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Cryptocurrency investors have withdrawn approximately 45,000 bitcoins from the derivatives exchange BitMEX following the recent charges brought by the US CFTC. A sizeable portion of the massive amount has ended up on two rival exchanges – Gemini and Binance.CFTC Charges Against BitMEX OwnersAs CryptoPotato reported last week, the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission pressed charges against the owners of the popular derivatives exchange BitMEX. The CFTC charged Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo,...

October 15th is approaching, and that’s the latest deadline for submitting a rehabilitation plan for reimbursing the Mt. Gox creditors. With them claiming over 150,000 bitcoins, which is about 15% of the total value owed to creditors, the community speculates on the potential market impact.October 15th: What You Need to KnowThe Mt. Gox case has been going on for years, and it’s arguably one of the biggest, if not the biggest hacks against a cryptocurrency exchange.In a document released on...

Trump may not like crypto, but the crypto-verse sure doesn’t miss a chance to mess with him. As proof that anything can be tokenized – no matter how trivial or influential – a derivative has just appeared on Uniswap to track the President’s health: Please welcome the Trump Health Index (THI).Little is known about this “project” beyond its name and evolution (and, of course, its smart contract). For purists, it should be an index that goes up when the market has a positive perception of the...

Bitcoin has stayed in a relatively tight range between $10,500 and $10,600.Most large-cap altcoins performed similarly, except for Binance Coin. After a 9% increase for the week, BNB now occupies the 5th spot in terms of total market cap.Bitcoin Remains In A Tight RangeFollowing the recent price declines from Friday and early Saturday, Bitcoin calmed down. Since yesterday, BTC dipped to a low of around $10,500 and jumped towards the intraday high of $10,600.In the past 24 hours, BTC has...

For the past month, BTC’s volatility had decreased compared to the previous months. The primary cryptocurrency had mainly traded inside a $1K range between $10,000 and $11,000. Over the past week, Bitcoin reached the upper boundary of that range at $11K; however, the news coming from BitMEX charged by CFTC, along with President Trump’s hospitalization, sent Bitcoin to $10.4K last Thursday, which marked the weekly lowest price. So far, this weekend had been slightly positive,...

Despite numerous reports indicating that Bitcoin HODLers are on the rise, a recent survey revealed the opposite. About 70% of participants that own digital assets answered that they had used them to make purchases such as food, clothing, and even education.Crypto Users Actually Spend Their HoldingsBlockCard partnered with Bitcoin Market Journal to survey over 35,000 cryptocurrency investors if they use their coins for payments. Some of the questions included if they had spent any digital...

After losing more than $250 million worth of cryptocurrencies in a security incident on September 26, KuCoin may have found new evidence to identify those responsible for the hack.It’s been exactly one week since Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin suffered what would be the third-largest hack in the history of crypto.And now, the exchange claims that after a thorough investigation, it has found the suspects of the siphoned $280 million with “substantial proof at hand.”KuCoin CEO...

According to a recent poll by the creator of the popular Bitcoin stock-to-flow model, the majority of participants believe that BTC’s price will either hit $55,000 or stay below it by the end of 2021.Backstory: Bitcoin Stock-To-Flow Model(s)A cryptocurrency analyst going by the Twitter handle PlanB revealed the first version of the BTC stock-to-flow model a few years back. He described the stock as the size of existing reserves (or stockpiles) and the flow – the annual supply of bitcoins on...

Bitcoin worth roughly $500,000 was moved to one of Bitfinex’s hot wallets a couple of days back.This might seem like nothing but an ordinary transaction if it wasn’t for the fact that the BTC in question was mined back in May 2010, and it hasn’t been touched since. At the time, Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, was still active.50 BTC From Satoshi’s Time on the MoveAn exciting transaction took place a couple of days ago. On October 1st, 2020, someone sent 50 BTC, currently...

Following the recent price decreases after the BitMEX and Donald Trump COVID19 news, Bitcoin has calmed and trades above $10,500. The situation with the altcoins is somewhat different as most continue struggling.Bitcoin Stays Calm After The DropsAs reported yesterday, Bitcoin tumbled from $10,900 to about $10,450 in a matter of hours. The drop came after news broke that the US CFTC charged the owners of the large cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX for illegally operating the platform...