BTC prices surged to an intraday high of $62,790 during the Friday morning Asian trading session. The move added 9.5% to the value of the asset over the past 12 hours as it climbed from its intraday low of $57,000 late on Aug. 8. Bitcoin has now recovered around 25% from its dump to $49,800 […]
Periods of widespread decline in global markets are usually rare, happening during times of significant global stress, deleveraging, and increased geopolitical risk. On Monday, both equities and digital assets experienced sharp sell-offs as the unwinding of the yen-carry trade led to market deleveraging. US treasuries surged amid recession fears, and bitcoin saw a 32% drop […]
On Aug. 8, on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain reported that the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, experienced a net inflow of $2.4 billion since the market dip on Aug. 5. It added that the majority of that was in stablecoins with an inflow of $1.33 billion in USDT and $519 million in USDC. This suggests that […]
The ongoing turmoil in the Japanese and United States stock markets has triggered heightened volatility in the crypto space. This highlights the interconnectedness of global markets and Bitcoin’s growing correlation with traditional finance (TradFi) markets. Analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex explained in the latest Alpha report that Bitcoin’s rising correlation with TradFi markets could […]
Bitcoin’s price troubles seem to have no ending as the asset kept plunging on Monday morning and fell to its lowest price position since late February of $53,000. This means that BTC has lost about $17,000 since last Monday, making it one of the worst weekly performances in its 15-year history. CryptoPotato has repeatedly reported […]
Bitcoin’s price crashed toward $53,000, losing more than $17,000 since last Monday. This has been one of the cryptocurrency’s worst weekly performances in its entire history. In the past 24 hours alone, a whopping $840 million worth of leverage positions were liquidated due to the market crash. Source: Coinglass Earlier in the week, CryptoPotato outlined […]
The new study has delved into cryptocurrency prices, particularly bitcoin, revealing that markets are significantly influenced by both conventional financial factors and crypto-specific factors. The paper by Austin Adams from Uniswap Labs, Markus Ibert from the Copenhagen Business School Department of Finance, and Gordon Liao from Circle Internet Financial was published earlier this week. New […]
TL;DR Bitcoin’s value dropped significantly due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. The conflict is ongoing and continues to impact global financial markets. The end of the war could boost the cryptocurrency market, potentially pushing BTC’s price up. However, reaching the $100K milestone would require additional conditions. What if the Conflict Ceases? The […]
Friday, August 2, will see around 37,000 Bitcoin options contracts expire with a notional value of around $2.4 billion. The options expiry event is smaller than last week’s end-of-the-month event but a little larger than the average expiry. Bitcoin Options Expiry Today’s tranche of expiring BTC derivatives has a put/call ratio of 0.58, which means there […]
Bitcoin’s price actions took a violent turn from yesterday’s quietness as the asset plunged by more than three and a half grand to $63,300. The alternative coins have followed suit, and the total value of liquidated positions has skyrocketed to almost $230 million on a daily scale. The start of the business week was quite […]