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How Investors Are Trading the Election
12.10.2020
As the U.S. presidential election gets closer, market “predictions” are showing up in stocks from energy to private prisons
Fundstrat Warns of Trading on Offshore Crypto Exchanges
12.10.2020
Tom Lee. Regulators could have their sights locked on a new target in the crypto world – with Tom Lee’s Fundstrat Global Advisors warning that trading on offshore exchanges might become riskier.
The investment advisory firm, based in New York, has issued a new report on the crypto space...
Top traders go long after Bitcoin price rallies to key $11.5K resistance
12.10.2020
The futures contracts premium and the long-to-short ratio show that top traders feel bullish about Bitcoin price
Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
11.10.2020
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi)...
Defi Market Cap Drops 25.1% in One Day: Proponents Say Tokens Self Correcting
10.10.2020
The latest data from Santiment shows that the collective market capitalization of all defi-related assets dropped by 25.1% on October 7, while daily trading volumes went down 30.2%. The data also shows popular defi tokens like Sushi took heavy knocks after dropping by 50.9% during the week. Also...
P2P Bitcoin Trading Drops in Argentina Amid Torrid Times for Fiat Peso
9.10.2020
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The bitcoin (BTC) boom in Argentina appears to have hit a bump in the road, with peer-to-peer (P2P) BTC volumes dropping in Argentina in the past few weeks – despite a wretched month for the Argentinian peso.
As previously reported, 2020 has been a breakthrough year...
Market Update: Bitcoin Captures $11K, Flash Buy Signals, Bollinger Band Squeeze
9.10.2020
Cryptocurrency markets are seeing decent gains on Friday following the announcement Square made the day prior about purchasing $50 million worth of bitcoin for reserves. During the morning trading sessions, the overall market capitalization of all 7,000+ crypto assets is up over 2% hovering at $340...
Bitmex CEO Hayes Steps Down Following U.S. Criminal Charges
8.10.2020
Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of bitcoin derivatives exchange Bitmex, is stepping down from his position a week after U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against him. Hayes is leaving together with other top executives who are facing similar charges. The company announced on Thursday...
Malaysian SC Shariah Advisory Council praises crypto’s ‘great potential’
8.10.2020
A Shariah Advisory Council chairman in Malaysia has praised the “great potential” of cryptocurrency
BitMEX Says It’s ‘Business as Usual’ Despite 30% Drop in Bitcoin Balance After CFTC, DOJ Action
7.10.2020
More than 57,000 BTC have been withdrawn from BitMEX since Sept. 30
Spanish Prosecution Office Investigating Alleged Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme: $1 Billion in Investor Funds Reportedly Missing
7.10.2020
The Spanish Prosecution office says it is investigating Arbistar for allegedly running a bitcoin trading scam with preliminary findings suggesting $1 billion in investors’ funds cannot be accounted for. The disappearance of investor funds has affected 32,000 families that are failing...
Port of Rotterdam testing blockchain and AI for renewables trading
6.10.2020
The Port of Rotterdam's Innovation Dock has been testing a high frequency decentralized energy market for renewables since August 2020
Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading Near Key Breakout Zone
6.10.2020
Bitcoin is trading above the USD 10,550 and USD 10,650 support levels. Having said that, BTC is approaching a crucial breakout zone near USD 10,800 and USD 10,950. The price is currently (08:30 UTC) trading well above USD 10,650 and it seems to be preparing for the next major move.
Similarly, most...
BitMEX Ether Futures Trading Contracts Fall by Half in Wake of U.S. Charges
6.10.2020
Open interest on the Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange is down nearly 50% from the $125 million observed Oct. 1
$9 Trillion in Stimulus Injections: The Fed’s 2020 Pump Eclipses Two Centuries of USD Creation
5.10.2020
Since September 2019, research shows the Federal Reserve has pumped over $9 trillion to primary dealers by leveraging enormous emergency repo operations. A recently published investigative report shows the U.S. central bank submits the daily loan tally, but the Fed will not provide the public with...
Long and short positions, explained
5.10.2020
Discover the intricacies of short and long positions in crypto trading. These principles can be applied by both new and experienced traders
Record $616M of Wrapped Bitcoin Minted in September
5.10.2020
Monthly value of minted WBTC grew 160% from August
Regulators May ‘Disallow Trading on DEXs Entirely,’ Investor Warns
5.10.2020
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If regulators find DeFi to be “unconscionably unpoliceable” due to a prevalence of spoofing and other market manipulation techniques, their next step may be to ban trading on decentralized exchanges (DEXes) altogether, CEO of Singaporean crypto fund manager Three Arrows...
OFAC Warns Americans Against Facilitating Ransomware Payments
5.10.2020
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an advisory highlighting the sanctions risk American citizens face if they help facilitate ransomware payments. In the advisory, the OFAC says it will “continue to impose sanctions on those...
Kucoin CEO Says Exchange Hack Suspects ‘Found,’ $204 Million Recovered
4.10.2020
According to the Kucoin exchange CEO Johnny Lyu, the trading platform has recovered $204 million in crypto assets since October 1. The exchange executive says the hacking suspects have been “found” and the “police are officially involved” in order to take action....