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Crypto market participants are moving to the sidelines, leading to low activity in the derivatives market as the date for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision on spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) approaches. According to a weekly report from market intelligence platform CryptoQuant, the decline in derivatives market activity is due to the rising costs of opening long positions and the spike in profit-taking among investors. Sell Orders Dominate...

Bitcoin faced enhanced volatility on Friday as well, dumping in minutes to $42,600 before jumping to $44,400 and ultimately settling below $44,000. Many altcoins have charted massive price declines over the past 24 hours, with AVAX, ADA, SOL, and LINK leading this adverse trend. Dominance on the Rise: Bitcoin Although it has been less than a week since the start of the new year, BTC has already recorded several massive price movements in either direction. It all started on...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has been in the crypto community’s minds for the past few years, mainly due to the attacks it launched against numerous companies and projects. Now, though, the agency is expected to finally greenlight a spot Bitcoin ETF in the US after a decade of rejecting all proposals. ETF Next Week? The start of the new year began a lot of hope for crypto investors and all the companies that have filed with the SEC to launch a spot BTC ETF in the...

Bitcoin had an impressive start to the year as it soared by more than three grand on the second day of the year, reaching its highest price point since April 2022 at almost $46,000. The rally came to an abrupt end today, and here are some of the possible reasons behind that nosedive. BTCUSD. Source: TradingViewSEC to Reject All ETF Proposals? All eyes in the crypto community in the past several months have been on the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the possibility...

Cryptocurrency hedge funds have generated an average return of 44% this year through December 20, marking a rebound from a 52% loss in 2022, ranking as the best among 29 strategies monitored. They have weathered a challenging 2022 and are experiencing a recovery, and many are anticipating a prosperous 2024. Crypto Hedge Funds Recover Pantera Capital, led by industry veteran Dan Morehead, experienced a significant rebound, with its liquid-token fund surging nearly 80% by...

Despite India’s controversial crypto policy and lack of clarity in several aspects, the country emerges as the top market. According to a new report by crypto exchange CoinDCX, 28 Indian entities became ‘FIU-Registered Reporting Entity.’ India emerged as a global crypto adoption leader, reflecting sustained interest and robust demand for digital assets. India Defies Crypto Skepticism CoinDCX’s year-end report for 2023 shared with CryptoPotato revealed that 60% of the user...

According to an analysis from CoinGecko, the period from 2020 to 2023 has witnessed a surge in crypto airdrops. Led by giants like Uniswap, Apecoin, and dYdX, the top 50 airdrops have distributed $26.6 billion in tokens in that period. Uniswap’s Historic $6.43 Billion Airdrop Uniswap (UNI) led the pack, which made headlines with its historic $6.43 billion airdrop on September 16, 2020. Uniswap’s distribution, calculated at its all-time high (ATH) token price of $42.88, became...

What an eventful year it has been for the crypto industry! With 2023 coming to an end, the cryptocurrency space has had its share of battles and victories, all of which continue to shape an industry that, though still growing, has managed to make a mark in the global financial sector. This year, regulators came down hard on key players in the market, one of the biggest and most influential CEOs pleaded guilty to a criminal charge, and the hype around a spot Bitcoin...

An illuminating conversation unfolded on X this week about XRP Ledger’s smart contract features. A Ripple expert corrected some misconceptions that Ripple is not as feature-rich as its competitors. Are Ripple Use Cases Limited? If you ask Google Bard or any AI chatbot why XRP price hasn’t shown the kind of gains Bitcoin (BTC) and Solana (SOL) have this year, it might tell you it’s because Ripple doesn’t have as many use cases: “While XRP is initially designed for fast and...

The widely anticipated approval of over a dozen spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States could be a sell-the-news event that would cause the price of BTC to move in the opposite direction. According to the latest weekly report from market analytics platform CryptoQuant, the prediction is substantiated by market participants sitting on high unrealized profits from BTC’s recent ascent. A Sell-the-news Event Applicants for the spot Bitcoin ETFs have been in...