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Peter Schiff Warns of Bitcoin ‘Pump and Dump’ — Expects to See a ‘Massacre’
14.2.2024
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has warned that the current bitcoin price surge looks like “another classic pump-and-dump.” Noting the significant excitement around the new spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), he expressed his skepticism, stating: “I wonder when...
Bitcoin Favored in Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation: FinCEN Report
14.2.2024
A few years ago, bitcoin {{BTC}} became a popular means to conduct illegal transactions to support a booming global business in the smuggling and exploitation of people, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
Umoja Launches Beta Hedging Service to Bolster Crypto Investment Safety
14.2.2024
On Tuesday, the crypto platform Umoja unveiled its beta version of hedging-as-a-service, designed to shield users from crypto losses. Umoja’s mission is to enhance the safety and accessibility of crypto investments, opening up hedging opportunities in a market valued at $500 trillion. Umoja...
Billionaire Peter Thiel’s VC Firm Bought BTC and ETH Worth $200 Million in Latter Half of 2023
13.2.2024
Founders Fund, a venture capital (VC) firm founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, is believed to have acquired bitcoin and ethereum worth $200 million sometime in the second half of 2023. The VC firm reportedly began purchasing bitcoin when its price was still under $30,000. Founders Fund’s...
Rich Dad Poor Dad Author Robert Kiyosaki Celebrates Financial Planners’ Pivot To Bitcoin
13.2.2024
Financial planners are finally beginning to acknowledge Bitcoin (BTC) – and Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki is happy to see it. The man behind the famous finance book has often advised followers to invest in “hard assets” like gold, silver, real estate, and BTC. According to him, advisors...
Ripple Aims to Expand Regulatory Reach With Standard Custody Acquisition
13.2.2024
In a strategic move to bolster its regulatory credentials, Ripple has announced its plan to acquire Standard Custody & Trust Company. This acquisition, pending regulatory approval, is set to enhance Ripple’s portfolio of digital asset solutions and regulatory licenses, marking...
Craig Wright Blasts 'Experts' Who 'Cannot Verify Their Work' at Trial Over Satoshi Claims
13.2.2024
On Tuesday, he once again faced questions about a public blog post he'd signed cryptographically to prove he was Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto that experts have since debunked
Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools – ASTX, JOE, ASEA
13.2.2024
Top Crypto Gainers Today on DEXTools With major cryptocurrencies experiencing a price dip on Tuesday in wake of hotter-than-expected US CPI data that has seen markets pull back on Fed rate cut bets, investors looking for quick exponential gains will continue scouring the shitcoin/meme coin markets...
CPI Report Triggers Market Tumble: Stocks and Crypto Decline as Inflation Concerns Mount
13.2.2024
On Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, indicating a 0.3% rise in January. Following the release, all three major stock indices experienced a decline, Treasury yields climbed, and crypto assets took a hit, moving downward from their recent...
Bitcoin ETFs' First Month Is in the Books: How It Went and What Comes Next
13.2.2024
Excitement was high about one month ago, when TradFi once again got the regulatory go-ahead to launch an entirely new investment vehicle for crypto. The process of bringing to the U.S. market a spot bitcoin ETF took more than a decade, but on Jan. 11, 10 such products finally began trading. It’s...
Best Crypto to Buy Today February 13 – AKT, GNO, STX
13.2.2024
Explore what experts are saying about the best crypto to buy now, focusing on long-term potential and recent market trends in the blockchain space. Image by cryptonews.com. With major cryptocurrencies experiencing a price dip on Tuesday in wake of hotter-than-expected US CPI data that has seen...
UniLend V2 Launched on Mainnet: First-Ever Permissionless Lending and Borrowing Protocol for All Digital Assets
13.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. February 13, 2024. UniLend Finance, a leading decentralized finance protocol, has launched its revolutionary new version UniLend V2 on the Ethereum Mainnet. UniLend V2 marks a significant milestone as the first-ever permissionless lending and borrowing protocol for all ERC20 tokens...
Bitcoin Price Drops Back Below $49,000 After Hot US CPI Data Deals Blow to Fed Rate Cut Bets – Where Next for BTC?
13.2.2024
Bitcoin Price Chart / Source: Adobe / LuisaThe Bitcoin (BTC) price has dipped back below $49,000, a near $1,500 turnaround from the two-year highs it hit near $50,400 earlier in the session, in wake of the release of hotter-than-expected US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for January. Last changing...
Solana Mobile’s Chapter 2 Reaches 100K Preorders, Guarantees Production
13.2.2024
Solana Mobile, a smartphone-focused subsidiary of Solana Labs, has announced that its second mobile phone, Chapter 2, has reached 100k preorders in less than 30 days, hitting a milestone that now guarantees the production of the hardware device. The company reported that the preorder price of $450...
Historic Inflows: Spot Bitcoin ETFs Attract Over $1 Billion in a Single Week
13.2.2024
The recent US SEC-approved Bitcoin ETFs collectively netted $1.1 billion in inflows last week, according to a new report by European crypto asset manager CoinShares. Total inflows into spot Bitcoin ETF products now amount to $2.8 billion since they hit the market on January 11. Institional hoarding...
Bitcoin Drops 2% on Hotter-Than-Expected U.S. Inflation
13.2.2024
The CPI reading reduced expectations for interest-rate cuts in the next months, weighing on risk assets such as crypto
Bitcoin Braces for Record Difficulty Surge Ahead of Retarget as Miners Push Network to New Heights
13.2.2024
Scheduled for Feb. 15, 2024, the upcoming Bitcoin difficulty retarget is poised to mark a notable upswing in the network. Current projections forecast an estimated difficulty surge ranging from 8.45% to 9.2%, setting the record for the steepest increase of 2024 thus far. Bitcoin Difficulty Poised...
Bitwise Asset Management expects Spot Bitcoin ETF volumes to rise
13.2.2024
Bitcoin has come to the center of the stage again. This time, it was after a month when the US SEC approved 11 Spot Bitcoin ETF applications. That has changed the way the sphere trades with BTC. Asset management firms estimate that the space will only rise in the future. Bitwise Asset Management...
Is Dymension Going to Crash? DYM Price Drops After Airdrop as Newer Project Makes Cloud Mining Easy
13.2.2024
Following a successful DYM airdrop, promising IBC roll-ups project Dymension Network has seen price of native DYM token tank in a classic airdrop price correction. Now, this article will provide an analysis of DYM’s current price trends and look to see whether a newer meme coin, Bitcoin Cloud ...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin at $50K. What Next?
13.2.2024
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 13, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets