A dramatic new twist is emerging in the fast-escalating US-Iran war, as reports suggest Tehran is exploring a controversial proposal: allowing oil tankers safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for payments made in Chinese yuan. While no formal agreement has been confirmed, the implications of such a move are already sending ripples…
Crypto coins exhibited exponential growth through the years, raising attention to the crypto space. There was no correlation between crypto performance and the conventional stocks of different commodities. However, all that seems to be fading into thin air from the recent activities and trends of digital assets. The chief economist of Coinbase, a crypto exchange,…
They say journalists never truly clock out. But for Christian, that's not just a metaphor, it's a lifestyle. By day, he navigates the ever-shifting tides of the cryptocurrency market, wielding words like a seasoned editor and crafting articles that decipher the jargon for the masses. When the PC goes on hibernate mode, however, his pursuits…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. An OG Bitcoin advocate made a bold forecast that demand for Bitcoin will increase rapidly in the near future, bolstering the estimates of some crypto experts that BTC is on a trajectory to hit the six-figure level. OG, short for “original gangster” or “original gangsta,” is a slang…
Oil prices are pushing toward the $100 mark as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East intensify, with Iran issuing evacuation warnings and signaling potential strikes on key Gulf energy infrastructure. The latest developments have heightened concerns over global energy supply disruptions and added fresh volatility to oil markets. Iran Issues Evacuation Alerts Near Gulf Oil…
Bitcoin price just broke below $7,000 Monday morning after a late Friday evening rally pushed the asset over the key level for the weekend.However, coronavirus concerns have returned to traditional markets, causing major turbulence to kick off the day, which may have also caused Bitcoin to tumble. Could a repeat of last month’s mayhem and…
Bitcoin appeared stuck in a price-range on Monday as attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities raised concerns over global energy supply and renewed tensions in the Middle East. The spot bitcoin rate slipped 0.03 percent to $10,301.78 on Coinbase, while bitcoin futures on CME surged by 1.12 percent to $10,380 as of 11:13 UTC. At…
Bitcoin solves many problems, from monetary policy mishandling to acting as the first decentralized store of wealth.But could it also be a solution to Venezuela’s sanctioned and stuck-at-sea oil problem? Rather than aimlessly floating at sea, the oil could be put to much better use.Venezuela Has Over 18 Million Barrels Of Sanctioned Oil Floating At…
A war in the Middle East has turned a decade-old energy security warning into an emergency. For two countries that quietly dismantled their refining industries, the reckoning has arrived. On the morning of February 28, the Strait of Hormuz — a strip of water barely 33 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, through which a…
Bitcoin (BTC) is hanging around $74k, still respecting the post‑shock range and struggling to clear recent highs. Bitcoin Range Holds Today’s QCP Market Colour reports that “the damage has been fairly contained”: the broader crypto market is soft compared with November–January, but continues to be under pressure, as other macro‑sensitive risk assets have fallen harder,…