According to historical patterns, Bitcoin sets its monthly high or low within the first 12 days of the month more than 80% of the time. “It’s been a good strategy to wait out the first few days of the month, as it generally sees choppy price action with a lot of shakeouts,” said full-time trader […]
Digital asset investment products staged a comeback last week, reversing prior outflows with $2.48 billion in inflows. August inflows now total $4.37 billion, which lifted year-to-date numbers to $35.5 billion. Activity was strong until Friday, when flows turned negative following the Core PCE release. The data dampened hopes for a September Fed rate cut and […]
Prominent stablecoin issuer, Tether, has announced plans to launch USDT on RGB, a next-generation protocol for issuing digital assets directly on Bitcoin. RGB, which recently went live on mainnet with its 0.11.1 release, is designed to extend Bitcoin’s capabilities beyond being a store of value by enabling private, scalable, and user-controlled asset issuance. Tether’s Bitcoin […]
Around $205 billion has exited crypto markets over the past 24 hours, sending total market capitalization plummeting back to $3.84 trillion. It is the lowest level total cap has been since August 6, but it still remains within a six-week sideways channel despite the massive sell-off. CoinGlass reported that around 205,000 traders were liquidated over […]
Authorities from the island nation have issued a notice for a substantial amount of Bitcoin lost due to a sophisticated attack. This event adds to the already long list of similar attacks the year has seen so far, and worryingly, continues to see. The Losses Increase Financial crime continues to weigh heavily on the crypto […]
A Bitcoin wallet from several years ago showed activity just today, selling at a substantial profit and shifting strategies towards the second-largest crypto asset by market capitalization. Ethereum, the asset of choice, has meanwhile been garnering considerable attention from institutions and retail investors alike. Change of Heart A dormant BTC whale has resurfaced today, as […]
Last week, digital asset investment vehicles recorded $3.75 billion in inflows, their fourth-highest figure historically, in what appears to be a recovery from the subdued momentum of previous weeks. Interestingly, the surge was almost entirely tied to iShares and one particular product under its umbrella. With market prices pushing higher, total assets under management (AuM) […]
The blockchain analytics firm Glassnode shared its weekly report, which features various key metrics and on-chain data related to the leading cryptocurrency. Spot Metrics The spot price rebounded strongly over the past week, after re-testing the sub-$114,000 level and climbing back towards $121,000. This brought momentum back into the spot market, with several sectors showing […]
The pace of profit-taking by veteran Bitcoin (BTC) holders has cooled off in August as they resist selling, signaling a shift in market dynamics after a record-breaking July. Data shared by on-chain analytics platform Glassnode shows realized profits by long-term holders, measured over a seven-day moving average, have dipped sharply from July’s $1 billion per […]
Maestro, a leading Bitcoin Finance (BitcoinFi) infrastructure provider, has published the “State of BitcoinFi” report, which brings forward an ecosystem-wide analysis on its financial applications, infrastructure, and ongoing development from a store of value to empowering traditional finance’s (TradFi) on-chain transition. Maestro anticipates volumes to keep surging as enterprises continue to stack BTC in their […]