Potential listing could provide a valuation anchor, not only for future crypto IPOs but also for crypto-native exchange tokens. Following cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase filing a draft registration for a public offering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, research company Messari has valued the company at $28 billion. Messari’s model examined the company’s […]
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CB Insights and Blockdata release their first “Blockchain 50” list, highlighting interesting findings behind innovative blockchain companies. Research firm CB Insights and Blockdata, the data company acquired by CB Insights in September of this year, have unveiled their first-ever annual “Blockchain 50” list, which consists of 50 private companies applying or analyzing blockchain technology to […]
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Institutions make mincemeat of the whales who just recently held huge sway over market sentiment below $20,000. Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing a new kind of “flippening” above $20,000 as its original whales keep selling their coins to bigger institutional buyers. Data from on-chain analytics service CryptoQuant shows that despite long-term investors rushing to offload BTC […]
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The price of Bitcoin just hit a new all-time high of $21,569 — but do crypto holders who got out early have any regrets? The Bitcoin price passed $21,000 for the first time in history on Dec. 16, not long after the crypto asset broke the psychological $20,000 threshold. BTC/USD weekly chart. Source: Tradingview The […]
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Bitcoin price may have broken above $20,000 but the 40% decrease in volume shows bears are watching BTC closely. Today Bitcoin (BTC) price blasted through the $20,000 level and in the process, a record $7.9 billion in futures open interest was set. Although the price increased by 74% over the past two months, the total […]
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Bitcoin’s much-anticipated break past $20,000 caused a spike in crypto exchange traffic. Both Binance and Coinbase suffered technological issues on Wednesday — the same day Bitcoin (BTC) crossed the $20,000 price threshold for the first time. Binance related its issues to the number of people surfing the exchange. Changpeng Zhao, or CZ, Binance’s CEO, tweeted […]
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Kelly Kramer joins an impressive board comprised of executives from various industries. Digital currency exchange Coinbase welcomed a new member to its Board of Directors on Wednesday, as it continues to draw on expertise from outside the cryptocurrency sector. Kelly Kramer, former CFO at Cisco, will serve as Chair of Coinbase’s Audit and Compliance Committee, […]
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Pressured by U.S. authorities, more foreign exchanges are blocking American investors, but are vague U.S. regulations the real problem? Many overseas cryptocurrency exchanges would be happy to have U.S. traders as clients, but these days, American residents might as well have a sign around their necks reading “Danger: high voltage!” That’s been the case since […]
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Early adopters who saw the potential in Bitcoin in the last decade have been waiting for this year their entire crypto investing lives. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatile price corrections might conjure up images of the 2017 crash in your mind, or maybe even the crash caused by COVID-19 back in March of this year. But […]
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Compound governance refused to compensate COMP farmers right now, but the proposal may come back. On Dec. 14, the majority of the Compound Finance governance community voted against a proposed compensation plan for users affected by the Dai (DAI) liquidations that occurred on Nov. 26. Figures from the Compound governance dashboard show 681,290 votes against […]
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