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Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $27,000 yesterday but failed amid low weekend trading volumes and has remained relatively still. The altcoins are also lacking any substantial price moves, with ETH reclaiming $1,800 and BNB pumping above $310. Bitcoin Stays Flat The past several days didn’t go well for the primary cryptocurrency. It all started on Wednesday when the asset jumped from $27,500 to $28,400 in minutes after the US CPI numbers came out for April. Although BTC...

The Presidential elections in Turkey (May 14) could have a pivotal role in the country’s future financial condition. They could also affect the local cryptocurrency industry since the two leading candidates – Recep Erdogan (the current political leader) and Kemal Kilicdaroglu – share entirely different views.  The former declared “war” on bitcoin in 2021 and supported the central bank’s efforts to launch digital lira. Kilicdaroglu stands on the opposite corner as a proponent...

Bitcoin’s troubles continued in the past 24 hours, and the asset charted a new two-month low before recovering over a grand. The altcoins are in the green today, with LDO taking the main stage with a massive double-digit price surge. BTC’s Pump and Dump Keeps Rolling The major news from the past week came when the US CPI numbers for April informed that the inflation rates had slowed down and were actually lower than the expectations. Bitcoin reacted positively to the news at...

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City reportedly brought to court 16 Vietnamese who might stand behind a $1.5 million crypto robbery and kidnapping. Interestingly, two of the defendants are former police officers. Vietnam is one of the global leaders in terms of cryptocurrency adoption. Despite its rising popularity, the government has not imposed a legal framework on the asset class.  The Movielike Story According to a local media outlet, the whole drama started in 2018...

Bitcoin crashed on Friday down to $26,166 and continues struggling to break back above the $26,500 level. What gives? Crypto market analytics platform CryptoQuant said the latest fall may be due to a coordinated FUD campaign against the primary cryptocurrency, which triggered a wave of liquidations this week.  The US Government Did Not Sell Its BTC In a post on Friday, CryptoQuant analyst IT Tech called attention to a wave of online, “coordinated fake news” related to the US...

The past seven days saw the cryptocurrency market lose close to $100 billion off its total capitalization, which currently sits at $1.150B. It’s not been very fun for market participants as the majority of coins are trading well in the red. Once again, the hottest story of the week might as well be PEPE, but not for the same reasons as last week. Let’s dive in. First things first, Bitcoin’s price crashed by roughly 9% through the past week and is currently trading at around...

While Bitcoin had whittled down waitlisted transaction orders by Wednesday, network congestion remains high. Median confirmation time hovered markedly above ten minutes. The on-chain metric for Bitcoin network fulfillment sits at a high unseen since Feb 2023 and Dec 2022. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of transactions at a time sit waiting to be confirmed. That’s far above normal levels in the tens of thousands. The extent of network lag is so high that at least one...

Bitcoin is up (YTD), banks are collapsing, and the Federal Reserve seems to be approaching the end of its monetary tightening mission. Does that mean the bull market is back in action? CryptoPotato spoke with crypto market analytics firm CryptoQuant at Consensus 2023 to discuss all things related to Bitcoin’s price – including its place in the market cycle, its correlation to gold, and its role during the ongoing US banking crisis. Bullish Times Ahead for Bitcoin When asked...

Bitcoin has been showing relatively bearish price action after a decisive rejection from the $30K resistance level, while also losing key support recently. Yet, there are still multiple crucial zones for the price to rely on. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart The price has been consolidating below the $30K resistance level following a failed breakout earlier in April. The 50-day moving average has also been broken to the downside around the $28K mark as a result of...

The crypto analytics platform – Santiment – indicated that the amount of bitcoin held on digital asset exchanges has recently plummeted below 6%. The last time the figures were that low was in December 2017. The decreased trust in centralized platforms intensified shortly after the fallout of FTX (one of the leaders in its field prior to its bankruptcy). Binance has also seen a rise in bitcoin outflows during the past several months, signaling that many users prefer to rely...