Data from popular cryptocurrency monitoring firm reveals that institutional investors had a record-breaking number of leveraged short positions in Bitcoin futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). While this might imply a lot of things, it appears that smart money is leaning toward bearish developments in the market. Of course, there’s always the possibility...Read More
The crypto space is experiencing another red day today as a further $13 billion disappears from the market. This exodus of investment has caused Bitcoin to unravel $300 in the last 4 hours or about $1,200 in the last week. While there are no apparent catalysts for the current decline, Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell,...Read More
MicroStrategy publicly announced its adoption of Bitcoin as a primary reserve asset earlier during the month. The trend has now caught up on more firms. Canadian businesses Snappa, and Middle-Eastern food joint chain, Tahinis announced the allocation of their cash reserves to BTC. Canadian Firms Snappa Allocate ‘Significant’ Cash Reserves to Bitcoin In a blog...Read More
Bitcoin took another swing at $11,800 but it got rejected and retraced to its current level of about $11,680. Ethereum has returned above $400, while lower-cap alts continue to fluctuate massively. Bitcoin Tries $11,800 As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, $11,800 is a key resistance standing in the Bitcoin’s way upwards. The asset indeed attempted to overcome...Read More
After having his name involved in a Bitcoin impersonation scam, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said that he never has and never will invest in the cryptocurrency. He went even further by referring to BTC as a Ponzi scheme, which he avoids like “the plague.” Ryanair CEO Involved In BTC Scam The CEO of the low-budget...Read More
Bitcoin price is attempting to re-enter the bullish ascending triangle pattern that it exited out of last Friday, August 21, when the asset unraveled $500 in 24 hours. This previous key support, which had helped prop up Bitcoin over eight times since July 28, 2020, is now acting as a strong resistance on the 4-hour...Read More
After receiving a confirmation that a few employees of the Cebu operations of BPO firm Sykes have engaged in Bitcoin scams, the American tech giant Google has pulled out outsourcing business from the Philippines-based company branch. Google Pulls Out After A BTC-related Scam The business process outsourcing (BPO) company Sykes confirmed earlier this month that...Read More
After a relatively calm weekend without any major price developments and following a retest of the $11,400 support on Friday, Bitcoin slowly recovers. It is currently trading around $11,700. Large-cap altcoins follow Bitcoin as ETH getting closer to $400 once again. After Friday’s crush, this is the day of the low-caps altcoins. Contrasting Altcoin Moves...Read More
In its latest report regarding Bitcoin, the leading digital asset management firm Grayscale has outlined the growing HODLing mentality from BTC investors, rather than so-called speculators. The company also asserted that store-of-value investment tools such as BTC are becoming more attractive to institutional investors, which could prompt a massive price surge soon. Bitcoin’s Growing Metrics...Read More
Bitcoin and most large-cap altcoins have recovered from yesterday’s price dives. However, most altcoins are still far from their last week’s all-time highs. Bitcoin Back To $11,600 The largest cryptocurrency by market cap dipped to the $11,400 support following another unsuccessful attempt to reclaim $12,000. The nosedive seemed somewhat steep, and speculations rose that BTC...Read More
Bitcoin futures aggregated open interest hit the $5 billion mark yesterday, but the overall trend seems to be declining. This points to a possibility that BTC derivative traders are quitting the market owing to lackluster price action. Will a gap at the $9700 price level result in a proliferation of short positions? Bitcoin Futures Open...Read More
The Barstool Sports founder turned stock trader appears to have been prematurely stung by the highly volatile world of Bitcoin trading. Portnoy, who has recently expressed a lack of knowledge on crypto, tweeted a video on August 21, stating that he was ‘getting killed on Bitcoin right now.’ $25,000 Loss In a follow-up tweet, the...Read More
Most of the cryptocurrency market is in red today. Bitcoin tanked to $11,400 briefly, but large-cap alts are losing more substantial chunks of value, thus helping BTC to reclaim some ground in terms of market domination. Bitcoin Drops Further BTC looked promising yesterday as the asset headed for another face-off with its well-known nemesis at...Read More
Bitcoin’s price had seen a four-day decline of over $1150, while the altcoins suffered even harder. Despite that Bitcoin is currently trading around the consolidation range from a week ago, we cannot ignore this week’s false breakout to $12,500. This turned to be a fake-out, and the bearishness that came out of this is clearly...Read More
Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author, Robert Kiyosaki, has advised investing in precious metals like gold and digital assets like Bitcoin as crisis looms in the banking sector. Earlier this week, headlines on mainstream media revealed that American billionaire investor Warren Buffett dumped US bank stocks to purchase gold mining stocks. Buffett Dumps Bank To Invest...Read More
A new report indicated that East Asia remains the most active cryptocurrency market with the most significant number of daily transactions. At the same time, professional traders still account for most of the trading volume, while stablecoins, and especially Tether (USDT), have gained a massive market share. East Asia Dominates Crypto Trading Market According to...Read More
This week has been quite the ride on the cryptocurrency markets, and, of course, Bitcoin was in the spotlight, at least for a while. The price started at around $11,700 and stayed there for a few days until Monday when we saw a significant move forward as BTC reached about $12,500. The cryptocurrency community was...Read More
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reportedly after the owner of a crypto scheme, which misled over a thousand of its investors and clients. It seeks $572 million in financial penalties and restitution. $270M Worth Of BTC Stolen From More Than A Thousand Customers Аs per a recent report, the alleged Bitcoin trading pyramid Control-Finance...Read More
The US Department of Justice has alleged that Joseph Sullivan, the former Chief Security Officer of Uber, has covered up a 2016 hack on the company that compromised data of millions of users and drivers. According to the DOJ, Sullivan paid the hackers $100,000 in Bitcoin. Uber Former CSO Covers Up A Hack? The announcement...Read More
The cryptocurrency market has recovered from some of the losses it registered in the past few days. Bitcoin is up by 1%, while some altcoins are marking impressive double and even triple-digit gains with OMG Network leading the pack. Altcoins With Massive Moves The altcoin market became accustomed to significant fluctuations, and the past 24...Read More
Hackers pulled off a successful ransomware attack on COVID-19 researchers from the University of California in San Francisco and received 116 bitcoins. Now, recently surfaced transcripts reveal how the entire operation played out. Phase One: The Hack Although the name of the group was initially a mystery, the Bloomberg report said that the organization had...Read More
The global crypto market continues to slide today as another $11 billion pours out. This exodus of investment has now kicked Bitcoin outside of the rising channel that it’s been tracking inside of (mostly) for the past 22 days. What was acting as reliable support has now flipped into a strong resistance level and could...Read More
As the DeFi and yield farming craze continues to entertain the cryptocurrency industry, the price of yEarn. Finance’s native token YFI has gone parabolic, surpassing Bitcoin’s by almost $1,000. This makes YFI the most expensive crypto asset in the market. 1 YFI = 1.15 BTC According to data on Binance, the DeFi token is trading...Read More
Bitcoin has further declined to $11,750, while most of the larger-cap altcoins continue to bleed out with Ethereum close to testing $400. Lower-cap alts chart some notable performances in both directions. Bitcoin Dips To $11,750 The primary cryptocurrency attracted the community’s attention a few days ago when it reached a new yearly high of over...Read More
Google trends data reveals that the number of “buy crypto” searches has exploded worldwide in the past few weeks to a two-year high. Simultaneously, the “buy Bitcoin” searches, which jumped prior to the 2020 halving and decreased immediately after, have increased since late July. Buy Crypto Searches To A Two-Year High According to Google trends,...Read More
US authorities have charged with fraud and money laundering five people operating a Bitcoin mining Ponzi scheme. Called AirBit Club, the scam operated since 2015 and duped numerous victims into investing by promising alluring but false returns. How Did AirBit Club Operate? According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Pablo Renato Rodriguez and Gutemberg...Read More
Bitcoin’s run above $12,000 was short-lived as the asset has tanked by 4% in the past 24 hours to $11,800. However, BTC’s dominance over the market has increased slightly as most altcoins have plummeted as well. Bitcoin Fails To Stay Above $12K Bitcoin’s latest attempt to conquer $12,000 seemed successful at first glance, unlike the...Read More
Bitcoin’s exciting bull run might be over as quickly as it started after prices failed to close above the $12,400 daily resistance yesterday. Any hopes of a parabolic continuation will now have to be put on hold as bulls recover from the sharp decline. In the last 24 hours, the global crypto market capital has...Read More
There’s never a boring day in the cryptocurrency field and things tend to change in the blink of an eye. Just earlier today, the total market capitalization was sitting comfortably at a 14-month high, and it took less than a few minutes for upwards of $10 billion to be wiped off its sheet. This happened...Read More
DeFi tokens are leading crypto markets to their highest levels in terms of total market capitalization for over a year. One of the top-performing digital assets at the moment is YFI, as it surges over 70% on the day to reach an all-time high at $12,821. It has become the only cryptocurrency since 2016 to...Read More
