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Weekly Crypto Market Roundup: Top Gainers and Losers Revealed
9.9.2024
This week saw notable movements in the crypto market, with some assets experiencing significant gains while others faced steep declines. The total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market currently stands at $1.96 trillion, reflecting a 1.53% increase from the previous week. Let’s...
Japanese power giant TEPCO explores ‘green’ Bitcoin mining: Report
9.9.2024
The company aims to prevent wasted renewable energy through curtailment and promote the widespread use of Bitcoin mining
Corporate Bitcoin Adoption Surges in 2024, River Report Reveals
8.9.2024
Corporate adoption of bitcoin has experienced a significant surge in 2024, according to a recent report from River, a U.S.-based bitcoin-focused financial services company. The report highlights the growing role of bitcoin in business treasuries, offering insights into key trends and future...
Fed Report Explores How Crypto Price Changes Affect Ownership
8.9.2024
A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute found that cryptocurrency ownership declined during market downturns, despite price increases in bitcoin. Data from multiple surveys showed that crypto interest and ownership did not rise, even as prices surged....
Report Highlights Short-Term Bitcoin Holders Facing Heightened Unrealized Losses
7.9.2024
A recent report from Glassnode, led by researchers Ukuriaoc and Cryptovizart, highlights growing stress among short-term bitcoin (BTC) holders. As market pressure mounts, these investors experience heightened unrealized losses, suggesting they may drive future sell-side activity. Glassnode:...
Ethereum Underperforms Bitcoin 2 Years After The Merge, According to Cryptoquant Data
6.9.2024
Ethereum has underperformed bitcoin by 44% since The Merge, according to research from Cryptoquant. Despite significant upgrades and the recent approval of ethereum spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the cryptocurrency continues to face challenges relative to bitcoin. Cryptoquant: Ethereum...
US companies forecast to buy $10.3B in Bitcoin over next 18 months — Report
6.9.2024
The report claimed, a cash treasury “supplemented with a 3% allocation to Bitcoin” would have shielded companies from inflation since 2020
Rising Yield Curve and Jobs Miss Add to Economic Jitters, Stocks and Bitcoin Slide
6.9.2024
Equities kicked off Friday on a quiet note, with little movement as the latest U.S. labor market report unveiled a softer-than-anticipated addition of 142,000 jobs for August. The data only adds to growing recession concerns, layering on top of several earlier signs hinting at an economic slowdown....
Report: Concord Will Live On In Amazon's New TV Show
6.9.2024
Earlier this week, Sony announced that Concord, its latest AAA live-service game, was shutting down after just 14 days. But while Concord on PS5 and PC might be dead, it’s been reported that it will live on as an episode in a streaming TV series. Read more
Bitcoin Pumps, Then Dumps Below $54K as Jobs Report Spurs Crypto Volatility
6.9.2024
India reconsiders foreign crypto exchange registrations: Report
6.9.2024
India’s Financial Intelligence Unit is studying registration requests from four overseas crypto exchanges that were earlier banned for noncompliance with the country’s AML laws
First Mover Americas: BTC Treads Water Ahead of U.S. Jobs Report
6.9.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets
Bitcoin Sinks 3% as Markets Brace for Friday’s Jobs Report, Gold Climbs
5.9.2024
On Thursday, the crypto market mirrored the stock market’s downturn ahead of Friday’s anticipated U.S. jobs report. All major U.S. stock indices slipped into the red, with bitcoin (BTC) tumbling 3.6% in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, gold enjoyed a nearly 1% gain, climbing back above...
Bitcoin Flounders Ahead of Friday Jobs Report That Might Push Fed to Slash Rates by 50 Basis Points
5.9.2024
The U.S. central bank has indicated it will cut rates at its mid-September meeting, but the size of the move is up for debate
Penpie Releases Hack Report; Hacker Moves 1000 ETH to Tornado
5.9.2024
SubDAO Penpie has released a post-martem report on the hack that shook the crypto industry yesterday. The hack…
Bitcoin Halving Events No Longer Drive BTC Price, Report Says
5.9.2024
Outlier Ventures’ new report claims the four-year Bitcoin halving cycle “is dead,” arguing that halving events no longer significantly impact bitcoin’s price due to a maturing crypto market. The report suggests the influence of halvings diminished after 2016, with recent...
Report: L1 Blockchains Experience Slowdown in 2024 Amid Declining Activity
4.9.2024
Layer one (L1) blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin, have experienced a significant reduction in onchain and market activity in 2024. Researchers Tanay Ved and Matías Andrade from Coin Metrics highlight the challenges these networks face as total fees and token performance...
Report: Central Bank Gold Demand Surges in July Amid Rising Prices
3.9.2024
Central banks globally continued to bolster their gold reserves in July, despite an increase in gold prices, according to a report by Krishan Gopaul, senior analyst, EMEA at the World Gold Council. The report highlights a 206% increase in net gold purchases compared to the previous month, driven...
Report: BitFarms Mined 233 Bitcoin & Sold 147 BTC in August
3.9.2024
Amid the rising difficulties in Bitcoin mining, BitFarms reported its August BTC mining and BTC holdings. The report…
Report Disputes EIP-1559’s Role in Ethereum’s ‘Ultrasound Money’ Narrative
3.9.2024
Mark Odayan, head of research at 2077 Research, asserts that Ethereum’s EIP-1559 should not be equated with the concept of “Ultrasound Money.” Odayan’s insights aim to clarify the transaction fee mechanism introduced by EIP-1559 and address widespread misunderstandings. Ethereum’s...