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Joshua Lim – Head of Derivatives at Genesis Trading – recently provided a breakdown of Bitcoin’s late underperformance against the rest of crypto.  He provided 2 metrics indicating that Bitcoin’s price is “heavy” relative to previous market cycles, followed by qualitative reasons for why this is the case.  Ethereum Outperforming Bitcoin Per a Twitter thread from Lim on Sunday, the first indicator of Bitcoin’s ‘heaviness’ is its performance against Ethereum. The ETH/BTC price...

Eric Wall, a creditor of Mt. Gox, confirmed that new reports swirling that 137,000 BTC sent to creditors would soon be dumped on the market are false. In a recent Twitter thread, Wall said the repayment system is not live yet. While addressing the rumors floating around across social media channels, the former CIO at Oslo-based crypto investment firm Arcane Assets said the payouts will also occur in tranches over months instead of offloading thousands of BTC all at once,...

The bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to see its largest increase in over seven months later this week. This comes as the hash rate has surged by almost 30% in the past two weeks. Largest Increase in Mining Difficulty Since January? The bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is an essential part of the world’s largest blockchain that makes it either easier or harder for miners to do their job depending on the number of entities plugged into the network. Essentially, the...

Before the world was hit by COVID-19, crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ether showed little correlation with financial markets. Post-pandemic, the lines have become increasingly blurry. In a new blog post, IMF economists said several Asian countries have fiercely adopted digital assets in the last couple of years while highlighting the need for regulation. The organization noted that digitalization can prompt a much-needed shift to an environmentally-conscious payment system...

After yesterday’s price plunge towards and beneath $20,000, bitcoin has stalled and struggles to remain above that coveted line. The altcoins also suffered quite a bit at the start of the weekend, and most sit calmly now. Bitcoin Fights for $20K The previous week was particularly harmful to the primary cryptocurrency, which dumped by more than $4,000 in less than seven days to a monthly low of around $21,000. It spent most of this past week around that level, trading...

After the recent stagnation, bitcoin finally began moving and dumped to a six-week low beneath $20,000. Most altcoins are deep in the red as well. Ethereum is down to $1,500, while SOL, ADA, and AVAX have declined by up to 8% in a day. Bitcoin Dipped Below $20K Last week was particularly harmful to the primary cryptocurrency, which dumped from $25,200 to $21,000 in a matter of days. Since that enhanced volatility, the asset calmed and spent most of the following days trading...

Bitcoin only intensified its recent price drops by slumping to just under $20,000 for the first time in about six weeks. The alternative coins suffer, too, leading to almost $400 million in liquidations from over-leveraged traders. CryptoPotato reported the relatively stable price movements from bitcoin in the past week or so. After falling by $4,000 in the previous week, BTC spent most of this one around the $21,000 mark. It challenged $22,000 a few days ago but to no...

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spoke about FOMC’s future goals at the annual Jackson Hole symposium on Friday. He said that FOMC’s overarching directive remains to bring inflation back down to 2%, which “will likely require maintaining a restrictive policy stance for some time.”  After a preliminary pump, Bitcoin’s price swung wildly following his comments. Trading at $21,234 at 12:30 UST on Friday, Bitcoin quickly pumped to $21,819 by 13:05 UST – just an hour before...

Bitcoin’s situation took another turn for the worse in the past 24 hours as the asset slipped to $20,750. Most altcoins are in a similar position this week, making it the worst performing trading one since the massive crash in mid-June. Bitcoin Down 15% Weekly A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets within a week. Bitcoin, for instance, was riding high last weekend when it jumped above $25,000 on two separate occasions to mark new multi-month peaks. While the bulls...

Bitcoin and other cryptos are now being accepted as means of payment at two of Ukraine’s largest tech retailers: Techno Їzhak, and Stylus. Customers can now purchase products from each retailer using Bitcoin from their online stores, or from their combined 100+ retail locations.  Per a report from the Ukrainian outlet Obozrevatel, Bitcoin payments at both companies will be facilitated through the crypto point-of-sale provider, WhitePay.  When paying online, customers can pay...