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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...

Today, bitcoin dropped by a sharp 4.8% and reached as low as $54,650. However, the cryptocurrency is back trading at around $56,000 as it found solid support at the 20-day MA which allowed it to rebound. A quick recap: Bitcoin’s price decreased to as low as $47,000 (.5 Fib) over the past two weeks but it has since recovered a lot of the losses. As can be seen on the short-term charts, BTC was trading inside an ascending price channel over the week as it reached the February...

The head of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, recently gave his comments on the two largest cryptocurrencies – BTC and ETH. According to him, people nowadays need alternative coins for the new type of transactions, which may drive the price of ether up. CZ also predicted that many central bank digital currencies would be very different than public coins. Ethereum’s Rally As Ethereum’s price continues to be the hottest topic in the past couple of days within the entire cryptocurrency...

S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched three new cryptocurrency indices. The S&P Bitcoin Index, S&P Ethereum Index, and S&P Crypto Mega Cap Index (a combination of Bitcoin and Ethereum) will allow retail traders to easily gain exposure to these two behemoth cryptocurrencies. A Long-Awaited Move People have been waiting for a traditional finance product that tracks cryptocurrency prices for a long time. S&P announced last year that a cryptocurrency index would...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has come a long way from claiming that he would prefer bananas over BTC to outlining the cryptocurrencies’ benefits over traditional finance. In a recent Twitter post, he highlighted the strengths of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin. Mark Cuban on BTC and ETH Cuban, a prominent investor and a star of the hit reality TV show Shark Tank, was among the many who doubted the merits of the cryptocurrency industry for a while. Previously, the...

WisdomTree Investments, a NY-based fund manager, has launched a physically-backed Ethereum ETP on two European stock exchanges through its local subsidiaries. This becomes the organization’s second crypto-related ETP released in the past month, after an exchange-traded product following the performance of Bitcoin. WisdomTree’s ETH ETP Live in Europe Headquartered in New York, WisdomTree Investments is an exchange-traded fund and exchange-traded product sponsor, and an asset...

Legendary stock market investors Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger spoke at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, talking briefly about cryptocurrencies and the effects of the new trading era on the global psyche. Buffett’s Thoughts and Munger’s Rant Warren Buffett expressed his displeasure at people who treated markets like a casino, claiming that it encouraged a gambling impulse. Buffett insisted that sound long-term investing is not as easy as it sounds, and he spoke out...

Choosing stock of gold mining companies instead of shares of firms investing in bitcoin has caused an underperformance for BNY Mellon’s tech-focused funds. The giant US bank outlined MicroStrategy – the company owning over 90,000 bitcoins – as the biggest missed opportunity. BNY Mellon’s Funds Performance In recent filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, America’s oldest bank conceded that preferring to go with stocks of gold mining organizations instead of...

After reaching a new two-week high of over $58,500, bitcoin has retraced slightly and currently trades around $57,000. Most altcoins have also marked minor losses on a 24-hour scale. Ethereum is among the few exceptions as ETH is closing down to $3,000. Bitcoin Stalls Around $57K As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency finally produced more decisive moves upwards. After trading in a range of around $54,000, bitcoin initiated an impressive leg up that...