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Just a day after announcing a $500 million convertible senior note offering to purchase more BTC, among other goals, Michael Saylor’s brainchild increased its target to $700 million. The company’s shares have been on a wild ride in 2024, perhaps due to the developments around the Bitcoin landscape, but have soared by triple digits since the start of the year. $500M Not Enough Ever since August 2020, when it announced its first BTC purchase, the NASDAQ-listed business...

KuCoin exchange’s research arm released a report on cryptocurrency performance in May, noting $1 billion in new investments – a slight decrease from April. The report highlighted that institutional investors predominantly favored Ethereum and EVM-focused platforms during this period. $1 Billion in Investment Earlier this week, KuCoin Research published a report indicating that in May alone, the crypto realm saw a public disclosure of about 156 investments. The total amounts...

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs has revealed that cryptocurrency deposits into crypto addresses linked to Chinese drug precursor manufacturers more than doubled in the first four months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. In 2023, Chinese precursor networks received over $26 million in cryptocurrency, with 97% of the over 120 manufacturers studied offering payment options in digital currencies. Bitcoin Dominates Transactions According to TRM Labs, the overall...

Ever since mid-January, when the 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs saw the light of day, Grayscale’s converted GBTC has been at the forefront of outflows. This eventually resulted in losing its crown as the world’s largest exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of BTC. In the last two trading days of this week, though, the tides changed, and this negative award went to Fidelity’s FBTC. Data from FarSide shows the overall outflows for the week, in which four out of the five trading...

Bitcoin may have struggled to reclaim its position above the recently established all-time high of over $73,000, but prominent brokerage firm Bernstein remains optimistic about the asset’s future trajectory. In its latest report, Bernstein analysts even upped their long-term price forecast for BTC to $200,000 by the end of 2025. The firm had previously predicted the cryptocurrency to hit $150,000 that year. Bernstein’s Bold Predictions for Bitcoin The analysts attributed this...

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...

After the US Securities and Exchange Commission made history earlier this year by approving almost a dozen spot Bitcoin ETFs, all eyes in the community turned to the next digital asset in line – Ethereum. While the landscape didn’t look promising at first, it changed several weeks ago when, somewhat surprisingly, the agency greenlighted eight spot Ethereum ETFs. However, the launch date is still unknown. When the spot BTC ETFs were approved by the securities regulator, they...

Ethereum has continued to face challenges staying above the $4,000 mark, mirroring the lack of momentum in the broader market. While the investors await for a rally, data suggest a surge in demand for the world’s largest altcoin. Permanent Ethereum Holders Bought Big According to CryptoQuant head of research Julio Moreno’s recent findings, Ethereum’s demand has spiked owing to a significant buying spree by “permanent holders” of the cryptocurrency. In fact, this cohort of...

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...

OKX has experienced significant outflows, with $204 million withdrawn in the past 24 hours and $630 million in the past week, surpassing the outflows of other prominent cryptocurrency exchanges. The surge in withdrawals comes from multiple security controversies that may have undermined user confidence. OKX’s Design Flaw On June 9, two OKX users lost a significant amount of funds in a suspected SIM-swapping attack due to a vulnerability in the exchange’s two-factor...