Alameda Research, an affiliate of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has withdrawn its lawsuit against Grayscale Investments. The legal action, initially filed in a Delaware court in March last year, accused Grayscale of engaging in practices that enriched the company at the expense of shareholders. Alameda’s Withdraw Strengthens Grayscale’s Legal Position Alameda Research, an affiliate...Read More
Arthur Hayes, the co-founder of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange, has adopted a pessimistic view of Bitcoin, predicting a decline in its value below the $40,000 threshold. ` In response to this outlook, Hayes has acquired put options set with a strike price of $35,000, set to mature on March 29. BitMEX Co-Founder Invests Put Options...Read More
Ethereum continues to be the number one blockchain among crypto developers, with more than 70% of new contract codes first deployed on the network, according to the latest report by Electric Capital. Also, there has been a spread in the distribution of developers globally, with more crypto devs living outside North America, as opposed to...Read More
Roughly a week after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first wave of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), BTC investor demand in the country has slumped. According to a weekly report from market intelligence platform CryptoQuant, the weak BTC demand from U.S. investors is evident in crypto exchange Coinbase’s premium turning...Read More
The Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), a new product in the financial market, has just wrapped up its first week of trading. This event marks several key milestones in blending crypto with mainstream financial markets. Launched amid high expectations, the Spot Bitcoin ETF is a crucial move, providing a more regulated and safer option for...Read More
Crypto market analysis platform CoinGecko has provided a breakdown of the industry’s growth in 2023 amid optimism and anticipation about several events this year, including the recent approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and the upcoming Bitcoin halving. According to the report, the market witnessed substantial growth in several areas, including decentralized finance (DeFi),...Read More
El Salvador made history by becoming the first nation to embrace Bitcoin as a legal tender more than two years ago. Although the country’s financial outlook has seen positive developments, a recent study carried out by José Simeón Cañas Central American University unveiled a mixed sentiment regarding the correlation between the adoption of Bitcoin and...Read More
In the last month, there has been a notable increase in crypto trading in South Korea. Kaiko’s latest analysis reveals a substantial surge in Bithumb’s Bitcoin volume, even though zero-fee trading was introduced several months ago. The trading volume of the flagship crypto asset on the platform appears to be approaching a whopping $3 billion....Read More
Stablecoin giant Tether quietly bought over $360 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) at the start of the year, according to on-chain data. The purchase brings the company’s total Bitcoin holdings up to 66,400 BTC worth $2.7 billion. Tether’s Massive Bitcoin Buys According to Bitcoin market intelligence provider CryptoQuant, a blockchain address previously identified as Tether’s...Read More
In an interview with Bloomberg, Rachel Aguirre, the head of product at BlackRock U.S. iShares, revealed that the firm’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has witnessed a surge in inflows, predominantly coming from retail investors and newcomers to the cryptocurrency space. This revelation follows the impressive performance of IBIT, which has maintained its lead in total...Read More
The Bitcoin hashrate has experienced a 25% drop since the weekend, raising concerns about the security of the network just ahead of the highly anticipated “halving” event. Data sourced from BTC.com reveals a decline in global hashrate estimates from approximately 600 EH/s on Friday to 450 EH/s by Tuesday. Texas Cold Weather Affects Bitcoin Hashrate...Read More
Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro, has expressed the view that the current trends in Bitcoin’s price suggest a short-term positioning adjustment rather than a long-term trend reversal in a thread on X. According to Timmer, the current BTC sales are perceived as a short-term phenomenon, characterized as a “hangover” following the launch of...Read More
An astonishing 49,866 Bitcoins, dormant for 5-7 years, were suddenly on the move on January 16th. At an average unit price of $6,672, these old BTC present an enticing opportunity for buyers, promising a potential profit surge of around 640% upon resale. Notably, this volume wasn’t transferred to any crypto exchanges, as per the latest...Read More
For the first time since September 2023, Bitcoin (BTC) price has consistently closed below the daily 50 Moving Average (MA), thus indicating potential reversals in the near term. The short-term Bitcoin’s bearish outlook is propped up by the possible weekly double-top in addition to the falling divergence on the weekly Relative Strength Index (RSI). Additionally,...Read More
A lucky Bitcoin miner just enjoyed another splash of profits thanks to an abnormally high fee paid by one of the network’s users. Blockchain data shows that an unknown user paid 4 BTC ($172,000) in a transaction fee on Tuesday, dwarfing the amount actually needed to process the transfer. A Costly Blockchain Mistake According to...Read More
The trading volume for BRC-20 tokens has surged, rising from $10-15 million to over $500 million since November 2023, according to data from Kaiko. The data indicates a substantial increase in trading activity for tokens minted on the Bitcoin blockchain, with their volumes experiencing a tenfold growth since the close of 2023. BRC-20 Token Trading...Read More
Since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on January 10, BTC has witnessed intense selling pressure stemming from short-term holders realizing substantial profits. In the latest edition of the weekly Bitfinex Report, analysts at the crypto exchange warned that BTC is still susceptible to price corrections as...Read More
Asset management giant Vanguard’s decision to block clients’ access to the just-approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has elicited unpleasant reactions from the crypto community. According to several posts on the social media platform X, community members believe Vanguard’s days are numbered as the asset manager’s clients exit their accounts in droves. Numbered Days Following...Read More
As Bitcoin experiences over a 7% decline to $41,600 since the debut of spot ETFs in the U.S. on Thursday, analysts at 10x Research caution that a classic “sell the fact” price action might be underway. The report, led by Markus Thielen, has issued a cautionary note, suggesting that the sell-off might persist in the...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are currently following a pattern similar to previous years, during which their prices surged by 500% and 1,000%, respectively, according to the latest research report by Coinbase Research and Glassnode. The observation draws parallels between the ongoing crypto market cycle and the period from 2018 to 2022, characterized by substantial...Read More
A father-son duo, residents of Maryland, have been sentenced for their involvement in a dark web drug trafficking and Bitcoin money laundering scheme. Joseph Farace, aged 72, was sentenced to 19 months in federal prison on January 8 for aiding his son, Ryan Farace, aged 38, in the laundering of Bitcoin proceeds from illicit drug...Read More
Bitcoin plummeted 10% below $42,000 on Friday, triggering $338 million worth of crypto market liquidations. The collapse erased most of the asset’s progress over the past month leading up to the approval of several Bitcoin spot ETFs for public trading in the United States. According to Coinglass, over 101,000 crypto traders have been liquidated in...Read More
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has doubled down on his criticisms of Bitcoin (BTC) despite approving a slew of exchange-traded funds for the asset earlier this week. During an interview with CNBC on Friday, the chairman argued that Bitcoin boasts few use cases aside from illicit activity, and has ironically trended...Read More
Bitwise, the manager of a cryptocurrency index fund, has disclosed its commitment to contribute 10% of the proceeds from the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF to support the open-source development of BTC. The decision aligns with the recent approval of the investment product on Wednesday, meeting widespread anticipations within the industry. Bitwise to Fund Bitcoin Development In...Read More
Vanguard Group – the $7.7 trillion asset manager outsized only by BlackRock – has blocked client access to all newly listed Bitcoin spot ETFs. The firm has also ruled out launching a Bitcoin ETF product of its own, claiming the asset doesn’t align with the firm’s investment philosophy. Banks Blocking Bitcoin Access Multiple Twitter and...Read More
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced today that the company would list Bitcoin ETFs on its platform. The statement follows the landmark decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving spot Bitcoin ETFs. SEC’s Approval to Integrate Crypto with Traditional Finance “We’ve been ahead of the curve in crypto access, and we plan to list...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) ripped to another multi-year high of $49,000 on Thursday within an hour of the first U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs going live on public markets. Between all 11 fund providers, Bitcoin ETFs have already traded $1.7 billion in cumulative volume, based on Yahoo Finance data. According to Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart, Grayscale’s Bitcoin...Read More
The next 24 months will be extremely exciting for the cryptocurrency industry which is well described by intense speculation from global investors. The approval of 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States has opened floodgates to billions of dollars proliferating into the cryptocurrency market, thus improving the existing liquidity. Furthermore, any investor...Read More
After years of rejections, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first wave of Bitcoin spot ETFs for trade in the United States on an accelerated basis. Per a filing to the SEC’s website on Wednesday, all 11 Bitcoin ETF applicants have been approved for trade across national securities exchanges like the...Read More
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has issued notifications confirming that several highly anticipated Bitcoin spot ETPs will begin trading at 9:30 am ET on Thursday. Confirmed ETPs include the VanEck Bitcoin Trust (HODL), the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) and the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB), according to the CBOE’s website. Bloomberg ETF...Read More
