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After failing to challenge $17,000 for several straight days, bitcoin finally touched that level, marking a multi-week high. The altcoins also turned green on Saturday, with impressive gains from Ethereum Classic and Lido DAO. Bitcoin Touches $17K The end of 2022 was quite calm for the primary cryptocurrency, and the first day of the new year didn’t bring any more excitement either, as it remained at around $16,500. The situation started to change on Monday with a minor push...

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow announced she will abandon her post in January 2025. The politician was one of the creators of cryptocurrency legislation that could empower the CFTC with exclusive jurisdiction when overseeing the market. Interestingly, the former CEO of FTX – Sam Bankman-Fried – was a vocal supporter of the bill, which received the nickname: “the SBF crypto bill.” Passing the Torch Senator Stabenow – the first woman from Michigan elected to the United States...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly asked some FTX investors whether they conducted proper research on the cryptocurrency exchange before becoming its clients. Recall that the platform (considered among the giants in its field) crashed in November, causing multi-billion losses and shaking the entire market to its core. As reported by Reuters, the American financial regulator sought information from several firms regarding their due diligence policies...

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization managed to increase by around $17 billion in the past seven days. Interestingly enough, the gains came mostly on the back of altcoins. This is highlighted in the declining Bitcoin dominance – a metric that’s commonly used to gauge BTC’s share relative to that of the rest of the market. At the time of this writing, the BTC dominance sits at 38.1%, having peaked at over 38.4% last week.  Bitcoin’s price increased by a total of...

DCG (Digital Currency Group) – the crypto company that owns Grayscale – is allegedly $2 billion in debt, giving traders and crypto analysts a lot to be anxious about. DCG Is Allegedly Dealing with Tons of Debt Barry Silbert – the man who founded DCG – stated in an interview: We have weathered previous crypto winters. While this one may feel more severe, collectively we will come out of it stronger. The goal was to try and calm people’s nerves, though this is easier said...

In a bid to weather the unprecedented turmoil in the market, Huobi is the latest company to introduce job cuts. The crypto exchange is planning to lay off about 20% of its staff, a move that was confirmed by Tron founder and a member of Huobi’s global advisory board – Justin Sun. In a text message to Reuters, Sun said the “structural adjustment” has not started and is expected to reach a conclusion by the end of the first quarter this year. “Ignore the FUD” The confirmation...

Bitcoin cash is facing barrier near the $105 and $108 resistance levels against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $100 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $100 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $104 and $105 to continue higher in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is climbing above $100 against the US Dollar, similar to...

The blockchain gaming platform Animoca Brands seeks to raise around $1 billion for its latest Web3 and Metaverse investment fund during the year’s first quarter. The initiative comes in spite of the market decline and the FTX crash, which have vaporized much of the interest in cryptocurrencies.  Special Attention on Web3 The Hong Kong-based Animoca Brands seeks to double down on its Web3 endeavors by raising $1 billion to support blockchain and Metaverse startups. Chairman...

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Changpeng Zhao – the man behind famed digital currency exchange Binance – has pledged roughly $2 billion to help save the digital currency arena. Binance Is Looking to Save the Crypto Space The crypto space has been failing as of late. Bitcoin, for example, has lost more than 70 percent of its overall value since it reached its new all-time high of about $68,000 per unit in November of 2021. In general, crypto has lost more than $2.2 trillion in valuation, and many...