Metaplanet announced making yet another significant investment in bitcoin, purchasing approximately $3.3 million (500 million yen) worth of the cryptocurrency. This acquisition involved 57.103 bitcoins, with an average purchase price of 8,756,107 yen per one. This move is part of the Japanese investment firm’s broader strategy to expand its bitcoin holdings. With the latest purchase, […]
With bitcoin in retreat again, analysts are looking for technical indicators and signals that could provide clues as to where it is heading next. On Aug. 12, crypto derivatives data provider CoinGlass reported that the liquidity heatmap is showing key first-test lines at around $56,800. If BTC prices bounce off this level, it will test […]
TL;DR Tron (TRX) leads with 87% of investors currently in profit. Cardano (ADA) is on the opposite side, with most of its holders underwater. Bitcoin (BTC) is Among the Leaders The enhanced volatility of the cryptocurrency market has significantly affected investors in different digital assets. At the start of the week, prices were plummeting, resulting […]
This week saw one of the most dramatic crashes in the cryptocurrency market—one that we hadn’t seen since the collapse of FTX in November 2022. What is even more interesting was the epic recovery of the majority of coins in the following days. Ultimately, the market ended up losing some $70 billion of its total […]
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 […]