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The start of the week begins with little-to-no substantial movements from most cryptocurrencies, as bitcoin has stalled around $19,000. The altcoins are slightly in the green, except for XRP. Aside from the daily price dip, the asset is down double-digits on a weekly scale. Bitcoin Calms at $19K BTC experienced a lot of volatility at the end of last week, when the US CPI numbers came out. Although they were almost as expected, bitcoin headed straight south, as it typically...

After the enhanced volatility at the end of the working week, bitcoin has calmed and stands firm at $19,000. Most altcoins are also quite stagnant now. On a weekly scale, though, there’re some evident winners, such as Huobi Token, and losers, like Cardano. Bitcoin Calms at $19K The latest US inflation numbers – 8.2% – announced on Thursday returned some of the recently lost volatility in the crypto markets, pushing bitcoin from $19,000 south to a multi-week low of $18,200....

Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $20,000 but was stopped in its tracks once more and has retraced by almost a grand. The altcoins are back in red after yesterday’s massive gains. This all came following the bloody Friday on Wall Street. Bitcoin Stopped at $20K The primary cryptocurrency was quite calm lately, but that all changed when the US announced the latest CPI numbers. BTC stood at $19,000 before it violently dropped to a multi-week low of $18,200. However, that...

The past week saw the total cryptocurrency market lost about $30 billion in the past seven days, where most of the action took place yesterday. This was somewhat expected, given the US Bureau of Labor Statistics published the CPI numbers then. Let’s dive in. Bitcoin spent the majority of the week slowly bleeding out. The cryptocurrency was showing absolutely no signs of strength, which resulted in a painful chop and a decline below $19,000 on a couple of occasions. All this...

Perhaps somewhat expected, the volatility has returned to the cryptocurrency market, albeit event-driven. The ongoing turbulence is caused because the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released the CPI numbers. CPI stands for Consumer Price Index, and it’s the most common gauge for the current rates of inflation in the US. The Consumer Price Index is used to measure the average change over time in the prices that urban consumer pays for a market basket of goods and...

Although the trading volumes yesterday were quite low, similar to previous weekends, bitcoin still took a minor hit and fell to a weekly low. Most altcoins are also slightly in the red on a daily scale. QNT is among the very few exceptions, being up by double digits. Bitcoin Dipped Towards $19K The primary cryptocurrency was flying higher earlier this week when it pumped to $20,500 – the highest price tag it had seen in about three weeks. However, the US job reports changed...

Bitcoin’s price went through a somewhat surprising dip yesterday when the US announced the September job reports, which were better than expected. Most altcoins are also in the red now, with the obvious exception of Ripple. XRP has stolen the show once again, surging by almost 7%. Bitcoin Lost the $20K Mark Ever since the October 3 crash to below $19,000, the landscape around the primary cryptocurrency was quite positive. The asset had bounced off that level and even jumped...

In terms of overall market movements, not much was happening in the past seven days. The total capitalization remained somewhat flat, around $990 million, unable to recover above the coveted $1 trillion mark. Bitcoin’s price, as well as that of the majority of altcoins, also failed to post a significant difference. At the time of this writing, Bitcoin’s price trades at around $19,700 – more or less where it was this time last week. The volatility is currently gone from the...

Binance has announced a pause across the entire Binance Smart Chain (BSC or BNB Chain) following what appears to be one of the largest exploits in DeFi history.  An attacker has reportedly hacked another BNB chain user for 2 million BNB, worth $600 million.  Another DeFi Catastrophe According to BNB Chain on Twitter, the “temporary” pause is due to “irregular activity,” and a “potential exploit.” “All systems are now contained, and we are immediately investigating the...

Change is in the air as the crypto space continues to see top executives step down from their roles amid the market crisis that stemmed from the Terra Luna fiasco and the Federal Reserve’s continuous interest rate hike, which negatively impacted the global financial market. The change in crypto-related executive leadership started with Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepping down from the company’s board of directors in May. While Twitter is not a crypto-focused firm, Dorsey...