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The United States Federal Reserve announced a third consecutive rate cut, this time by 25 basis points. Unlike the previous such occasions in the past few months, bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market headed south immediately and violently. Perhaps the reason for this lies in Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s words as he hinted that the central bank might halt its current policy of reducing the key interest rates due to the alarming CPI data that came out for November and...

The Avalanche Foundation has launched its most significant network upgrade to date, Avalanche9000, introducing the Etna upgrade to its mainnet. It marks a fundamental shift in the Avalanche ecosystem by simplifying the process of launching Layer 1 blockchains, removing the complexities of the previous Subnet model. AVAX’s price remained largely unfazed despite the major overhaul. Avalanche9000: The Network Overhaul According to the official website, Etna replaces the existing...

US investors continued to pour money into the spot Bitcoin ETFs after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections, and the streak extended into the past five trading days. The Ethereum counterparts have also enjoyed the momentum by attracting almost a billion dollars within the past week. BTC ETFs Keep the Momentum Going The initial 11 and now 12 spot Bitcoin ETFs have already broken several records in terms of massive net inflows in their first year. This is...

Bitcoin’s price went to a new multi-week high of just under $103,000 but was stopped there and pushed south by around a grand. The altcoins have performed a lot worse on a 24-hour scale, resulting in a growing BTC dominance. BTC Dominance Increases Monday and Tuesday saw a few violent price rejections for the primary cryptocurrency, which was driven to $94,400 on a couple of occasions during those days. However, the bulls managed to prevail and propelled a few leg-ups that...

It hasn’t been a particularly fun week in the cryptocurrency industry as the majority of the market is trading in the red. The losses are mostly tolerable, although some altcoins definitely feel the pressure. But let’s start with Bitcoin, as always. The primary cryptocurrency saw a week full of volatility. During the weekend, it increased above $101,000 but as soon as the week started, things weren’t going as smoothly. On Monday, the price began to fall, and at one point, it...

Nearly a year since United States-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were launched in January, the funds have experienced remarkable growth. Inflows into the 12 funds have surpassed 500,000 BTC. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Attract Over 500K BTC In an X post, Vetle Lunde, head of Research at the digital assets research firm K33, stated that spot bitcoin ETFs currently have 500,925 BTC in cumulative net inflows, worth over $50.5 billion at today’s price. Notably, BlackRock’s...

ETH has finally joined the bull party as its price shot up to over $4,000 for the first time since March this year. This spectacular surge comes on the heels of the growing interest and demand for the spot Ethereum ETFs, as Thursday was the best day ever in terms of net inflows. ETHUSD. Source: TradingViewOn the day the US presidential elections were decided – November 6 – ETH’s price struggled at around $2,500. The rest of the market was in anticipation of the results but...

To say that the past seven days were exciting would be an understatement. According to CoinGecko, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization increased by almost $300 billion and peaked at around $3.8 trillion. This comes on the back of a historic milestone for Bitcoin and the strong performance of many altcoins, so let’s dive into the price action. All eyes were turned on Bitcoin this week. To be completely honest, the price action was relatively dull and rather...

Bitcoin’s (BTC) 7% surge above $100,000 in the past 24 hours has ignited a massive reaction in the crypto community. Market experts and analysts are discussing factors that led to the historic move and speculating about how high bitcoin can go, given the current state of the market. CryptoPotato received remarks from analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex and the on-chain analytics platform Nansen. Additionally, founders of traditional finance firms heavily invested in the...

It was a crazy week in the cryptocurrency industry, filled with a lot of volatility, a resurgance that the entire community was debating about, as well as the story of the underdog coming back at it. Let’s dive in. First, we have Bitcoin. Its price tried to breach $100K last weekend on numerous occasions, but it turned out that the sell wall there was just too big for the bulls to overcome. That ultimately took its toll, and the price crashed, reaching almost $90K during the...