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Bitcoin Struggles to Recover After Near 10% Drop

4Jan

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Bitcoin Struggles to Recover After Near 10% Drop

[ad_1] Bitcoin struggled to rebound from a precipitous drop which sent the largest cryptocurrency falling as much as 9.22% earlier in the week.The token was little changed on Thursday morning London time, trading at around $43,056 and marking a partial recovery from Wednesday's low, but still 6.2% away from the year's high. Bitcoin had rallied to a 21-month high on Jan.2, ahead of ahead of an upcoming Jan. 10 deadline, that could see the US Securities and Exchange Commission approve the first exchange-traded fund tied directly to the asset's spot price. The token, along with the broader crypto market crashed suddenly on Wednesday, which some speculated occurred after Matrixport analyst Markus Thielen wrote in a note that he expects the SEC to reject all Bitcoin ETF proposals this month...

Bitcoin’s Big Moves Are Being Magnified by a Protracted Lack of Liquidity

31Oct

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Bitcoin’s Big Moves Are Being Magnified by a Protracted Lack of Liquidity

[ad_1] A protracted dearth of liquidity in cryptocurrency markets is playing a key role in the more than 10% swings in the price of Bitcoin seen in recent weeks. Market depth remains at its lowest point this year even with the recent resurgence in trading activity being spurred on in part by expectations for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, FalconX's research team found. They measure market depth by looking at the average volume of Bitcoin trading activities within 1% of its current price, on a 24-hour basis. The drop in overall liquidity was dubbed the “Alameda Gap” last November by blockchain-data firm Kaiko. Alameda Research was the trading arm of Bankman-Fried's failed FTX digital empire. The lingering effect is largely a result of the huge losses that market makers incurred after t...

Billions Worth of Crypto Trades at Risk as Bank Shutdowns Take Toll

13Mar

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Billions Worth of Crypto Trades at Risk as Bank Shutdowns Take Toll

[ad_1] The digital-asset market is coming off of a turbulent year featuring a number of high-profile blowups. Now, two shutdowns in the banking industry — SVB Financial Group's Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate Capital Corp. — have set off a fresh set of stresses. SVB's failure triggered a knock-on effect in the crucial market for stablecoins after digital-asset giant Circle Internet Financial Corp., one of the biggest issuers of the widely used tokens known for their perceived safety, revealed it had $3.3 billion of reserves with the bank. The news caused Circle's token, USD Coin, to slip below its intended 1-for-1 peg with the dollar, sending a shock through the market. As concerning as USD Coin's de-peg was, it is the shutdown of crypto-friendly bank Silvergate...

Cryptoverse: Hooked on growth, bitcoin investors turn to smart tokens

9Mar

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Cryptoverse: Hooked on growth, bitcoin investors turn to smart tokens

[ad_1] For investors living on the digital edge, bitcoin is starting to look a little old-fashioned.Hooked on high growth, some are turning away from the original cryptocurrency - designed as an alternative to regular cash - in favor of its descendants created as native tokens of blockchain platforms that host smart contracts and apps. MarketVector's Smart Contract Leaders Index, which tracks major tokens of this kind - including ether, dot and solana - is up 36% in 2023, outpacing even bitcoin's 33% rise. Solana's token is up 76% this year. Bundeep Rangar, CEO of crypto-focused investor Fineqia, said he expected the biggest crypto returns to come from smart contract tokens on platforms that support decentralized finance (DeFi) apps."Those are ones that you will find capital appreciati...

‘Very Cold Crypto Winter’ Kills a Pioneer of Bitcoin Trading

11Feb

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‘Very Cold Crypto Winter’ Kills a Pioneer of Bitcoin Trading

[ad_1] One of the earliest peer-to-peer platforms for trading Bitcoin is shutting down, a casualty of the prolonged crypto downturn. LocalBitcoins cited the “ongoing and very cold crypto winter” for its decision in a tweet on Thursday. Its mission to “Bring Bitcoin Everywhere” and promote financial inclusion fell prey to falling volumes and market share, the company said. Launched in 2012 in Helsinki, LocalBitcoins was one of the earliest and most popular P2P platforms for trading the biggest token, but it gradually lost ground to other crypto exchanges. Weekly volumes peaked at almost $130 million during the 2017 bull market and have since tumbled to around $5 million to $6 million, data from CoinDance show. LocalBitcoins matched buyers and sellers and held the tokens in escrow...

Bitcoin Sinks Further 70% in Standard Chartered List of Possible 2023 Upsets

5Dec

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Bitcoin Sinks Further 70% in Standard Chartered List of Possible 2023 Upsets

[ad_1] Speculators cleaving to the view that the crypto rout is mostly over are at risk of a rude awakening in 2023, according to Standard Chartered. Speculators cleaving to the view that the crypto rout is mostly over are at risk of a rude awakening in 2023, according to Standard Chartered.A further Bitcoin plunge of about 70% to $5,000 next year is among the “surprise” scenarios that markets may be “under-pricing,” the bank's Global Head of Research Eric Robertsen wrote in a note on Sunday. Demand could switch from Bitcoin as a digital version of gold to the real thing, spurring to a 30% rally in the yellow metal, Robertsen also said. This possible outcome involves a reversal in interest-rate hikes as economies struggle and more crypto “bankruptcies and a collapse in investor confid...

Bitcoin Climbs to 2-Wk High Ahead of Speech by US Fed’s Powell

30Nov

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Bitcoin Climbs to 2-Wk High Ahead of Speech by US Fed’s Powell

[ad_1] Bitcoin spiked higher Wednesday in the countdown to a speech by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that may cement expectations for a slower pace of interest-rate hikes in the US. Bitcoin spiked higher Wednesday in the countdown to a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that may cement expectations for a slower pace of interest-rate hikes in the US. The largest token added as much as 3.7% and was trading at about $17,010 as of 10:41 a.m. in Singapore, the highest level in two weeks. Ether climbed over 4%, while the likes of Binance Coin and Dogecoin also jumped. Powell is due to speak later Wednesday at an event hosted by the Brookings Institution and may echo fellow Fed officials in signaling a half-point rate rise at their final meeting of the year after fou...

Bitcoin Climb Fails to Dispel Fears That FTX Contagion Is ‘Far From Over’

29Nov

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Bitcoin Climb Fails to Dispel Fears That FTX Contagion Is ‘Far From Over’

[ad_1] Bitcoin pushed higher alongside other major tokens Tuesday but concerns about contagion from the collapse of FTX continue to loom large. Bitcoin pushed higher alongside other major tokens Tuesday but concerns about contagion from the collapse of FTX continue to loom large.The largest digital coin rose as much as 2% and was trading at about $16,490 as of 7:20 a.m. in London. Second-ranked Ether also posted gains, while meme token Dogecoin surged 10% at one point. bitcoin The crypto lender unraveled in the wake of the chaotic demise of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX exchange and sister trading house Alameda Research. But the crypto world is nervously watching for further fallout from FTX, with the spotlight trained on the likes of struggling brokerage Genesis.“The credit contagion is fa...

Bitcoin’s Slide Pauses in Wait for Next Domino to Fall After FTX

22Nov

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Bitcoin’s Slide Pauses in Wait for Next Domino to Fall After FTX

[ad_1] Cryptocurrency prices steadied in a lull from the selloff sparked by the demise of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX empire. Cryptocurrency prices steadied in a lull from the selloff sparked by the demise of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX empire, but investors are braced for more ructions as further digital-asset sector bankruptcies loom.The largest token Bitcoin added about 1.5% on Tuesday while remaining below $16,000 and in sight of the weakest levels since November 2020. Coins such as Ether, Solana and meme token Dogecoin also posted modest gains. The latest sign of contagion from the fall of the FTX exchange came from Genesis, a digital-asset brokerage that warned of possible bankruptcy unless it can raise cash. Crypto lender BlockFi Inc. is also struggling to stay afloat. FTX's unraveling...