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Ethereum’s price has been performing incredibly well for the past couple of weeks. Over the past 14 days, ETH is up more than 42% and more than 60% over the past month. This is not only true for its dollar value – ether is doing remarkably well trading against bitcoin. In fact, at the time of this writing, ETH’s dominance sits at 16.9%, whereas BTC’s dominance stands at 44.3% – the lowest it has been in almost three years. In other words, Bitcoin’s total market cap is...

Large American banking organizations are rushing into the cryptocurrency industry, according to recent reports. Goldman Sachs, a former Bitcoin critique, has enabled its institutional clients to trade BTC derivatives, while Citigroup is looking into releasing crypto-related services amid growing demand. Goldman Clients Trade BTC Derivatives Out of the largest US-based banking institutions, Goldman has perhaps the most controversial history with the crypto space. The entity...

The Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment – Sveinung Rotevatn – revealed he owns Bitcoin. According to him, the digital asset is a ”well-suited store of value.” The minister of one of the most renewable energy-focused governments also spoke about the relation between BTC and the environmental challenges. Bitcoin is Exciting Many experts and officials commented on the crypto bull run and especially Bitcoin’s notable performance in the past months. The Minister of...

Mercado Libre – the leading fintech and e-commerce company in Argentina – has joined other large corporations in holding BTC on its balance sheet. The institution revealed it purchased $7.8M worth of the cryptocurrency. Another Company to Buy BTC Purchasing the primary cryptocurrency and adding it to their balance sheets seems like a growing trend for many of the world’s largest companies lately. As revealed earlier this year, the electric vehicle giant Tesla, the payment...

The CEO of MicroStrategy – Michael Saylor – outlined that the leading digital asset Bitcoin has no existential threats. According to him, the cryptocurrency will dominate the 21st century as a store of value. The Future For BTC Michael Saylor expressed his opinion about the primary cryptocurrency Bitcoin on a YouTube interview for Kitco News today (May 6th). He gave a very optimistic forecast regarding the future of the digital asset, saying that it does not face any...

Bitcoin investors have withdrawn considerable quantities of their holdings from crypto exchanges, suggests on-chain data provided by CryptoQuant. The firm believes there’s a potential price uptick in the making as sell pressure has declined. BTC Investors Withdraw Their Tokens As with every tradeable asset, bitcoin’s price is formulated based on supply and demand. In bitcoin’s world, the amount of available supply on exchanges could impact the asset’s value as investors...

Crypto custody firm New York Digital Investment Group said that soon US banks would have the opportunity to buy, hold and sell BTC through their existing accounts. NYDIG also added that it would launch other services such as benefits paid in the cryptocurrency and a new type of bank account, which gives dividends in BTC. Another Step Towards BTC Adoption According to a CNBC report, customers of some banks in the USA will soon have the chance to operate with the first-ever...

April turned out to be a record-breaking month for several cryptocurrencies, but also for the world’s leading digital asset exchange – Binance. The company reported its highest futures trading volume ever of more than $2 trillion. Binance Futures Trading Volume Over $2T The Malta-based crypto exchange giant published its April results yesterday, highlighting the record-breaking numbers in terms of trading volume for its futures platform. The statement said Binance Futures...

A brief panic episode following a statement by Janet Yellen caused the markets to close the day with red candles all over the place. In a videoconference with The Atlantic, Janet Yellen, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, signaled that Joe Biden’s administration may be aiming to raise interest rates as a way to save the economy after the imbalance caused by measures to combat the Coronavirus pandemic. A *Not So* Good Idea When asked about what actions would be on the table to...

There are no boring days in the cryptocurrency market. In a couple of hourly candles, the entire market turned red and lost over $100 billion of its capitalization. The total liquidations in the past 24 hours are worth almost $2 billion, according to data from Bybt. The largest single liquidation order happened on Huobi. It was an ETH position with a dollar value of a whopping $74.5 million. A little less than 196K traders were liquidated. Leading the way in the past hour is...