Category: Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) investment vehicle the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) completed its share unlockings this week, ending a major talking point both inside and outside crypto. Data from monitoring resource Bybt confirms that as of Thursday, no more unlockings are scheduled. Bitcoin shrugs off another FUD narrative Unlocking events at GBTC have continued throughout 2021 and,

Bitcoin (BTC) futures open interest has recovered to levels in May, raising optimism about a potent bullish breakout move above $50,000. The total number of outstanding futures contracts on the Deribit exchange reached $1.37 billion on Aug. 23, its highest level since May 27. Meanwhile, the difference between the Bitcoin spot rate and its futures

A popular cryptocurrency analyst says that Bitcoin, Cardano and the crypto markets at large are likely heading for a significant correction. The analyst, pseudonymously known as Capo, tells his 148,000 Twitter followers that Bitcoin (BTC) has reached a “local top” and could fall below the $40,000 price level.   “I think BTC is done here…

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has secured $120 million in debt financing from FTX Trading after suffering a nearly $100 million hack last week. Announcing the news Thursday, Liquid Group and FTX Trading — the owner and operator of crypto exchange FTX — said that the new funds will help Liquid improve its balance sheet and

A new survey has found that more than one in ten American citizens aged between 18 to 34 have invested part of their Covid-19 stimulus checks into crypto assets. Conducted by CNBC and research firm Momentive, the survey queried 5,530 adults and found that 11% of survey participants had purchased cryptocurrency with their stimulus money. Roughly

Around 6% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply has been accumulated by asset managers and companies, signaling ever increasing mainstream and institutional adoption of crypto assets. According to Buy Bitcoin Worldwide, 816,379 BTC worth $40.1 billion is currently held by 14 Bitcoin fund issuers and asset managers — representing 4% of the cryptocurrency’s supply. Industry leader, the

Altcoins and DeFi tokens have been on a tear for the last two weeks  and as the end of August approaches many projects are seeing their tokens reach for new all-time highs. Data shows that a majority of the top-10 DeFi tokens gained more than 20% in the past 30-days, with projects like Bancor (BNT)

Even with today’s pullback, Bitcoin and most major altcoins are finding buyers on minor dips to underlying support levels, a signal that the trend remains bullish.

The wider crypto market has a wait-and-see feel to it on Aug. 25 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to $47,360 before rebounding off the lower support of the ascending channel to reclaim the $48,000 level.  Despite the swift turnaround, analysts are still wary and well-known financial analyst John Bollinger warned investors that it

The government of the Kyrgyz Republic is moving forward to cryptocurrency adoption by introducing a national regulatory framework for crypto trading platforms. Kyrgyzstan’s State Service for Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets (Gosfinnadzor), a regulatory agency operating under the Ministry of Economy and Finance, has developed a draft provision for regulating crypto exchanges, local news