Bitcoin’s price movements for the past few days have been quite painful as the asset slumped to $65,000 yesterday for the first time in about a month. Despite recovering from their lowest positions as well, the altcoins are also deep in the red, with NEAR, FIL, and FET dumping the most. BTC’s Rollercoaster Continues The primary cryptocurrency had a somewhat positive start to the business week as it pumped to and slightly above $70,000 on Monday. However, the landscape changed...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Loses $5,000, Meme Coins Take a Hit as Market Downturn Amplifies: This Week’s Crypto Recap
The cryptocurrency market experienced a sharp decline during the evening of last Friday. Bitcoin’s price crashed below $70K, prompting a considerable market sell-off. The total capitalization is down by about $100 billion in the process, currently sitting at around $2.57 trillion. Everything was going well when the bears decided to have a late Friday night party. The move was sudden, pushing Bitcoin’s price below $70K and initiating a considerable downturn across the entire...
Read More »From AI to Bitcoin Mining: Here’s a Timeline of Tether’s Latest Investments
The largest stablecoin issuing company, Tether, has recently made a lot of investments in emerging crypto and artificial intelligence firms. These investments and the firm’s advancement beyond stablecoins show that the entity is keen on expanding its operations. Over the past few months, Tether has dipped its foot into other sectors like peer-to-peer communication, Bitcoin mining, renewable energy, and artificial intelligence. Tether’s Latest Investments XREX Group is the...
Read More »Crypto Markets Lost $80 Billion in Hours as Bitcoin (BTC) Dumped Below $69K (Weekend Watch)
History doesn’t rhyme but tends to repeat itself, which is something that has been happening in the crypto industry in the past few weeks. In this case, bitcoin and the rest of the market dropped hard on Friday evening, similar to the events from the previous one. BTC’s Friday Drop It was last Friday when the primary cryptocurrency tested $69,000 but failed and the subsequent rejection pushed it south by over two grand. The weekend was quite uneventful as the asset had...
Read More »Bitcoin Investors Brace for Impact of ECB, Fed Policy Moves
Friday’s NFP release will be a pivotal event in shaping market sentiment and determining the near-term trajectory of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to Bitfinex analysts. In a statement to CryptoPotato, the macroeconomic dynamics, including the ECB’s rate cut and the potential for increased liquidity, add further complexity to the equation, making it crucial for market participants to closely monitor these developments and their potential impact on the crypto...
Read More »ETH’s Inflows Hit $33.5M With SEC’s Approval of Spot Ethereum ETF
Ethereum is seeing a turnaround in sentiment owing to the SEC approval of a spot Ether ETF that is set to go live sometime next month. According to CoinShares’ latest report, Ethereum-based investment products experienced a second consecutive week of inflows marking a reversal from a 10-week outflow streak amounting to $200 million. Over the past week, Ethereum saw $33.5 million in inflows which pushed its monthly inflows upwards of $21 million. Altcoins Follow Ethereum’s...
Read More »Here’s Why Bitcoin Needs Scaling Solutions, According to Binance
The onboarding of new Bitcoin users and the creation of new use cases for the leading digital network continue to emphasize the need to build scaling solutions on the blockchain. A new research report by crypto exchange Binance, The Future of Bitcoin, outlines reasons why the crypto network needs strong scaling solutions. Why Bitcoin Needs Scaling Solutions In December 2022, Casey Rodarmor launched the Ordinals protocol, which led to the creation of inscriptions and triggered...
Read More »These Are This Week’s Top Altcoin Performers as Bitcoin (BTC) Stalls Below $68K (Weekend Watch)
As it happened during the past few weekends, bitcoin’s price actions have calmed, and the asset sits at just under $68,000. The altcoins are also quite sluggish on a daily scale, but the weekly landscape has produced some mind-blowing gains. BTC Stops Below $68K Bitcoin had a strong start to the current week as it exploded from under $69,000 to over $70,500 in hours on Monday. As the bulls were preparing for another run, perhaps even challenging the all-time high of $73,800,...
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) Price Recovers From a Weekly Low, Ethereum (ETH) Eyes $3.8K (Weekend Watch)
After a few days of sideways trading, bitcoin’s price headed south on Friday and slipped to a weekly low of around $66,600 before it recovered approximately a grand. The altcoins are quite sluggish today, with ETH gaining about 1% of value and closing down on the $3,800 mark. BTC Recovers The start of the business week went under the total domination of the bulls as they drove the primary cryptocurrency from under $69,000 to a weekly high of over $70,500. As hope started to...
Read More »Big Week for Spot Bitcoin ETFs, Meme Coin Mania Reaches Celebrities, and More: This Week’s Crypto Recap
The previous week was dominated by news and developments on the spot Ethereum ETF front, while the current one was taken over by Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. It almost felt inevitable after the launch of all US spot Bitcoin ETFs in early January that the BlackRock product will surpass that of Grayscale, which was actually converted from the former BTC Trust. Grayscale’s GBTC saw substantial outflows ever since it first reached the US markets, while BlackRock’s IBIT kept...
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