First Mover Americas: BTC Volatility Spikes, Crypto Derivatives Volume Surges

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for Feb. 29, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

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Crypto Whales Acquire 30,000 BTC In Under a Week as Bitcoin Soars

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DigiToads To Reward Gifted Crypto Traders After Launch as BTC Sentiment Wanes – Find Out Why

As the crypto world continues to evolve, so does the number of tokens, with many choices besides Bitcoin (BTC). Although Bitcoin is the pioneering cryptocurrency and is at the forefront of the crypto market, that doesn’t make it immune to volatility or shifts in sentiment.

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Crypto Enthusiast Bought 10 Thousand Pizzas on Bitcoin Pizza Day

Crypto enthusiast and investor from Romania Daniel Nita celebrated the anniversary of the first purchase of goods for BTC in a very original way. He purchased 10 thousand pizzas for 1. 01 BTC (about $27.

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Bitcoin Has Benefited From U.S. Dollar Liquidity to Support Banks: Morgan Stanley

Traders on Binance now set the daily price for BTC with the crypto exchange’s share of trading volume reaching 80%, the report said.

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Wuhan City Shelves NFT Plans Amid Growing Uncertainty In China

China stands among the top jurisdictions with solid opposition to crypto assets and NFT culture. The region shook the crypto space in 2021 with restrictive measures on crypto mining. It pronounced a complete crackdown on BTC mining which brought a drastic decline in the value of BTC.

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Crypto market bloodbath leads to over $500M in liquidations in 24 hours

Data from crypto analytic firm Glassnode shows future long liquidation of BTC touched a new 8-month high as BTC price crashed below $22,000 on Friday.

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First Mover Americas: Crypto Winter Brings More Layoffs as BofA Sees Deep Freeze Avoided

The latest price moves in bitcoin ($BTC) and crypto markets in context, for June 28, 2022.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies as Crypto Holders Accumulate

Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos are rising after the Luna Foundation Guard purchased $1 billion worth of BTC over the past few days. Some crypto traders are turning bullish, evidenced by the rise in buy volumes across exchanges.

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Here’s Why Crypto Analysts Are Divided Over The Future Of Altcoins

Over the last few weeks, Bitcoin has been rising without pause, absorbing all of the capital out of the crypto market and causing altcoins to bleed on BTC pairs. BTC dominance finds itself at a crucial resistance level, and some of the brightest and best crypto analysts in the community, are divided over the future […]

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Crypto Market Forecast: W/C 26th October 2020

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week - Bitcoin on a roar as Paypal announces crypto transactions, more institutional investors back BTC for the long term, no end in sight to OKEx exchange withdrawal ban.

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Bitcoin Can Be Stopped by Governments Simply, Crypto Expert Says, Here?s Why

While replying to a utopian tweet of a crypto trader about how the government can stop BTC, Alex Kruger suggests a method that he believes is simpler

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Merchants Accepting Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Falling

Recently Flexa and Gemini set the crypto world abuzz with the launch of their real-time crypto payment platform. Through Flexa’s Spedn, a crypto app, crypto owners can now spend their hard-earned Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto.

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BTC Tests $5,000 Amid 2019’s First Major Crypto Market Recovery

Bitcoin (BTC) has tested the $5,000 mark for the first time since November 2018, as crypto markets are on the rise for the third day in a row

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Crypto Fundamentals Are Booming, But That Doesn’t Imply a Bitcoin (BTC) Rally

Booming Crypto Industry Many argue that it’s hard to make a case that the crypto industry is healthy. The value of Bitcoin (BTC) collapsed by 80% of 2018, as the zany bubble of 2017 unwound;.

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ICO Token Scams May Have Affected Bitcoin’s Ability to Achieve Mass Adoption This Time Around

The crypto market, which was booming in 2017, has seen a major decline since then. BTC, the top crypto coin made many believe in the idea of decentralizing currency. Many tech enthusiasts flocked to the technology with a lot of hope.

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Mongolia Continues to Attract Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Miners

Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto mining needs the perfect balance of energy costs and revenue to be a viable investment venture. In the case of energy, cheap rates are preferred. There is also the aspect of cooling the mining machines that is usually taken care of by air conditioning in traditional data centers.

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Bloomberg & eToro Crypto Analyst Sentiments: A Bullish or Continued Bear Trend for BTC?

The crypto markets have begun the year on an uptrend after the bloodbath experienced during the better part of 2018. At the moment, we are looking at a possible new support level for BTC above $4,000.

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Why Tesla Accepting Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Would Be Ideal for Both Industries

The Lamborghini has been the dream car for many crypto enthusiasts and traders ever since Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies were popularized by mainstream media mid last year. Back then, and till around March this year, the words on every crypto trader were When Lambo? This phrase was used to indicate the need for a cryptocurrency […] The post Why Tesla Accepting Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto Would Be Ideal for Both Industries appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Bitcoin (BTC) and the Crypto Markets Suffer a Minor Correction After an Impressive Rally

The last 5 days have been an exciting time in the crypto markets in terms of all digital assets responding to an influx of good news. Bitcoin (BTC), also known as the King of Crypto, was trading at levels of $6,200 early Sunday, July 15th.

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Crypto Markets See Only Slight Gains and Losses With BTC, ETH in the Green

Crypto markets keep experiencing mixed signals since last Sunday’s drop, BTC and ETH in the green

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Armed crypto robbers steal Bitcoin [BTC] worth $1 million

As reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, in Forsyth County this week, five men were charged for allegedly scheming to steal Bitcoin from a local resident. According to recent reports, the five tried to steal Bitcoin which amounted to nearly $1 million.

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Ethereum [ETH] on the rise assures Brian Kelly

CNBC’s very own ‘crypto baller’ Brian Kelly went on air and spoke about Bitcoin and Ethereum prices. He believes that ETH’s downward spiral is over. While BTC struggles to pull out of its nosedive, ETH will fare better, Kelly insists.

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Top 10 Declining Coins, Crypto Markets Are Seeing a Mix of Red and Green.

Saturday, June 16: after a slight rebound Thursday, crypto markets are experiencing a similarly slight decline, with all of the top ten coins by market cap down by one to three percent in 24 hours to press time.

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Holding 20 altcoins safer than holding Bitcoin [BTC], says Former Goldman business analyst

Christopher Matta, the Co-founder of Crescent Crypto Asset Management, and former Vice President at Goldman Sachs Investment Management Division, claimed in his debut on CNBC’s Fast Money that it is safer to hold a variety of altcoins rather than Bitcoin since this diversity would offer better risk-adjusted returns. The Crypto 20 Private Index Fund is […]

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Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH] deemed non-securities by the SEC

William Hinman, The Head of the Division of Corporation Finance at the SEC, in a speech at the Yahoo All Markets Summit, a Crypto conference in San Francisco said: “Based on my understanding of the present state of ether, the Ethereum network, and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of ether are not securities transactions,” Hinman […]

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ICYMI: John McAfee talks about Bitcoin [BTC] price manipulation!

John McAfee has been a standout amongst the most prevalent online influencers of the crypto network. The former CEO of McAfee associates is known for his cost expectations of the crypto verse and the capacity to have an impact on the investors.

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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Looking Back to See the Way Ahead

It’s been a turbulent time for the cryptocurrency markets, so now is a good time to reflect on how and why we got here in the first place. First, an op ed makes the ideological case for Bitcoin.

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The probe into CFTC Price Manipulation and what we know

Earlier, on May 24, Bloomberg reported that a criminal probe into Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) price manipulation by crypto traders had been opened by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in conjunction with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Weak Rally Gives Bitcoin Second Chance at Support Test

Within minutes of rumors spreading regarding the SEC’s classification of both bitcoin and ether, the entire crypto market breathed a sigh of relief as everyone enjoyed a nice bounce.

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Is Ripple (XRP) About To Be Classified As A Security?

Ripple (XRP) continues to be in the news for a whole new discussion evolving around whether the SEC is going to classify it as a security or not. This debate has caught more fire now that the SEC has issued a clear verdict on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), clearly stating that both of them are not securities.

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Op Ed: From East to West: The Fiat Pairing Trend Grows in the United States

The recent announcement that Bittrex will allow investors to buy digital coins with the U. S. dollar is the latest in a string of crypto trading trends to move West from Asia.

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Etherum SEC will not consider

Gains in of over 10 percent in some coins are a welcome respite for investors after crypto markets took a battering over the course of last month. Today’s gains are likely due to positive news that Ethereum (ETH) will not be regulated as a security under U.S. law. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is

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How to use Bitcoin Cash as a base currency in exchanges

Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Coinex: The Exchange That Uses Bitcoin Cash as Its Base Currency Most cryptocurrency exchanges use bitcoin core (BTC) as the base currency that is traded against various other digital assets.

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Regulated Crypto Exchange Range of New Products

The company will begin offering custody, escrow, OTC trading, and exchange services for BCH, ETH, LTC, and XLM, in addition to its existing BTC offerings. Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Approval by the NYDFS Itbit announced on Thursday, June 14, that it will start offering several new products based on cryptocurrencies other than

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Investments Open Between $250k and $20m – Us Coin Base Index Fund

U.S.-based crypto wallet and exchange Coinbase’s Index Fund is now open for large-scale investors, according to an official blog post published yesterday, June 13. The index includes Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), as well as Ethereum Classic (ETC), whose addition to Coinbase was announced on June 11. Coinbase’s blog post notes

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NY Regulatory Approval – Four new Crypto Assets

Formerly Bitcoin (BTC)-only exchange itBit has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to add trading in four new cryptocurrencies, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph June 14.

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Regulated Crypto Exchange Itbit Adds BCH, ETH, LTC, and XLM Products

Regulated cryptocurrency exchange Itbit announced today that it has received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services to add more cryptocurrencies to its product offerings.

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Siacoin Sees The Moon With Binance Listing

#Binance Lists #SiaCoin ( $SC )https://t. co/BkyFi6GJ6Y pic. twitter. com/z71A74Q5Wn — Binance (@binance) June 14, 2018 Growing Altcoin, Siacoin is next up on the Binance platform, in a listing announcement that has seen Siacoin skyrocket over the past few hours.

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PR: The Masternode Foundation Helps Crypto Investors and Gives Back to Charity

The Masternode Foundation (MANO) is proud to announce that Charity: Water was the most voted non-profit organization by its community and as a result it received a 1 BTC donation. This donation was pledged before MANO’s launch, on June 4th, and the core team asked its community on discord to suggest and vote for their favorite non-profit organization.

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Crypto Markets Test Key Support Levels

As of this writing, the BTC markets appear to be falling to test support at the $6,000 USD area after forming a large descending triangle. The leading alternative cryptocurrency markets are following suit, with all of the top ten cryptocurrency markets having lost approximately 10% against USD in the last 24 hours. As of this

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Bitcoin [BTC] prices plummet to a bearish low

Bitcoin today hit a new bottom of $6.404 since the month of February. At the time of writing, Bitcoin had a market cap of $110 billion. The reasons behind the steep drop in BTC prices are speculated to be the crypto market crash of last week amalgamated with the negative publicity of cryptocurrencies in recent […]

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Markets Update: Crypto Markets Tests Key Support Levels

Bearish momentum appears to be accelerating across the cryptocurrency markets following the failure of BTC to hold above the long-term ascending trendline dating back to July 2017. As of this writing, the BTC markets appear to be falling to test support at the $6,000 USD area after forming a large descending triangle.

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New Coinbase Additions: Ethereum Classic and Crypto Index Fund

Coinbase dominated headlines across the space this week with a pair of significant developments. The San Francisco–based exchange announced on Monday, June 11, its intention to add Ethereum Classic to its trading platform and then quickly followed the news on Tuesday with the official opening of a crypto index fund.

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Op Ed: Scaling Capital Market Adoption of Blockchain Technology With SHA-3

The shift has already started; finance is moving onto the blockchain, leveraging the decentralization and disintermediation benefits of the technology’s architecture.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Short Squeeze Or Retest Of $6,000?

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently trading around $6,400 and will now complete either of two most likely scenarios. Scenario A will be a Bitcoin (BTC) short squeeze as market makers force bears to cover their shorts resulting in the price surging past $7,200 in a matter of hours.

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Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, answered candidly during an interview about crypto’s prospects for the future. Among other criticisms, he stressed blockchain technology is mostly hype, and that bitcoin core (BTC) is controlled by Chinese miners

Among other criticisms, he stressed blockchain technology is mostly hype, and that bitcoin core (BTC) is controlled by Chinese miners and has no hope of being a world currency. And while Ripple certainly was the hot topic, Mr.

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Pessimistic crypto markets see BTC falling below $6,500, ETH below $500

Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) has taken an over 11 percent negative hit, trading around $6,449 to press time, bringing its monthly losses to almost 25 percent. The leading cryptocurrency has now fallen below what some commentators consider to be an average BTC mining profitability threshold of $6,500. Aside from hardware costs, the local cost

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Ripple CEO: Bitcoin Controlled by Chinese, Absurd to Think it Could be Primary World Currency

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple CEO, answered candidly during an interview about crypto’s prospects for the future. Among other criticisms, he stressed blockchain technology is mostly hype, and that bitcoin core (BTC) is controlled by Chinese miners and has no hope of being a world currency.

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