“With 95% of total supply soon to be in circulation, the market may be shifting from an era of abundance to one defined by scarcity,” wrote Fidelity Digital Assets researcher Zack Wainwright in a report released on Monday. The report identified two cohorts that defined the threshold of illiquid supply. These were entities with Bitcoin […]
Investor confidence in Bitcoin saw a powerful comeback as the asset drew $2.4 billion in inflows. This figure is its biggest weekly tally since July. Meanwhile, short-Bitcoin products lost ground, with outflows trimming their assets under management to $86 million. Ethereum also benefited from the change in sentiment. After eight days of consistent withdrawals, it […]
In its latest report, BitMEX Research examined how BRC-20 Tokens and Ordinal images are affecting Bitcoin node verification. The study looked at Ordinal-related data on Bitcoin, including the transaction count and data size, to determine their impact on node operators. BRC-20 Tokens Strain Bitcoin Nodes More Than Images The September 8 report revealed that BRC-20 […]
The Minneapolis-based bank with over $685 billion in total assets has renewed its Bitcoin custody services for institutions. Following a 3-year pause, now in a more crypto-appreciative environment, this is possible once more. Back After a Hiatus Shared via a press release, U.S. Bank, the primary operating subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, announced yesterday that it […]
The Trump family-owned American Bitcoin began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ‘ABTC’ on Tuesday following the completion of its stock merger with Gryphon Digital Mining. The firm is a Bitcoin accumulation platform focused on building America’s Bitcoin infrastructure backbone, according to the announcement. Shares in the Trump-backed Bitcoin venture surged as much […]
Only around 9% of the Bitcoin supply is currently in the red, carrying up to 10% unrealized losses, according to Glassnode. Comparatively, the local bottom of this cycle saw more than 25% of supply at up to 23% losses, the analysts noted. BTC fell to around $75,000 on April 9 in a correction that took […]
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 […]