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Bitcoin is going through a strange time. As this article is being put out, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap has dropped into the $9,200 spot, meaning it has lost about $200 from its price over the past few days, but other coins – altcoins like Compound – are booming, and reserving places for themselves in the top regions of the crypto market.Compound Is Surging Like No Other CoinAt the time of writing, the Compound token has spiked by more than 250 percent, which means...

Binance is currently the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by means of the trading volume. Launched in 2017, the company has managed to become a standard in the industry quickly.Despite its fast phase growing, the giant exchange launched Binance Futures, the cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform of Binance, only in September 2019. Binance Futures allows users to trade Bitcoin and leading altcoins with leverage as high as 125x.In the months following the launch, Binance Futures...

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has recently stated that interest rates on decentralized finance protocols that are significantly higher compared to those in traditional finance come with unstated risks attached.Vitalik Buterin on High DeFi Interest RatesThe co-founder of Ethereum and one of the most prominent members of the cryptocurrency community, Vitalik Buterin, recently took it to Twitter to comment on high yields and interest rates associated with Decentralized Finance...

It looks like bitcoin SV (BSV) and cryptocurrency exchange Binance – the largest and most popular cryptocurrency trading platform by daily volume – are at each other’s throats.BSV Is Angry About Binance’s DecisionsThe two companies are fighting with each other over Binance’s decision last year to delist the new cryptocurrency token made popular and consistently promoted by Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright. Jimmy Nguyen – the president of bitcoin SV (Bitcoin Satoshi Vision) – has said...

The past 24 hours saw Bitcoin losing an important support level at $9,400. At the same time, the entire market continues to slowly bleed out, as it has been doing for the past few days.Bitcoin Price Below $9,400As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, Bitcoin continues to trade within a range between $9,200 and $9,500 for the last week, except for the wick to $9,000 on June 15th.There’s a symmetrical triangle pattern in play that emphasizes this narrow range, hinting that the price is currently...

Platform Name: HFTradingURL: https://www.hftrading.com/Owned By: CTRL Investments LimitedLocation: New Zealand and AustraliaRegulated: YesLicenses: New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FSPR No. FSP197465)Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (AFSL No. 414198)Instruments: Cryptocurrencies, Forex, Commodities, Shares, Indices and Precious MetalsMaximum Leverage: 1:500HFTrading is a New Zealand based online forex and CFD brokerage having a presence in both its home country as...

Nomura Holdings, one of Japan’s largest financial companies, has launched a Bitcoin custodial service for traditional investors through a joint venture with hardware wallet provider Ledger and investment company CoinShares.Digital Asset Custody Solution For InstitutionsThe partners have been working together to develop the digital asset custodian dubbed Komainu since 2018, and it was officially launched on Wednesday. The venture describes itself as the first regulated digital assets custody...

According to a recent report, the majority of all mined bitcoins are held by long-term investors, while only 19% is utilized for trading.Although professional traders are roughly only 4% of the market, they are largely responsible for significant price developments, the research added.BTC HODLers On The RiseThe cryptocurrency monitoring company Chainalysis recently posted its latest report exploring the behavior of Bitcoin investors. More specifically, it examined their approach to “what are...

The price of Compound (COMP) tokens is seeing a massive surge amid a manic week for the decentralized finance (DeFi) project, which included a listing announcement by U.S. crypto exchange giant Coinbase.Compound TVL Crosses $400M TVL MilestoneWith the number of lenders on the Compound protocol increasing rapidly, data from DeFiPulse shows the project crossing the $400M mark in total value locked (TVL). Barely a week ago, this figure stood at $100 million. Compound becomes the second lending...

The last seven days were relatively calm when it comes to Bitcoin as it marks a slight decrease of less than 1%. However, on June 15th, the price dropped to about $9,000, but it managed to recover very quickly and has traded in a narrow range since. Overall retail interest in the asset seems to be decreasing as Bitcoin recorded the lowest number of searches in the past three months, data from Google Trends revealed. The asset remains mostly correlated with legacy markets, but the latter...