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According to a study by Bybit and Toluna, 64% of North Americans spend less than two hours or don’t research at all before investing in cryptocurrencies. Boomers (those aged 56-64) tend to be more cautious, focusing on technical factors and inspecting the market a few days before diving into it. Jumping on the Bandwagon Without Proper Analysis The cryptocurrency exchange – Bybit – and the consumer intelligence platform – Toluna – surveyed over 10,000 individuals to determine...

A group of investors that filed a class-action lawsuit against popular digital currency exchange Coinbase are now withholding their account information as a means of preventing their case from moving into arbitration territory. They want to see their situation escalate to the American court system and placed before a judge. Could Coinbase Find Itself in Court? The customers allege that the security measures initiated by Coinbase against hackers and cyberthieves were weak...

The United States Federal prosecutors have confiscated nearly $700 million in cash and assets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX. At the heart of the seizure are the 55 million Robinhood shares owned by Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang, valued at over $455 million. The ownership of the shares has been disputed even by BlockFi and FTX creditor Yonathan Ben Shimon who laid claims over them. The Feds, for one, believe they were purchased using allegedly...

Bitcoin soared by roughly $2,000 in the past several, charting its highest price position since mid-September. The altcoins are well in the green as well, with some, such as SOL and OKB, posting massive double-digit price increases. Bitcoin Sees 18-Week High The latest bitcoin surge came amid five bullish on-chain factors provided by CryptoQuant earlier this week. The asset had calmed after touching $21,600 and had retraced to just under $21,000. The bulls had a battle that...

After a few days of trading sideways and even slipping below $21,000, the bitcoin bulls returned on Saturday morning to push the asset to its highest price tag since September 13. With most altcoins well in the green as well, the number of liquidated short traders has soared. The start of 2023 continues to bring good news for the bitcoin bulls, which were quite dishearted following the painful 2022. However, BTC had added over $5,000 in the first few weeks of the new year and...

Bitcoin is continuing its weekly rally with a push beyond $22,000, bringing the crypto market back to a market cap of over $1 trillion.  The pump has triggered another avalanche of liquidations across digital asset exchanges. Bitcoin traded for roughly $21,380 at 19:45 UST on Friday, before pumping by $1000 to $22,370 by 21:00. The pump has only continued since then, with the top asset going for $22,615 at writing time.  Meanwhile, Ether has pumped from  $1590 to $1651 within...

Miami’s Bitcoin-bullish Mayor, Francis Suarez, remains faithful to the asset after the collapse of one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges shook confidence in the industry.  The mayor suggested that Bitcoin can still provide numerous benefits not offered by the fiat currency system.  Could Bitcoin Replace the Dollar? During an interview with CNBC on Friday, Suarez was asked if he believed regulators were to blame for allowing the FTX catastrophe to develop and eventually...

The cryptocurrency rally this month was so robust that traders are looking out for the price bottom. Is the market there yet, or will bears take the prices back down to key optical support at $20K? Here are four new bullish indicators for the BTC price. Solid MA Crossover in New Bitcoin Addresses On-chain intelligence and insights firm Glassnode has spotted a bullish technical signal in Bitcoin addresses. The 30-day simple moving average (SMA) has charted above the 200-day...

Bitcoin had a rough 2022, but that hasn’t stopped high-ranking celebrities and investors from praising it. They feel that while bitcoin may have had a rough 12 months, things can always return to form, and they’re not turning their backs on the world’s number one digital currency by market cap yet. Bitcoin Is Still the Apple of Many Celebrities’ Eyes Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of about $68,000 per unit in November of 2021. Just a year later, the currency was trading...

Ripple’s price has been on the rise over the last couple of weeks following Bitcoin’s rally. However, there are still significant resistance levels that should be claimed before a bullish shift in the market structure takes shape. Technical Analysis By: Edris XRP/USDT Daily Chart: On the daily USDT chart, the price has been rallying following a rebound from the critical $0.3 level earlier in the month. Ripple is currently trapped between the 50-day and 100-day moving...