The increase of crypto lobbyists recently sparked an effort from anti-crypto individuals in the tech space to urge regulators through a letter to resist the influence of blockchain advocates. In response, the crypto community criticized the move and laid out counterarguments against the contents of the letter. Signed by 26 tech personalities, the letter sent
Stablecoin projects have been thrust into the limelight over the past month as the popularity of algorithmic stablecoins and the collapse of the Terra project put a spotlight on the important role dollar-pegged assets play in the crypto market. In response to the void left by UST, multiple protocols have released new stablecoin projects in
Despite May’s price correction, which took Bitcoin (BTC) as low as $23,800, institutional investors seem unwilling to lose confidence in the cryptocurrency. The Purpose Bitcoin ETF, launched in February 2021, has been seeing a consistent inflow over the last five trading days. The fund’s holdings have increased to 43,701.7 BTC as of Tuesday, according to
Bitcoin (BTC) has made a tentative start to the month of June, suggesting that bears have not gone into hibernation just yet. Although Bitcoin is trading nearly 55% off its all-time high of $69,000, whales and institutions remain cautious and have not jumped into the market with gusto, according to BlockTrends analyst Caue Oliveira. According
Capital Union, a Bahamas-based bank that reportedly holds a portion of reserves by the Tether (USDT) stablecoin issuer, has been itself actively involved in the cryptocurrency industry. The banking institution has rolled out crypto trading and custody services to its professional clients as part of the bank’s trading desk, a spokesperson for Capital Union told
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has warned that an economic “hurricane” is coming. “You better brace yourself,” he advised. “We just don’t know if it’s a minor one or Superstorm Sandy.” Jamie Dimon on the U.S. Economy and QT The CEO of JPMorgan & Chase, Jamie Dimon, warned about an incoming economic hurricane Wednesday at a
Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider cryptocurrency market are taking a breather after the rally on May 31. Meanwhile, most altcoins remain severely oversold, with most between 70% and 90% below their all-time highs. What is clear is that fear is everywhere and blood is in the water. Risk-on markets are suffering worldwide, but it is
Bitcoin (BTC) lost bullish momentum at the June 1 Wall Street open as United States equities faced another day of retracement. Zooming out, “nothing” has changed Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView captured a sharp U-turn for BTC/USD at the start of trading, $1,600 in three hours. At the time of writing, the pair traded
Crypto has inherited many values that were popularized in the early days of the internet. Many participants in the crypto space have been anonymous since the beginning of Bitcoin (BTC), since using this digital money offers a certain degree of anonymity so long as nobody knows the public address of the user. The true identity
The concept of cryptocurrency inheritance continues to rapidly evolve as the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry spawns more ways to make a “crypto will.” The Israeli crypto software provider Kirobo is moving to tackle a major void in the DeFi industry by providing crypto investors with an opportunity to pass private keys or transfer funds according
Anti-crypto technology experts urged United States lawmakers to resist the influence of pro-crypto lobbying efforts. Bruce Schneier, a lecturer at Harvard, reportedly said that blockchain advocates’s claims are “not true.” He added that the technology is not secure and not really decentralized. According to Schneier, systems where you can “lose your life savings” when you
The spectacle that is the World Economic Forum (WEF) came to a close in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, May 27. Nearly 3,000 people from over 110 countries took planes, trains and helicopters to the highest town in Europe to lobby leaders and push and query the WEF agenda. And, while the war in Ukraine took
Bitcoin (BTC) faces a “cycle bottom” this year in which it could drop over 50% from current levels, research claims. In a Twitter thread on June 1, Venturefounder, a contributor at on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant, forecasted 2022 as Bitcoin’s year to “capitulate.” Bitcoin now has “best 3-year ROI ever” Based on historical patterns involving Bitcoin’s halving
Axie Infinity (AXS) price dropped sharply on June 1, suggesting that its supersonic gains in the last two days might have been a part of a bear market rally. The AXS/USD pair soared 54% week-to-date to over $28 on May 31, its highest level in three weeks. But Axie Infinity price failed to hold the gains,
The Federal Reserve is starting the process of paring back its $9 trillion balance sheet that ballooned in recent years in a move called Quantitative Tightening (QT). Analysts from a crypto exchange and financial investment firm have conflicting opinions about whether QT, starting on June 1, will put an end to a decade of unprecedented growth
The Ether (ETH) to U.S. dollar (USD) pair has pulled the biggest number of traders from January to March 2022, according to trading platform Capital.com. In its quarterly report, Capital.com noted that in 2021, the most significant number of traders was held by the Dogecoin (DOGE) to USD pair. However, the ETH/USD pair has taken
On Tuesday, the United States Federal Reserve released a study on the possible effects of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) on U.S. monetary policy implementation. The study, dated April, was a staff working paper titled “Retail CBDC and U.S. Monetary Policy Implementation: A Stylized Balance Sheet Analysis.” The paper considered four scenarios that
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A very expected launch went live as the governance token OP was airdropped by the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism. Why So Optimistic? In a mission to fund public goods and create a sustainable future for Ethereum, the Optimism Collective firmly believes that “positive impact to the collective should be rewarded with profit to the
Bitcoin (BTC) price action has been surprisingly bullish since May 27. Weekends, especially holiday weekends, are notoriously volatile and indecisive, with major whipsaws in price movements being the norm. Even in bull markets, bearish price action is often the norm, but BTC bucked that trend. Bitcoin rallied nearly 11% between May 27 and May 30,