Bitcoin’s price movements took a massive turn for the worse in the past 24 hours as the asset plummeted to a 9-day low of just over $58,000. The altcoins have bled out heavily as well, with notable declines from the likes of ETH, SOL, DOGE, LINK, AVAX, SHIB, and others. The total value of liquidations […]
The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network has released its first status report on creditor distributions, revealing that affected parties have received over $2.53 billion in liquid crypto and cash. According to a filing with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, the $2.53 billion in crypto and cash was distributed […]
TL;DR Ripple whales have been quite active lately, purchasing XRP worth millions of dollars in a matter of a single day. One analyst thinks the asset could be on the verge of a rally due to the emergence of a historic price pattern signal. Turning the Accumulation Mode on The popular X user Ali Martinez […]
On Aug. 27, on-chain analytics provider Santiment reported that Bitcoin’s recent “mild” price drop was enough to cause a larger decline in total open interest on exchanges. However, OI for Ethereum and Solana has barely declined, it added. Open interest is a measure of the number or value of crypto derivatives contracts that have yet […]
TL;DR TRX has surged over 30% in the past two weeks, now trading near $0.17, and has entered the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, surpassing $14.5 billion. Currently, all of the asset’s holders are sitting on some paper profits. TRX’s Solid Performance TRX – the native token of Tron – has been among the […]
After Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov was arrested by French authorities over the weekend, more details have emerged that shed light on the reason for his apprehension. On July 8, a judicial investigation was opened against “a person unnamed” on charges related to complicity with various offenses committed using Durov’s messaging app, including money […]
Digital asset investment products attracted $533 million in inflows last week, the biggest in over a month, following Jerome Powell’s hint at the Jackson Hole Symposium that an interest rate cut might occur in September. While trading volumes were lower than in recent weeks, these products still totaled $9 billion for the past seven days. […]
Thailand’s law authorities recently raided a house occupied by a company running Bitcoin mining operations. According to the South China Morning Post’s coverage, the illegally operated Bitcoin mining activities triggered frequent power outages in the vicinity for over a month. Illegal Bitcoin Mining Operations Bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, uses a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism. This […]
The current U.S. benchmark rate for massive overnight money market loans from the central bank is in the range of 5.25% and 5.5%. When Powell spoke in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday, markets expected more signals of a regime of interest rate cutting ahead. Instead, he went a step further and explicitly endorsed rate cuts. In […]
A former Kansas bank executive was sentenced to 293 months in federal prison for embezzling $47.1 million in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme that led to the collapse of Heartland Tri-State Bank (HTSB). Shan Hanes, 53, the former CEO of HTSB, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement by a bank officer. $47M Crypto Fraud Court […]