Alex Mashinsky revealed Celsius plans to list more tokenized commodities after launching support for Tether gold last week. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Alex Mashinsky, the chief executive of pioneering decentralized finance, or DeFi, platform Celsius, and an inventor of the voice-over-internet-protocol, or VOIP, discussed the platform’s recent introduction of support for Tether Gold, […]
Continue Reading
The run-up to Bitcoin’s halving has driven near-record volumes, with April 30 posting the second-largest daily trade on record. Pre-halving speculation has driven historic volumes of crypto trade, with April 30 producing the second-strongest single day for volume on record according to a report published by market data aggregator, CryptoCompare. Notional volume for BTC options […]
Continue Reading
Several major cryptocurrencies have seen strong buying at lower levels, suggesting that the uptrend is likely to resume once Bitcoin finds support. Bitcoin (BTC) rallied above $10,000 on May 7 and just when everyone was getting ready for the long-anticipated halving surge the top-ranked cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap plunged over 15% to hit a low of […]
Continue Reading
Positive signs for Bitcoin have been increasing in different spaces, and the bullish trend seems to be more and more realistic. This is not the first time an event called halving has happened on the Bitcoin (BTC) network. The first halving took place in 2012; the second halving took place in 2016. Now, the third […]
Continue Reading
Looking at the Bitcoin Mayer Multiple, the Miner’s Position Index, Miner’s Rolling Inventory to provide fresh perspectives on what is going on with the market. We have almost reached Bitcoin’s third halving where the network halves the block reward from 12.5 Bitcoin (BTC) to 6.25 BTC. This event has recently ignited strong market interest where […]
Continue Reading
Award winning filmmaker, Torsten Hoffmann, follows up his 2015 Bitcoin film with an in-depth look at the state of the blockchain industry. “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet” is filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann’s follow up to his award-winning 2015 documentary “Bitcoin: The End of Money As We Know It.” His first film looked […]
Continue Reading
Iran is set to redenominate its fiat currency, removing four zeros to create a new fiat called toman as demand for crypto is surging. Ravaged by crippling hyperinflation, Iran’s Parliament has sanctioned the redenomination of its fiat — the rial — by replacing it with a new currency called the toman. According to the plan, […]
Continue Reading
Traders claim that their Bitcoin shorts were unfairly cut on Binance Futures, but the process is called auto-deleveraging, and here is why it happens. As the Bitcoin (BTC) price abruptly dropped from $9,500 to $8,100, some traders on Binance claimed that their winning short trades were unfairly cut short. A trader named AthenaBank wrote on […]
Continue Reading
Binance’s entrance to the Bitcoin mining industry could create a great disparity for the Bitcoin community. Binance has launched its own mining pool. This could spell bad news for miners, but probably not for the reason you’re thinking of. We’re all aware that Binance is continuing to extend its reach across the industry. The exchange’s […]
Continue Reading
The Bitcoin price dropped from $10,000 to $8,100, liquidating $200 million worth of shorts. Here are three factors that triggered the fall. Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped from $10,000 to $8,100 within just over a day, as it plunged by 9% in a single hour. It liquidated $200 million worth of shorts, obliterating the futures market. […]
Continue Reading