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CoinspeakerBank of America Highlights Uncertainty in Ripple vs SEC Ruling The recent court ruling in the Ripple Labs and SEC case has prompted Bank of America to reiterate its differentiation between the trading of blockchain-native crypto tokens and tokenized traditional assets.  Bank of America Highlights Uncertainty in Ripple vs SEC Ruling

Stellar lumen price started a downside correction from the $0.180 zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.1450 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.160 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start another increase if it clears the $0.160 and $0.1675 resistance levels. Stellar lumen price is trading above $0.150 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Ripple price started a downside correction below the $0.820 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.80 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.738 on the 4-hour chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh increase above the $0.750 resistance. Ripple price is consolidating near $0.720 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. XRP price...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reportedly put six spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications under review, marking the first step before officially approving or rejecting them. Finance giants, including BlackRock and Fidelity Digital Assets, have recently displayed ambitions to launch such ETFs, infusing enthusiasm in the crypto space and positively affecting the market. Waiting for the Next Step As reported by Reuters, the US...

Ark Investment Management founder and CEO Cathie Wood – a longtime bitcoin bull – has thrown herself into the Coinbase mess involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is defending the exchange. She also believes bitcoin could jump into $600K territory within the next seven years. Cathie Wood on Where Bitcoin Will Go Wood mentioned she thinks the SEC is going about the situation all wrong. All the agency wants to do is persecute when the rules are...

Merely hours after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed lawsuits against both Binance and Coinbase – two of the biggest and most popular digital currency trading platforms in the world – the agency’s head Gary Gensler made comments that the entire crypto industry is “built on non-compliance” and that the U.S. doesn’t “need more digital currency.” The SEC Is Mixed Up With that latter comment, it truly becomes clear what Gensler is all about… Getting...

The cryptocurrency market has been bleeding out slowly throughout the past 24 hours, losing some $9 billion in the process. This comes on the back of losses from altcoins, which have been charting slight declines across the board. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s price keeps stagnating at the same place it was yesterday. Bitcoin Fights For $30K The Bitcoin price has failed to overcome the $30K level. What is more – it appears that the bears are attempting to take control of the action...

Signs of recovery during the later stages of Q1 dampened as trading volumes failed to continue the upward trend in Q2. While centralized crypto exchanges were the biggest losers due to the mounting pressure from regulators, the resultant choppy market conditions didn’t spare the decentralized counterparts either. The latest data compiled by CoinGecko revealed that the spot trading volume on decentralized exchanges plummeted by over 28%. Uniswap, however, maintained its...

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest revealed some interesting details on its portfolio in the second quarter of 2023. The latest report suggested that Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) stood out as one of the top-performing assets within the investment firm’s portfolio. However, when it comes to asset allocation, GBTC trailed behind Coinbase at ARKW. GBTC Tops Chart Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) played a crucial role as one of the top five contributors driving ARKW’s impressive growth of...

Just yesterday, it was announced that popular digital currency trading platform Coinbase was being sued by the SEC. The news came as a shock to many, and it’s clearly another step in the agency’s agenda to rid the country of crypto for good. Coinbase Gets Its Way Against the SEC The good news is that Coinbase doesn’t appear to be taking the abuse sitting down, and it recently got a legal win in its corner. Not long ago, the exchange made headlines when it filed...