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Could Coinbase lose its position as the number one digital currency exchange in the western hemisphere? Coinbase Is Really Hitting the Bottom The crypto exchange is often cited as one of the largest and most popular crypto trading companies in the world. It was also the first digital currency exchange to ever go public, first joining the Nasdaq in April of last year. Things were looking up for the exchange, and many felt the company was going to reach a peak unlike...

Bitcoin and Ethereum slumped by double-digit percentages weekly after tapping multi-month highs last weekend. This resulted in over $150 billion gone from the entire market cap. Somewhat expectedly, the Fear and Greed Index has returned to a state of fear, but BitMEX’s co-founder – Arthur Hayes – believes this retracement could be an opportunity to stack up. Time to Buy, Says Hayes In its latest Twitter thread on the price actions in the crypto market, the former BitMEX...

Bitcoin’s recent nosedives continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset slipped to a new three-week low of under $21,000. Ethereum is in a similar position, having lost another $100 daily. At the same time, Shiba Inu is among the few alts well in the green. Bitcoin Sees New Low The landscape was looking rather bright for the primary cryptocurrency until five days ago. At that point, it had skyrocketed to above $25,200, which was a two-month high. However, it couldn’t stay...

Binance’s US subsidiary announced receiving its Money Transmitter License from the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division. The latest move is part of the company’s plans to offer its fully regulated services in all of America’s 50 states and territories. Speaking about the license approval, Brian Shroder, Chief Executive Officer of Binance US, said, “We continue to take the necessary steps to ensure we are operationally compliant across...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (Thai SEC) has asked crypto investors in the country to be careful with DeFi transactions, terming them risky. The watchdog argued that local regulators have no control over the up-and-coming industry. Popular but Not Full-Proof In a statement on Wednesday, the financial and capital markets watchdog said DeFi services have become popular, especially deposit taking and lending services. But these services are risky as the...

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has released a statement saying that its Blockchain and Crypto Council (BACC) is now fully dissolved. Apparently, blockchain isn’t that big of a deal within the country. The BACC in India Is Dissolving The BACC was first established in 2017. Things appeared to be booming throughout the last four years, but now that the crypto space is experiencing its harshest bull market to date, regulators have decided that the BACC...

Negative sentiment has dominated the market this week as Ethereum failed to reclaim the $2000 level. The bears are attempting to pull the price back below the breakout level and trap the bulls. Technical Analysis By: Grizzly The Daily Chart The bears stepped in to induce a 16% decline over the past six days after Ethereum was rejected from $2,000. Consequently, the appearance of the rising wedge pattern (in yellow) could be a signal that the bearish trend might extend. The...

Things took a turn for the worse in the past seven days as the leading cryptocurrencies plunged. The total market capitalization is down some $115 billion in seven days as multiple leading coins dropped by double-digit percentages. With that said, let’s unpack. Bitcoin trades at around $21,500, which is exactly 10% below its price at this time last week. The leading cryptocurrency by means of total market capitalization failed to overcome the critical resistance at $25K, and,...

Millionaire investor and “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary is convinced the recent crypto crash is a good thing. Kevin O’Leary: The Crypto Crash Isn’t Something to Worry About In an interview, O’Leary stated that the digital currency industry falling apart at press time is making it so that bad crypto businesses are forced to leave the fray. He also said that once regulation is in place, the price of bitcoin is going to increase by four times its present size. O’Leary...

The cryptocurrency industry, in general, has grown tremendously in the past couple of years. This became especially evident and expressive throughout the massive bull run that we witnessed in 2021 when Bitcoin’s price almost touched $70K. Despite the prices going down quite a bit and the market depressing to its current state, there are many industry participants who went on finding new ways and venues of both investing and trading. Covesting is amongst them. The Covesting...