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Declining Interest Leads to Poor Market Performance for Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks
3.1.2023
After transitioning from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the Ethereum community saw the launch of two new PoW Ethereum forks: ethereumpow and ethereumfair. In the past four months, the value of both coins has dropped by 94.8% to 98.4% in U.S. dollars. PoW Ethereum Forks Ethereumpow...
Biggest Movers: SOL Surges 8%, as ATOM Nears 1-Month High
3.1.2023
Solana was up by almost 8% on Tuesday, as the token rose for a fifth consecutive session. Recent moves have come despite the Christmas and New Year period, where market volumes were somewhat muted. Cosmos was also in the green, as prices rose to a multi-week high. Solana (SOL) Solana (SOL) was...
Bitcoin, Ethereum Technical Analysis: BTC Edges Closer to $17,000 as Market Focus Turns to FOMC Minutes
3.1.2023
Bitcoin moved closer to the $17,000 level on Tuesday, as market volume begins to pick up following the New Year’s celebrations. This comes as traders turn their attention to tomorrow’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes report. Ethereum also continued to trade above $1,200...
Major Game Publisher Square Enix Continues to Invest in Blockchain Games Despite Bear Market
3.1.2023
Prominent Japanese video game developer and publisher Square Enix has revealed that it will continue to invest in blockchain games despite the recent turbulence in the crypto market.
In a Sunday letter, Yosuke Matsuda, the president of the company, said the game publisher will double down on Web3...
2022 in Review: ViaBTC Capital Gathers Momentum and Delivers Win-win Results
3.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. As financial markets worldwide confront major challenges, the crypto market has remained sluggish in 2022. Meanwhile, along with the slowing global economic growth, the crypto market has also entered a prolonged bear period. Despite the continued sluggishness of crypto this year,...
Report: Morocco Central Bank Governor Says Crypto Draft Law Now ‘Ready’
3.1.2023
A Moroccan draft crypto law, which seeks to protect individuals from the risks associated with crypto trading, is ready and will soon be presented to stakeholders, Abdellatif Jouahiri, the governor of Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), has said. Adoption of crypto by Moroccan residents is now inevitable hence...
Report Shows Financial Troubles Plagued Bankman-Fried’s Alameda Research as Early as 2018
2.1.2023
Before FTX collapsed it was assumed that Alameda Research was one of the top quantitative trading firms and market makers within the industry. However, much of that perception may have been a facade as a recent report details that Alameda suffered from financial troubles as early as 2018. People...
Economist Peter Schiff Predicts Inflation ‘About to Get Much Worse’ — US Dollar Facing ‘One of Its Worst Years Ever’
2.1.2023
Economist Peter Schiff has predicted that the U.S. dollar will have “one of its worst years ever” in 2023, warning that the inflation problem is “about to get much worse.” He also shared his prediction about the worst-performing sectors of the stock market this year. Peter...
Top 3 Macroeconomic Events to Watch in 2023 Amid Volatile Market Conditions
1.1.2023
2022 was a tough year for crypto assets, and as the world welcomes 2023, the macroeconomic backdrop remains uncertain. Macroeconomic events will continue to shape the crypto economy and the economy as a whole. This editorial takes a look at the top three macroeconomic events to keep an eye on...
3 ways crypto derivatives could evolve and impact the market in 2023
1.1.2023
Derivatives played a major role in the last bull market and it’s highly likely that they will be integral in the market’s evolution in 2023
Global Cryptocurrency Trade Volumes Saw a Significant Decline in December 2022
1.1.2023
According to statistics, daily cryptocurrency trade volumes have dropped significantly during Dec. 2022. On Jan. 1, data shows that $22.95 billion was traded in the last 24 hours, compared to double that amount, $54.78 billion, two weeks earlier. On November 8, 2022, 54 days prior, amid the...
Gold, Silver, and Oil Predictions; Ellison’s FTX Testimony and the Sam Trabucco Mystery; Massively Eroded Dollar Sees the Fed Turn 109 — Week in Review
1.1.2023
Robert Kiyosaki says the time to buy gold and silver is now, predicting a stock market crash will send prices of the precious metals higher. In other news, the crypto community has been curious about the former Alameda Research co-CEO Sam Trabucco, and his whereabouts, as the guilty plea...
As the Industry’s Backbone, DeFi Will Continue to Build Through the Crypto Winter
1.1.2023
Mariano Di Pietrantonio is the Head of Strategy at MakerGrowth, a core unit of MakerDAO, the lending platform that manages the DAI stablecoin.__________...
Read More: As the Industry’s Backbone, DeFi Will Continue to Build Through the Crypto Winter
Indian Central Bank: Developing Global Crypto Regulation Is a Priority for G20 Under India’s Presidency
1.1.2023
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) says one of the priorities for the G20 under India’s presidency is to “develop a framework for global regulation, including the possibility of prohibition, of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins, and defi.” The Indian central bank warned that...
Challenging Year for Bitcoin Miners as Fewer BTC Mining Rigs Are Profitable at Current Prices
31.12.2022
Bitcoin miners have had a challenging year as the network’s mining difficulty reached an all-time high and the spot market price of bitcoin dropped below the cost of production. Currently, with electricity costs at $0.07 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), only 18 application-specific integrated...
Mark Moss Predicts Regulatory Shakeup and End of Crypto Bull Runs, but Believes Bitcoin Will Endure
31.12.2022
According to Mark Moss, the CEO of Market Disruptor, significant regulation is coming to the cryptocurrency industry following the aftermath of FTX’s collapse. He believes that future cryptocurrency bull runs probably won’t happen. However, Moss says that bitcoin will continue to...
‘Ethereum Killers’ Managed to ‘Kill’ Themselves in 2022 Rather Than Beat the Smart Contract Economy’s Heavyweight Champ
30.12.2022
At the end of 2021, a myriad of people thought a handful of smart contract platform tokens, often referred to as ‘Ethereum killers,’ would flip the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market capitalization in 2022. As 2022 comes to an end, statistics show that none of...
NFT Market Will Bounce Back With Lower Interest Rates, Digital Artist Says
30.12.2022
NFT artist Ovie Faruq, also known as OSF, says the hybrid asset will bounce back in time but the Federal Reserve will need to lower interest rates
Venezuelan Banking Watchdog to Oversee Crypto Transactions to Preserve Currency Stability
30.12.2022
Sudeban, the Venezuelan banking watchdog, is currently working on a mechanism to review crypto-related transactions in real-time to control the influence these have on the stability of the exchange market. Analysts have recently linked the situation in peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto markets to...
Solana joins ranks of FTT, LUNA with SOL price down 97% from peak — Is a rebound possible?
30.12.2022
SOL price jumped 20% after falling to its worst level since February 2021 with Solana's technicals suggesting that more upside is possible