Category: Bitcoin

Crypto analytics firm Santiment is exploring the movements of Bitcoin and XRP whales, and predicts five altcoins are on the cusp of rallying. The firm’s data shows Bitcoin whales holding 10,000 BTC or more are still accumulating the flagship cryptocurrency asset amid a deep Bitcoin correction. “The uber large Bitcoin whale addresses (holding 10,000+ BTC)

U.S.-based financial institution BNY Mellon, the world’s largest custodian bank and asset servicing company, states that the recent performance of one of its exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, was significantly impacted by its lack of exposure to companies investing in Bitcoin. The BNY Mellon Opportunistic Small Cap Fund (DSCVX) gained 35% from September 1, 2020, through

Huobi Asset Management is looking to be the Grayscale of Asia with the launch of four cryptocurrency related tracker funds. The funds include a Bitcoin Fund, an Ethereum fund, a multi-asset basket of digital currencies, and a private equity fund for mining businesses. The aim is clearly to entice major institutional investors into the space

Bitcoin (BTC) has been struggling to sustain above the $53,000 support for the past three days, while Ether (ETH) soared to a new all-time high at $2,800. In the current scenario, some traders would rather wait for Friday’s CME futures expiry before entering long BTC positions, as historically, its price tends to correct ahead of

Crypto trader and influencer Elliot Wainman is sharing his thoughts on Bitcoin’s price potential, asserting that the asset is nowhere near its bull cycle top. Wainman says on-chain metrics reveal that Bitcoin is just catching hold of its “true bullish momentum” after recently staging a recovery from early-March lows. The cryptocurrency analyst predicts that the

Beijing authorities are reportedly conducting inspections of crypto mining data centers to better understand their impact on energy consumption, Reuters reported on Thursday. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology on Tuesday sent an emergency notice to the city’s data center operators asking them to report whether they are involved in mining Bitcoin (BTC) and

FBI agents have arrested Roman Sterlingov, the alleged principal operator of Bitcoin Fog, a website that offers Bitcoin (BTC) “tumbler” or “mixer” services designed to anonymize crypto transactions. Sterlingov is now detained in Los Angeles on three charges – laundering of monetary instruments, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, and money transmission without a license.

A county in the state of New Jersey has announced the liquidation of cryptocurrency assets seized in 2018. On Monday, the prosecutor’s office in Monmouth County announced that the confiscated crypto —initially valued at $57,000 at the time it was seized — was liquidated on Coinbase for $198,237 at a quote “profit” of $141,000. Authorities captured

What’s interesting about this particular options expiry is that the current max pain price for the expiry is $54,000, which is very close to the current trading price. The max pain price is the price at which most options are rendered worthless, thus leading to the loss of the option premium for the options holders.

Paxos, a major cryptocurrency company and PayPal’s crypto collaborator, has completed a massive fundraising round shortly after receiving preliminary approval to form a national trust bank. On Thursday, the firm announced a new $300-million Series D funding round bringing Paxos’ valuation to $2.4 billion. The new funding round included previous Paxos investors — PayPal Ventures, Declaration