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 […]
During the bloodbath that plagued financial markets on Monday, Cathie Wood’s investment management firm Ark Invest loaded up on shares of the largest American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, ending months of selling the stock. According to a tweet from Ark Invest outlining its trade activity for August 5, the company purchased 93,797 Coinbase shares (COIN) worth […]
Ripple has been fined $125 million in the lawsuit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This is just a fraction of what the SEC had previously asked for in the case. The fine that Judge Analisa Torres settled on is far less than the $1 billion in disgorgement and prejudgment interest and $900 million […]
TL;DR Shiba Inu (SHIB) surged 20% on August 6, with significant increases in transaction volume and burn rate. The overall meme coin niche rebounded, with its market capitalization rising above $40 billion amid notable gains from Dogecoin, Pepe, and Bonk Inu. SHIB Metrics Explode The popular meme coin Shiba Inu was among the best-performing cryptocurrencies […]
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 […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked a New York court to reject Coinbase’s subpoena, which seeks to compel the agency to produce documents related to crypto assets. The SEC described them as covering “essentially all documents that in any way relate to crypto assets.” SEC Opposes Coinbase’s Subpoena Request The motion filed on […]
Capula Investment Management LLP, one of Europe’s largest hedge funds, informed that it holds $464 million in shares of spot Bitcoin ETFs from BlackRock and Fidelity. Capula’s disclosure contributes to institutional investors’ rising interest in U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs. Capula’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Shares A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August […]
BlackRock has been proving the pundits wrong amid claims that there has been little or no demand for spot Ethereum’s ETFs, The asset manager’s ETHA ETF took another $108.4 million in daily inflows on Aug. 6. This comes in the same week that the underlying asset devalued by around 25%. On “crypto black Monday,” the […]
U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs had a positive day of inflows following a massive market crash that sent the asset tumbling 23% in less than 24 hours. On August 5, the aggregate inflow for the nine newly launched spot ETH ETFs was $49 million, its second-highest inflow day since the funds started trading. Additionally, it is […]