DAI reached a price of $1.3 on Uniswap and Coinbase, the two exchanges used by Compound’s oracles. The crypto market suffered a powerful crash on Thursday morning UTC, which sent prices of major currencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) tumbling in excess of 10%. When traders rush for the exits, the price of stablecoins […]
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Several key metrics hint at a Bitcoin price pullback, but this may be offset by other conflicting factors. A pullback in the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is likely, based on several on-chain data points, namely the Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) indicator, stablecoin inflows, stacked sell orders at $19,000, and the Crypto and Fear Index. […]
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Data show Bitcoin whales have set large buy orders in the $17,000 to $17,200 zone in order to protect the current BTC rally. According to analysis from Edward Morra, a popular Bitcoin trader, Coinbase and Bitfinex exchange now have major buy orders above $17,200. The emergence of major buy walls is important because on Nov. […]
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Hong Kong appears to be tightening the screws on unregulated crypto exchanges. Proposed regulations targeting Hong Kong’s blockchain industry could have far-reaching consequences for the crypto derivatives market, according to new research from Messari.io. In a report published on Wednesday, researcher Mira Christanto said the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, which happens to be […]
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After passing $16,000, most analysts are optimistic about Bitcoin’s short-term outlook, but some are worried about a potential correction. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $16,000 with relative ease on Nov. 13 and has remained resilient above it. Analysts are divided on the short-term outlook on BTC because the momentum remains strong but there are […]
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Bitcoin price surged past $16,000 for the first time in nearly three years with BTC’s momentum strengthening due to three main factors. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) surged past $16,000 on Nov. 12 for the first time in nearly three years. The momentum of the dominant cryptocurrency is strengthening due to three key major factors. […]
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Customers can now borrow money from crypto exchange Bitfinex. Amid a year of significant growth for the decentralized finance space within the crypto industry, Hong Kong-based crypto exchange Bitfinex has unveiled its new lending service today, called Bitfinex Borrow. “Bitfinex Borrow is a borrowing platform,” Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino told Cointelegraph. “This particular […]
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The attorneys representing the accused principal of shadow-bank Crypto Capital, Reggie Fowler, have filed motions to withdraw as his counsel. The attorneys representing Reggie Fowler — the accused operator of the notorious shadow-bank to the crypto sector, Crypto Capital — have filed a motion to withdraw as Fowler’s counsel. According to the motion, Hogan Lovells […]
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Bitcoin’s recent gains appear to have been driven by leverage-fuelled speculation, with open interest in futures and Binance’s leverage ratio pushing into new highs. On Nov. 4, crypto data market aggregator CryptoQuant published a chart indicating Binance’s Estimated Leverage Ratio — open interest divided by Bitcoin (BTC) reserves — has pushed into new all-time highs. […]
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Leading exchanges are tracing suspicious crypto transactions to combat human trafficking Cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase, Paxful, Gemini and BitFinex have all joined the Anti-Human Trafficking Cryptocurrency Consortium, or ATCC. Launched in April 2020 by the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative, the consortium is a nonprofit focused on intelligence sharing, best practices and the development of tools to […]
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