Markets

Bitcoin’s price performance over the past 24 hours is hardly surprising given the lower trading volumes during the weekends, and the asset has not moved an inch from its $26,000 level. The altcoins are also highly stagnant on a daily scale, but some have posted notable losses since last Sunday. BTC Boring at $26K Bitcoin was in a similar situation last week – meaning it had stalled for weeks at around $29,000 – before a sudden price dump took it south by over $3,000 to chart...

In a significant move within the crypto realm, Circle, the company behind USD Coin (USDC), said it will extend support for its stablecoin to six more blockchains in the next two months. Based on a joint release by Coinbase and Circle, USDC, already available on nine blockchains, including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Stellar, Tron, Flow, Algorand, Hedera and Solana, will be rolled out on additional chains. While the release does not mention names, earlier reports from...

After the late-business week pump and dump that drove BTC to a six-day high, the cryptocurrency has returned to $26,000 as it did during the last weekend as well. Most altcoins are also calmer today, with XRP and SHIB standing out as the top performers from the larger-cap ones. BTC Back to $26K August 17 became one of the worst trading days for bitcoin this year when the primary digital asset plummeted by over $3,000 to register a two-month low of just over $25,300. It...

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch announced expansion across the Coinbase-incubated layer-2 blockchain, Base. 1inch also mentioned that Base is poised to gain advantages from “Coinbase product integrations and convenient fiat onramps,” which will also be extended to projects within the ecosystem. The team also revealed the deployment of the 1inch Aggregation Protocol and the 1inch Limit Order Protocol on Base. The latest expansion will enable 1inch users to get access...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced the termination of its crypto debit cards for customers in the Latin America and Middle East regions from September 2023. According to a response to inquiries by an X (formerly Twitter) user, the Binance crypto debit cards will no longer be available in the affected regions from September 21. Binance Halts Crypto Debit Cards in Select Regions A crypto debit card, just like similar products, enables users to...

Although the lion’s share of the stablecoin market is occupied by USD-pegged assets – with a smaller subset of such pegged to the euro – companies all over the world have started launching stablecoins pegged to their native currencies in a bid to offer companies and consumers an alternative to traditional payment services. One of these firms is Num Finance, a small Argentine fintech company, which just launched nCOP – a stablecoin built on the Polygon network and linked to...

Darshan Bathija – Chief Executive Officer of the cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld – revealed that the entity will implement several amendments, including appointing a new CEO. The bear market has significantly affected the Singapore-based company, which laid off a substantial chunk of its workforce in 2022 and suspended withdrawals and deposits. The problems did not end there, and Vauld filed for protection against creditors in July last year. What’s New Around Vauld?...

The end of last week was a lot more eventful as the primary cryptocurrency dumped hard by over $3,000 in hours to see its lowest price tag in over two months at just over $25,000. Then came the recovery attempts that saw BTC regain around a grand. However, not much has happened to bitcoin’s price since then, as the asset calmed at around $26,000. The only exceptions were on Wednesday when it dropped suddenly by over $500, and yesterday. Thursday saw a more notable price jump...

CoinspeakerShares of Watches of Switzerland Plummets 30% as Rolex Acquires Bucherer Watches of Switzerland Group has undergone rapid expansion in recent times, establishing itself as a dominant force in the global market. Shares of Watches of Switzerland Plummets 30% as Rolex Acquires Bucherer

CoinspeakerBinance Taps into Low-Cap Crypto Projects to Boost Platform’s Trading The exchange has also inquired about the market makers' information and their willingness to allocate up to 5% of their circulating tokens to Binance's saving pools, in exchange of earning interest. Binance Taps into Low-Cap Crypto Projects to Boost Platform’s Trading