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Bitcoin’s woes keep on coming as the asset plummeted to a new two-month low at $19,500 yesterday before bouncing off by over a grand. This comes amid the Silicon Valley Bank’s troubles and the apparent exposure of certain crypto firms, including Circle and its stablecoin, which lost its dollar parity. BTC Volatile Around $20K In a matter of almost a week, bitcoin had calmed at around $22,000 and failed to produce any significant moves in either direction. Yet, the asset is...

The past seven days turned into a bloodbath across the entire cryptocurrency market, which dropped below $1 trillion in terms of total capitalization. This happens for the first time since January 14th. The decline comes on the back of a lot of negative macroeconomic developments, so let’s unpack. First things first, Bitcoin’s price is trading around $20,000, albeit slightly below it at the time of this writing. The intraday low sits at $19,549 on Binance and BTC is down...

It’s safe to say that Bitcoin’s price has seen better days. The cryptocurrency fell below $20,000, reaching an intraday low at around $19,791 (on Binance) and charting a decline of around 8% in the past 24 hours alone. Source: TradingViewThat said, the move didn’t come without its catalysts, so let’s have a look at five potential reasons why it happened. Silvergate Bank On March 2nd, Silvergate Bank – a financial institution that used to serve a myriad of crypto heavyweights...

The Bitcoin price has picked up some steam throughout the past few minutes, and the primary reason for this seems to be the fact that Jerome Powell is testifying before Congress. The  Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, is testifying before congress for the second day today. Addressing the House Financial Services Committee in remarks, the Chairman admitted that inflationary pressure is higher than they had previously anticipated. … inflationary pressures are...

After forming a bearish three-drives reversal pattern, the price has recently dropped below the neckline, delivering a significantly bearish signal for the short-term outlook. As of now, BTC faces an important support region at $21K. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart As expected, the three-drives pattern resulted in a trend reversal and a decline in the price. Bitcoin was recently rejected below the neckline and is consolidating with very little momentum. However,...

A scalability solution unique to Ethereum is now compatible with Bitcoin. Rollkit allows for the storage of rollup information developed for Ethereum but on the Bitcoin network. According to an official statement, Rollkit — a modular framework for rollups — was successfully launched on march 5, 2023. The solution could, at least in theory, help optimize the use of free space on the Bitcoin blocks, expanding the capabilities of the network: Sovereign rollups on Bitcoin not...

Eric Peters – CEO of One River Digital Asset Management – thinks the next crypto bull run will be “very powerful” because it will be driven by institutional adoption. He argued the market might have already moved to such a phase. ‘Extremely Bullish’ for the Long Term In a recent appearance on the Bankless podcast, Peters opined that the crypto winter is already in the past, describing last year’s decline to the Wall Street collapse of 1929 (also known as the Great Crash): “I...

The President of El Salvador – Nayib Bukele – disclosed that the country’s tourism sector has increased by 95% since it embraced bitcoin as an official means of payment. He criticized some central banking institutions, including the Federal Reserve, claiming their policies have washed out a big chunk of people’s savings. As such, Bukele expects a lot of individuals from the West to focus on decentralized financial instruments. ‘We Get Some Rebranding’ El Salvador’s political...

Bitcoin tried to recover some of its recently lost value in the past 24 hours but was stopped in its tracks and is back down to $22,300. The altcoins are quite stagnant on a daily scale, with EOS losing all of its yesterday’s gains. Bitcoin Maintains $22K The low trading volumes of last weekend helped bitcoin remain around $23,000 for most of it. The start of the working week saw the asset pushing toward $24,000. In fact, BTC managed to tap that level once on Wednesday, but...

The Colorado-based bitcoin miner – Riot Blockchain – reported a total revenue of nearly $260 million for 2022, a 22% increase compared to 2021. It mined 5,554 BTC and boosted its hash rate capacity to an all-time high of 9.7 EH/s. The positive results come in spite of the devastating bear market that reigned during the bigger part of the year, and Riot’s shrunk production levels in the summer due to a heat wave.  Against All Odds Riot produced 46% more bitcoin in 2022 than in...