There are approximately 21,800 Bitcoin options contracts due to expire on Friday, April 19. These derivatives have a notional value of around $1.33 billion, which is marginally lower than last week’s expiry event. Moreover, crypto markets have been tanking hard all week, with Bitcoin poised to lose its psychological price level of $60,000. Bitcoin Options […]
Public interest in the ‘Bitcoin halving’ is gaining steam as Google searches for the term have now risen to their highest level in history. According to Google Trends data, interest in the term began steadily ramping up at the start of 2024. Beginning with a score of 9 in January, interest in the “bitcoin halving’ […]
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell back below $60K on Friday following reports of explosions occurring close to the airport in Isfahan, a city in Iran. The report comes from the semi-official FARS news agency in Iran, citing local sources. Multiple flights began diverting their routes around Western Iranian airspace early Friday morning. The state-run […]
Bitcoin has now retreated 18% from its all-time high of $73,737 on March 14, tapping $60,000 during late trading on April 17. Corrections are a healthy part of market cycles, however, and analysts agree that this one may not be over yet despite the halving being just a couple of days away. On April 17, […]
The neutralization of funding rates in crypto perpetual markets following the drawdown suggested that the correction was healthy and that volatility may eventually decline. With the Bitcoin halving a few days away, the amount of BTC leaving centralized exchanges has risen to levels not seen for more than 15 months. At the same time, the […]
The bull market euphoria appears to have come to a screeching halt as the crypto market correction continues and digital assets keep dumping. On April 16, prominent market analyst “Cold Blooded Shiller” told his 269,000 followers on X that Bitcoin is “still the cloud that hangs over crypto.” BTC has retreated 15% from its March […]
The cryptocurrency market is known and critiqued (by some) for its enhanced volatility, a good example of which it witnessed in the past 12 hours or so when prices tumbled, leaving nearly $1 billion in liquidations. Bitcoin was among the least affected assets, but its price still tumbled from around $71,000 to $65,000 before it […]
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly issued a subpoena to obtain personal information from attendees of a Bitcoin core developer event in 2022. The move came to light through Mike Schmidt, co-founder of the Bitcoin non-profit Brink, who stated that the subpoena is related to allegations made by BTC developer and co-founder of […]
American author and financial educator Robert Kiyosaki has voiced his agreement with a $2.3 million per Bitcoin (BTC) prediction that Cathie Wood’s asset management firm Ark Invest made earlier this year. According to his tweet, Kiyosaki believes Wood’s predictions because he trusts her opinion, she is smart, and BTC has the potential to become worth […]
There are roughly 21,000 Bitcoin options contracts due to expire on Friday, April 12. These have a notional value of around $1.5 billion, which is slightly higher than last week’s expiration event. Additionally, crypto markets have been relatively stable this week, with total capitalization hovering at just over $2.7 trillion, and Bitcoin is dominating market movements. […]