The Brazilian authorities have arrested the president of the Bitcoin Banco Group – Claudio Oliveira. According to them, he was responsible for swiping 7,000 bitcoins from customers worth $250 million today. ‘The Bitcoin King’ Got Busted In a recent online press release, the Brazilian officials reported the arrest of Claudio Oliveira. He was the man in charge of the Bitcoin Banco Group – a company promising high returns for clients who invest their bitcoins with it. Following...
Read More »Bullish? Bitcoin Outflows From Spot Exchanges Reached a Yearly High: Analysis
Bitcoin investors have halted depositing their assets onto cryptocurrency exchanges and have actually started to withdraw substantial quantities, says on-chain data. Furthermore, it showed that most of the withdrawals came from retail investors, but whales and institutions have also accumulated BTC lately. Exchange Withdrawals to Early Highs Data from CryptoQuant highlighted the recent trends in terms of BTC investors’ withdrawals and deposits from and to cryptocurrency...
Read More »Another Step: China’s Central Bank Shuts Down a Firm Providing Services for Crypto Transactions
The People’s Bank of China has shut down a local firm suspected of providing various software services to cryptocurrency businesses. As it happened during previous negative actions, the price of bitcoin fell rapidly after the news broke. In the latest statement on the matter, China’s central bank has closed down a firm called Beijing Tongdao Cultural Development Co. because of suspicion that it provided software services to transactions involving digital assets. The...
Read More »Banking Giant UBS Warns That Regulatory Crackdowns Can Spell More Trouble for Crypto
The Swiss banking giant UBS sounded a note of caution to its customers that regulatory crackdowns can pop the “bubble-like” crypto markets. Furthermore, they said bitcoin might become an unsuitable option for professional investors. Beware of Popping The Bubble In a recent note, the multinational investment bank – UBS Group AG – warned its clients about the current dangers in the crypto market. Executives of the Switzerland-based institution opined that the recent regulatory...
Read More »IBC Group Plans to Relocate BTC Mining Facilities Out of China to the US, Canada, and More
The investment firm IBC Group, which has significant cryptocurrency mining operations in China, announced its intentions to close down all its Bitcoin and Ethereum mining facilities throughout the country. Instead, the organization plans to move its workers to Canada, the USA, the UAE, Kazakhstan, Iceland, and numerous South American nations. IBC Group Leaves China As a result of the crackdown on cryptocurrency mining launched by the Chinese government, the majority of the...
Read More »Bitcoin Retraces to $34K as Trading Volume Reaches Multi-Month Low (Market Watch)
Following the positive weekend in terms of trading action, bitcoin has retraced by a few thousand dollars to just above $34,000. Most altcoins have also failed to continue upwards as ETH has dipped below $2,300, and BNB is close to breaking beneath $300. Bitcoin’s Trading Volume Drops as BTC Retraces Bitcoin proved most assumptions wrong in the past few days. There were concerns that history is to repeat itself and the asset could lose traction during the weekend as it did in...
Read More »The Dean of Valuation: Bitcoin Failed as a Good Currency
The financial specialist and professor at the New York University – Aswath Damodaran – criticized bitcoin in a recent speech. In his opinion, the primary digital asset “failed miserably” and did not prove itself as a good currency. Gold and BTC Are Not The Same The prominent Indian professor – Aswath Damodaran – shared his point of view on bitcoin in the most recent episode of Moneycontrol Masterclass. He asserted that the largest cryptocurrency has failed to classify as a...
Read More »Institutional Demand Persists: The Purpose Bitcoin ETF Now Holds 22,500 BTC
The demand for the Purpose Bitcoin ETF has resumed after the mid-May decrease. Consequently, the company’s product has increased the bitcoins it holds by almost 30% in less than two months. Purpose BTC ETF Holds Almost 22.5K Coins CryptoPotato reported earlier this year when Canada’s Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) approved a filing by the financial services company – Purpose Investments – to launch an exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of the primary...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Now Facing Huge Resistance Dated Back to Mid-May
Bitcoin price is up a robust 8.5% from the July low of $32,700, recorded both on Thursday and Friday. The coin surged over $3K over the past two days, breaking above the 20-day moving average line at $34.9K, and is now facing a combination of significant resistance on the daily timeframe. The major resistance is provided by a falling trend-line that dates back to mid-May when Bitcoin was trading above $50K. This line forms the upper angle of a potential descending triangle...
Read More »Ethereum (ETH) Surges to a 2-Week High as Bitcoin Surpasses $35K (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s weekend struggles seem to be nowhere near as the cryptocurrency initiated another leg up and reclaimed $35,000. Most of the altcoins have charted gains as well, with Ethereum jumping above $2,300 for the first time since mid-June. Bitcoin Reconquers $35K After the volatile week in which BTC reached a multi-day high of $36,600 and then retraced to below $33,000, all eyes were on the weekend as recent history showed that the asset tends to head south when the workweek...
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