Despite briefly climbing over the weekend, Ethereum couldn’t keep up its momentum above $2,600. The altcoin dropped to $2,400 before staging another recovery and returning to $2,600. New data now point to the possibility of a short-term pullback before a potential breakout materializes. Cooling Period Before Breakout Ethereum’s market is showing signs of overheating as […]
Coinbase is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a group of Illinois residents who allege the crypto exchange illegally collected and shared their biometric data as part of its identity verification process. The suit, brought to federal court on May 13, claims the company violated Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by capturing users’ facial […]
A recent survey by the Nakamoto Project, a nonprofit Bitcoin education and advocacy group, has revealed that four out of five Americans want some US gold reserves converted to BTC. The survey of 3,345 respondents asked: “Assuming the United States was thinking of converting some of their gold reserve into Bitcoin, what percentage would you […]
The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, passed in a 66-32 Senate vote on May 20. “The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the consideration of the GENIUS Act has passed,” reported Fox’s Eleanor Terrett. She added that more than 15 Democrats flipped their votes from no […]
Vitalik Buterin has suggested changes to Ethereum’s scaling plan that focus on making it easier to run local nodes while still supporting Layer 1 (L1) scaling. His proposals come in response to concerns that raising the L1 gas limit could make it more difficult for users to run full nodes. Partially Stateless Nodes In a […]
For the fifth consecutive week, digital asset investment products attracted inflows, amounting to $785 million. This pushed total inflows for the year to $7.5 billion, eclipsing the previous high of $7.2 billion seen in February. The influx has now erased the $7 billion in outflows from the February-March downturn. Interestingly, Ethereum stood out with strong […]
Jeff Walton, a Bitcoin podcaster and Strategy investor, recently pointed out that Strategy (formerly known as MicroStrategy) is on track to join the S&P 500 Index. Strategy Could Soon Join S&P 500 Walton wrote in a post on the X app: Q2 is likely going to be the big blow out quarter on Earnings for […]
Stock markets notched solid gains last week while crypto markets lost a bit of ground and cooled slightly. The weaker-than-expected readings on CPI and inflation expectations keep markets buoyed, while the Trump administration’s Middle East deals were a boon for the AI sector. Additionally, US Treasury yields are surging again. “Trade deals, recession worries, lower […]
TL;DR Ripple’s cross-border token soared to $2.45 on Sunday, where it was violently rejected and pushed south to a key support level that could result in further losses if it’s lost. At the same time, a big whale with a substantial PnL has reduced their long XRP position. Back to $2? It was just this […]
Bitcoin’s surge to $106,000 earlier this week has been primarily driven by robust spot market demand, with Coinbase seeing net buying pressure of $45 million per day, according to Glassnode’s latest report. The rally, which began after the king cryptocurrency dipped to just below $75,000 in early April, has been marked by strong accumulation phases, […]