Bybit suffered a significant security breach last Friday, losing 401K ETH – worth around $1.4 billion – in one of the largest crypto heists in history. The attack has been widely attributed to the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group, a notorious hacking entity responsible for multiple high-profile crypto thefts. Despite the breach, Bybit swiftly replenished its...Read More
Crypto market capitalization is down 8% on the day, plunging below $3.1 trillion on Feb. 25 following a wipeout of almost $200 billion in 24 hours. This is the lowest markets have been since mid-November, obliterating almost all gains since Donald Trump’s election victory. Total cap is now teetering on longer-term support levels, and a...Read More
The demand for bitcoin on US soil has seemingly disappeared, at least when it comes down to purchases through locally based exchange-traded funds. In fact, data from FarSide shows that February has been a particularly negative month for BTC ETFs, with withdrawals dominating most days. BTC ETFs See Mostly Outflows The launch of the 11...Read More
Bitcoin network activity has fallen to its lowest level in a year as demand for the leading digital asset remains low. A report from the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant has revealed that the Bitcoin Network Activity Index, which measures the growth across major metrics like active addresses, number of transactions, and block size, is down...Read More
Shortly after the lawsuit pause between the SEC and Binance, the US regulator is planning to withdraw its litigation against another crypto exchange giant – Coinbase. The decision to fully dismiss the case still has to be approved by the Commission, but Armstrong believes it will be done as early as next week. Coinbase Lawsuit...Read More
Over the last three weeks, the correlation between bitcoin (BTC) and the S&P 500 has been declining. As of February 17, the correlation dropped to zero, meaning BTC completely decoupled from the leading stock market index. According to data analyzed by market intelligence firm IntoTheBlock, the decorrelation between BTC and the S&P 500 could be...Read More
Monday is a holiday in the US for Presidents’ Day, so traditional markets are closed. Crypto markets never close, but they are already showing signs of weakness as another week begins. There are several Federal Reserve speeches to look out for this week in addition to manufacturing and services purchasing manager’s indexes. “Inflation is officially...Read More
GameStop, a video game retailer, and popular meme stock, is reportedly considering investing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Three insiders revealed that the company is assessing alternative asset classes, particularly in crypto as the US political landscape shifts in favor of the industry after years of hostility. After the news broke, GameStop’s shares saw a...Read More
As bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade a few thousand dollars below $100,000, miners are struggling to run their operations, and as a result, most of them are capitulating. A report by CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost revealed that the Hash Ribbons metric, an indicator that tells the health of the Bitcoin network by tracking hash rate fluctuations,...Read More
It is becoming increasingly difficult to mine blocks on the Bitcoin network. In other words, the security of the leading crypto network is rising by the day, and this is evident in the Bitcoin hash rate hitting a new high. According to data from Blockchain.com, the metric reached an all-time high of 845 million on...Read More
Another volatile week is in store with two big inflation reports due alongside retail sales data. Last week’s mixed recent economic reports still reflect a robust economy and elevated inflation, supporting the case for the Federal Reserve to remain on hold with rate cuts for now. “Meanwhile, ongoing trade war headlines will carry over from...Read More
The Bitcoin network seems like a ghost town, with its activities falling to the lowest level in a year. A Bitcoin Network Activity Index from the market analytics platform CryptoQuant hovers around 3,760, the lowest since February 2024, indicating that activity on the leading blockchain has plunged 15% since its November 2024 record high. According...Read More
“Earlier today, we announced that we are now Strategy, a new name that powerfully and succinctly conveys the universal and global appeal of our company,” said Phong Le, President and Chief Executive Officer. The rebrand came to emphasize the firm’s focus on Bitcoin and AI as transformative technologies. “We have completed $20 billion of our...Read More
MetaMask has introduced a new feature that allows people to use a selection of tokens to pay gas fees when using MetaMask Swap for smart transactions. Dubbed Gas Station, the innovation addresses a common issue faced by Ethereum users: transactions failing due to insufficient gas fees. Details of the New Update The crypto wallet provider...Read More
The world’s largest corporate holder of BTC has paused its months-long acquisition spree of the biggest cryptocurrency that started immediately after the US elections in November 2024. Within this time, the company broke the record for the single largest purchase of BTC and strengthened its presence in the Bitcoin ecosystem by nearly doubling its holdings....Read More
Crypto market capitalization has tanked around 12% over the past 24 hours, falling to around $3.1 trillion at the time of writing. It is the lowest level markets have seen this year, wiping out more than $400 billion in less than a day as the sell-off accelerated during the Monday morning Asian trading session, sending...Read More
Historical data has shown that growing stablecoin liquidity is associated with sustained gains in the crypto market. This means that bitcoin’s next rally could be around the corner because stablecoin liquidity is expanding. According to a CryptoQuant report, liquidity impulse for Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC) have begun to expand again, with the latter...Read More
“We are not bulled up enough about Ethereum,” said former UBS bond trader and Etherealize founder Vivek Raman on Jan. 29. It has been more than a week since Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the “entire Ethereum ecosystem has been reborn,” he added, referring to the recent leadership shakeup at the Ethereum Foundation. Ethereum now has...Read More
The crypto market is recording a surge in bitcoin (BTC) inflows to whale wallets, indicating that this cohort of investors has begun to accumulate the digital asset again amid the recent downturn. Analysts at the market intelligence platform CryptoQuant see a substantial inflow of BTC into whale addresses as the act of storing BTC in...Read More
Bitcoin has recovered from its twelve-day low of just below $98,000 on Monday to reach an intraday high of $103,100 during the Tuesday morning Asian trading session. The asset only spent a few hours in the five-figure territory, finding solid support from which to bounce. On Jan. 28, analyst ‘Rekt Capital’ said that Bitcoin had completed...Read More
Crypto markets are deep in the red this Monday morning in Asia, and key economic data from the US this week could rattle them further. Markets reacted positively following Donald Trump’s inauguration last week, with a new all-time high for Bitcoin on Jan. 20, but things appear to be unraveling at the moment. President Trump also...Read More
Bitcoin’s price has been on a spectacular run for the past few months, going from under $70,000 to almost $110,000 to break its previous all-time high and mark a new one, well within six-digit territory. The micro-scale has also turned positive as the asset recovered its 30-day percentage gain or loss to above 6% at...Read More
Since the United States presidential inauguration, overall bitcoin spot demand growth has slowed considerably. Spot demand growth is needed for BTC’s price to rally again; however, the metric has yet to make a comeback. A CryptoQuant report revealed that despite the lack of such an increase, large BTC investors have entered a reaccumulation phase and...Read More
Donald Trump’s executive order on crypto, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technologies,” has been signed. Here’s exactly what’s inside the order – which utterly revokes that of the more crypto-hostile Biden administration from two years ago. Broadly, the order establishes the “President‘s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets.” It will be chaired by...Read More
With the current bull cycle possibly on its last legs, many crypto experts are optimistic that the leading cryptocurrency will attain never-before-seen heights before the end of the year. Blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant revealed in its latest research that Bitcoin (BTC) could soar to a peak between $145,000 and $249,000. While stressing that institutional adoption...Read More
Despite the current state of the crypto market, Bitcoin miners are having an even more difficult time producing blocks and running their operations. Bitcoin mining difficulty hit an all-time high, but an even more notable occurrence is that this uptick is the eighth consecutive one, which could mean several things for the budding crypto network....Read More
Crypto markets spent the past week in retreat, with more than $300 billion leaving the digital asset sector. The weekend traded flat, but there was a minor spike in activity and a subsequent price correction on Monday morning in Asia. Moreover, several key inflation reports are due in the US this week, which could impact...Read More
Bitcoin prices have slumped back into five-figure territory, with the asset hitting an intraday low of $95,164 during early trading in Asia on Wednesday following a fall of almost 6% in 12 hours, according to CoinGecko. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, the asset topped $102,000 after gaining 10% over the past week. However, most of those...Read More
For context, Bitcoin returned a yield in average crypto exchange prices of 210% from Nov. 1, 2023, to a historical record high level above $108,000 on Dec. 16, according to data compiled by CoinMarketCap. Compare that to US stocks’ performance over the same time period, and the original and most secure cryptocurrency massively over-indexed for...Read More
The little orange cryptocurrency was one of several digital assets in this segment that walloped 2024 gains from investing in US stocks like those in the S&P 500 Index or Nasdaq Composite. Others, like Ripple’s XRP tokens for international settlements between large institutions, performed even better than Bitcoin. XRP was up 247% by Christmas Day...Read More
