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Market Turmoil Triggers Over $215M in Liquidations as 100,000 Traders Face Losses
19.12.2023
Source: iStock/Yevheniia Hordieieva The crypto market has recently experienced a surge in volatility, leading to more than $215 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC), which had been trading at a multi-year low, rebounded by 5% in the last 24 hours, reaching a price...
Blockchain Analysts are Accumulating This AI Crypto Before 2024 – Here’s Why
5.12.2023
AI crypto platform yPredict provides predictive analytics to crypto investors. Image by Bunpoht, Adobe Stock. In recent years, cryptocurrencies have captivated investors with their volatility and potential for significant returns. Trading in an unpredictable crypto market can prove challenging even...
AI-Powered Solutions Can Help Crypto Traders Overcome ‘Cognitive Biases’ When Investing — Libertify CEO
23.8.2023
According to Steve Rosenblum, the founder and CEO of Libertify, Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven investment solutions can assist investors in making “timely adjustments to asset allocation.” This means investors using such a solution will be able “navigate the volatile...
Deribit's Bitcoin volatility index hits lifetime lows, hinting sideways action
25.7.2023
The Bitcoin Implied Volatility Index has fallen to its lowest levels since the crypto options exchange launched the tracker in early 2021
Predicting the Unpredictable: AI Chatbot Claude Outlines Potential 2024 Prices for Top 40 Crypto Assets
14.7.2023
Two weeks ago, Bitcoin.com News used six artificial intelligence chatbots to predict the price of bitcoin (BTC) by the end of 2023. After the release of Anthropic’s Claude 2 in July, we conducted another experiment, tasking Claude with predicting the prices of the top 40 cryptocurrencies...
40% of South Africans Familiar With the ‘Concept of Web3’ — Study
2.7.2023
Some 40% of South African survey participants are familiar with the concept of Web3 and a further 80% believe the technology backing cryptocurrencies can “transform or fully rebuild the financial system,” according to the findings of a Consensys survey. However, as much as 59% believe...
Shark Tank Star Kevin O’Leary Says Most Crypto Tokens Are Worthless — ‘They’ll Eventually Just Go to Zero’
9.2.2023
Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, says that most crypto tokens are worthless and they will eventually drop to zero in value. He added that he now owns seven cryptocurrencies and he is getting the same volatility he did when he owned 32 crypto tokens prior to the collapse...
IMF Blog: Better Regulation of Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Urgently Needed
24.11.2022
A well-regulated African cryptocurrency market is needed in order to protect users as well as help countries stop bad actors from using digital assets to circumvent capital controls, the latest post on the IMF blog has said. The blog post reiterated the IMF’s belief that risks to a country...
Bitcoin Now Less Volatile Than Nasdaq and S&P 500 — Stock Markets More Reactive to Inflation, Strong Dollar, Rate Hikes, Energy Crisis
23.10.2022
Bitcoin’s volatility has fallen below that of the Nasdaq and the S&P 500, according to crypto data provider Kaiko. Compared to equity markets, cryptocurrency markets have become less reactive to volatile macro events, including high inflation, an appreciating dollar, rising interest...
Devere CEO Expects Further Volatility in Crypto Market Before Year-End — Says Savvy Investors Will Benefit From Panic Sellers
13.10.2022
The CEO of Devere Group, a financial advisory and asset management firm, anticipates further volatility in the crypto market before year-end. However, he stressed that “for serious investors, this will not necessarily be seen as a bad thing,” noting that “Savvy, long-term crypto...
New Study Says BTC Outperformed Both S&P 500 and Nasdaq in September
8.10.2022
Despite seeing a 3.11% drop in value in September, bitcoin still outperformed both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, the latest Cryptocompare report has shown. Ethereum, on the other hand, was named “the worst performer after the long-awaited Merge proved to be a ‘buy the rumour, sell...
Indonesian Religious Organization Issues Decree Forbidding Use of Crypto by Country’s Muslim Population
21.1.2022
Indonesia’s Tarjih Council and the Central Executive Tajdid of Muhammadiyah have issued a fatwa (decree) stipulating the illegality of cryptocurrency use or investment by the country’s Muslims. The fatwa points to the volatility as well as the lack of state backing as reasons...
Pandemic Drove Adoption but Information Dissemination Just as Important: Kenya-Based Blockchain Advocate
2.12.2021
The adoption of blockchain technology and the use of cryptocurrencies by people in Africa surged to unprecedented levels in 2020. While many have attributed this to Covid-19, blockchain advocates believe their work is partly the reason many are turning to digital currencies. Importance of Education...
Crypto Payment Option Makes Services More Affordable: Zimbabwe Music Studio Director
29.7.2021
A Zimbabwean music production company, Mutscon Music, recently announced that its clients can now pay for services using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. According to the company, this decision has partly been necessitated by ongoing pandemic-related movement restrictions. Music Studio...
Federal Reserve Bank President Says Most Cryptocurrencies Are Worthless
27.5.2021
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, James Bullard, says that most cryptocurrencies are “worthless.” He noted that if “cryptocurrency can facilitate transactions that are difficult to make in conventional currencies, then they will have a purpose and might...
The Fear Factor: A Volatility Index for Crypto Arrives
15.5.2021
As Coti ramps up efforts to bring a decentralized fear index to crypto, it has enlisted the help of Professor Dan Galai, one of the pioneering brains behind the Cboe Market Volatility Index (VIX), to help the organization develop a crypto-oriented version. VIX Co-Creator to Join Coti-Backed...
‘Black Swan’ Author Pulls a 180- Nassim Taleb Says ‘Bitcoin’s a Failure, at Least for Now’
14.2.2021
On February 12, the well known Lebanese-American essayist and risk analyst, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, declared that the leading digital currency bitcoin is a failure, at least for now. Cryptocurrency fans have been upset by Taleb’s recent statements, after it seems the renowned author has done...