Amid intense volatility in the crypto market, Bitcoin has once again proven its resilience and adaptability. The leading cryptocurrency has broken above the $26,000 mark, entering what many analysts refer to as the ‘acceleration zone’. This surge in price comes amid a wave of bullish energy sparked by BlackRock’s plan to introduce a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded...Read More
The $10 trillion asset management giant BlackRock filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a Bitcoin Spot ETF on Thursday – a product yet to see life within the United States. BlackRock plans to partner with Coinbase to provide custody for the Bitcoin backing the funds, as with its Bitcoin trading service...Read More
Francis Suarez – the mayor of Miami – filed documents to run for President of the United States. He will be a candidate of the Republican party, attempting to prevail over well-known names, such as Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. Suarez is an outspoken advocate of bitcoin, and his administration has introduced numerous initiatives focused...Read More
Bitcoin prices fell to $24,820 in early Asian trading on Thursday morning. It is the lowest the asset has traded for since March 16, three months ago. A thousand dollars was shaved off the price of BTC in less than an hour resulting in a daily loss of 3.6%. At the time of writing, BTC...Read More
An analyst who accurately predicted the bottom of the 2018 bear market for Bitcoin (BTC) suggests that the ongoing correction for the cryptocurrency is not yet complete. Analyst Bluntz, anticipates a brief rebound for Bitcoin before it continues its downward trend. The trader points to the bearish chart of Bitcoin as an indication that more...Read More
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has taken to Twitter to quash rumors that his crypto exchange had been selling its crypto holdings, including BTC and BNB. The speculation had been rife on social media, with some asserting that the company was involved in significant sales of digital assets. However, Zhao debunked the rumors, saying Binance...Read More
The blockchain analytics provider – Santiment – revealed that bitcoin’s supply on cryptocurrency exchanges currently stands at 6.4%, which is the lowest level since February 2018. The rapid shift toward self-custody methods could be a result of the SEC’s legal actions against two of the leading crypto platforms – Binance and Coinbase. The Commission recently...Read More
A newly-surfaced video that dates back to 2018 showed that the current Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – Gary Gensler – classified several cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), as “not securities.” His stance from nearly five years ago contrasts with his nowadays vision. Gensler has argued several times that...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission went ham on crypto exchanges last week by filing toothy lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. While crypto exchanges and altcoins are in the hot seat, the regulator is leaving BTC and ETH alone, at least for now. When news of the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance and Coinbase hit markets,...Read More
Periods similar to the ongoing SEC-induced FUD test the resilience of short-term holders – a cohort that is typically the first to flee as the price of crypto-asset tanks. However, the latest data suggest that the movement of short-term Bitcoin holders depicted strong interest in staying in the market and gaining profitability. A CryptoQuant analyst...Read More
Due to unclear regulations in the United States, more than half of the bitcoin (BTC) that crypto firms hold for their customers has moved to offshore and international exchanges. According to a CryptoQuant research report shared with CryptoPotato, BTC reserves on U.S.-based crypto exchanges are down to 2017 levels, as they are being lost to...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Analysis The Bitcoin price witnessed a massive dump of over 3.38% in the past 24 hours, dragging the global market cap by nearly 6%, which is approaching the $1 trillion mark. The BTC price is currently retesting the $25,000 level, and if it fails to hold, then the price may drop towards...Read More
After over a decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has tracked down and charged the hackers who stole hundreds of thousands of Bitcoin from the defunct crypto exchange giant Mt. Gox. The primary criminals identified are Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko (43) and Aleksandr Verner (29). Mt Gox Hackers Found As stated by the DOJ in...Read More
The overall market cap fell to $1.07 trillion – a level last seen three months ago – before a modest recovery to the press time figure of $1.1 trillion. Bitcoin, for one, dumped close to a two-month-low after weeks of trading largely rangebound in recent months. Several top altcoins posted higher losses prompting concerns about...Read More
A Bitcoin whale – that has been dormant for more than 10 years – woke up from slumber to transfer the entire stash of the crypto-asset on June 8th. According to data from the on-chain analytic platform Lookonchain, 1,432.93 BTC, worth around $37.8 million, were moved to a new address, “bc1psv.” The whale, who ‘hodled’...Read More
In the heat of SEC’s enforcement actions against Binance and Coinbase, a simple “Yes” by Jack Dorsey on Twitter elicited a flurry of comments. It all started when a Twitter user asked Dorsey if he thinks Ether is a security, to which he answered in the affirmative. Jack Dorsey’s Ether Rant A known Bitcoin supporter,...Read More
Binance doubled down its efforts on the non-fungible token sector as it announced support for Bitcoin NFTs on Tuesday amidst severe turmoil in the crypto industry. The exchange’s NFT marketplace is the latest contender to step into the Bitcoin NFTs ring following Magic Eden’s support for the same. According to the latest update, the newly...Read More
Bitcoin is up 4.5% on Tuesday despite back-to-back lawsuits from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) targeting two of the world’s largest crypto exchanges this week. The event has triggered $94 million in liquidations across the market over the last day – mostly consisting of shorts. Per data from Coinglass, $61.5 million in short...Read More
The Bitcoin price witnessed a massive drop in the past trading day, washing out more than 6.5% of its value, marking the lows at $25,388. Despite the current recovery, the price continues to trade in an acute bearish trend. However, the price appears to have found strong support and may soon trigger a healthy upswing...Read More
The world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is witnessing significant net outflows as thousands of crypto traders withdraw their funds from the platform following the latest lawsuit from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to on-chain data from the blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant, Binance recorded a net outflow of 11,380 BTC just the...Read More
An El Salvador-based Bitcoin firm has begun the first phase of a planned $1 billion investment into sustainably powered digital asset mining in the country. The investment includes backing from Tether – the world’s largest stablecoin provider – which revealed last month that it was breaking into mining in Uruguay. The firm behind the project,...Read More
Due to recent market conditions, the BTC price has taken a sharp bearish turn, touching the ground at a staggering $25.5K. The trigger for this massive decline was the recent lawsuit faced by Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This triggered investors to sell off...Read More
The highly anticipated Bitcoin halving event, scheduled for April 2024, has created a buzz in the crypto community. Many analysts and investors have predicted that leading up to the Bitcoin halving, which occurs approximately every four years, the price of BTC would enter a period of consolidation. Analyst Credible Crypto’s expectations suggest that Bitcoin’s price...Read More
In a recent analysis by TechnicalRoundup, the current state of Bitcoin (BTC) was discussed. His in-depth review revealed a prolonged market stagnation, with the key resistance and support levels still persisting. A Prolonged Stagnation in Sight? Analyst suggests that the month’s close revealed little to no significant changes in market structure. The market seems to...Read More
As the Bitcoin market continues to display massive volatility near the $27K level, investors are awaiting a bullish surprise to ride on a short-term uptrend. The U.S. unemployment rate recently broke the expected 3.5%, creating a favorable position for Bitcoin’s upward trajectory. Additionally, the recent rise in the debt ceiling is building a bullish positive...Read More
Will the Federal Reserve stop raising interest rates next month? For Bitcoin investors, the answer may not actually matter. According to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, Bitcoin’s price and inflation will rise in tandem precisely because of hawkish central bank policy – contrary to what modern monetary theory would suggest. How Rising Rates Will Increase Inflation...Read More
Sustainability-focused Bitcoin mining firm CleanSpark is expanding its ASIC fleet by 12,500 units after investing $40.5 million into new hardware. The added equipment is projected to bring CleanSpark’s total hash rate to over 16 exahashes per second (EH/s). CleanSpark’s Mining Discount According to a press release from CleanSpark on Thursday, the firm’s newly purchased fleet...Read More
Bitcoin’s network fundamentals have continued to explode this year. The price side of things, however, has been disappointing recently. With its stagnating since mid-March, concerns about possible downside targets stretching toward $20,000 have emerged. Despite some encouraging signs in recent months, Bitcoin’s latest retreat dragged its price below $27,000. Bitcoin’s Key Support Areas As the...Read More
Bitcoin’s price is still stuck in a narrow range, but it has never been more difficult to mine the world’s largest crypto-asset than it is now. Its network fundamentals paint a decisively bullish picture. According to data from BTC.com, the Bitcoin mining difficulty surged this week to 50.68 trillion, setting a fresh all-time high. The...Read More
Naturally, the question of whether Ethereum will overtake Bitcoin by total market cap is very interesting to crypto investors. And there are some pretty strong arguments to be made on both sides, which is why we decided to engage with unbiased AI chatbots. Will Ethereum Bitcoin Flippening Happen? Bitcoin maxis believe BTC will be the...Read More
