The world’s leading financial derivatives platform – Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group – revealed intentions to introduce Bitcoin and Ether Futures tide to the euro later in August The company already has a deep history with the crypto industry. A few months ago, it launched micro options on Bitcoin and Ether futures, justifying its move...Read More
American digital payments company Block Inc.’s second-quarter (Q2) revenue dropped by 6% year-over-year (YOY) to $4.4 billion. Although the numbers still topped Wall Street’s expectations of $4.35 billion, it suffered a loss of $208 million during the quarter, the Associated Press reported. Following the Q2 results, Block shares slipped 5.35% to $84.90 in after-hours trading on...Read More
One of the leading economies in Asia – Japan – will once again have cryptocurrency automated teller machines (ATMs). Despite being a financial hub, the country removed all such devices in 2018 following a hack against a local exchange. The number of cryptocurrency ATMs across the globe has rapidly increased in the past few years....Read More
One of the leading bitcoin mining companies – Riot Blockchain – mined 318 BTC in July – a 28% production decrease compared to June’s figures. The main reason for the crippled productivity was last month’s extremely hot weather in Texas. It caused the company to shut some of its mining rigs in the area as...Read More
The former Chief Executive Officer of MicroStrategy – Michael Saylor – abdicated from his post and took another role at the firm. He will serve as an Executive Chairman of the Board, particularly focused on bitcoin advocacy. The news positively impacted MicroStrategy’s shares, surging by 15% within 48 hours after the announcement. Earlier this week,...Read More
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is partnering with US crypto exchange giant Coinbase, to offer digital asset exposure to institutional clients. Coinbase announced the collaboration in a blog post on Thursday (August 4, 2022). According to the statement, institutional clients of BlackRock’s investment management platform Aladdin (Asset, Liability, Debt, and Derivative Investment Network) will...Read More
The US Department of Justice sentenced the 40-year-old resident of Pelahatchie, Mississippi – Jessica Sledge – to the statutory maximum of 10 years in Federal Prison. In 2021, the woman hired a “hitman” and paid him $10,000 worth of bitcoin to murder her husband. Additionally, the authorities jailed the citizens of Orange County – Jeremy...Read More
The reality for the crypto industry and cryptocurrency prices in 2022 is institutional investment has only just begun. When it happens for real, the market will suddenly and drastically revise the exchange rate of crypto upward. Without looking it up, how much money would you know or reckon that institutional investors have exchanged for cryptocurrency...Read More
In 2013, James Howells – a citizen of Newport, Wales – mistakenly threw away his iPhone-sized hard drive containing 8,000 BTC. To find his lost possessions (worth around $169 million as of now), the 36-year-old man reportedly came up with an $11 million master plan involving robot dogs and artificial intelligence-powered machines. A Needle in...Read More
U.S. Treasury yields edged up Monday as markets focus on inflation woes and recession risk. All eyes are on a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting that concluded this Wednesday, and the central authority hiked the interest rates by 75 basis points, as many expected. A slew of tech earnings reports this week and the latest...Read More
Bitcoin and Ethereum are pumping after the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released its official GDP data for Q2 2022. The data shows that real GDP decreased by 0.9% year over year, marking the nation’s second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth. Bitcoin traded for about $22,700 prior to the bureau’s release at 08:30 EST....Read More
The crash of Nigeria’s national currency (naira) reportedly pushed many residents to turn to alternative assets such as bitcoin and stablecoins to preserve their wealth. The peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins marked a 258% increase in BTC purchases compared to last week’s figures. Nigerians View Crypto as a Lifeboat Nigeria’s official currency – the naira – is...Read More
Somewhat surprisingly, the crypto market reacted quite well to the latest interest rate hike from the US Fed, with prices soaring to new weekly highs. As such, the number of liquidated traders on a daily scale is over 90,000, while the total value of liquidations is $400 million. As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency...Read More
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill downgraded the software analytics provider to “underperform” from “hold” as the ongoing crypto shambles failed to demonstrate strong signals for a market reversal. The downgrade that categorized the stock from “hold” to “underperformance” maintained its price target at $180. Following the news and bitcoin dipping below $21,000 on Tuesday, shares of...Read More
As the primary cryptocurrency hovers around $21,000, retracing back from the weeks-high level at $24,100, experts across the industry remain cautious in regards to its upcoming price action. However, emerging signs have indicated that the asset’s price has found a cyclical bottom, reported Bloomberg. A Cautious Attitude In Reign Among Experts The relief rally in...Read More
After an exuberant risk-on rise in Bitcoin’s price Tuesday, a retracement since Wednesday wiped out most of the gains. Traders blame Tesla’s Q2 earnings report. Bitcoin prices hovered around the $20K level since mid-June. Markets are watching closely to see what bitcoin whales will do next. Tesla reported dumping 75% of its bitcoin Wednesday. As...Read More
In a recent Twitter thread, Arcane Research analyst Vetle Lunde revealed how many Bitcoin institutional investors had sold since Terra’s carnage kicked in, thus tanking the whole crypto market. In his estimate, Tesla sold 29,060 BTC at an average price of $32,209 in May. Forced Selling In Lunde’s view, massive institutional blow-ups in the past...Read More
Binance CEO CZ Zhao does not think anyone selling or buying Bitcoin can fundamentally impact the asset – even including Tesla CEO Elon Musk. To demonstrate his faith in the primary cryptocurrency, CZ said he is still holding most of the coins he bought when he just entered the industry. On Tesla’s Bitcoin Dump Commenting...Read More
Morgan Stanley called El Salvador-issued Eurobonds at their current price levels a buying opportunity partly due to the recent crypto crash that has battered the value of the country’s bitcoin holdings. Despite its severe debt, the government could continue “muddl[ing] through” for at least a year without failing to meet its bond payments, said the...Read More
The American-based bitcoin miner – Compass Mining – intends to add 25,000 ASIC miners to its facility in Granbury, Texas. The deployment is scheduled for August as it will be supported by Compass’ partner – Compute North. Going Forward Despite the Dismissals Compass Mining has been struggling recently due to numerous reasons. In an attempt...Read More
Famous American financier Anthony Scaramucci has admitted that having massive exposure to Bitcoin was a mistake in the short run, as he and his investment company suffered significant losses amid the bear market. Bullish on Bitcoin in the Long-term In his latest CNBC interview, Scaramucci noted that while his Bitcoin exposure via his investment firm,...Read More
Su Zhu and Kyle Davies – Co-Founders of the distressed cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) – explained that accumulative lending agreements and the collapse of the digital asset market are the reasons for the fall of their project. In addition, they said accusations against them of living a lavish lifestyle on the back...Read More
The electric vehicle giant Tesla sold $936 million of its bitcoin holdings in Q2 this year. However, the move was prompted not because the company does not believe in the asset anymore, but because of the record production costs in China due to the last COVID-19 lockdown, CEO Elon Musk explained. Earlier this week, the...Read More
Third-largest Bitcoin whale has finally emptied its BTC holdings after demonstrating a long-term accumulation trend. As per BitInfoCharts, the whale bought a total of more than 207k BTC since 2019 before transferring all of it. The move coincided with Bitcoin posting gains for three straight days before topping $24,000, the highest level since mid-June. Over...Read More
The Thailand-based cryptocurrency platform – Zipmex – froze clients’ withdrawals citing volatile market conditions. It remains unknown when the company will restore the service. The latest firm in the cryptocurrency field to reveal issues on its platform is the Thai exchange Zipmex. In a recent tweet, it disclosed that users are not allowed to make...Read More
As Bitcoin spiked through the resistant level of $23,000 after dipping below $19,000 recently, many expected that the breakout signaled a short-term relief rally. Glassnode’s weekly report predicts that the primary cryptocurrency is forming a “genuine bottom” as its current realized value is around $22,000. In the meantime, on-chain data has shown that the unrealized...Read More
Edward Dowd – former Managing Director at BlackRock – thinks that bitcoin will be a much more stable asset once the bear market is over. He described it as “the Amazon of the crypto era,” predicting it will hold a spot in everyone’s portfolio in the future. The Crypto Winter Will Not Defeat Bitcoin The...Read More
The data center of the bitcoin miner Marathon Digital – Applied Blockchain – secured around 254 megawatts of new hosting power for the company’s operations, and it could boost the supply to 324 megawatts if it collaborates with other providers. The move should aid Marathon’s goal of reaching approximately 23.3 EH/s of computing power for...Read More
Long-term bitcoin holders have not disposed of their holdings into the market weakness as short-term speculators are mainly responsible for the heavy selling that exacerbates the asset’s nosedive, according to Coinbase’s latest monthly report. Miners and crypto firms that are forced to liquidate their positions to stay solvent amid a liquidity exodus have shown that...Read More
BitMEX Research recently published a report detailing why Ethereum has dwarfed Bitcoin as the center of Dapp and developer activity within crypto. While there are technical reasons for the discrepancy, the team claims that Bitcoin developer culture prior to Ethereum’s launch drove alternative use cases away from its ecosystem. The OP_Return Controversy The report explores...Read More
