The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission went ham on crypto exchanges last week by filing toothy lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. While crypto exchanges and altcoins are in the hot seat, the regulator is leaving BTC and ETH alone, at least for now. When news of the SEC’s lawsuit against Binance and Coinbase hit markets, the prices of all assets plunged across the board. BNB crashed 10% in 24 hours. It lost another 5% on Sunday and kept dumping on Monday to a...
Read More »Over 50% of BTC on Exchanges Have Moved Outside the US Due to Regulatory Uncertainty: Data
Due to unclear regulations in the United States, more than half of the bitcoin (BTC) that crypto firms hold for their customers has moved to offshore and international exchanges. According to a CryptoQuant research report shared with CryptoPotato, BTC reserves on U.S.-based crypto exchanges are down to 2017 levels, as they are being lost to non-U.S. platforms. Offshore Exchanges Dethrone US Crypto Platforms The significant decline in BTC reserves on American exchanges stems...
Read More »Altcoins Crash Double Digits, Bitcoin Dominance Soars (Market Watch)
The past 24 hours saw the majority of altcoins crash by a considerable margin and there are no signs of slowing down. However, there’s also a clear discrepancy between the price performance of certain altcoins to that of Bitcoin and Ethereum, both of which have remained relatively resilient. Bitcoin Dominance Soars Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin’s dominance increased to around 46% (data from CoinGecko). This is a major difference. The metric tracks Bitcoin’s share relative...
Read More »Do Kwon Supposedly Transferred $29M in Crypto to a Mysterious Wallet After his Arrest
Dan Sunghan – Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Bureau at the Seoul Southern District Prosecution Service – claimed that the former crypto mogul Do Kwon had moved nearly $30 million in digital currencies to an unknown wallet shortly after his arrest in Montenegro. The 31-year-old South Korean has faced huge criticism and was blamed for having a hand in the massive LUNA/USD collapse last year that triggered multi-billion investor losses. He allegedly spent several...
Read More »Ripple (XRP) Only Major Alt in Green as SEC Takes Binance and Coinbase to Court: This Week’s Recap
What a week… There’s absolutely no need to beat around the bush, so let’s kick it off directly … the United States Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance. That’s right, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is under siege. Binance, Binance US, and Changpeng Zhao are all named in the lawsuit, as the SEC is out for blood. The Commission has asked the court to freeze the assets of Binance US and has also issued a summons for CZ. Since he’s not a US citizen,...
Read More »Bitcoin Investors Remain Resilient Despite Blow on Coinbase, Binance: Data
The overall market cap fell to $1.07 trillion – a level last seen three months ago – before a modest recovery to the press time figure of $1.1 trillion. Bitcoin, for one, dumped close to a two-month-low after weeks of trading largely rangebound in recent months. Several top altcoins posted higher losses prompting concerns about additional market stress. Despite this, on-chain data reflected a bullish picture as investors remained resilient in the face of severe regulatory...
Read More »ChatGPT Predicts: 6 Things That Will Trigger the Next Bitcoin Bull Market
Bitcoin has undergone numerous ups and downs in its relatively short history, but only a few have been proclaimed as a full-on bull market. The latest one was back in late 2021 when the cryptocurrency skyrocketed to its ATH of $69,000. What followed was a massive price decline that resulted in BTC dumping all the way down below $20,000 amid multiple collapses in the industry, as well as galloping global inflation and war in Europe. As bitcoin has recovered a lot of ground...
Read More »How to Prepare for the Next Bitcoin Bull Market: 10 Tips You Must Know
Bitcoin bull markets are typically categorized by tremendous price swings, and even though the direction is up, corrections also take place. During the last Bitcoin bull market that took place in 2021, the BTC price reached an all-time high just shy of $70K. It started the year trading at around $20K, exploded above $60K on a couple of different occasions, retraced by almost 50% toward the middle of the year, and shot up once again to almost touch $70K in November. Source:...
Read More »Lido DAO (LDO) Soars 17% Weekly, Bitcoin (BTC) Maintains $27K (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin has remained stuck during the weekend amid the lower trading volumes but still stands above $27,000. The altcoins are also quiet on a daily scale, but several – such as LDO, INJ, and QNT, have produced massive weekly gains. BTC Flat at $27K It was less than a week ago, on Monday when the primary cryptocurrency initiated a massive leg-up that resulted in tapping a three-week high at $28,500. This came after the initial deal reached by the US government in regard to the...
Read More »Tron Explodes 10% Daily, Bitcoin Stable at $27K (Weekend Watch)
Bitcoin’s price has settled at around $27,000 after dipping below that level on a few occasions during the working week. Most altcoins are also quiet today, aside from Tron, which has skyrocketed by double digits. BTC Calm at $27K Although Monday started on a highly positive note, after the US government’s debt ceiling deal and BTC skyrocketed to a two-week high at $28,500, the week didn’t turn out all that well for the asset. It was rejected there, which brought it back down...
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