Just as Bitcoin rallied slightly above $45k on Friday, recycled news on China’s central bank vowing to ban crypto trading for Chinese citizens came out, liquidating more than $600 million of derivative positions at the time of writing. It is crucial to remember that large liquidations tend to cause cascades of forced sell orders, creating a near-term imbalance between supply and demand. In these events, supply overwhelms demand, and prices drop until the next large bid...
Read More »Bitcoin Maintains $42K Amid the China FUD: Cardano the Only Top 10 in Green (Weekend Watch)
Yesterday the crypto markets went through another bloodbath initiated once again by China. Bitcoin dumped by $4,000 in minutes but has managed to complete a partial recovery as of now. Most altcoins suffered even more, and some have failed to bounce off decisively, including ETH, which still stands below $3,000. Bitcoin’s Recovery Attempt The past few days were actually going well for the primary cryptocurrency. It had recovered from the sub-$40,000 price drop and added...
Read More »Bitcoin Is Anti-Fragile, Says Morgan Stanley Executive
The Head of Counterpoint Global at Morgan Stanley Investment Management – Dennis Lynch – believes bitcoin has the ability to gain in times of economic disruption and he referred to the asset as “anti-fragile.” ‘Bitcoin Is Like Kenny from South Park’ In a recent conference, the American businessman and executive at Morgan Stanley – Dennis Lynch, revealed his positive stance on bitcoin. He sees it as “anti-fragile,” meaning that it could resist market disorders and even prosper...
Read More »Pyth Network Explains Why Bitcoin Flash-Crashed to $5,400 on September 20th
The entire market has been fairly uncertain throughout the past week, though one event stands out from the rest. On September 20th, Bitcoin’s price crashed to around $5,400 on Pyth Network oracle’s BTC/USD feed. Pyth is an oracle network based on Solana and it aims to bridge blockchains and real-world data. This is highly needed in the field of cryptocurrencies to provide relevancy, accuracy, and interoperability. However, on September 20th, between 12:21 and 12:23 UTC, the...
Read More »Global Risk and China FUD Result in a Bitcoin Rollercoaster: The Weekly Crypto Recap
There are no boring days in crypto, and this week, like a lot of others, has managed to definitively prove it. The past seven days have been an absolute rollercoaster in the cryptocurrency market, so let’s start with Bitcoin. BTC’s price was sitting comfortably at around $47,500 last Friday and started improving slowly throughout the weekend. On Saturday, we saw an attempt at $49K, which was unfortunately rejected. On Sunday, the price retraced a bit, but nothing spelled...
Read More »Over $400 Million Liquidated in a Day as Bitcoin Tumbled Below $41K
The market suddenly turned red today following what seems to be another wave of regulatory efforts to crack down on cryptocurrencies in China. This left over $400 million liquidated in less than a day. As CryptoPotato reported, China continues with its efforts to further crack down on the entire cryptocurrency market. The country’s national bank issued a statement outlining that digital assets are banned, adding that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. While a...
Read More »Trading and Mining Crackdown in China Escalates: Bitcoin Plunges $3K
The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) published a document reminding that digital assets are banned within the country and added that operating with exchanges will also be prohibited. As a result, BTC dumped by $3,000 in an hour. China’s negative stance on the cryptocurrency space has been wildly known for years, and the nation tends to frequently remind investors about it. The central bank highlighted the illegal status of digital assets once more on Friday. The statement also...
Read More »Bitcoin Retests $45K as Ethereum Stalls Around $3.1K (Market Watch)
Following a few days of adverse price developments, bitcoin has started to recover some value and currently sits around $45,000. Most altcoins have stalled in the same timeframe, with a few exceptions from Polkadot and Terra. Bitcoin Taps $45K The start of the week was highly damaging for the bitcoin bulls as the price of the cryptocurrency plummeted on Monday from $48,000 to around $43,000 in hours. The situation only worsened in the following two days as BTC dumped by a few...
Read More »Twitter Launches Support For Bitcoin Tips on Lightning Network. NFTs Could Come Soon
Twitter, the favorite social network among cryptocurrency lovers, has just announced that it will let its users to send Bitcoin to any account with a BTC wallet. Enabling Bitcoin tips is part of an even larger initiative. The company is expanding its support for payment processors of all kinds, including Patreon, Cash App, Venmo, Razorpay, GoFundMe, and Brazilian startup PicPay, which serves as an equivalent to Paypal or Venmo with some additional options such as cashback...
Read More »Tom Brady Wants to Get Part of His Salary in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana
The legendary football player – Tom Brady – once again demonstrated his support towards the digital asset industry. He said he would “love” to receive some of his earnings in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), or Solana (SOL) tokens. ‘The Digital Age Is Upon Us’ Tom Brady – the seven-time Super Bowl champion and arguably one of the greatest football players – is, by all means, a strong crypto proponent. During a recent interview with Jim Gray on the Let’s Go Sirius XM podcast, he...
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