Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has completed a $800 million fundraising effort to purchase additional Bitcoin (BTC). The company also used some excess cash and acquired 12,000 BTC, with its total holdings now well above 200,000 BTC. MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 12,000 BTC for ~$821.7M using proceeds from convertible notes & excess cash for ~$68,477...Read More
Since spot Bitcoin ETFs were approved in mid-January, crypto markets have surged a further 60% adding a trillion dollars to total capitalization. Bitcoin charted a new all-time high, but Ethereum did not and has been unable to overcome the $4,000 level decisively. On March 11, Fox Business correspondent Eleanor Terrett said optimism about the U.S. Securities...Read More
Russia, a member of the BRICS alliance, announced the development of a new blockchain-based payment system to revolutionize trade settlements. The system is set to become an independent mechanism for conducting transactions among BRICS member nations. Blockchain-Based Payment System Plans The BRICS alliance, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, plans to collaborate...Read More
The Stanford Blyth Fund, a student-run investment entity at the university, purchased Bitcoin (BTC) at $45,000 in February after a scholar pitched the asset during a meeting. According to a tweet by Kole Lee, a computer science major and leader at the Stanford Blockchain Club, the Blyth Fund has allocated approximately 7% of its portfolio...Read More
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that losses incurred from cryptocurrency investment fraud incidents increased from $2.57 billion in 2022 to $3.94 billion in 2023, representing a 53% increase year-over-year. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report 2023, criminals found more ways to scam victims, enticing their targets with promises of lucrative returns...Read More
The stablecoin initiative USDe by Ethena Labs has seen notable adoption, with its market cap surging by over 40% in the last week and by 400% in the last month, reaching $840 million. Following the setback of the Terra ecosystem’s downfall, concerns have been raised within the community about the launch of USDe. However, Arthur...Read More
Fidelity Digital Assets have stated in a recent report that while Bitcoin (BTC) holders typically anticipate the quadrennial reward halving to boost prices, miners must actively strategize to plan for the upcoming event to prevent going bankrupt. Notably, the halving event, expected on or around April 19, will reduce their earned Bitcoin by 50%. Bitcoin...Read More
On March 8, on-chain analytics provider Santiment reported that despite the incredible milestone for Bitcoin, “there is a combined sense of exhaustion and altcoin distraction coming from the trading community right now.” BTC prices briefly topped $70,000 on Coinbase on Friday marking a new all-time high for the digital asset. However, it sharply retreated from this...Read More
The introduction of spot Bitcoin ETFs has attracted a fresh influx of investors, driving a notable increase in trading volume. This trend has generated a wave of optimism that extends beyond Bitcoin itself. But this hasn’t made the launch of a spot Ethereum ETF any earlier as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is...Read More
A U.S. court has ruled that Konstantin Ignatov, the brother of Cryptoqueen Ruja Ignatova, who perpetrated the $4 billion OneCoin cryptocurrency fraud, will spend no more time behind bars for his role in the scam. According to a Bloomberg report, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos released Ignatov from prison on March 5 after he pleaded...Read More
A recent Coinbase report notes that the perceived value of numerous AI tokens has been overstated, leading to concerns regarding their sustainability. David Han, a research analyst at Coinbase, highlighted the recent price surges observed in these tokens may be driven more by hype than genuine utility or usage. Surge in AI-Related Crypto Projects Raises...Read More
Arkham Intelligence has revealed that Tesla currently possesses 11.51K BTC, valued at $780 million, distributed across 68 addresses, while SpaceX holds 8.29K BTC, totaling $560 million, spread across 28 wallets. These findings are substantiated by on-chain fund flows that align with financial disclosures from both companies. Tesla and SpaceX’s Vaults: $1.34B in BTC Holdings Laid...Read More
The forthcoming Ethereum Dencun upgrade scheduled for March 13 offers a chance for near-zero transaction fees for layer 2 (L2) solution users, possibly drawing in more new ones, as per a research report by Fidelity Digital Assets. The forthcoming upgrade marks the initial step in Ethereum’s rollup-focused roadmap. This advancement will empower the network to...Read More
Bitcoin accumulation addresses are witnessing record inflows following Bitcoin’s (BTC) surge to its all-time high of $69,000 and the subsequent retracement. According to a weekly report by CryptoQuant, daily inflows into Bitcoin accumulation addresses have risen to 38,000 BTC, pushing the total holdings of such wallets to record-high levels of 1.5 million BTC. Accumulation Addresses...Read More
Pantera Capital is reportedly in the process of securing funds from major investors to acquire heavily discounted Solana tokens from the bankruptcy estate of FTX. The company is raising capital for the Pantera Solana Fund, which presents an attractive opportunity to purchase up to $250 million worth of SOL tokens from the FTX estate. Marketing...Read More
Speaking with CNBC’s Brian Sullivan on “Last Call,” Lee said, “It’s a generational issue” for Millennials and Gen Z, who are more open to adopting cryptocurrency. Sullivan told the financial analyst and strategist, “I’ve never met an investment instrument that is so polarizing… There’s people who call it fake, it’s a fraud, it’s a joke,...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) will blow past $250,000 this cycle thanks to years of HODLer conviction slingshotting its price to the moon, according to lead Glassnode analyst James Check. In an interview with What Bitcoin Did on Thursday, the analyst broke down why the Bitcoin market appears far more robust compared to the last time the asset’s...Read More
The price of Ether (ETH), the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap, could soar to $10,000 or even higher this year despite the asset being overshadowed by Bitcoin (BTC) in the past months. These were the words of Juan Leon, crypto research analyst at asset manager Bitwise. According to Leon, ETH, worth $3,950 at the...Read More
The United States government is set to continue its fight for the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon to the country after a Montenegrin court ordered the deportation of the crypto mogul to his home nation, South Korea. According to a Bloomberg report, prosecutors in the U.S. are hellbent on making Kwon face charges...Read More
The nine new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recently approved in the United States are set to overtake the holdings of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust today. Excluding Grayscale, these ETFs collectively manage assets worth nearly $27 billion, led by IBIT, with an asset under management (AUM) of almost $13 billion, as reported by BitMEX Research....Read More
With the asset tapping an all-time high of over $69,000 this week, will today’s big expiry event push Bitcoin prices higher or initiate a correction? Around 29,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on March 8 with a notional value of around $2 billion. This week’s expiry event is slightly less than last week’s, but a...Read More
The Spanish data protection regulator, AEPD, has instructed Worldcoin to halt the collection of personal data in the country through scans and to refrain from utilizing any data already obtained. This precautionary action was announced on Wednesday after receiving numerous complaints regarding Worldcoin since last summer. These include concerns about the adequacy of information provided...Read More
Bankrupt firms BlockFi and FTX have announced an agreement “in principle” to settle their disputes. According to a March 6 court filing, FTX has committed to paying up to $874.5 million to BlockFi, marking a potential resolution to a long-standing legal battle between the two entities. $874 Million Settlement Under the agreement terms, subject to...Read More
Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), still won’t give a straight answer on whether Ethereum (ETH) legally classifies as a security. During a Thursday interview with Bloomberg, the chairman was asked to clear the regulatory fog surrounding the second-largest cryptocurrency, given that Ethereum spot ETF applications are now piling up...Read More
Amidst the market-wide rally, Bitcoin miners appear to be reaping substantial rewards. On March 6th, they earned a staggering $75.9 million in daily revenue marking the second-highest figure in the leading crypto asset’s history. This also represented a notable increase of 30.74% from the previous day and a remarkable surge of 293.1% compared to the...Read More
Fetch.AI’s native token, FET, has witnessed a 360% since 2023, with a notable rise from $0.6 to an all-time high of $2.84, which was partly driven by the v0.17 update in early February. As a result, FET briefly entered the list of the top 50 crypto assets market cap before sliding two positions down. The...Read More
The National Police Agency of South Korea is calling for help with extraditing Do Kwon shortly after a Montenegro court refused to send him to the United States. Per a report from local outlet Newsis, the agency sent a telegram to the Secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) on Thursday. “We hope for...Read More
South Korea’s Bitcoin kimchi premium has soared to levels last in 2021 amid Bitcoin’s latest rally that resulted in a new all-time high. Data from CryptoQuant shows that the premium index reached a 27-month high of 10.32% on March 6, indicating surging demand and growing interest in BTC among local investors in the South Korean...Read More
On March 7, crypto analyst Dylan LeClair posted a lengthy report on the current state of the Bitcoin market. “Supply distribution has started,” he said, highlighting how Bitcoin holders have started to sell as new market entrants emerge, namely exchange-traded funds. However, there was no reason to be concerned because the ETFs are seeing massive...Read More
The SEC’s lawsuit against Binance has been ongoing since June when the regulator served a lawsuit to Coinbase as well. The proceedings have had their ups and downs. Since then, the main Binance exchange has settled with the SEC when Binance Holdings Ltd was asked to pay fines adding up to $4.3 billion, and former...Read More
