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The cryptocurrency market has stalled for the past several days, but all that is expected to change by the middle of the week. This is because of two notable events about to take place – the announcement of the latest CPI data in the United States and the long-anticipated Shanghai/Shapella update for the Ethereum network. CPI Data on the Horizon For the past year or so, the US CPI data has been strongly impacting bitcoin’s price performance, at least for the short term. The...

Bitcoin appears to have hit a ceiling as the price continued to hover below the psychological resistance level of $30,000. This has led some to believe that the rally may soon come to an end since futures OI has been relatively flat throughout the year. But the options market has a different story to tell. Potential Bitcoin Rally? According to the latest chart by Glassnode, the amount of Open Interest in Bitcoin Options contracts has reached $10.3 billion. Its futures...

Bitcoin’s price dip below $28,000 seems to be short-lived as the asset has spiked back above that level and even tapped $28,500 hours ago. The altcoins are also slightly in the green. LDO has recovered some of yesterday’s losses, while STX has soared the most. BTC Returns Above $28K After the massive volatility last Monday, which brought BTC south by over a grand on fake news surrounding Binance’s CEO, the cryptocurrency performed slightly better and calmer in the following...

Binance notified about an issue affecting its Future users as only USD-Margined contracts were impacted. Nevertheless, the largest crypto exchange quickly outlined that the issue had been solved, and all operations are back to normal. Binance Futures announced fully resuming trading activity for USD-Margined contracts just minutes after the issue. According to Binance CEO CZ, the crypto exchange is seeing several issues with Futures UM Rest service/API, which have affected...

Stellar lumen price started a downside correction from the $0.115 zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.1050 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1040 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start another increase if it clears the $0.1050 and $0.115 resistance levels. Stellar lumen price is trading above $0.1000 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin....

Ripple price started a downside correction from the $0.5850 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.512 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.5080 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a major increase above the $0.5120 resistance. Ripple price is consolidating near $0.500 against the US Dollar, similar to Bitcoin. XRP price...

A 23-year-old professional with a major tech company who lost nearly Rs. 30 lakh (approx. $37,500) in the cryptocurrency market tried to commit suicide by jumping off a river bridge in Kolkata, India. A cab driver who noticed the young man on the Vidyasagar Setu (bridge) alerted the nearby police about his intentions. Borrowed to Invest in Crypto The police were able to prevent the techie from jumping off the famous bridge into the river, media reports said, without...

Economic, financial, and business analysts have been on the lookout for an imminent recession since late 2022. The only question in a field of certainty that a mild recession is looming is where? Jamie Dimon: Bank Failures Could Lead to Recession in 2023 Will the recession emerge from a financial crisis? Will oil or some other commodity trigger it? Could it start in housing as it did with the Great Recession? The critical weakness in banking that became evident to markets in...

2022 was the year of hype around Web3, but 2023 is shaping up to be the year when the plans are being implemented. Luxury brands are now focusing on more concrete utilization closely connected with the physical product in contrast to digital-only assets existing solely for the metaverse. Everything then boils down to the usage of crypto and digital assets for transactional purposes. Luxury in Web3 Web3 has gradually established a warm relationship with luxury goods, and...

The efforts to expand Bitcoin development and adoption in Africa and Central America continue. So the market is looking pretty comfortable with BTC after the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and others with crypto exposure. After shocking customers, markets, and regulators earlier last month, their effect on BTC’s market value seems priced into the momentum. While crypto yield scheme crashes and bank runs haven’t been able to keep down bitcoin’s price, something’s pushing it...