The crypto market as a whole has made tremendous strides monetarily, even though Bitcoin’s price has so far failed to meet the lofty expectations. As whispers of Bitcoin’s (BTC) promised financial breakthrough failing to materialize over the last few months have continued to garner steam, the price of the premier crypto asset recently surged above […]
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The exchange is taking advantage of the growing Russian crypto market. As part of its Russian expansion plans, Seychelles-based exchange Huobi Global appointed Vladimir Demin as the company’s chief advisor. His main role will be to help develop the company’s market in the region. According to the announcement, he had previously served as partner and […]
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Uniswap now accounts for more gas fees than anyone else on the Ethereum network. Press time data from EthGasStation shows decentralized exchange Uniswap as the place users have spent the most Ethereum (ETH) on gas payments over the past 30 days. Uniswap participants shelled out a combined 17,700 total ETH as fuel to send their […]
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Dave Portnoy talked a strong crypto game right up until it cost him money. After recently entering the crypto space, Barstool Sports founder turned stock trader, Dave Portnoy, seems as though he is not quite ready for Bitcoin (BTC) trading yet. “I’m getting killed right now in Bitcoin,” Portnoy said in an Aug. 21 video […]
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As protests rage in Belarus and Alexei Navalny remains in a coma, we look at new developments in crypto across the former USSR. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law. Editor’s note The political machinations of Eastern Europe have dominated recent headlines. Protests […]
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Open interest on Bitcoin options reached $2 billion but should traders be worried that the majority of August options appear worthless? The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options contracts has returned to $2 billion after briefly surpassing the level ahead of the July expiry. Since the beginning of 2020 the BTC options market has grown […]
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The EOS-based DeFi project is using Polkadot technology to make it easier to recruit new users. Having set up shop on Polkadot just a week and a half ago, an EOS-based decentralized finance project called Equilibrium will bring its governance token NUT to the Polkadot ecosystem for sake of facilitating a promotional token swap. The […]
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Bitfinex specifically lost 2/3 of its balances within the same timeframe. According to data from Glassnode, the exchanges it tracks currently hold 2.6 million Bitcoin. That is the lowest this amount has been since November 2018. Bitcoin balances on exchanges. Source: Glassnode. The trend toward users withdrawing their funds from the custodial exchanges first manifested […]
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Bitcoin and several altcoins have formed bearish divergences, which suggests that the bullish momentum has weakened. Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki believes that Warren Buffet’s recent closure of his bank stock positions is a warning sign that the world might be starting a “major banking crisis.” Therefore, Kiyosaki suggests traders buy safe haven […]
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A major win for the people of Venezuela and the fight against government corruption. Latin American crypto exchange Airtm has been appointed to redistribute $18 million seized by U.S. authorities to 62,000 healthcare workers. These funds were taken in relation to a corruption case involving Nicolas Maduro, the president of Venezuela. According to Matt Ahlborg, […]
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