Bitcoin may be dripping lower at spot rates. Still, one analyst is unfazed, expecting the coin to reverse recent losses and snap up firmly before peaking in December 2024. At spot rates, BTC is down roughly 11% from 2024 peaks and struggling to generate sufficient buying pressure, looking at the formation in the daily chart.…
In a historic move that sets a precedent for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), 1inch DAO, the entity behind the 1inch Network, has voted to secure “legal advisory services” from STORM Partners. Notably, this decision comes amid growing regulatory scrutiny on the crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi) sectors. 1inch DAO Votes To Onboard STORM Partners For…
Data Nerd Data on December 13 shows that over the past 24 hours, the wallet “0xea8” moved 200 million BUSD from Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by client count. The whale transfer caught the attention of keen crypto users, who also noted that the transfer was soon followed by a deposit of 99.95 million FDUSD, a…
As institutional interest in Bitcoin grows, Fidelity and BlackRock’s proposed spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) faces an unexpected hurdle: the crypto market’s unwillingness to let go of the coin at bargain prices. Bitcoin To $60,000 In Progress? According to Mike Alfred, who claims to be a value investor and a board director, the market will…
As of July 25, on-chain data indicates that the hash rate dedicated to the Litecoin network for mining from Binance Pool, a platform focused on improving miners’ income, is down by over 50% in the past seven months. In crypto mining, hash rate is the cumulative computing power funneled to a proof-of-work network like Bitcoin, Litecoin, or…
Senior House Republicans have officially introduced a bill that seeks to change how crypto markets function in the United States. Republican members of the Agriculture and Financial Services Committees of the United States House have introduced this bill to create a regulatory framework for digital assets. Submitted on July 20, the Financial Innovation and Technology…
MicroStrategy is a business intelligence firm and one of the biggest holders of Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency by market capitalization. And Michael Saylor, the former CEO of MicroStrategy, believes the cryptocurrency market is bottoming, and a Bitcoin rally is on the horizon. Regulation, Halving, And Ordinals Are Drivers In the interview, Saylor points…
According to CryptoQuant’s data on May 10, Bitcoin reserves in centralized exchanges such as Binance and Coinbase experienced a significant decline in Q4 2022. The reserves remained stable in April despite the prices soaring from $20,000 to $31,000 during that period. Exchange Bitcoin Reserves Rapidly Shrinking Bitcoin exchange “reserves” is a metric that tracks the…
Ethereum has been seeing increased regulatory scrutiny in recent months. This comes following the network’s move to a proof of stake mechanism and the introduction of staking to the others. As sanctions have been levied against protocols such as Tornado Cash, it is becoming increasingly possible that regulatory bodies may turn their focus to Ethereum.…
One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Kraken, received a $1.25M fine. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission imposed the “civil monetary penalty” plus a cease and desist from “further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA)” on September 28th. According to the CFTC, Kraken provided margin for commodity transactions to retail clients in the U.S. who…