In a previous article, we discussed the changes that will take place after EIP-1559 is implemented on Ethereum and the modification of the current gas fee system. As explained, the main objective of EIP-1559 remains to lower gas fees for its users so that individuals are not overpaying for their transactions to go through. While...Read More
Since December 2020, Bitcoin price has become synonymous with all-time highs. The coin remained true to this trend and hit another ATH at $40k on 07 January 2021. The largest cryptocurrency has surged over 35% year-to-date. The digital asset has been in the overbought zone for a while. With the existing CME gaps, BTC has...Read More
It’s been a good few weeks for the cryptocurrency market. On the back of Bitcoin climbing to one ATH after another and Ethereum going past $1000 on the price charts, the market hit yet another milestone today after the cumulative market cap of the industry hit the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever....Read More
There were significant positives for Ethereum in 2020, with the world’s largest altcoin stepping into 2021 on the right foot. Between the 1st and 3rd of January, the cryptocurrency’s value hiked from $725 to $990, with the following day seeing ETH touch a high of $1169 too. CoinMetrics’ recent report illustrated Ethereum’s maturity in the...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price rallying across spot exchanges, the estimated leverage ratio across exchanges is falling too. The leverage across exchanges has dropped lately, especially since the price crossed $25,000, and a drop in leverage indicates that retail traders are being careful about every move made in the market. In fact, they are especially careful about...Read More
Bitcoin investors, those who were around for the 2017 bull run, the price drop that followed in 2018, and who later survived the Black Thursday crash of March 2o20, understand how Bitcoin’s market cycles work. Though the ongoing price rally has kept Bitcoin traders on their toes, one can argue that the market cycles haven’t...Read More
On the one hand, Bitcoin’s price breaking above $34,000 and $35,000 might have started an endless debate on whether there will be a spillover to other cryptocurrencies or not. On the other hand, another critical debate relates to the whale movement associated with the market’s top cryptocurrencies. This is a crucial debate, especially since the...Read More
It’s not a great time if you’re a Republican, but it’s even worse if you’re a Trumpian Republican. And, it would seem that the former Bakkt exec Kelly Loeffler is finding that out in the hardest way possible. At the time of writing, Loeffler was projected to have lost her seat to Democrat Raphael Warnock...Read More
Blockstream’s CSO, Samson Mow, thinks that institutional investors decide to buy Bitcoin regardless of its price movements. The Bitcoin maximalist took to Twitter on 5 January to explain that entities seeking to buy the digital asset do not plan to buy BTC at a particular price. Instead, heads of such institutions plan to purchase a...Read More
The circulating supply of Bitcoin, at press time, was 18,591,375 ~ 18.6 million. That is close to 88.6% of the total supply. Now, even though each token is worth close to $31k, understanding the state of liquidity gives a better perspective of its value. According to Glassnode’s latest report, illiquidity is on a rise in...Read More
Crypto asset manager Grayscale announced today that it has removed XRP from its digital large-cap fund, in the wake of US Securities and Exchange Commission accusing Ripple and co-founder Chris Larsen and CEO Brad Garlinghouse of allegedly raising over $1.3 billion through an unregistered “securities offering.” The firm stated that it had sold all XRP...Read More
How the times have changed. And apparently, so has The Financial Times. Consider this – A recent edition of the mainstream paper had Bitcoin take precedence and dominate the front page. The headline read, “High flyer: Bitcoin value tops $30,000.” Now, while the article does sound catchy and pretty, one must remember that FT wasn’t always...Read More
Popular American VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, more commonly known as a16z, is in the news today after it filed a response urging FinCEN to withdraw its proposed rule or at the very least, extend the comment period attached to it. The comment period should be extended so that FinCEN “can engage in a meaningful consultation...Read More
Financial strategist and founder of Rosenberg Research & Associates Inc, David Rosenberg said he would avoid investing in Bitcoin, as he considers the digital asset to be in a market bubble at present. The former Merrill Lynch chief economist also planned to stay away from Bitcoin at least for the next twelve months and instead...Read More
For Bitcoin, the days that followed Christmas 2020 have been extraordinary. Since 26 December, Bitcoin has shot up by 40.74% on the price charts. One can argue that the cryptocurrency brushing past the psychological resistance levels at $25k, $30k, and climbing as high as $34.8k is a testament to the strength in Bitcoin’s bull rally....Read More
The price of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, registered a new all-time high of $34,800 on 3 January 2021. However, thanks to the exponential nature of BTC’s hike, corrections were inevitable. On 4 January, as the crypto was consolidating above $32k, it witnessed a sudden dump, with the value of the cryptocurrency plummeting from $33,374...Read More
Hot on the heels of Bitcoin’s record-breaking bullish rally over the past few weeks, it would seem that Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, is intent on breaking a few records of its own. On the back of a year that noted mixed fortunes for the altcoin’s community, ETH finally surged above the much-anticipated $1000-mark, a...Read More
Early mover advantage is the advantage a company/person gains by being the first to introduce a product to the market. One prominent example would be Amazon, which created the first online bookstore, established its presence and brand value. This same advantage also applies to Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency working on blockchain technology to employ a...Read More
Bitcoin has hit new all-time highs quite a few times in the last week. At the time of writing, bitcoin has struck a high of $34,830. Clearly, bitcoin is in a bull run, especially with Coinbase striking, what could be, potential OTC deals pushing BTC out of exchanges. With more BTC being bought up by...Read More
Bitcoin has managed to hit yet another all-time high as it surpassed $30,000 today. The largest cryptocurrency has been witnessing great momentum in the market which has helped it report new highs over the past month. Source: TradingView Unlike 2017, the 2020 ATHs were a result of growing interest in the coin. This was due...Read More
Ethereum 2.0 has been touted as a transition to a better consensus mechanism, and this particular ‘transition’ has been under research for the better half of the past year. The development process was initiated in 2018 and it took a while to reach Phase 0. Over the past 18-20 months, the Ethereum Foundation dealt with...Read More
The past year was punctuated by a series of extreme peaks and troughs. In spite of that, however, there is an assured collective acceptance of Bitcoin, one that is palpable. 2020 particularly was dominated by numbers and growth. Here are a few highlights, Crypto’s collective market cap increased by 284% Bitcoin Year to Date spike...Read More
Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency in the world and it is also the most popular. Have you ever wondered why? Although your answer is going to be a quick yes, let’s take a look at why this is so. It is the largest due to its market cap, which is the product of price per...Read More
Ripple v. SEC will have some far-reaching implications for the crypto-industry. In fact, as former SEC Commissioner Joseph Grundfest recently suggested in a letter to Jay Clayton, the Ripple lawsuit will cause “multi-billion dollar losses to innocent third parties.” The lawsuit in question alleges that XRP is a security that must be registered with the...Read More
Binance, the Changpeng Zhao-led crypto-exchange, today is synonymous with the crypto-market. Widely considered as the world’s biggest crypto-exchange, the impact Binance’s operations have on the larger market cannot be understated. In fact, over the past few years, CZ’s Binance has emerged as a monolith of the industry. Ergo, the question – Is Binance too big...Read More
Less than 24 hours after most of the world called curtains on 2020, it is fair to say that Bitcoin closed its shop in the best way possible. It should be noted, however, that for the cryptocurrency market, the past two weeks have been incredibly lucrative. Source: BTC/USD on Trading View Bitcoin crossed its previous...Read More
2020 has been a year of great progress for cryptocurrencies. However, the same cannot be said for crypto-businesses, with these entities facing certain roadblocks this year. A recent example of the same would have to be the lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] against Ripple. Ripple The status of XRP,...Read More
2020 was surprising, chaotic, and exhilarating, and so was Bitcoin. With the year at an end, it is time to whip out those glasses for a perfect 20/20 vision, not to look back, but to peer into the future. The year so far… To sum the year up would be impossible, especially considering the plethora...Read More
From January to December 2020 – How have crypto-regulations evolved this year? 2020 will always be known as the year the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the way we as humans function and interact with the world. For most in the crypto-community, however, this was also the year the world realized the true potential of cryptocurrencies. With...Read More
New York-based fund manager VanEck has recently filed for registration for their upcoming VanEck Bitcoin Trust with the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the document filed with the federal agency, the preliminary prospectus was filed on 30 December 2020. Twitter user Kevin Rooke drew attention to the filing from the $49 billion...Read More
