More than 70% of all tokenized Bitcoin, worth over $4.3 billion, have been transferred to Ethereum, according to data from Cryptoflows. This migration highlights a growing trend of utilizing Bitcoin within Ethereum’s decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem and other interesting areas. Billions Of Bitcoin Being Tokenized Out of the $5.75 billion worth of BTC exported from…
Data shows most of Bitcoin’s recent gains since November 27 have been observed during Asian trading hours, according to a report. Bitcoin Saw The Most Returns During Asian Trading Hours As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, Asian trading hours saw positive cumulative BTC returns of around 16% between November 27 and January…
Leave it to Jesse Powell to say what everyone in crypto is thinking. “I’m really trying to control my rage,” the mind behind Kraken tweeted to begin his rant. In the following article, we’ll comment on several of his very interesting points. Make no mistake, though, Jesse Powell thinks this isn’t over and the crypto…
Russia has seemingly turned to cryptocurrency since the West decided to ‘punish’ the nation for its invasion of Ukraine. A list of sanctions had been imposed upon the country by the United States and the EU which worked to essentially cut Russia off from world traders. However, with the rise in popularity of crypto, it…
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…
Brian Armstrong strongly argues that China’s Central Bank Digital Currency will pose a threat to the U.S. Armstrong sees the CBDC as a move that will disrupt the United States reserve currency in the long run. According to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, he has already discussed his concerns with heads of agencies and lawmakers. Brian…
Cryptocurrency has been around for more than a decade, and it has never been more difficult to ignore.In the past month the market value of cryptocurrencies has plummeted, wiping out an estimated $1.3 trillion since it peaked on 12 May.It was on that day that Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the electric vehicle company…
Members of the US Congress have sponsored a non-partisan bill in the hopes of catching up with China’s blockchain development. The “American Competitiveness Of A More Productive Emerging Tech Economy Act,” or COMPETE Act for short, is currently being discussed as a way to accelerate blockchain development in the US. While the rest of the…
Just when you thought China was advancing unopposed in the national digital currency race, the Fed finally steps up. The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is developing a digital currency geared towards “central bank use.” On that, Boston Fed Assistant VP Robert Bench said developing the project…
Trade tensions between the US and China appear to be easing as the two powerhouses come to agreement. The lifting of tariffs is good for economic stimulus but safe have assets such as gold are now starting to cool off, will Bitcoin follow suit? US China Trade War Over? Officials from both sides stated yesterday…