Bitcoin and gold have formed a striking correlation throughout 2020, although this has shown some signs of degrading over the past few weeks as BTC continues extending its multi-month bout of sideways trading.Gold is also starting to move lockstep with the stock market, showing that traders are increasingly treating the precious metal as a “risk-on”…
BitMEX has long been a source of polarization within the crypto industry. Despite many traders blaming it for the so-called “scam wicks” and immense volatility within the crypto markets, it remained the largest and most widely used Bitcoin trading platform. Its dominance over this fragment of the market has been waning over the past few…
Bitcoin’s mounting fundamental strength has been forming a compelling case that upside may be imminent for the cryptocurrency. This underlying strength can be seen on multiple fronts, with the cryptocurrency’s market health growing due to spikes in the asset’s liquidity as well as its investor sentiment. One on-chain indicator that examines the profitability of Bitcoin…
GPay Limited, which traded as XtraderFX (formerly CryptoPoint) has been shut down by UK authorities following investigations into its practices.The firm has been on the radar of the Financial Conduct Authority for over two years. But a High Court hearing, before Deputy Insolvency & Companies Court Judge Baister, finally forced it to close last week.“This…
The adoption of blockchain technology and decentralized applications by mainstream industry segments doesn’t need any more introductions, as there are many glowing examples of Fortune 500 companies as well as startups in their respective spaces implementing such solutions to further optimize their processes. As the use cases for cryptocurrency technologies continue to grow, a more…
The Ethereum options market is seeing massive growth as of late, with the total open interest now rapidly approaching $500 million. The vast majority of this open interest still resides within Deribit, with the popular trading platform currently dominating the crypto-options market. Options have been seeing increasing popularity throughout 2020, with investors widely pivoting away…
In the countdown to the Shelley mainnet launch at the end of this month, Cardano has released details of its staking reward system. The amount of staking reward is determined by several factors, such as the number of staking pools in operation, the saturation of a delegated pool, and block production efficiency. At present, all…
Ethereum’s Yam Finance protocol has been the hottest crypto project of the past 24 hours. As reported by NewsBTC previously, the unaudited protocol managed to garner $400 million worth of value in under 24 hours, with investors throwing boatloads of capital at the project. The token of the protocol, YAM, is behind this exponential explosion…
Despite the popular, apparent misconception, Binance has apparently never had offices in Malta. Changpeng Zhao, the platform’s CEO and founder, says the crypto exchange operates without a fixed headquarters.He adds that Binance is striving to become a “true decentralized autonomous organization.”Despite What You Might Have Heard, Binance is Not a “Malta-Based Crypto Exchange”According to a…
Just months ago, in March, many thought Bitcoin was on its way out. The cryptocurrency registered a 50% drop in a single 24-hour period in March, falling as global markets imploded.BTC miners followed suit, shutting down their machines en-masse because they weren’t profitable.But just three and a half months later, network data shows that Bitcoin…