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The power tussle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over regulatory oversight of the crypto market continues to confuse investors about which rules to follow.  In line with the turf war conflict between the two market watchdogs, CFTC chairman Rostin Behnam has reiterated that Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are commodities, not securities.  Behnam Says Ether is Commodity Despite PoS...

The gloomy market condition has failed to deter long-term Bitcoin holders who are currently in possession of more than 75% of all existing BTC. As per an analyst at the crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant, this level was last seen in October 2015. The sentiment of long-term holders is important as they represent experienced market participants that have been through different phases of the market. The analyst explained that these entities have lower spending behavior...

Following days of inactivity, Bitcoin was struck by another wave of upward volatility on Tuesday. After nearly reaching $20,000, the asset left $100 million in liquidations in its wake.  Bitcoin’s price sat at roughly $19,270 at 12:40 UTC on Tuesday, before rapidly climbing upwards over the next few hours.  The coin touched $19,500 about an hour later, experiencing another hour of flat trading before climbing again to $19,834 by 16:00 UTC. The price is now $19,792, at writing...

The crypto industry showed a mild recovery in Q3 after taking a significant plunge amid volatile conditions over the first half of 2022.  According to the latest quarterly report published by cryptocurrency aggregator CoinGecko, the overall crypto market cap increased by 6.5%, about $100 billion, in Q3 compared to Q2. Bitcoin Outperformed Other Assets  Despite having a choppy Q3, BTC outperformed every asset class except the U.S. dollar Index, which measures the exchange rate...

Bitcoin continues to trade without any substantial moves in either direction on low trading volumes, similar to previous weekends. Most alternative coins sit quietly as well, with ETC and APT being among the few exceptions, posting notable gains. Bitcoin Stalls at $19K The past seven days were significantly less volatile than the previous week, in which BTC went from $19,000 to $18,200 and up to $20,000 in a matter of 24 hours after the latest US CPI numbers came out....

A recent survey conducted by the University of Central America (UCA) estimated that 77% of the polled Salvadorans think adopting bitcoin as a legal tender 13 months ago was a mistake. However, nearly 76% of the locals remain supportive of their BTC-loving President Nayib Bukele, who has initiated numerous reforms and waged war on domestic drug cartels. Salvadorans not Withdrawing Their Support The small Latin American nation – El Salvador – made the headlines last year by...

Bitcoin’s fight to remain above $19,000 didn’t go all that well yesterday, as the asset fell to a 9-day low of $18,600 before bouncing off. The altcoins also went through similar price movements, but most are slightly in the green on a daily scale, including APE’s notable surge. Bitcoin’s New Local Low Ever since the end of the previous working week, bitcoin had calmed after the storm and stood at around $19,000. It spent most of the weekend there, and Monday was no...

The inflation rate in the United Kingdom surpassed 10% for the first time in the past 40 years. Local economists warn that the figures could rise to 11% in the following months, driven by soaring food and fuel prices. What does it mean for Bitcoin, though? Unseen Inflation in the Last 40 Years The past few years have been rather problematic for the UK and its economy. At the beginning of 2020, the country left the European Union after 52% of the locals voted in favor of...

Curtis Warren – a British drug lord who was found guilty of smuggling cannabis – is due to be released from prison next month. The authorities, though, will supposedly put him back behind bars for five years if he uses WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or interacts with cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin. Strict Measures to Stay on the Loose Warren (also known as “Britain’s Pablo Escobar”) has been a problematic figure for the European authorities for the past decades. In 1996,...

Mike McGlone, a senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, believes Bitcoin is at its most discounted price on a 100-week and 200-week moving average. He also predicted that the crypto asset would trade 5x its current price in five to ten years. During a recent interview with Stansberry Research, McGlone opined that Bitcoin is getting pounded by the Federal Reserve and so is at its most discounted price.  Bitcoin Will Trade at $100k  The Bloomberg strategist is...