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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Braces for $700M in Options to Expire; Record $7B Value Locked in DeFi

Bitcoin price is trending up while crypto keeps flooding into DeFi.

Markets  ·  26 August 2020
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Drop Squeezes Out Weak Derivatives Positions – And That May Be a Good Thing

Bitcoin’s latest price drop may have a silver lining.

Markets  ·  26 August 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $11.1K; Ether Mining Difficulty at Year High

Bitcoin’s price plunged Tuesday while DeFi is giving Ethereum miners more fee revenue, causing difficulty to hit a 2020 record.

Markets  ·  25 August 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Ether Price Swings Make Bitcoin Look Tame as DeFi Speculation Spreads

The success of DeFi on the Ethereum blockchain has brought traders more than just congestion and high transaction fees: Volatility in ether prices.

Markets  ·  25 August 2020
Bitcoin

Jerome Powell’s Coming Inflation Speech May Weigh on Dollar and Boost Bitcoin: Analysts

The Federal Reserve chief is expected to bolster expectations of inflation in a keynote address Thursday. That may be bad for the U.S. dollar but good for bitcoin.

Markets  ·  25 August 2020
CoinFlash

Australian Conman Extradited Over Alleged Fraud Involving $1.2M in Bitcoin

An Australian serial conman has been extradited to New South Wales to face fraud charges involving over $1 million in bitcoin.

Policy & regulation  ·  25 August 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $11.8K; Ethereum Gas at All-Time High

Many bitcoin stakeholders expect a weak market this week to cap August while DeFi continues to stretch Ethereum’s network.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
Bitcoin

‘Bitcoin Rich List’ Reaches All-Time High

The "Bitcoin Rich List" reached a new high, possibly because of more interest from institutional and high-net-worth investors.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
CoinFlash

Canadian Software Startup Puts 40% of Cash Reserves Into Bitcoin

Graphic-design software firm Snappa described Bitcoin as "a far superior savings technology."

Business  ·  24 August 2020
Bitcoin

Ether Volatility Now Highest in Six Months Compared With Bitcoin’s

Investors are pricing more volatility in ether compared to bitcoin. It's yet another consequence of this year's boom in decentralized finance, or DeFi.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Anything-Goes Token Market Repudiates Rich-Only Venture Capital Club

Venture capital is no longer just for the rich, as crypto markets let traders bet on early-stage digital-asset startups, risks included.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
Bitcoin

Leveraged Funds Take Record Bearish Positions in Bitcoin Futures

The funds likely boosted short positions to take advantage of attractive "cash and carry" yields.

Markets  ·  24 August 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $11.6K, ETH Options Predict Price Below $400 by End of Year

Bitcoin’s price is trending down while ether options traders expect bearish moves to come.

Markets  ·  21 August 2020
Bitcoin

Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Weary Bulls, ETC’s Action Plan, INX’s IPO

INX is gearing up for a landmark IPO while 1 billion tether jumped from Tron to Ethereum.

News  ·  21 August 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Wacky Bitcoin-to-DeFi Crypto Markets Might Be New Home of Capitalism

Cryptocurrency markets from bitcoin to DeFi might be full of rampant speculation, but they also might be keeping the fires of capitalism lit.

Markets  ·  21 August 2020