Crypto news

The weekend saw the broader correction within the cryptocurrency market continue, and most projects failed to stage any sort of recovery. Bitcoin’s price is declining toward $27K and, at the time of this writing, is trading slightly above it. The past 24 hours offered no relief to altcoins as well, with most of them continuing their downfall. Let’s dive in. Bitcoin Price Struggling Around $27K The beginning of the new week has done little to help Bitcoin in its attempt to...

KuCoin’s Twitter account was briefly compromised, causing the platform’s users to lose over 22,000 USDT to hackers through fake activity. The crypto exchange was able to recover its account and promised to reimburse affected users. KuCoin revealed that hackers took over its Twitter account for 45 minutes to promote a fake activity on Monday, April 24. While the incident was brief, the company said that it identified 22 transactions in connection with the fraudulent activity,...

Die ETC Group, Anbieter von unter anderem Europa´s größtem Bitcoin-ETP (ETPs sind börsengehandelte Produkte, die die Performance von Kryptowährungen nachbilden) –, wollte es genauer wissen und hat eine ausführliche Analyse mit Musterportfolios über die letzten fünf und zehn Jahre durchgeführt. Die schwelende Bankenkrise hat dem Bitcoin 2023 ein Comeback beschert: Seit Jahresanfang ist der Kurs bereits um mehr als 80 Prozent gestiegen. Und...

Stellar lumen price is showing bearish signs below the $0.100 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.100 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1020 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start another decline if it fails to recover above the $0.100 resistance. Stellar lumen price is trading below $0.100 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin....

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.540 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.500 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $0.5100 on the 4-hour chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could extend losses if it stays below the $0.500 resistance zone. Ripple price is struggling below $0.500 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. XRP price...

Faruk Fatih Özer – the founder of crypto exchange Thodex – has been extradited to his home country, Turkey, where he faces charges of fraud and operating a criminal organization. Thodex was one of the largest crypto exchanges in Turkey. It later turned out to be an exit scam, with Özer disappearing with $2.6 billion worth of crypto funds leaving around 400K users high and dry. According to the latest report by state media, the 27-year-old founder was detained by police upon...

In a landmark ruling, Hong Kong’s High Court declared crypto as property that can be held in trust. This marks the first time such a decision regarding asset class has been made in the city-state. The ruling, which was handed down in liquidation of a case involving the now-defunct crypto exchange Gatecoin, essentially puts crypto on par with other intangible assets such as stocks and bonds. Cryptocurrencies Constitute Property The judgment was revealed by London-based law...

Federal law enforcement agents have managed to take back as much as $24K from crypto scammers who had allegedly stolen the money from a resident of the Metro East area of Illinois. At the time of writing, no criminal evidence has been made public, and the agents have not made any arrests. Illinois Woman Is 75 Percent Victorious Crypto scams have become rather prominent in recent years, and with time, they just get bigger and bigger. Court records regarding the present...

Bitcoin has shown immense resilience this year. While the overall rally hasn’t been smooth sailing per se, it holds significance as it came against the backdrop of the banking scandal. This essentially represented a shift in investor sentiment shifted toward viewing Bitcoin as a hedge against banks. According to the latest report by the market tracking platform CoinGecko, spot trading volume across the top 10 crypto exchanges was recorded to be at $2.8 trillion for 2023 Q1,...

21Shares launches Short Ethereum ETP and Ethereum Core ETP Am 9. November 2021 erreichte die Kryptowährung Ethereum ihr bisheriges Allzeithoch von über 4’300 US-Dollar. Dies war ein wichtiger Meilenstein für Ethereum und die Krypto-Community. Ethereum ist eine dezentrale Plattform, die es Entwicklern ermöglicht, Smart Contracts und dezentrale Anwendungen (dApps) zu erstellen. Es ist auch die Heimat von Ethereum, der zweitgrößten Kryptowährung nach...