Bitcoin (BTC) remains pinned below $27,000 and the recent weakness of the past few days has increased calls from analysts for a fall to the low $20,000 levels. While anything is possible, the bulls are unlikely to give up the $25,000 support without putting up a fight. Glassnode’s lead on-chain analyst Checkmate said in his
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On Episode 21 of Cointelegraph’s Hashing It Out podcast, Elisha Owusu Akyaw talks to Lukas Schor, co-founder and head of ecosystem at decentralized custody protocol, Safe. Schor breaks down how account abstraction is an overhaul of regular asset management processes and an improvement to existing wallet recovery options. Safe Wallet leverages smart account features to
Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched Euro Coin (EUROC) on Avalanche, a move that aims to deliver faster and more efficient payments and financial services for developers and users. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, the Circle team said that the launch is part of their multi-chain strategy for EUROC. The team said that the availability
The balance of available Ether (ETH) across crypto exchanges dropped to a five-year low on May 26, bringing the total amount of Ether held on exchanges to 17.86 million. A drastic decline in the exchange supply of ETH like this has not been seen since April 2018. According to Glassnode data, only 14.85% of the
Crypto Twitter discussions about law and policy are informed chaos, a specialized cacophony. Despite the drama involved with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement on Twitter that he was running for president in 2024, he made some alpha drops about his stance on crypto. The key takeaways from Desantis’ remarks were that crypto owners “have every right
French lawmakers have agreed to tone down the restrictions on a bill first proposed in March that would have severely restricted locally-registered cryptocurrency companies from using influencer marketing. An earlier draft of the bill allowed only licensed crypto companies to engage in influencer marketing. However, while crypto companies are currently required to register with the
Crypto exchange Gemini has selected Dublin as the headquarters for its European operations, amid a backdrop of crypto companies seeking expansion outside of the United States. On May 25, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who founded Gemini in 2014, confirmed that they had selected Ireland as a base to grow the company’s services across Europe. In
Crypto fintech firm Unbanked, which provides crypto custody and payments services, has become the latest firm to close shop while citing a harsh regulatory environment for crypto in the United States. In a May 26 blog post, Unbanked co-founders Ian Kane and Daniel Gouldman said that when it first opened, it believed that building the company
OpenAI, the parent company of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, has launched an initiative to bring more democratic input to AI development. In the official announcement on May 25, the company said it is preparing to award 10 grants worth $100,000 each toward experiments in setting up a “proof-of-concept,” democratic process for determining rules for
The European Union’s financial watchdog has issued a statement reminding investment firms to make sure their clients are aware of the regulatory status of the products they are offering. In an announcement, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) highlighted crypto assets and reminded companies that while regulation is on the way, crypto will remain unregulated
Bitcoin (BTC) is at 10-week lows, but one longtime analyst is telling investors to ignore the “panic.” In a Twitter update on May 25, Philip Swift, creator of data resource LookIntoBitcoin and co-founder of trading suite DecenTrader, eyed a BTC price breakout still in progress. Swift: “Bitcoin performing well and as expected” Bitcoin has not
Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $26,000 on May 25 after an overnight dip offered a retest of recent lows. BTC price action acts around key 200-week moving average Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD acting in its range from the day prior, having recovered from flash weakness after the daily candle close. With
Driven by heightened demand for Bitcoin (BTC) block space, fueled by Ordinals inscriptions and the PEPE-fueled BRC-20 memecoin mania, miners have become direct beneficiaries of a sudden boom in transaction fees, increasing their bottom lines. This surge has resulted in an unprecedented increase in the average number of transactions, and consequently revenue per BTC block
Synthetix weekly trading volumes surpassed $1 billion, overtaking decentralized derivatives exchange GMX to become the second-most active platform. The trading volume data from Token Terminal shows that Synthetix did more than twice the trading of GMX in the seven-day period starting May 17, thanks to Optimism (OP) token incentives for perpetual swap traders. The Synthetix
Bitcoin is threatening to break the narrow range to the downside. The cryptocurrency markets seem to be taking cues from the United States equities markets, which have been down for two straight days due to the uncertainty regarding the debt ceiling negotiations. If the debt ceiling talks stretch further, traders may lighten their positions from risky assets,
“I’m never gonna bother with that bullshit again,” says Bitcoin OG Michael Tozoni about getting a crypto home loan to invest in property. After becoming wealthy-ish with Bitcoin investments, Tozoni sensibly decided to diversify. Not wanting to sell off his crypto, he had grand plans to borrow to buy investment properties and use the rental
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Mike McGlone, senior macro strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, which delivers in-depth analysis and data sets on industries and companies, government, credit, litigation and economic factors. In today’s discussion with McGlone, we discuss the concerns around the current debt ceiling battle currently taking place in America’s law-making houses.
A bearish technical formation has driven down the total crypto market capitalization over the past seven weeks. Bitcoin’s (BTC) 2% decline — and a 1.7% and 2.5% decline from BNB (BNB) and XRP (XRP), respectively — were the main drivers of the most recent 1.3% correction between May 18 and May 25. The descending wedge formation
Gideon Nweze, the founder and CEO of the newly launched Digital Bitcoin Art and Assets (DIBA) nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, believes there’s an alternative way to bring NFTs to Bitcoin that doesn’t impact block space and transaction fees. Nweze recently put this belief to the test, launching a beta version of his NFT marketplace on
Crypto embraced, then forgotten by Chinese state television On May 23, China Central Television (CCTV), the country’s government-owned broadcasting corporation, aired a short, 98-second segment regarding the adoption of cryptocurrencies in Hong Kong. During the session, state news anchors briefed its audience on how Hong Kong regulators “have made final preparations” for the trading of