Record surges in regulated Bitcoin options market volume signals increasing interest and participation from institutional investors. A CryptoCompare report published on July 6 has closely analyzed monthly trends in the cryptocurrency exchange market and found that crypto derivatives volumes have begun to taper off after peaking this May. Crypto derivatives volumes dropped 35.7% in June […]
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Bitcoin and altcoins pushed higher today and many are showing signs of a possible trend reversal. The U.S. equity markets, gold, crude oil and the crypto markets are all up today. This shows that the U.S. investors have returned from the holiday weekend charged up and ready to buy assets to fight the likely devaluation […]
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Serial blockchain investor Tim Draper welcomes diversity in terms of funding blockchain and crypto startups. Tim Draper, a famous American venture capitalist and serial cryptocurrency investor, believes that initial public offerings, or IPOs, are not the best source of funding for industry firms. The billionaire investor joined the Unitize conference on July 6 to talk […]
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Meltem Demirors and Andy Bromberg spoke at a Unitize panel on the future evolution of Bitcoin and how geopolitics is beginning to enter the ecosystem. In little more than 10 years, Bitcoin (BTC) grew from a small cypherpunk community to a matter of national security with vast implications for geopolitics. At the Unitize panel titled […]
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The world’s largest pension fund posted a first-quarter loss of $165 billion, which is equivalent to the Bitcoin’s entire market capitalization. The biggest pension fund in the world lost $164.7 billion in the first quarter of 2020. This is equivalent to the entire market capitalization for Bitcoin (BTC). Bitcoin didn’t do any better Japan’s Government […]
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China’s CBDC wants to displace the US dollar, but Genesis Block’s Charles Yang believes it doesn’t offer a compelling alternative to USDT. China’s central bank digital currency is usually identified as a way to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar, not Bitcoin (BTC). But it may struggle to find adoption in niches where crypto […]
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The Strike app hopes to encourage mass adoption of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network by connecting it directly to a bank account or debit card. Jack Mallers, developer of the Zap Lightning Wallet, announced his new app for iPhone, Android and Chrome on July 2, which allows users to send and receive Bitcoin (BTC) and […]
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Ledger’s chief technology officer Charles Guillemet said that the recently revealed vulnerability is nothing more than a user experience flaw. Leading crypto hardware wallet producer Ledger has denied that its product’s transaction management software featured a double-spend vulnerability. According to Ledger’s CTO Charles Guillemet, the vulnerability recently revealed by software wallet ZenGo is — in […]
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Justin Sun announced three upcoming DeFi products from Tron, but crypto Twitter didn’t seem impressed. Justin Sun, the founder of blockchain protocol Tron, recently took to Twitter to announce his company’s foray into the decentralized finance space that will work in areas of decentralized loans and trades. Sun revealed that the project, JUST DeFi, plans […]
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10-day realized volatility hits its lowest since just before Bitcoin price fell to $3,100 in late 2018, sparking fresh bearish fears. Bitcoin (BTC) could be heading for a repeat of its late 2018 sell-off, data warns as realized volatility reaches almost three-year highs. Uploading fresh charts on July 6, on-chain analyst Skew drew concerning comparisons […]
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