A return to five figures was fleeting as Bitcoin filled the largest CME futures gap ever, erasing last weekend’s 15% crash. Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly returned to $10,000 on May 14 as a fresh spectacular bullish surge entirely canceled out its weekend crash. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 Another BTC price crash disappears Data […]
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$220 million in Bitcoin has left exchanges since the halving. Do users not trust exchanges or simply see it as a store of value? Almost 24,000 Bitcoin (BTC) have been withdrawn from exchanges since Bitcoin’s halving on May 11, according to Bitcoin Exchange Net-Flow data from on-chain market analysis platform Glassnode. The trend of Bitcoin […]
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A fresh surge sees BTC/USD well on its way back to $10,000 as the impact of its weekend crash continues to dissipate. Bitcoin (BTC) rose to reclaim $9,500 on May 14 as the recovery from last weekend’s $1,200 crash gained fresh momentum. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price up 11% in days Data […]
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The parabolic rise in Ether long positions has increased the risk of a violent crash, as uncertainty surrounding the launch of ETH 2.0 grows. With anticipation growing for Ethereum’s long-awaited ETH 2.0 revamp, Ether long positions have gone parabolic on Bitfinex since February. But with short positions also growing, and co-founder Vitalik Buterin withdrawing last […]
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The halving hits as commentators consider the increasing importance of fees for miners going forward, but price volatility lessens. Bitcoin (BTC) returned to $9,000 on May 13 as new data revealed just how much money miners are losing after the third halving. Cryptocurrency market daily overview. Source: Coin360 BTC price stable despite big halving changes […]
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What seems to be a fresh attempt to sway the Fed to take rates negative saw immediate backlash from sound-money supporters. Bitcoin (BTC) bulls were lambasting United States president Donald Trump this week as he called on the Federal Reserve to tax people’s savings. In a tweet on May 11, Trump renewed pressure on the […]
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Monday may have been uneventful for Bitcoin’s price, but it was a historic moment nonetheless. Bitcoin’s (BTC) third block halving has finally taken place. The year’s most talked-about crypto event happened at 3:23 p.m. EST on Monday, May 11, as block number 630,000 was successfully mined. The Bitcoin block reward has now gone down from […]
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Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn. Bitcoin (BTC) has only just completed its “hardening” — but fiat currency is already getting even “easier” as money after a historic move by the United States central bank. As […]
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Stablecoin Tether has just surpassed XRP as the third-largest cryptocurrency and is now the second-largest altcoin behind Ethereum’s Ether (ETH). Tether’s (USDT) has just surpassed XRP in market capitalization, becoming the third biggest cryptocurrency in the moments leading into the Bitcoin halving. Sitting with a market cap of $8.79 Billion it is now bigger than […]
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Bitcoin halved successfully and even though BTC failed to rally investor sentiment remains bullish. The long awaited Bitcoin halving came and went, bringing with it whipsaw volatility which saw the price whipsaw 5% to 7% in each direction for the last three hours leading up to block 630,000. Earlier in the day, the top-ranked digital […]
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