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FOMC Likely to Keep Rates Unchanged in March After Hot Inflation Report
14.2.2024
Wall Street braced for a chilly reality as hotter-than-expected inflation data sent major indexes tumbling on Tuesday. The Labor Department report revealed US consumer prices surged in January, exceeding forecasts and fueled by rising shelter costs. This unexpected heatwave extinguished...
Jack Dorsey Evokes Bitcoin At Super Bowl Wearing “Satoshi” T-Shirt
12.2.2024
Twitter co-founder and Block Head Jack Dorsey quietly brought Bitcoin to last night’s celebrity-filled Super Bowl event – though most average viewers may not have noticed. The tech billionaire was photographed in one of the stadium’s booths surrounded by artists like Jay-Z and Beyonce. Unlike...
Ethereum Gas Fees Surge to 8-Month High As ERC-404 Tokens Take Off
12.2.2024
Gas fees on the Ethereum network have soared to levels not seen since March 2023, driven by the growing interest in a new experimental token standard known as ERC-404. Ethereum Gas Fees Reach Peak Levels On February 9, Ethereum gas prices soared to an average peak of 70 gwei, equivalent to $60...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC Nears $43,000; Can ETF Surge & MicroStrategy Buy-In Fuel a $50,000 Rally?
7.2.2024
Bitcoin Price Prediction During the Asian session, Bitcoin‘s trajectory garners significant attention, with the asset flirting with the $43,000 mark. Recent developments, including BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF climbing to the elite ranks of ETFs and MicroStrategy’s substantial...
Onchain Bitcoin Fees in 2024: A Closer Look at Transaction Costs and Delays
6.2.2024
Data gathered over the last 36 days reveals that the Bitcoin network’s average transfer fee has consistently exceeded the $3.68 mark, while costs for median-sized transactions have not dipped below the $1.67 threshold. As of Feb. 6, 2024, insights from Bitcoin’s transaction queue...
Russia’s Sberbank Launches Digital Assets, NFT Offerings for Retail Investors
5.2.2024
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, announced the launch of a digital financial asset and NFT trading platform. On February 2, Sberbank explained that its “digital financial assets (DFAs) platform” was open to “all individuals.” The bank added that “qualified investors” can also invest in...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Hits 7-Day Record High, Surging to 566 EH/s Amid Anticipation of Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment
1.2.2024
Bitcoin’s computing power has soared to unprecedented levels, with the seven-day simple moving average (SMA) peaking at 566 exahash per second (EH/s) as of Jan. 30, 2024. Despite experiencing a slight decline in mid-January, the network’s hashrate is on an upward trajectory,...
Ark Invest Breaks Down What it Would Take for Bitcoin to Hit $2.3M
1.2.2024
Investment firm Ark Invest published its latest Big Ideas report on Wednesday, outlining a pathway for Bitcoin to hit $2.3m. Ark’s Brett Winton wrote that for the best returns over 5 years, keeping 0.5% of one’s investments in Bitcoin would have been ideal. On average, allocating about 4.8%...
SOL, AVAX Lead Crypto-Market Recovery, Bitcoin Tops 50-Day Average Before Fed Meeting
30.1.2024
Altcoins' consistent positive performance over the past six days is boosting optimism and setting up bitcoin to test $46,000, one analyst said
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Rebounds From January Dip as Miners Eye Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment
27.1.2024
Bitcoin’s cumulative hashrate witnessed notable swings starting in late December, with a pronounced decline occurring in mid-January. This decrease was primarily attributed to the severe cold in Texas, leading many miners to pause their operations temporarily. By Jan. 21, 2024,...
Heightened Bitcoin Fees and Erratic Mining Revenues Herald Murky Shift as Halving Nears
20.1.2024
Recent statistics reveal that for the past 75 days, starting from Nov. 6, 2023, the average transaction fee on the Bitcoin network has consistently stayed over $5. Additionally, since Dec. 4, 2023, these fees have predominantly been over $10, with a single exception occurring when it briefly fell...
Study Shows Number of Crypto Developers Up by 52% Since 2018
20.1.2024
Over the past five years, the number of established developers with more than 2 years experience of working in crypto grew at an annualized rate of 52%. According to the findings of a study, established developers (2+ years) together with emerging developers make an average of three times more code...
Is Arbitrum Going to Zero? ARB Price Drops 5% as BTC Mining Platform Surpasses $8.7 Million
18.1.2024
Following the success of the Arbitrum airdrop, ARB price has dropped -5%, leaving some panicked holders asking ‘Is Arbitrum Going to Zero?’, find out in this ARB price analysis. Arbitrum is trading in a tight trading channel between the upper trendline and moving average support. $ARB...
US Stocks, Bitcoin, and Gold Drop as Fed Plays Coy on Rates — Investors in Limbo
18.1.2024
The leading trio of U.S. stock indices — Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 — experienced a downturn on Wednesday afternoon. This decline coincided with a rise in 10-year Treasury yields, which jumped 0.98% to 4.102%. Concurrently, gold’s value...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as Jim Cramer Says Stock Market is Ready for a ‘Pullback’ – Will BTC Drop?
17.1.2024
As the stock market braces for a potential pullback, with CNBC’s Jim Cramer pointing to overvalued tech stocks and artificial intelligence ventures, the impact on cryptocurrency markets, particularly Bitcoin price prediction, becomes a focal point of interest. Cramer’s commentary...
BlackRock Buys Over 13 Days of Bitcoin Production: A Sign of Supply Shortage?
15.1.2024
In its recent entry into the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, BlackRock has purchased over 11,400 Bitcoins, prompting speculation of supply issues. According to InvestAnswers, BlackRock bought 11,439 Bitcoins following the official launch of their spot Bitcoin ETF. This amount...
Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Labels Bitcoin ETF a ‘Classic Buy the Rumor, Sell the News Event’
10.1.2024
According to the veteran trader Peter Brandt, the current bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) hype which has seen the “average guy on the street” clamoring to get may be a signal to experienced traders that it is time to sell them what they own. Brandt also characterized the expected...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees See Sharp Decline Since December Peak, Network Congestion Persists
10.1.2024
On Jan. 10, 2024, the fee for high-priority transactions is set at 42 satoshis per virtual byte (sats/vB), amounting to $2.66 per transaction. The average transaction fee stands at 98.9 sats/vB, equivalent to $11.17 per transfer. Although there has been a decline in onchain fees, they currently...
Bitcoin Price Marks First-Ever “Golden Cross” During ETF Hype
9.1.2024
Source: Adobe / A.AKS Bitcoin (BTC) just flashed an ultra-bullish technical indicator called the “golden cross” for the first time ever on its weekly price chart. A golden cross occurs when a short-term moving average of an asset’s price crosses above a long-term moving average. Market participants...
XRP Price Prediction as Trading Volume Spikes to $2 Billion – Are Investors Flocking to XRP?
2.1.2024
XRP (XRP) Chart / Source: Investing.com XRP (XRP) trading volumes have picked up again following a subdued few days due to New Year’s celebrations, clocking in at around $2 billion in the past 24 hours, as per CoinGecko. That’s roughly in line with, if not a little bit above, average trading...