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Valid Points: New Year, New Price Gains For ETH
6.1.2021
Bullish price activity has tipped the total value of ETH locked into Ethereum 2.0 past $2.4 billion
Blockchain Bites: JPMorgan’s $146K BTC Target, Crypto Responds to US Treasury’s Proposed Wallet Rule
5.1.2021
PLUS: The OCC's green light for banks to use stablecoins, Brazil's booming crypto sector and the bitcoin mining machine supply crunch
First Mover: As Bitcoin Rally Pauses, DeFi Keeps Astounding
5.1.2021
Don't even think of using the term "DeFi winter," because DeFi might be hotter than in the summer of DeFi.
Blockchain Bites: $10B in Bitcoin Futures, Price Wobbles and Liquidations
4.1.2021
A correction in bitcoin's price (from all-time highs) led to $1 billion in liquidated options positions. Ukraine announced a Stellar-based CBDC experiment and a much-awaited Ethereum layer 2 set a tentative launch date
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Plunge to $31K Shows How Bullish Market Had Become
4.1.2021
It's anybody's guess where cryptocurrency markets might end 2021, but so far, all signs point to further gains
Crypto Long & Short: Looking Back on a Monumental Year
3.1.2021
Four crypto industry experts share their biggest insights from 2020 and what they mean for 2021
Valid Points: A Year in Review by Your Ethereum 2.0 Staking Experts
30.12.2020
In our year-end Ethereum round up, we feature 4 charts from 4 Ethereum 2.0 staking experts recounting the best highlights of 2020
First Mover: XRP Plunges 20% as Traders Assess SEC’s Ripple Suit
23.12.2020
The SEC's suit against Ripple has triggered a steep sell-off in price for the payments token XRP. Meanwhile, prices for Chainlink's token have increased sevenfold this year, most among CoinDesk 20
Valid Points: Forget Staking, There Are Still Coins to Be Mined on PoW Ethereum
23.12.2020
Ethereum miners are making investments to maximize profits before mining becomes obsolete and gets replaced by validating on Ethereum 2.0
Blockchain Bites: Google Goes Down, Nexus CEO and US Treasury Get Hacked
14.12.2020
Yearn continues to rapidly expand through acquisitions, leading some to call it the Amazon of DeFi. While a U.S. Treasury hack serves as a reminder of the amount of financial data in circulation
First Mover: Horrible 2020 Economy Proved Best Thing for Bitcoin
14.12.2020
In 2020, bitcoin went from fringe investment to the talk of Wall Street, as the coronavirus-induced recession spurred recovery plans built around stimulus
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin’s Relationship With Gold Is More Complicated Than It Looks
13.12.2020
Just because gold is losing momentum and bitcoin is gaining it doesn't mean investors are selling gold to buy bitcoin – not yet, anyway
Money Reimagined: Bitcoin’s Tug of War as Wall Street Moves In
11.12.2020
As Wall Street buys bitcoin, crypto faces a fight for its soul. On the one side is mainstream acceptance. On the other: its cypherpunk roots
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Whales Throwing Their Weight Around, Virgil Griffith’s Rights
11.12.2020
There are more bitcoin "whales" than ever, and new data shows how they drive market movements
First Mover: Stimulus Bet Wins Even as Bitcoin Slips Below $18K
11.12.2020
MassMutual's push into bitcoin shows increasing adoption – of the narrative that the cryptocurrency can work as a hedge against central-bank money printing
Blockchain Bites: Paxos’ Banking Play, France’s KYC Terreur, FinCEN’s Personal Data Honeypot
10.12.2020
U.S. lawmakers are asking the nation's financial guardians to clarify crypto custodianship while France wages war on anonymity
First Mover: Bitcoin Stuck as ECB’s Lagarde Primes Extra €500B Stimulus
10.12.2020
The ECB's decision to expand an emergency bond-buying program by €500B may represent latest installment of years-long balance-sheet increase
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Shorts In, MicroStrategy Stock Downgraded, Bitwise Index Trades
9.12.2020
Bitcoin’s options market has flipped bearish for the short term while Citi analysts downgrade MicroStrategy's stock
First Mover: Why Wells Fargo Won’t Recommend Bitcoin to Clients
9.12.2020
A Wells Fargo unit doesn't recommend bitcoin to clients, since they can't yet hold cryptocurrency in their accounts. What if that ever changed?
Blockchain Bites: Square’s Green Bitcoin Pledge, $15B AUM in Crypto Funds
8.12.2020
Crypto markets are trading sideways, while Spain's second-largest bank is reportedly planning a leap into the digital asset industry