Bitcoin (BTC) price action may be “unsustainably high,” as one metric hits its highest levels in seven months. Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that on Dec. 21, Bitcoin’s network value to transaction (NVT) signal reached levels not seen since April. Bitcoin activity may not support $17,000 BTC price Created by statistician Willy Woo,
Despite the gloom of the ongoing cryptocurrency winter, coupled with the failures of crypto giants like FTX, the community appears to remain bullish on crypto, according to a new survey. Crypto markets saw a massive sell-off in 2022, with the total market capitalization plummeting nearly 70% since Bitcoin (BTC) reached its all-time high at $69,000
The last year has been an eventful one for the crypto space. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem and its TerraUSD (UST) algorithmic stablecoin saw $50 billion wiped off the market in a flash. And more recently, FTX, an exchange many thought was “too big to fail,” came crashing down. There’s been no shortage of
Unique addresses on the Build and Build (BNB) Chain have now surpassed Ethereum, according to a Dec. 22 statement from the developer. BNB Chain has made significant strides in onboarding the next billion users into #Web3 in 2022. We want to thank our incredible community for coming along for the ride as we lay the
Data shows an XRP whale has withdrawn $52 million in the token from Binance, something that might help the crypto turn around from its recent bearish trend. XRP Remains Weak, Declines Another 10% During Past Week This month of December hasn’t been kind to XRP investors as the asset’s value has only been going downhill
Twitter is now providing price charts with search results for major cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ether. This new feature is “one of many product improvements coming to financial Twitter,” said Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform. Twitter Launches Price Chart Feature Twitter announced in a series of tweets Wednesday that it is
Bitcoin (BTC) fell at the Dec. 22 Wall Street open as United States equities reversed previous gains. Bitcoin risks new and unseen “death cross Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to intraday lows of $16,650 on Bitstamp. The pair remained a conspicuous stocks copycat as the S&P 500 opened down 1.6%
Inflation, cross-border payments, assets tokenization and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) were among the major drivers for crypto adoption across Latin America in 2022, sources in the region told Cointelegraph, with exciting examples of progress across many countries. Latin America made up 9.1% of the global crypto value received in 2022, reaching $562 billion between July 2021
It has been a tumultuous year for the crypto investors who have witnessed the total crypto market capitalization tumble from about $2.2 trillion at the beginning of 2022 to about $850 billion in December. The sharp erosion in valuation was caused due to several high-profile bankruptcies in 2022. The entire Terra ecosystem imploded with the
Magazine: Animoca was a successful mobile gaming company, with 10 million downloads and various apps in the top 10 on Apple’s App Store. Then you were suddenly thrown off the store in 2012. How did that change your views on Big Tech? Yat Siu, Animoca co-founder: The fact that platforms could become as powerful as
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is behind an initiative to qualify university students in Kazakhstan to work in the industry. Under an agreement with the government, the blockchain course will be added to the curricula of higher education institutions across the country. Binance Exchange to Help Teach Blockchain at Kazakhstan’s Universities The world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance,
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has ordered crypto lending platform MyConstant to cease offering a number of its crypto-related products over alleged state securities law violations. The DFPI stated in a press release on Dec. 21 that it has ordered MyConstant to “desist and refrain” from offering its peer-to-peer loan brokering service
As Bitcoin (BTC) adoption continues to sow seeds around the world, more and more people are choosing to accept the original cryptocurrency as payment for their goods and services. For individuals, that means accepting BTC as their salary. A Florida-based Bitcoin advocate called SVN (not his real name) took his entire salary in BTC for
One of the key witnesses on the ongoing FTX investigation could evade all the seven counts of allegations against her with a plea deal. Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison would be prosecuted only for criminal tax violations and can be released immediately by paying the $250,000 bail. A plea deal between Ellison and the
On Dec. 21, 2022, U.S. attorney Damian Williams announced that the Southern District of New York (SDNY) Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX co-founder Gary Wang. Williams declared that both Ellison and Wang have been cooperating with law enforcement officials. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
NBA Top Shot is a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace that enables basketball fans to buy, sell and trade NBA-themed digital collectibles. These collectibles are “Moments” — NFTs of NBA video clips and digital art — available per their degree of rarity. In other words, users can trade NFTs that feature anything from a winning three-pointe from
Twitter has added a new crypto feature that enables Twitter users to search the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) simply by typing “Bitcoin” or “Ethereum” into the search tab. The Elon Musk-led social media platform didn’t announce the new feature to the public. However, the Documenting Bitcoin account was one of the first
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against Thor Technologies along with its co-founder and CEO David Chin, claiming that Thor’s 2018 initial coin offering (ICO) constituted an unregistered securities sale under the Securities Act of 1933. Thor Technologies raised $2.6 million from 1,600 investors between March and May 2018
On-chain data shows a key XRP sharks and whales group has been accumulating recently, a sign that could be positive for the asset’s price. XRP Whales And Sharks With 1M-10M Tokens Now Hold All-Time High Supply As per data from the analytics firm Santiment, 7.23% of the total XRP supply is now held by this
On Dec. 19, the Twitter account Zachxbt revealed he discovered five cold wallets from the now-defunct Quadrigacx crypto exchange move 104 bitcoin. The following day, ‘big four’ accountancy firm EY, Quadrigacx’s bankruptcy court trustee, explained it did not authorize the spending of the funds and that prior reports detailed that the cold wallets were inaccessible