The market cap of USDT swelled by 1 billion over nine days. The market cap of Tether (USDT), a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, has surged in recent weeks, potentially helping to fuel the recent Bitcoin (BTC) rally that drove prices to near all-time highs. Paolo Ardoino, who serves as dual CTO to Bitfinex and Tether, tweeted […]
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According to macro investor Raoul Pal, the latest Bitcoin rally is just the beginning of an institutional-investor-led bull market. Bitcoin may hit $150,000 by November 2021, according to Raoul Pal, founder and CEO of Global Macro Investor and Real Vision — and that would be the most conservative scenario. Pal believes that Bitcoin could even […]
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Do Bitcoin’s market cycles depend on its structure as an asset, human psychology, or both? Since its launch approximately 12 years ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a number of bull and bear cycles, each greater than the last. What drives these cycles, however? Decred co-founder Jake Yocom-Piatt claims that the answer lies within the human […]
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Bitcoin derivatives trading is on the rise as institutional investors flood the market. CME Group has become the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) futures market following a surge in open interest over the past month, industry data shows. In a Friday tweet, Arcane Research announced that CME had overtaken OKEx as the world’s largest Bitcoin futures […]
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Stablecoins and CBDCs and their related issues of privacy and surveillance lead this week’s Law Decoded. Editor’s note As many of you were certainly following in real time, a bull market gave way to a bloodbath yesterday, which happened to be Thanksgiving in the U.S. Personally, I’ve never thought that Bitcoin’s price was any sort […]
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Governments are increasingly liquidating crypto assets seized in criminal investigations. Earlier this week, Lithuania’s tax service, the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, added $7.6 million dollars to the state budget through the sale of cryptocurrencies seized in criminal investigations. The occasion marked the first time that the Lithuanian government liquidated confiscated cryptocurrencies. In doing so, the […]
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Court filings from Nov. 19 show that a large volume of crypto assets, including Bitcoin and Ether, was seized from seven convicts in the PlusToken case. The PlusToken controversy, which has led to the arrest of 109 individuals so far, has also reportedly resulted in a titanic seizure of crypto assets by Chinese authorities, worth […]
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Bitcoin could surge towards $100,000 next year following yesterday’s “healthy pullback”, with market psychology currently in the “belief” stage says Stack Funds. Crypto index fund provider Stack Funds has labeled yesterday’s pullback as a “healthy correction” that was needed before Bitcoin continues its upward trajectory. Bitcoin broke through $19,000 earlier this week after posting seven […]
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The price of Bitcoin must now reclaim the $18,000 level for a chance to resume November’s bullish trend. Bitcoin (BTC) has been seeing significant momentum in previous weeks as its price was approaching the precious $20,000 all-time high. However, an abrupt end came to this glorious rally, with Bitcoin price crashing severely over the past […]
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Bitcoin transaction fees are less than 10% of their 2017 highs, but Vitalik Buterin believes it’s only a matter of time before they soar back up. Despite Bitcoin’s surge to re-test its 2017 highs, a combination of low on-chain transactions and diminished retail speculation has seen transaction fees remain low. The current fees of around […]
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