writer Bitcoin was undergoing corrections, at the time of writing, over the shorter timeframe. After recording significant movement while also briefly re-testing the $11,100-mark, Bitcoin’s bullish momentum on the charts finally seemed to...Read More
