Most discussions on the subject of Bitcoin’s institutional involvement always hint at the common objective of these institutions. These organizations are clubbed together under one idea, that they believe in the assets, and they want to attain exposure into crypto through Bitcoin. It is not a false narrative, but over the past few months, most...Read More
Bitcoin’s second attempt at making it past $40,000 failed last week, with all eyes now on the cryptocurrency’s next big move. Interestingly, while BTC was trading at $34,855 at press time, outflows from spot exchanges were up too. In fact, 15,000 BTCs have flown out of Coinbase at the $32,400-price level. Such significant Bitcoin outflows...Read More
On 30 January 2021, XRP registered its biggest 48-hour spike in over 3 years. Surging by 170% on the price charts, the crypto-asset ascended from $0.278 to a yearly high of $0.75. Source: XRP/USD on Trading View In fact, the crypto-asset almost matched its 2020 high. However, right after the top, it registered a massive...Read More
Dealing with market volatility is common in the case of Bitcoin and the current narrative is heading in a similar direction. While the market is still in a considerably bullish bracket, the likelihood of a reversal keeps floating about in the space. Now, according to recent data, a major change may be afoot, one that...Read More
Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy acquired additional Bitcoin worth about $10 million in cash on 2 February. The company made the purchase at an average price of approximately $33,810 per Bitcoin. The development follows MicroStrategy’s earlier purchase made on 22 January 2021. According to its last announcement, MicroStrategy acquired $10 million worth of Bitcoin, paying roughly $31,808...Read More
PrimeXBT is the latest crypto-exchange to delist XRP after an announcement earlier today revealed the removal of the XRP/USD, XRP/BTC trading pairs. The delisting will take effect from Wednesday, 10 February 2021, at 15:00 UTC. Prior to this, the XRP pairs will be transferred to ‘reduce only’ status on Friday, 5 February 2021, at 15:00...Read More
Trality, Austria’s leading algorithmic trading platform, today announced that it is completing its beta phase and ready to bring the power of trading bots to all. The VC-backed Austrian fintech is out of beta and ready to offer powerful, professional automated trading to everyone who needs it Over 80% of private traders lose money because...Read More
Bitcoin is currently trading at $33831 after a highly volatile and eventful week. Before the weekend, Elon Musk’s tweet led to a massive surge in price, bringing it closer to $40000 level. However, there is consistent resistance and the price dropped to $33000 before it would hit the ATH. There were several metrics hinting at...Read More
A lot happened over the past week, as Bitcoin experienced one of its most volatile periods in terms of price and futures trading. While there weren’t any major dips or rallies, the constant change of sentiment may have tested the trader’s resolve and a particular incident reminded the crowd about Bitcoin’s reactive nature. 22nd-29th January:...Read More
Bitcoin’s price rallied to $37900 and as momentum built up, the asset was ready to cross $40000 with a 17.8% increase in a single day. However, a sell-off led to a price drop to $33000 level. As Bitcoin rallied there were metrics that offered buying opportunities and shorting opportunities throughout the rally, on the way...Read More
According to a recent research report by Bridgewater Associates, Bitcoin’s price could theoretically rise by at least 160% if allocations towards gold are diversified into Bitcoin instead. Exploring a hypothetical scenario where investors move some portion of their gold holdings into the cryptocurrency, the Bridgewater analysts concluded that this would hike the price of the...Read More
Following US Securities Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) allegations against Ripple Lab, the San Francisco-based firm has filed its answer to the Commission’s lawsuit in federal court. The response from Ripple and its executives Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen called into question the complaint filed by SEC. Ripple and the co-founders claimed the allegations were an “unprecedented...Read More
Ethereum’s price, at press time, was hovering around the $1,300-level, with the altcoin under a lot of selling pressure since hitting the $1,472-level. At the time, the altcoin was 11.6% below its ATH, with the market capitalization dropping to under $150 billion. Curiously, according to some, the drop in Ethereum’s price might be blamed on...Read More
As GameStop GME stocks surged from $19.79 to a high of $380, in the past week, Hedge fund Melvin Capital and Citron Research lost billions due to the WSB short squeeze. However, this week has been about the Reddit community of day traders, WallStreetBets or WSB that undoubtedly, for better or for worse, made its...Read More
Elon Musk, popular tech entrepreneur and Tesla CEO, is making waves yet again after he changed his Twitter bio to include “Bitcoin.” Right now, the said bio shares a distinct similarity with the one owned by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who himself is a Bitcoin proponent. What is even more newsworthy, however, is the fact...Read More
Flare Networks is in the news today after it announced that it will integrate Dogecoin (DOGE) prior to the launch of its Mainnet. This development will allow Dogecoin to be used on Flare, along with scalable EVM-based smart contracts. Interestingly, Flare’s decision to integrate DOGE was based on the results of a community poll held...Read More
Coinbase has officially announced its plan to go public by way of a direct listing, according to a blog post on Thursday. The post stated: Coinbase Global, Inc. today announced its intent to become a publicly-traded company pursuant to a proposed direct listing of its Class A common stock. Such proposed listing is expected to...Read More
Bitcoin’s price endured quite a few price corrections after it touched its most-recent ATH around the $42,000-mark. Corrections would be an understatement, perhaps, since Bitcoin’s price has fallen by over 15 percent in the last three days alone, with the cryptocurrency trading at $31,181 at press time. Understandably, BTC’s performance has fueled speculations that the...Read More
GameStop took over the Internet and stock market alike, as shares of the video game retailer surged over 400% this week and nearly 1,750% this year. Meanwhile, shares of AMC Entertainment ballooned 300% over the week. However, reports state that brokers have paused trading activity for GameStop, AMC Entertainment, BlackBerry, and Koss on 28 January....Read More
Ethereum registered a lot of bullish momentum on the charts as 2020 came to a close. On the back of Bitcoin’s bull run, 2021 has also been very promising for the cryptocurrency. In fact, even as Bitcoin struggled to maintain the $32,000-price level, Ethereum ended up securing its latest ATH. However, since then, the situation...Read More
Popular social media platform Reddit is in the news today after it announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, with the development establishing Reddit’s first-ever blockchain partnership. The goal behind the same is to accelerate the scaling process and resources for the Ethereum ecosystem and bring the value of blockchain technology to Reddit’s community of...Read More
The Reddit community WallStreetBets’ drama with main street hedge funds has now permeated the cryptocurrency sector with Dogecoin’s price pumping by 90% in a matter of hours. This surge has contributed to DOGE nearing its old ATH on the charts. Dogecoin has been in mainstream media due to a host of reasons, some of which...Read More
An interesting observation was put forward by Quantum Economics’ Mati Greenspan yesterday. The popular analyst observed that after Bitcoin touched its latest ATH at $42,000, Ethereum registered three new ones in the same timeframe. Albeit the press time corrections, Ethereum has been performing really well in 2021. With its valuation continuing to consolidate near its...Read More
Stablecoins were adding $100M in market capitalization nearly every day back in June 2020. When expressed in big picture terms, the cumulative market capitalization rose from $9.4B in June 2020 to $35.4B in January 2021. On the contrary, DeFi projects’ TVL hiked by over 2500% from June 2020 to January 2021. Now, though DeFi projects’...Read More
Over the past decade, many organizations have attached themselves to the functionality and value of Bitcoin, but perhaps none can eclipse the presence and impact of Grayscale investments. While Grayscale went on a Bitcoin accumulation spree towards the 2nd half of 2020, its involvement in the development of other crypto-financial products went slightly under the...Read More
“This XRP coin is all or nothing,” noted Jeremy Hogan of the law firm Hogan & Hogan, with the legal practitioner becoming just the latest to comment on the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple. Hogan, who claims to have studied the lawsuit in detail since December, is in the news after he asserted that if the...Read More
UAE-based LuLu Exchange is in the news after it announced its partnership with Ripple and India’s Federal Bank to facilitate faster cross-border payments from UAE to India. We are proud to announce our partnership with Ripple and Federal Bank to enhance real-time payments from UAE to India that are faster and more affordable than ever...Read More
Bitcoin, at the time of writing, was eyeing a 3-week losing streak for the first time since June 2020. While the 7-day period hasn’t concluded yet, a market close below the $32,300-mark will register a third red-weekly candle in a row. Now, while market sentiments didn’t seem to be particularly bearish at press time, certain...Read More
Bitcoin‘s price might due for another correction after CryptoQuant’s Exchange Whale Ratio hit 0.87, a level last seen when BTC dipped to its yearly open at $28,956. While Bitcoin did see a surge yesterday as the price pumped to $34,800, the surge was met by holders waiting to sell their BTC. This sell-off is getting...Read More
Bitcoin‘s price is range-bound in the short to medium term for sure, but in the long-term, the price has been showing no bullish signs. Hence, an obvious place to turn to is the past. Although the past tells a brief and unclear story, it is a story that cannot be ignored. The history of Bitcoin...Read More
