The first woman to gain more than a million YouTube subscribers is now going all-in on bitcoin to promote financial freedom to her loyal fanbase. “I kind of view bitcoin as similar to YouTube, which…
Crypto ETP capitalization up 90% this month as…
Capital has flooded into crypto investment products in recent weeks, with the value of assets invested into crypto exchange-traded products, or ETPs, increasing by more than 90% in the last 30 days. The spike in…
Crypto ETP capitalization up 90% this month days…
Capital has flooded into crypto investment products in recent weeks, with the value of assets invested into crypto exchange-traded products, or ETPs, increasing by more than 90% in the last 30 days. The spike in…
Older investors are getting into crypto, new survey…
Older generations have started recognizing the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchain in global payment systems, a new survey says. On Jan. 21, digital payment platform Wirex released a special report devoted to the topic of…
Dubai Financial Watchdog to Release Consultation Papers for…
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has unveiled its plans to create a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. The announcement was part of its 2021-2022 business agenda released this week. The Papers Will Be Released in…
Going long: 270K Bitcoin moved into storage in…
Despite surging prices, Bitcoin investors are rapidly locking up their BTC for the long-term, with 270,000 BTC being taken out of liquid supply in the last 30 days. According to data published by crypto market…
3 reasons Bitcoin abruptly dropped by 7.4% overnight
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped sharply from $37,800 to $35,000 overnight, liquidating $572 million worth of cryptocurrency futures positions. There are three major reasons why the price of Bitcoin declined steeply in the past…
11 indicators that suggest Ether’s new ATH is…
With Ethereum inching its way into new all-time highs over the past 24 hours, a number of onlookers believe Ether could quickly surge through the $1,400 price range. Ethereum’s robust fundamentals are strengthening the conviction…
Pro traders go short as overbought derivatives propel…
Ether’s (ETH) performance over the past week has been nothing short of exceptional. The price rallied from a $905 low on Jan. 11 to a new all-time high at $1,440 on Jan. 19. According to…
Ethereum 2.0 closes in on $4B value locked…
Little more than a month after launching, the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain now holds 2.7 million Ether (ETH), worth $3.8 billion. The combination of the Ether price rally and an ever increasing amount of stakers have…
Crypto Derivatives Surge, Bitcoin Options Open Interest Climbs…
Bitcoin options open interest has reached $9.6 billion according to derivatives market data as the metric is nearing the high captured on January 7, 2021. Moreover, the aggregate open interest in bitcoin futures is steadily…
Russian Crypto Exchange Shuts Down Amid Accusations of…
The Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has shut down amid accusations that it has pulled an exit scam. Customers are unable to withdraw their funds and have been asked to provide extensive identifying information which they…
CoinShares Offers Institutional On-Ramp With Physically-Backed Bitcoin ETP
Today, digital asset manager CoinShares announced the launch of CoinShares Physical Bitcoin, an exchange-traded product (ETP) with each unit backed by on-chain BTC. The product will carry the ticker symbol “BITC.” “BITC will be the…
Grayscale’s Michael Sonnenshein Says Institutional Investors ‘Looking for…
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein says institutional investors are also exhibiting a growing interest in diversifying their investments by choosing other crypto assets besides bitcoin. Sonnenshein, who was recently appointed to the CEO position, made the…
Steve Forbes Says Bitcoin’s Fixed Supply Limits Its…
American publisher Steve Forbes has attacked bitcoin’s fixed supply saying this feature actually curbs the ability of the crypto to “meet the needs of a growing economy.” He also argues that bitcoin cannot replace the…
Bitcoin open interest hits $8.8B as 45% of…
Over the past two months the open interest on Bitcoin options has held reasonably steady even as the figure increased by 118% to reach $8.4 billion as (BTC) price rose to a new all-time high.…
$500M in crypto futures liquidated as Bitcoin dips…
Roughly $500 million worth of cryptocurrency futures positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours. The mass liquidation of positions happened before the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $34,000 on Jan. 17. Bitcoin total…
Coinbase Issues a Public Apology to EU and…
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase published a statement addressing their U.K. and E.U. customers, apologizing for system outages and account restrictions. The company also recognized their customer support “has not been at the levels” expected. High Flow…
Etoro Warns Customers to Brace for Suspension of…
Etoro, a trading and investing platform, has warned its customers to brace for possible limitations on their buy orders this coming weekend. The company says it might be forced to take this and other steps…
$13B Bitcoin futures open interest reflects traders’ strong…
Bitcoin (BTC) price recovered by 27% just three days after testing the $31,000 support and earlier today bull recaptured the $40,000 level. This quick recovery occurred despite the digital asset facing one of the largest…
Polkadot skyrockets nearly 30% to $10 billion market…
Polkadot (DOT), the second-largest smart contract protocol in the cryptocurrency market by valuation behind Ethereum, is up nearly 30% in the last 24 hours. Polkadot's market capitalization has also surpassed $10 billion, solidifying its position…
Another $1 billion wipeout: Why is Bitcoin seeing…
Nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) futures contracts were liquidated on Jan. 13, a day after the big shakeout. The continuous loop of liquidations is causing extreme volatility and large price swings in the…
3 Bitcoin price indicators prove pro traders are…
This week’s $11,000 drop occurred in just 32 hours and this definitely an important milestone for Bitcoin (BTC) price. Many mainstream media outlets perceived the correction as the start of a new bear market but…
Bitcoin’s 20% rebound in one day is one…
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) rose 20% on Jan. 12 from $30,500 to around $36,600 across major exchanges. But while the rebound after the correction has been strong, there are two warning signs. BTC/USDT 1-hour price…
As Bitcoin Regains Lost Ground, Options Traders Bet…
Despite bitcoin’s 20% crash on Monday, some options traders are betting on a continued price rally in coming weeks. At the press time price of $35,580, bitcoin is up nearly 16% from the low of…
XLM re-enters top-10 coins by market cap after…
Stellar Lumens (XLM) is now the ninth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, overtaking Chainlink (LINK) and Binance Coin (BNB), according to data from major crypto tracking website CoinGecko. At publishing time, Stellar’s market cap amounts to…
UK Government Asks Crypto Industry to Provide Insights…
Her Majesty’s Treasury in the U.K. issued a document that details a series of proposals addressing the crypto community. With the consultation, the Treasury is initiating a “regulatory approach to cryptoassets and stablecoins” for 2021…
TA: Ethereum Reverses Losses: Why ETH Could Face…
Ethereum declined almost 30% and tested the $900 support zone against the US Dollar. ETH price is currently rising, but it is facing a strong resistance near $1,130. Ethereum started a strong decline from well…
Profit taking? Institutional crypto fund inflows drop 97%…
Capital inflows into crypto funds and investment products plummeted during the first week of January after posting new all-time highs in late-December. According to crypto fund manager CoinShares’ Jan. 11 Digital Asset Fund Flows report,…
Bitcoin Bloodbath: How The Dollar Turned A Sea…
Today, Bitcoin has experienced one of its deadliest single-day drops on record in terms of dollar amount moved. And the reason behind it could be the greenback itself. Dollar sentiment is at extreme lows and…
Ethereum price tumbles to $915, but traders are…
The past week has been an emotional rollercoaster for Ether (ETH) traders, as there were seven four-hour candles of a 10% or larger price movement. Furthermore, the most recent 30% drop to $920 triggered $550…
While Bitcoin’s Price Dips in Value, Crypto Assets…
The price of bitcoin has dropped on Sunday losing more than 6% during the last 24 hours, but a myriad of other coins have seen significant gains in contrast. Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin cash, ethereum, and…
CoinSpot Is Ideal Starting Point for Australian Investors…
PRESS RELEASE. As the most trusted platform to buy, sell and exchange Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more than 230 other cryptocurrency tokens for Australian investors, CoinSpot encourages people who have not yet explored the investment opportunities…
Room to Rally: Bitcoin’s Risk-Adjusted Returns are Steady…
Bitcoin has been on a tear throughout the past few weeks, with its price action heating up as bulls try to flip $40,000 into a support level If the crypto continues holding above this previous…
Traders flock into altcoins as Bitcoin price trades…
The bullish momentum seen throughout the week has spilled over into the weekend as the majority of the top-100 tokens listed on CoinMarketCap are posting double-digit gains. Bitcoin (BTC) entering a brief consolidation period and…
Bitcoin price volatility spikes as BTC whales sell…
Bitcoin price has re-established the $40,000 level as support but as bull push toward a new all-time high the possibility of another sharp sell-off looms. According to analysts at Material Indicators, a crypto analytics company,…
Bitcoins real volume doubles previous all-time high
Bitcoin’s meteoric rally to $40,000 has seen BTC smash its previous all-time high for 'real' volume by roughly 100%. On Jan. 7, Quantum Economics founder Mati Greenspan shared a chart showing that weekly spot volume…
ETH en route to overtake its 2018 ATH…
Bullish fervor surrounding Ethereum (ETH) intensified on Wednesday, as the second-largest cryptocurrency broke above $1,200 for the first time in three years. The gains were largely driven by a confluence of fundamental factors, including Bitcoin’s…
Bitcoin Price Touches the $37K Zone, Crypto Economy’s…
The price of bitcoin smashed through the last all-time high again jumping above the $37k zone to $37,400 per coin. The crypto asset’s market valuation is around $689 billion at the time of publication, as…
As BTC price gets close to $36K, Bitcoin…
The Bitcoin (BTC) price is not the only metric seeing record numbers as the network hash rate has set a new all-time high. According to data from Blockchain.com, the estimated seven-day average Bitcoin hash rate…
Grayscales ETHE shares tumble 50% as Ether skyrockets
Shares in fund manager Grayscale Investments’ Ethereum Trust plummeted by 50% this past fortnight, despite Ethereum rallying by 75% over the same period. ETHE shares represent 0.09620794 of an Ether each and are currently trading…
AAVE price soars to $123 all-time high as…
As the crypto bull market continues to gain traction, the price of Aave’s native token, (AAVE), is pushing toward new all-time highs. The growth of the decentralized lending platform appears to be bolstered by improving…
The US Dollar’s Share of Global Reserve Currencies…
The U.S. dollar’s dominant position as the reserve currency of choice may be in peril, as its share of global currencies held in reserves continues to decline. International Monetary Fund (IMF) data shows, the dollar’s…
5 factors show bulls control Ethereum price even…
On Jan. 4, Ether (ETH) price rallied to $1,160, which was followed by a 24% correction within the following 4 hours. What is clear is that investors are anxiously awaiting the CME's ETH futures launch…
Over $1.17B of Bitcoin Longs Liquidated as Price…
Bitcoin derivatives traders who opened bullish positions as the cryptocurrency reached its record high, near $34,500, are now staring at massive losses. Data provided by ByBt.com shows that the BTC/USD market liquidated long contracts worth…
Crypto Economy Spikes More Than 11%, Entire Market…
Digital currency markets have seen decent gains this weekend as bitcoin touched another all-time high (ATH) on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, a number of other crypto assets have seen significant price rises as well, as the…
Data Shows 78% of the Circulating Bitcoin Supply…
Onchain statistics show 78% of the circulating bitcoin supply is illiquid and barely accessible according to Glassnode research. Data indicates that the analysts have classified 14.5 million bitcoin as illiquid and only 4.2 million bitcoin…
Yearn.finance (YFI) Could be Coiling Up for a…
Yearn.finance’s YFI governance token’s price has been stagnant as of late, hovering within the lower-$20,000 region without being able to gain any serious momentum. This comes as the entire DeFi space generally sits within a…
Bitcoin hits all-time high against gold as haven…
Bitcoin price claimed another all-time high on Friday, this time against gold, offering further confirmation that demand for digital assets is on the rise. As Bitcoin (BTC) zipped past $29,000 on Friday, the digital currency reached…
Number of Addresses Holding ETH Reaches a New…
A new milestone has been reached in the crypto sphere, as the number of addresses holding Ethereum hit an all-time high of over 51.4 million before the end of a turbulent 2020 year. Number of…
Bitcoin price faces the last roadblock before $30,000
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has reached a new all-time high above $29,400 across major exchanges on Jan. 1. In other words, BTC is just 2% away from reaching the psychological resistance level at $30,000.…
Best Ways to Buy Bitcoin on Crypto.com
As Bitcoin continues to break new barriers to redefine its all-time-high prices, the flagship cryptocurrency has become one of the most sought-after instruments among individuals and corporates alike. In the present scenario, Crypto.com offers a…
Faulty data? Grayscale didn’t liquidate massive amounts of…
Bybt data apparently showing a massive liquidation of XRP and Stellar Lumen (XLM) by Grayscale Investments earlier this week is inaccurate, according to the investment company. On Wednesday, a public Bybt data set suggested that Grayscale…
The Chances of a Parabolic Chainlink Rally are…
Chainlink has been severely underperforming Bitcoin as of late, despite its enormous and devoutly loyal community and continued fundamental growth. This isn’t uncommon for the crypto, as it often trends independent from the rest of…
Ripple Fires Back Saying SEC to Blame For…
The Ripple Team has released a statement in response to the events of the past week or so. In it, they maintain their innocence against all charges levied by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Hedge Funds are Betting Heavily on a Bearish…
Bitcoin’s uptrend over the past few months has been historic, with bulls taking full control of its price action and sending it from sub-$10,000 lows in late summer to highs of $28,500 just a few…
Turkish crypto exchange THODEX now open to users…
THODEX, a cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2017 based in Turkey and globalized under the license of FinCen MSB from the USA, is now open to users worldwide. The exchange company, operating as global brand with…
CoinDeal Obtains in-Principle Approval for Maltese Class 4…
PRESS RELEASE. CoinDeal is pleased to announce that it is now the first publicly known company to have obtained a Class 4 Virtual Financial Assets License in Principle Approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority…
Bitcoin Derivatives Action Swells: A Few June Futures…
Bitcoin derivatives markets have been seeing significant demand in recent months at the same time bitcoin spot markets climbed to all-time price highs and surged 149% during the last three months. Just recently the leading…
Altcoins Bleed Out against BTC as Selling Pressure…
Bitcoin has been on a wild ride throughout the past few weeks, and its parabolic growth trend is showing no signs of coming to an end anytime soon Where the market trends in the mid-term…
Bitcoin’s Next Impulse Move Could Send It Rocketing…
It has been on a wild ride the past few weeks, with buyers being in full control of its price action as it continues rising on a nearly daily basis Where it trends in the…
Bitcoin Hits $500K on Russian Crypto Exchange After…
Cryptocurrency trading platform Livecoin claims that it has been hacked after the crypto community noticed the price of bitcoin shoot up to half a million dollars. Meanwhile, users are complaining that they cannot withdraw their…
The US SEC Fines Shipchain $2 Million for…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease and desist order against Shipchain and ordered it to pay a penalty of $2.05 million. Additionally, the regulator has directed Shipchain, a shipping and…
Bitcoin price drops to $23K in minutes despite…
Bitcoin (BTC) fell by almost $1,000 in under an hour on Dec. 23 as spot markets refused to buy fresh good news from institutional investors. Cryptocurrency market overview from Coin360.BTC price spooked near $24,000 sell…
SNX price soars 100% in December — Whats…
Synthetix Network Token (SNX), the native token of Synthetix — a decentralized finance derivatives protocol — has been surging throughout the past week and is now worth over $7.87 as of Dec. 23. The primary…
NUTS Finance integrates RenVM to streamline BTC cross-chain…
Ren, an open protocol that enables the movement of value between blockchains, has announced its next integration of RenVM with NUTS Finance, a blockchain development DAO. acBTC, NUTS first dApp now supports native BTC deposits via RenJS.…
Synthetix (SNX) Hits Record High amid DeFi Correction;…
Synthetix’s native token SNX emerged victorious on the day its rival decentralized finance tokens turned lower. The SNX-to-dollar exchange rate hit a fresh record high of $8.68 on Wednesday as a flurry of uplifting fundamentals…
An Unknown User Incurs More Than $80,000 in…
An unknown person incurred a transaction fee of more than $80,000 or (3.49079570 bitcoins) when transferring bitcoin worth $1.16. According to Blockchain.com, the December 19 transaction, which is included in block 662052, had an input…
OpenDAO Builds New Yield Dollar Interface on Top…
PRESS RELEASE. OpenDAO is proud and excited to announce that it is one of the first DeFi projects to participate in UMA’s dapp mining program. Check out the new Yield Dollar interface at ydollar.opendao.io For…
UK Crypto Exchange Exmo Hacked, Estimates Presume Platform…
U.K.-based cryptocurrency exchange Exmo detailed on December 21, 2020, the firm had “detected suspicious withdrawal activity” and halted withdrawals. Exmo said a security audit report revealed “large withdrawals” of bitcoin and five other cryptocurrencies. Analysts…
Bitfinex launches 100x leverage ether/bitcoin perpetual contract
Bitfinex Derivatives, a derivatives platform accessible through crypto exchange company Bitfinex, today announced the launch of a perpetual contract for ethereum/bitcoin. Officially live as of 22/12/20 at 10:00 AM UTC, each contract will offer users…
Ripple’s XRP Slides 13% on SEC Lawsuit Worries;…
Ripple was among the major losers this week as its native cryptocurrency, XRP, fell by roughly 13 percent. XRP/USD dropped to $0.44 during the early European session. Its move downhill took cues from two fundamentals.…
Dangerous Dollar Fractal Could Bring Return Of Bear…
Bitcoin is trading at over $20,000, but the start of what might be the first real correction since the uptrend first began could be forming. However, looking more closely at the DXY Dollar Currency Index,…
Japan Leverages 80 Tons of Gold to Help…
Japan’s finance ministry has reportedly leveraged 80 tons of gold to help fund part of its huge stimulus package aimed at combating the coronavirus crisis. The Asian country, which is saddled with public debt twice…
Kickoff Your DeFi Adventure With Yearnify Finance –…
Decentralized Finance is definitely in the mainstream of the crypto industry. Smart contracts expanded the crypto usability, with users now being able to make different kinds of transactions without third parties. And that’s a relief.…
Weekend Market Action Sees Bitcoin Touch $24K, $1…
Bitcoin and the crypto economy continue to see strong gains, as the price of the leading crypto-asset touched an all-time high on Saturday, December 19, 2020. That morning around 11:45 a.m. EST, bitcoin touched a…
Survey: There Is ‘Significant Room’ for the NFT…
A survey about non-fungible token (NFT) trends on crypto users revealed that 47% of correspondents had heard of NFT, and among these, 63% of them had only a basic understanding about it, while 57% of…
Here’s Why Yearn.finance’s YFI Could Soon Gain Some…
Yearn.finance’s YFI token has seen massive gains from its multi-month lows of $7,500 set just a few weeks ago. The strength it has expressed since it drifted towards these lows has been impressive, with bulls…
Bitcoin Options Daily Volume Crosses $1 Billion, $100K…
Cryptocurrency derivatives markets have been seeing significant demand, as daily volumes for bitcoin options crossed $1 billion on December 17, 2020. Most of the record turnover has been taking place on the derivatives platform Deribit,…
Analyst: Ethereum to Rally 20%+ Against BTC as…
Ethereum has been trailing slightly behind Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market as of late, which comes as all eyes shift to watch BTC’s price action Although it has lagged behind it, ETH…
Ruffer Investment Co. Allocates 2.7 Percent Of Portfolio…
U.K.-based Ruffer Investment Company announced to shareholders today that it has allocated about 2.5 percent of its portfolio to bitcoin, according to Investegate. In a correspondence with CoinDesk‘s Zack Voell, the firm upped that percentage…
BTC Leaps Toward $25,000 Less than 24 Hours…
Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high with a recent price push past the $20k mark. However, less than 24 hours after its push past $20k, BTC is already more than halfway toward the $25,000…
SBI’s Acquisition of Crypto Firm Helps the Asian…
Japanese financial group SBI Financial Services has announced the acquisition of the United Kingdom-based crypto services firm B2c2 for an undisclosed amount. The purchase helps the Asian financial giant to become one of the mainstream…
Interview: How Bitcoin Works Today And Tomorrow With…
Listen To This Episode: Nik Bhatia, famous Bitcoin thinker and economist, joined this episode of the Bitcoin Magazine Podcast to discuss the recent corporate bond MicroStrategy issued to buy more bitcoin. Bhatia has a deep…
VaultSwap Announces Its Token Sales and Exchange Listings
PRESS RELEASE. Swapping cryptos on an exchange can be incredibly inefficient, as no exchange has all the coins in one fold. VaultSwap – a project by Jason Wright, which is also the CEO zenomatrix.net –…
Uniswap tops $50B in lifetime volume, but where’s…
Leading decentralized exchange Uniswap has surpassed $50 billion in all-time trade volume, a major milestone for the DEX sector. On Dec. 15, Uniswap creator Hayden Adams tweeted data indicating the platform has processed a life-time…
Brazil Revenue Collector’s Data Shows Cryptocurrency Volumes Exceed…
Raw data from the Federal Revenue of Brazil (RFB) shows that crypto traded volumes in the country exceeded $6 billion between January and September this year. According to the data, bitcoin dominates as it accounts…
Uniswap tops $50B in lifetime volume, but wheres…
Leading decentralized exchange Uniswap has surpassed $50 billion in all-time trade volume, a major milestone for the DEX sector. On Dec. 15, Uniswap creator Hayden Adams tweeted data indicating the platform has processed a life-time…
SushiSwap Analysis: Rising Wedge on 4H Keeps SUSHI…
SushiSwap’s native token SUSHI lost its higher bids entering the new weekly session Monday as its price fell 4.47 percent. As of 1236 GMT, the SUSHI/USD exchange rate was $2.2813, having bounced off its intraday…
LINKSWAP hits $20M value locked as new farmers…
LINKSWAP, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum (ETH) has become the eighth-largest DEX by total value locked (TVL) on Dec. 14, a week after its launch. YFL, the governance token of the DEX, has also…
YieldFinanceFarm Is Next Generation DeFi Farm to Maximize…
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Finance Farm (YIF) is a high-yield Defi farm that allows you to Stake, Farm, Lend, Borrow, and Earn. Bringing real value to yield farming, it’s a modern-age project designed to meet the…
Korean Exchange Operator to Oversee Crypto-Linked Stocks in…
South Korean securities exchange operator is now expanding its overseeing capacity by monitoring all crypto-related stock activities after volatile movements seen in the last few weeks on listed companies tied to the industry. KRX’s Market…
Amidst the Pandemic, CoinsPaid Stands a Winner
2020 has been a tough year for business enterprises. Some of them are trying to reclaim their lost glaze while others have sailed past, doing even better than other years. A new wave of digital…
YFI, AAVE, COMP plunge 10% — 3 reasons…
Major decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens Yearn.finance (YFI), AAVE and Compound (COMP) plunged steeply in the last 24 hours. The three DeFi tokens, which are valued well over $500 million, declined by over 10% on the day.…
TA: Bitcoin Signaling Downturn, Why BTC Could Trade…
Bitcoin price is showing bearish signs below $18,050 against the US Dollar. BTC is now likely to continue lower and it could even trade below $17,500 Bitcoin is showing a few bearish signs below the…
It’s “Bounce or Die” for Yearn.finance’s YFI as…
Yearn.finance’s YFI token has seen some volatility over the past few days and weeks, mainly derived from that seen across the entire market. It has been closely mirroring the price action seen by the benchmark…
Multicoin Capital leads $1.15M seed round in interest…
Multicoin Capital, a blockchain and crypto investment firm, today announced it has led a $1.15 million seed round in Swivel Finance, a new decentralized protocol that enables fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives. Swivel aims to…
Bulls snatch back control as volume spike places…
Bitcoin's (BTC) sharp correction to $17,650 came as no surprise to investors and many expected the digital asset to fall as low as $16,000. Thus, the quick recovery back to $18,600 is intriguing and it…
Silvergate Capital tanks as board member dumps shares
Shares of Silvergate Capital (NYSE:SI) are in freefall this week, while the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has revealed a large liquidation of company stock by board member Thomas Dircks. The security regulator’s…