Though bitcoin's rally has lost some steam, many traders are still in a bullish mood – and shifting to alternative cryptocurrencies known as "altcoins" whose prices have yet to clear all-time highs from years past.
Some are now forecasting an extension of Monday's 20% price drop as more bitcoin moves onto exchanges and institutional demand cools.
Global head of commodities research Jeff Currie believes the amount of institutional money in bitcoin needs to grow to mature the asset.
Bitcoin and ether may be pulling back from their all-time highs but alternative cryptos are starting to see action.
Bitcoin’s price has ridden a roller coaster on lower spot volume while options traders are ready to bet on ether FOMO.
A bogus video on Chinese social media has intensified a long-standing feud involving Binance, Huobi and OKEx.
Record trading volumes have accompanied bitcoin's rally this year, and subsequent swoon, offering a healthy sign of just how much price discovery is taking place in rapidly growing (to $3T?) cryptocurrency markets.
Some bitcoin traders are buying bullish call options at $52,000 and higher strike prices.
Larger investors, or whales look to have reacted differently than retail investors amid this week's bitcoin price drop.
Bakkt says cryptocurrencies could be a $3 trillion market by 2025, a five-fold increase.
Bitcoin's active addresses and trading volumes broke their previous all-time high set in late 2017.
Bitcoin’s huge sell-off by over $8,000 in the past 24 hours while options traders clearly are betting that ether is overvalued.
Having smaller orders in essence fools the market into thinking there is not much interest at those price levels when in fact there is.
Monday's plunge has erased almost all the gains the leading cryptocurrency had achieved in the new year.
Crypto euphoria gets a reality check as bitcoin and ether tumble, though XRP is still trading well as SEC-inflicted damage proves limited.