A rising tide lifts all boats — even those previously thought to be shipwrecked. At least that’s how it looked on Wednesday when some previously dormant altcoins erupted back to life, experiencing spikes ranging between 3,000% and 6,500% for the week. Foremost among them was Karma (KARMA), a socialRead More →
According to research by on-chain analytics provider, Glassnode, 95% of the Bitcoin changing hands last was last moved less than three months ago on the blockchain. Glassnode’s March 15 The Week On-Chain report found that just 5% of spent outputs are more than 90 days old, indicating the vastRead More →
With Elon Musk gone quiet in the past two days, it seems like Mark Cuban is filling the void with some significant DOGE talk on Twitter. The entrepreneur who owns Dallas Mavericks has recently been warming up to the popular crypto, and recently stated that it has the potentialRead More →
According to US Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), drug traffickers increasingly relied on crypto ATMs to aid illicit bulk money transfers, last year. DEA also noted a surge in BTC withdrawal of many dark web vendors, last year, who feared “loss of funds.” DEA stated that Covid-imposedRead More →
The decentralized smart contract platform Fantom (FTM) continued its resurgent rally to the tune of 50% on Monday, despite a temporary network outage that saw the blockchain stop producing blocks for seven hours. Fantom emerged among the top 100 in the market cap rankings in January — eventually goingRead More →
Several major banks across Asia have joined forces to construct a cross-border central bank digital currency, according to a joint announcement issued on Feb. 23. Dubbed the Multiple Central Bank Digital Currency Bridge — or m-CBDC — the project sees the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand,Read More →
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to as low as $53,905 on Binance overnight, recording a sudden 6% drop. But despite the minor correction, the price of Bitcoin quickly recovered thereafter, reaching a new all-time high above $57,800 on Feb. 21. BTC/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.com Why didRead More →
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has dropped its defamation lawsuit against news publication Forbes and two of its journalists, according to official court documents. Binance Holdings filed a lawsuit against Forbes, along with journalists Michael Del Castillo and Jason Brett in November, following an article that alleged BinanceRead More →
Meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE) gained 25% in minutes on Feb. 4 after a fresh endorsement from the world’s richest man. DOGE/USD 1-minute candle chart (Bittrex). Source: TradingView DOGE in new “Elon pump” Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView showed DOGE/USD rebound past $0.05 per token on Thursday, edging towardsRead More →
Gold and Bitcoin supporters are likely to keep arguing with each other as both gold advocates and Bitcoin maximalist stick to their own school of thought. Recently, MicroStrategy CEO, Michael Saylor predicted that in the future, investors are more likely to opt for Bitcoin over the yellow metal. In anRead More →
Bitcoin (BTC) may have traded sideways for much of last month thanks to Grayscale, but the status quo will soon change. According to data from on-chain analytics resource CryptoQuant, the price premium of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) just hit its lowest since April 2019. Grayscale lock-up ends WednesdayRead More →
Dogecoin (DOGE) is up 80% in a day and trading volume has spiked more than 800% as the altcoin sees a publicity surge with a familiar source. DOGE/USD 1-day candle chart (Binance). Source: Tradingview DOGE to $1? Data from Cointelegraph Markets, CoinMarketCap and Tradingview showed a transformation taking place inRead More →
Disclaimer: The findings of the following analysis are the sole opinions of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Chainlink’s price has risen substantially through the course of 2021. In the past week alone, the cryptocurrency saw its price hike by close to 8 percent in aRead More →
Ether (ETH), the largest altcoin by market cap, finally reached new all-time highs against the U.S. dollar on Jan. 19. ETH/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview Ether price is back after 3 years Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView showed ETH/USD beat its existing record during Tuesday trading, passingRead More →
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. The result of Bitcoin’s price appreciation and the rising open interest on BTC optionsRead More →
David Schwartz, current chief technical officer at Ripple, is responding to reports his predecessor had lost access to hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin. In a Quora post on Thursday, Schwartz said recent reports about former Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas forgetting the password to an encrypted hard driveRead More →
Within 48 hours of Grayscale reopening its services to new investors on January 13, Bitcoin’s price shot up by almostd 20%, to once again hover just under the $40,000 mark. During the same period, the institutional investment firm added 4,618 BTC to its portfolio at a current value ofRead More →
One of the most interesting trends surfacing in the crypto industry today is the increasing likelihood of Bitcoin emerging as the next global reserve currency – something that Bitcoin fundamentalists have been preaching for the last decade. With the combination of transparency and decentralized trust brought on by theRead More →
Anthony Scaramucci’s multi-billion-dollar hedge fund, SkyBridge Capital, has submitted a formal application with the United States securities regulator to launch a new Bitcoin (BTC) fund. The Form D for an exempt offering appeared on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website on Monday. The proposal lists “SkyBridge Bitcoin Fund L.P.”Read More →
What does Bitcoin’s latest hike tell us about its investors? Bitcoin has been in the news for all the right reasons lately. With 2020 drawing to a close, the coin has managed to do a repeat of the 2017 bull run and in the process, it has managed toRead More →
Only 22% of bankers and financial investigators feel confident detecting crypto-related payments, according to blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence company – CipherTrace. During a webinar on “How Cryptocurrency Intelligence Tipped the Scales in 2020 Sanctions Evasion,” over 500 attendees from various financial institutions were asked if they felt confidentRead More →
Almost 2 weeks after Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain went live, over 1.4 million ETH have been staked on the deposit contract, with 31,000 active validators and 13,000 in the activation queue. While the ensuing period since hasn’t been too development-heavy, according to some like developer Ben Edgington, ‘no news’ isRead More →
Researchers from the University of Bern have released a report claiming Ripple’s consensus protocol “ensures neither safety nor liveness.” In a blog posted yesterday from the university’s Cryptology and Data Security Research Group, researchers Christian Cachin, Amores-Sesar, and Jovana Mićić released an analysis alleging the payment firm’s consensus protocolRead More →
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is in the news again after American economist and popular crypto-critic Nouriel Roubini claimed that it had no intrinsic value, adding that BTC is heavily manipulated. Taking to Twitter on Thanksgiving Day, the crypto-skeptic, in fact, also went on to blame retail investor FOMORead More →
As the spot market once again began to consolidate, the decentralized finance [DeFi] sector has been witnessing a surge after bottoming out last week. Year.finance [YFI] has been a popular DeFi project that has been witnessing a great surge in the market over the past couple of weeks. EverRead More →
