Recent analysis from on-chain intelligence platform CryptoQuant has found that large entities’ total bitcoin (BTC) holdings have grown to a level last seen in July 2022 due to their unwavering accumulation of the digital asset. According to CryptoQuant’s weekly crypto report, the BTC holdings of these entities have grown significantly from 3.694 million in December...Read More
On Feb. 23, Bitcoin historian and journalist Pete Rizzo shared five emails from 2008 and 2009 between cryptographer Adam Back and BTC creator Satoshi Nakamoto. The first one from August 2008 is a discussion on Bitcoin four months before its official launch. “I’m getting ready to release a paper,” wrote the elusive Satoshi, who referenced...Read More
Donald Trump, former United States President and candidate in the upcoming elections, has taken a u-turn on his stance against Bitcoin, stating that he can live with it. During an interview with Fox News, the billionaire acknowledged that BTC, the leading digital currency, is getting a lot of attention and taking a life of its...Read More
Social media platform Reddit filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, in a bid to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The filing revealed that the company has invested some of its “excess cash reserves” into multiple cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). According...Read More
Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Feb. 21, the American entrepreneur said he thinks Bitcoin prices will reach $150,000 this year. Lee cited three reasons for his bold price prediction, which would involve the asset moving 190% higher than current levels. “You have demand improving with the new ETFs, you have supply shrinking with the...Read More
Michael Saylor, the co-founder and executive chairman of business intelligence firm MicroStrategy, has revealed that he and the company he spearheaded until recently would be buying Bitcoin (BTC) forever, doubling down on his stance as an advocate of the leading digital asset. During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, the MicroStrategy former CEO said he...Read More
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have seen steady inflows in the past week, surpassing any other exchange-traded products (ETPs) among the 3,400 trading in the United States. Analysts at crypto exchange Bitfinex revealed in the new Bitfinex Alpha report that the ETFs recorded net positive inflows exceeding $2.2 billion for the second consecutive week between...Read More
Bitcoin climbed above $52,000 last week, a level not seen since December 2021, catapulting the collective crypto market cap to an astonishing $2 trillion. Several altcoins have reacted positively to this uptrend, closely following the trail of the leading crypto asset. A prominent metric indicates a higher-than-average risk associated with purchasing or initiating new positions...Read More
The crypto markets appear to be trading within equilibrium as the Bitcoin price remains stuck within a range. While bulls are not able to reclaim the levels above $52,000, bears also do not appear to be capable enough to drag the levels below $51,000. However, Star Crypto is about to end this indecisive phase soon,...Read More
Grayscale GBTC’s outflows have been experiencing outflows. Data shows that as of February 16th, the total funds withdrawn from GBTC since its conversion to a spot Bitcoin ETF have amounted to $7 billion. While the figure appears to be slowing down considerably, the once-premier fund is seeing stiff competition from ETFs by BlackRock and Fidelity,...Read More
Stacks, a Bitcoin Layer 2 solution, had major growth over the last year with a 3,386% quarterly and 3,028% annual increase in its revenue, reaching $637,000. The market capitalization of Stack’s native cryptocurrency, STX, experienced a significant surge of 203% quarterly and an impressive 598% year-over-year, reaching a milestone of $2 billion. Stacks Q4 Report...Read More
A federal police officer is currently undergoing legal proceedings in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, facing allegations of pocketing confiscated cryptocurrency from an online drug trafficking syndicate. The committal hearing, presided over by Magistrate Malcolm Thomas, is ongoing, with the defendant’s lawyer saying the case was “circumstantial” and they would dispute the accusations. Drug Trafficking Raid...Read More
In spite of the fact that Coinbase has always been one of the most well-known trading platforms, business within the past few years hasn’t been much easier for them than lesser-known exchanges. Between crypto winter, an ongoing lawsuit, the need for personnel reductions, and the other expenses of running a business, Coinbase has suffered business...Read More
A 51% attack occurs when a single network miner or group of miners controls more than half of a blockchain network’s hash rate. Theoretically, this would enable the attacker to block transactions from taking place in the blockchain, alter the sequence of new transactions, and potentially revert past transactions (referred to as “double spending”) by...Read More
The interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs among financial institutions such as banks and brokerages is surging as they push for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to change the definition of crypto assets. Under the new definition, they would have a bigger role in crypto, such as being Bitcoin ETF custodians. Banks Petition SEC for...Read More
As Bitcoin’s highly anticipated halving event approaches, new research from Galaxy Digital suggests that up to 20% of the cryptocurrency’s current hash rate could go offline. This reduction is expected to impact eight specific ASIC mining machine models, leading to a drop in the network’s overall hash rate. Galaxy Digital’s Projections Galaxy’s mining analysts revealed...Read More
With a total of 190,000 Bitcoins, MicroStrategy’s investment in BTC has surpassed $10 billion. The milestone came after BTC broke above $50k, underpinning the company’s strong belief in the asset’s long-term value and its role as a hedge against inflation. Since entering the bitcoin market in August 2020, MicroStrategy now holds over 190,000 BTCs worth...Read More
Tron Founder Justin Sun revealed the protocol’s ambitious Bitcoin Layer 2 roadmap that will facilitate the injection of funds into the BTC network while boosting scalability, speed, and security. TRON is also looking to integrate tokens on the network with the Bitcoin blockchain, which will ensure seamless interactions and interoperability between TRON and Bitcoin. A...Read More
In contrast to Bitcoin-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs), gold-tracking ETFs have witnessed significant outflows this year. On February 14, Eric Balchunas, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, disclosed that gold ETFs in the top 14 rankings have experienced a combined outflow of $2.4 billion since January. Gold ETFs Experience $2.4 Billion Outflows BlackRock’s iShares Gold Trust Micro...Read More
Inflows from the new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the major reason BTC has experienced a significant uptick, surpassing the $50,000 level and exceeding $52,000. According to a tweet by Marc van der Chijs, Bitcoin investor and founder of several crypto firms, including miner Hut 8, ETF issuers are buying more than 10-12x the...Read More
Bitcoin ETF inflows have surged over the last four days to reach over $2.2 billion, more than the entire first four weeks of trading. Notably, the bullishness around the inflows has been viewed by market participants as a major factor driving Bitcoin’s rally, which saw its price pass the $52,000 mark. Bitcoin ETFs See Record-Breaking...Read More
Bitcoin’s meteoric rise continues as its total market value surpasses $1 trillion, fueled by a surge in price to over $51,000 on February 14th. This increase follows rising interest from not just individual but also institutional investors, propelling Bitcoin to sustainable price appreciation despite significant challenges. Despite the latest milestone, data suggests an ongoing battle...Read More
Eight Bitcoin ETFs’ daily inflows hit 12,073 BTC worth $590 million on February 13, with BlackRock’s iShares leading in those numbers. Meanwhile, Grayscale outflows slowed to only 1,147 BTC, worth $56 million after weeks of high outflows. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Inflows at $590M On February 13, as reported by Lookonchain, the leading spot Bitcoin ETFs...Read More
The past few days have been a rollercoaster of emotions for crypto traders as heightened volatility spiked speculation and greed. After Bitcoin price teased $50,000 for the first time on Monday, heavy liquidations were reported on Tuesday, fueled by high-impact news from the United States. Notably, economists led by veteran trader Peter Schiff believe the...Read More
The seventh day of the COPA v. Wright trial kicked off on Tuesday, exposing a glaring weakness in the latter’s argument to convince the court that he is the creator of Bitcoin. When pressed by prosecutors, Craig Wright failed to name a single person outside of the public domain to whom he had sent Bitcoin...Read More
Founders Fund, the venture capital enterprise founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, is reportedly reinvesting in Bitcoin and Ether, as per reports. This move by the San Francisco-based venture capital firm, which has roughly $12 billion in total assets under management as of 2023, marks a resurgence of Silicon Valley’s interest in the crypto market. Silicon...Read More
Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy’s co-founder and executive chairman, said in a recent interview that the demand for Bitcoin coming from the recently listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is tenfold the supply available from natural sellers, who are miners. Saylor believes the ETFs are supporting the surge in the Bitcoin price since there is an imbalance...Read More
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index, a tracking tool for market sentiment in crypto, has surged as high as 79 out of 100, hitting a level not seen since Bitcoin peaked at $69,000 in November 2021. The increase, observed on February 13, comes as Bitcoin surpassed the $50,000 mark a day earlier. Crypto Fear and...Read More
The ad was launched less than a week after US President Joe Biden was accused of killing the US dollar by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in a recent interview. In its latest ad released on Feb.12, Coinbase used an animated Abraham Lincoln on a penny (or 1-cent coin), saying that it used to mean something....Read More
Investments in digital assets surged by $1.1 billion, bringing the year-to-date total to $2.7 billion. With the recent market recovery and subsequent price hikes, the total assets under management (AuM) have reached their highest point since early 2022, hitting $59 billion. According to Coinshares’ latest edition of Digital Asset Fund Flows Weekly Report, Bitcoin dominated...Read More
