Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum

First Mover: Bitcoin at Center Stage (and Record High) as Mastercard, BNY Go Crypto

Bitcoin's price hits new all-time high over $48,000 despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that cryptocurrencies are prone to illicit uses.

Markets  ·  11 February 2021
Newsletters

First Mover: As Wall Street Fixates on Inflation Hedges, Good Luck Finding Bitcoin

A wave of new bitcoin buyers is arriving just as easily-obtained supplies of the cryptocurrency fall to their lowest levels in more than three years. 

Markets  ·  10 February 2021
Newsletters

First Mover: Elon Musk’s #bitcoin Bet Pays Off With $270M Gain on First Day

Tesla has forged a path other corporate treasurers might follow into bitcoin. PLUS: Ether hits new record price above $1,800 as CME futures debut.

Markets  ·  9 February 2021
Ethereum

First Mover: Tesla Sends Bitcoin Mooning Past $44K as Snoop Wins #dogebowl

Electric-vehicle entrepreneur Elon Musk follows through with a $1.5 billion purchase after adding "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile late last month.

Markets  ·  8 February 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bulls Are Back as Ether Hits All-Time High, Bitcoiners Hoard

GameStop comedown shows appeal of social media-fueled trading. Dogecoin chatter in Reddit reveals cryptocurrency analogue.

Markets  ·  3 February 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Silver Is the New GameStop as Musk’s #Bitcoin Stalls

As bitcoin trades in a range, traders are studying the "Grayscale premium" and watching traditional markets for clues to the next market move.

Markets  ·  1 February 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Elon Musk #Bitcoin Moment Adds to Dogecoin, GameStop Wackiness

The GameStop-galvanized "bear raid" by retail stock traders appears to have terrified Wall Street, but crypto-industry marketeers are salivating over the prospect of new customer leads and more demand.

Markets  ·  29 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Crypto Gawks at GameStop, Sees Shades of Self

Digital-market traders found amusement in the GameStop saga. They also saw an opportunity for self-reflection. Here's what Niall Ferguson, Caitlin Long, Mati Greenspan and Jonathan Mohan said.

Markets  ·  28 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Flushes ‘Weak Hands’ as Ethereum Hits New All-Time High

Last week's rout in bitcoin market looks like "weak hands" selling out because bidders appeared to materialize whenever prices fell to $30K.

Markets  ·  25 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Newbies Get Volatility Lesson as Old Pros Lament FUD

A mixture of bearish price-chart patterns and ill-understood news items combined to cause bitcoin's biggest price plunge since March, in a demonstration to market newcomers of the cryptocurrency's notorious volatility.    

Markets  ·  22 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: As Bitcoin Flips Bearish, Neither Biden Nor BlackRock Brightens Mood

There's a lot of long-term bulls in the bitcoin market. But in the short-term?

Markets  ·  21 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Ethereum Steals Limelight With New All-Time High Price as Bitcoiners HODL

Crypto traders shift focus to ether as second-largest cryptocurrency surges to new record price, but bitcoiners aren't going anywhere.

Markets  ·  19 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Biden’s $1.9T Plan Shows ‘Blue Wave’ Bitcoiners Saw Coming

The Federal Reserve might need to print money to help finance Biden's coronavirus relief proposal, to keep Treasury bond interest rates from climbing.

Markets  ·  15 January 2021
Bitcoin

First Mover: Forget Facebook’s Stablecoin. Now It’s $700B Bitcoin in the Crosshairs

Bitcoin's powerful move over the past couple of months to more than $700 billion in market value is suddenly commanding more attention from global financial regulators. 

Markets  ·  14 January 2021
Bitcoin

Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia’s Macquarie

With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold in electronic commerce.

Markets  ·  13 January 2021