Many altcoins are seeing sharp corrections as Bitcoin price struggles to hold $19,000 as support. A few years back, Bitcoin’s (BTC) price was controlled by whales as the crypto market lacked depth and was relatively illiquid. If whales were selling in unison, no one wanted to venture out and buy. Similarly, the whale’s concerted buying […]
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor draws a comparison between Bitcoin and NBA star Lebron James. In an interview with economist Marc Friedrich, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said that Bitcoin is not the same as it was in 2015 or 2017. According to Saylor, the arguments against Bitcoin (BTC) that were relevant four years ago are no […]
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It’s a possible hurdle to cross, but it could take some time. Ethereum 2.0 recently fired up its Beacon Chain, concluding Phase 0 of a scaling effort years in the making. Although he expressed faith in Eth2, Celsius CEO and founder Alex Mashinsky believes that the network could lose its spotlight if it doesn’t scale […]
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United States SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce wants to focus on new guidance for DeFi and future Ethereum projects. Hester Peirce, commissioner for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, explained during an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph that decentralized finance, also known as DeFi, has created new challenges for the SEC. Peirce, nicknamed “Crypto Mom” for […]
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A huge sell wall at $20,000 may see a major transfer of wealth from whales to institutions based on current data. Bitcoin (BTC) whales appear to be selling to institutions as the supply squeeze heightens below $20,000. Data from various sources shows that while more BTC returned to exchanges this week, largescale buyers are still […]
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Amid November’s 42% Bitcoin rally, roughly 185,600 BTC that hadn’t moved in at least 12 months was transferred on-chain. The November BTC rally to test all-time price highs saw more than 1% of Bitcoin’s supply move out of long-term storage. According to Unchained Capital’s ‘hodlwaves’ metric, which measures the time since Bitcoin has moved on-chain, […]
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The Polkadot founder doesn’t buy into the narrative that we only need one blockchain. Polkadot doesn’t have to be an “Ethereum killer” to succeed, according to protocol founder Gavin Wood. In a “fireside chat” with podcaster Laura Shin during the Polkadot Decoded business summit on Thursday, Wood was asked whether his protocol could exist alongside […]
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Bitcoin whale inflows are increasing as the price of BTC struggles to break past $19,500. Since hitting a new all-time high, Bitcoin (BTC) price has been unable to flip the $19,400 level to support. This is likely due to the possibility that whales are selling aggressively in the $19,400 to $19,600 range to prevent the […]
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Yearn “acquisitions” dominated headlines this week. The biggest events in DeFi this week all involved Yearn.finance, the yield farming optimization protocol. I covered the first, Pickle Finance, in my last installment. Since then, we’ve seen integrations with Cream Finance, a lending protocol similar to Compound; Cover Protocol, an insurance provider that recently paid out users […]
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Hash ribbons tell investors to buy BTC again for the first time in five months as BTC price consolidates below $20,000. An “elegant” Bitcoin (BTC) metric that predicted its run to $12,000 in August has flashed bullish again for the first time since July. As noted by creator Charles Edwards on Dec. 3, the Hash […]
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