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Nightmare Come True: User Pays $2.6 Million in Transaction Fees to Send $134 of Ether
10.6.2020
A record ethereum transaction fee has been paid today: $2.6 million to transfer $134. The user probably mixed up the fields on the value of the transfer and the fee, eventually paying 10,668 ETH in fees, or $2.6 million, on a transaction mined by Sparkpool. A nightmare come true, the customer sent...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Pops Past $10K as Fed Says Rates May Stay Near 0% Until 2022
10.6.2020
Cryptocurrency traders slapped the buy button on bitcoin during the Federal Reserve’s non-announcement announcement, but the run-up didn’t last
Data Shows Bitcoin Options Markets Are Maturing Much Faster Than Futures
10.6.2020
Data from the crypto analytical firm Skew.com shows that bitcoin options are maturing much faster than the futures markets launched in December 2017. Skew’s data shows that the open interest in bitcoin options has risen significantly in the last few months. Bitcoin options “are starting...
Market Wrap: DeFi Is Helping Ether Outpace Bitcoin This Year
9.6.2020
Thanks to growing interest in DeFi, ether is outperforming bitcoin when the market is moving higher
Market Wrap: $10,000 Remains Bitcoin’s Price to Beat
8.6.2020
Store of value? Bitcoin has outperformed gold and trounced U.S. equities so far this year
Analyst Predicts Next Bull Run Will Send Bitcoin to $150K and Ether to $9K
8.6.2020
Blockfyre’s co-founder believes a bull market will return, seeing Bitcoin price rise 1,400% to hit $150,000, and Ether and other solid altcoins making even more impressive gains
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat as Stocks Swell on Positive Jobs Report
5.6.2020
Bitcoin was dull in trading Friday as stock markets were having a big day. However, cryptocurrency stakeholders see it as a temporary market condition
Crypto Derivatives Exchange OKEx Launches Options on Ether
5.6.2020
Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx rolled out option contracts on Ethereum’s ether (ETH) token on Thursday, ending the Panama-based Deribit’s virtual monopoly in the space
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Closing in on $9,900 as Crypto Market Volatility Persists
4.6.2020
Crypto derivatives volume had a record month in May - and volatility contributes to fueling that growth
Market Wrap: A Bitcoin Lull as Stocks Signal Economic Optimism
3.6.2020
The bitcoin rollercoaster has turned into a bumper car as equities take the stage in hopes of a global economic rebound
Market Wrap: Traders ‘Whack the Beehive’ as Bitcoin Surges Then Plunges
2.6.2020
Bitcoin’s jump up and right back down is at least partially due to the crypto derivatives markets
Open Interest in Ether Options Hits Record High on Deribit
2.6.2020
Derivative contracts on ether are more popular than ever, as evidenced by record open positions in options listed on the Panama-based derivatives exchange Deribit
Market Wrap: As Bitcoin Steadies, Oil’s Turmoil Continues
1.6.2020
The bitcoin market has nothing on oil’s volatility in 2020
Ether Leads Bitcoin on Price as Investors Prepare for Staking Arrival
1.6.2020
Bitcoin has put in a positive June performance in six out of the last eight years. But Ethereum is drawing new investors with the start of staking due this year
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides, Stocks Tread Water on Trump China Comments
29.5.2020
Stocks across Asia and Europe took a dip Friday and so did bitcoin in anticipation of Trump’s comments on “deeply troubling situations” in Hong Kong
Market Wrap: Short Seller Liquidations Help Push Bitcoin Beyond $9,500
28.5.2020
Bitcoin is riding high as short sellers in the crypto derivatives market get squeezed out, triggering automatic buy orders
Market Wrap: Bullish Traders Push Bitcoin Over $9,100, Returning to Halving Levels
27.5.2020
Traders were feeling good about bitcoin’s upward trend and pushed it over $9,100 Wednesday
Bitcoin News Roundup for May 27, 2020
27.5.2020
While the yuan weakens against the U.S. dollar, Coinbase makes an acquisition to grow its institutional trading infrastructure. It's another episode of CoinDesk's the Markets Daily podcast
ErisX Releases API for Bulk Trading of Bitcoin, Ether
26.5.2020
ErisX has released a block trading API for futures contracts and spot market trades to help large traders
Market Wrap: Traders ‘Buy the Dip’ as Bitcoin Hovers at $9,000
21.5.2020
Bitcoin fell for a second day as sentiment grew bearish, though some traders say they’ll buy the dip