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Spanish Civil Guard Busts Organization Dedicated to Laundering Money With Crypto
16.2.2022
The Spanish Civil Guard has broken up a group that used cryptocurrencies as a tool to launder money. The organization, that operated in Madrid, supposedly lent these services to other criminal organizations. The MAUNA operations, as they were called by the Spanish Civil Guard, discovered phantom...
2 key indicators cast doubt on the strength of the current crypto market recovery
12.2.2022
BTC and altcoins flashed bullish this week, but the perpetual contracts funding rate and Tether premium reflect a lack of confidence from traders
Exchange stablecoin reserve hits $27B as Bitcoin rises toward $50K 'fair value'
10.2.2022
More stablecoins find their way to exchanges than ever before — where will they be deployed next?
Stablecoin Whale Domination — Tether Addresses Valued at $1M Own More Than 80% of USDT Supply
8.2.2022
As the market capitalization of the stablecoin tether nears $80 billion, with its current $77.9 billion valuation, data from onchain researchers at Santiment indicates that tether addresses valued at $1 million own more than 80% of the entire supply. Tether’s Whales Command More Than 80%...
Fiat Fears Intensify as Turkey's Inflation Runs Wild; Citizens Turn to Bitcoin, Tether
3.2.2022
The Turkish lira took another battering last month, with January inflation hitting a whopping 48.7% – leading some crypto advocates to point the finger at the ultimate failure of central banks’ monetary policies....
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Circle's USDC stablecoin gobbles Tether's market share with 50B milestone
1.2.2022
The 50 billion USDC circulating milestone has increased Circle’s share of the stablecoin market to almost 30%
2 key Bitcoin price metrics suggest BTC is primed to reclaim $40,000
1.2.2022
Data suggests $34,000 was the bottom and BTC’s recent performance could be a sign that traders are beginning to open fresh longs
Crypto Market Sentiment Takes Another Dive, 5 of the 10 Major Coins in the Negative Zone
31.1.2022
It hasn’t been a good week for the crypto market, and it seems to have been even worse for crypto market sentiment. The average 7-day moving crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for ten major cryptoassets dropped from 5.05 recorded a week ago to 4.39 we’re seeing today, according to...
Stablecoin Issuance Surged Last Year — UST Saw the Largest 12-Month Increase
30.1.2022
Stablecoins have become prominent payment rails in the world of cryptocurrencies commanding $177 billion in fiat value today. The top ten stablecoins by market capitalization represent the largest share of the value in the fiat-pegged coin economy and many of these tokens grew exponentially last...
Whales Make Up More Than Half of Stablecoin Volume, Tether Losing Dominance
27.1.2022
Stablecoin “whale wallets” containing more than USD 1m controlled the lion’s share of stablecoin volume in 2021, despite the once-dominant Tether (USDT) increasingly being challenged by other stablecoins, according to on-chain analytics firm Nansen....
Read More: Whales Make Up More Than Half...
2 Gold-Backed Crypto Asset Market Caps Near $1 Billion, XAUT Jumps 19,000% in 23 Months
25.1.2022
While reserve-backed crypto assets and stablecoin market valuations increased a great deal during the last year, gold-backed cryptocurrencies have also seen their market caps swell. Between the tokens tether gold and pax gold, the market valuations of these two gold cryptos are nearing a billion...
Crypto Market Sentiment Slightly Up in a Week, Bloody in a Day
24.1.2022
The average 7-day moving crypto market sentiment score (sentscore) for ten major cryptoassets went up from 4.9 recorded seven days ago to 5.05 – back at the level seen two weeks ago, according to the market sentiment analysis service Omenics. Additionally, there is a single coin in the positive...
KuCoin Expands Euro Operations By Integrating SEPA Support
24.1.2022
Seychelles-based crypto exchange KuCoin has integrated Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) support into its operations, making it easier for its Europe-based users to fund their exchange accounts and deposit up to EUR 1m (USD 1.1m) in a single transaction....
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Bitcoin’s transition to a risk-off asset will propel it to $100K in 2022, says Bloomberg analyst
19.1.2022
Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg, is convinced that Bitcoin’s transition to digital gold will propel it to new all-time highs in 2022
Strike wallet is 5th most popular finance app in Argentina, but where’s the BTC?
19.1.2022
“The best monetary network in human history is here, it's open, and will disrupt the world quicker than anyone thinks. Open networks win,” said Strike CEO Jack Mallers
USDC flips Tether on the Ethereum network
19.1.2022
The total supply for USDC on Ethereum has surpassed that of Tether, putting USDT in second place on Ethereum for the first time
Bitcoin price can’t find its footing, but BTC fundamentals inspire confidence in traders
18.1.2022
Data shows traders still feel confident about BTC price because the futures premium and other fundamentals show no signs of stress
Stablecoin USDC’s ERC20 Issuance Surpasses USDT’s Total Supply on Ethereum
15.1.2022
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is $173 billion, which represents 7.93% of the $2.18 trillion crypto-economy. The market valuations of stablecoins tether and usd coin represent 71.84% of the entire stablecoin economy’s value. This...
Tether Freezes USD 160M-Heavy Addresses on Law Enforcement Request
14.1.2022
Stablecoin issuer Tether (USDT) froze three addresses on Ethereum (ETH), which together hold USD 160m worth of assets.
This has been confirmed by Tether, stating that they have done so upon request from law enforcement, per Coindesk.
Per data analytics site Bloxy, Tether itself has so...
Tether freezes $150 million in USDT
14.1.2022
Tether has not issued a statement giving a specific reason for blacklisting three addresses, but it has done so before to comply with law enforcement and aid exchanges after cyber attacks