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Though Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade well below its 2021 November 2021 highs, Anthony Scaramucci, the founder of SkyBridge Capital and former White House communications chief, remains steadfastly bullish on the asset. Speaking at the Messari Mainnet conference in New York, Scaramucci expressed confidence that the worst of the bear market is now behind us. Why Bitcoin Goes Up From Here: Scaramucci During a fireside chat titled “Why I’m still bullish,” Scaramucci encouraged...

The decentralized platform has made an immense surge in market capitalization. This is pivoted by the entrance of various projects that seem eye-catching to entrepreneurs. These projects have mining pools within their networks. For instance, Ethereum and Bitcoin, the world’s leading digital currencies, made an impact on the crypto ecosystem with the inauguration of mining systems. However, Ethereum switched to staking with a new consensus called proof-of-stake that could...

Bitcoin failed to reclaim the $27,000 level yesterday and has stalled at around $26,500 as of now. The altcoins are in no better shape, with minor losses coming from most larger-cap ones. Chainlink is the only one with a notable price increase. BTC Back at $26.5K Last week was expectedly less volatile, aside from a brief spike on Saturday that pushed bitcoin to a then-multi-day peak of $26,400. After failing to continue upwards, BTC retraced to $26,000 and spent the rest of...

Binance has seen immense activity on one of its Ethereum hot wallets in recent weeks. However, things got heated up on September 21st as a result of high on-chain activity by the Binance 14 wallet. The hot wallet, in question, spent an astonishing 530 Ether in gas fees, worth around $840k, in a span of just 24 hours. High Gas Fees Data from Dune Analytics’ dashboard suggested that the address processed 146,582 transactions during the same period. As a result, the gas fees on...

Until FTX collapsed in November, FTX Europe was the only firm offering special crypto derivatives (perpetual futures) to the European market. Reports have emerged that Coinbase considered acquiring FTX Europe after the exchange’s bankruptcy in November. While the acquisition talks were not successful, Coinbase’s interest in FTX Europe underlines how important derivatives have become to Coinbase’s global strategy. Whereas spot trading volumes have dipped significantly, there is a greater...

Bitcoin’s price increased by a little less than 1% in the past seven days. The week was, overall, positive for the industry as the total market capitalization approaches the $1.1 trillion cap. The biggest news of the week is undoubtedly the US FOMC meeting that happened on Wednesday. According to the official announcement, the central bank took the decision to maintain the target range for the federal fund rate at 5-1/4 to 5/12 percent. The statement also noted that job gains...

Binance – the largest and most popular digital currency exchange in the world – has hired a new deputy chief compliance officer (CCO) and global money laundering reporting officer. The positions will be taken over by Kristen Hecht, who according to a recent blog post, has more than 17 years of experience fighting both financial terrorism and illicit monetary activity. Binance Now Has Kristen Hecht Aboard Hecht expressed her excitement about the job in a recent...

Analysts believe that Bank of Japan would soon face pressure to raise interest rates and reverse from its loose monetary conditions. On Friday, September 22, Japan’s central bank decided to leave its interest rates unchanged amid “extremely high uncertainties”, and continue with its ultra-loose policy. Following its September meeting, the Bank of Japan confirmed its decision to keep short-term interest rates at -0.1%. The central bank also set a target to limit the yield on 10-year...

Mehta stepped down from his role as the company’s CEO last year and following Tuesday’s IPO, will cease to serve as Executive Chairman. Online grocery delivery startup Instacart’s founder Apoorva Mehta is now a billionaire after selling 700,000 shares of the company. Mehta, 37, co-founded Instacart in 2012 and went on to grow the business to a market value of $8.8 billion following an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Tuesday. Mehta is now reportedly worth $1.1 billion. At its peak in March...

Bitcoin cash price started a downside correction from the $225 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $215 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $212 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $204 and $198 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is declining from the $225 zone against the US...