On-chain data has confirmed that June was a painful month for bitcoin (BTC), but beyond the price weakness, both spot demand and institutional flows faltered. Due to last month’s performance, there is speculation that the market may be nearing a cyclical bottom, but this remains unconfirmed. In the meantime, analysts at the crypto exchange Bitfinex […]
Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has criticized Politico over its interpretation of a recent opinion poll, where the publication framed support for crypto legislation as “only 27%,” arguing that the figure actually represents 67 million American adults who already own digital assets. According to him, that same percentage cited as a sign of weak […]
Bitcoin is showing “early signs of stabilization” as the price momentum exits an extreme negative regime, reported analytics firm Swissblock on Tuesday. It added that on-balance volume (OBV) is also starting to support the regime shift and “recovery begins with momentum, but a new trend requires buyers to follow.” OBV is a momentum indicator that uses […]
The Bitcoin treasury company Strategy offloaded 3,588 BTC last week for approximately $216 million. The asset briefly plunged below $61,500 before recovering quickly. While the sale initially drew attention, the decision to sell more of the cryptocurrency could be a positive step that strengthens confidence in the company’s financing structure, according to Grayscale Research Head […]
Prominent blockchain investigator ZachXBT said that several meme coins using his name and likeness were launched across multiple blockchains over the past week to capitalize on the recent attention surrounding him. He clarified that he had no involvement with any tokens and reiterated his longstanding position that he would never endorse or launch a meme […]
Crypto analyst Credible Crypto believes many of the beaten-down altcoins could offer better risk-reward than Bitcoin (BTC) at current prices. According to him, projects trading 80% to 90% below their all-time highs may deliver outsized returns if the market turns. Market Is Building a Base as Attention Moves to Altcoins Speaking in the July 5 […]
The last trading day of the previous business week finally brought some more net inflows rather than consistent outflows for the spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States. The products tracking the world’s largest altcoin had even more to celebrate at the end of the week, but still closed in the red. The Good and […]
Several major South Korean companies have said they have not formally joined the newly announced Open USD (OUSD) consortium, despite being listed among its participating organizations. Open Standard, the independent entity behind the stablecoin, previously said it had assembled over 140 businesses to launch OUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, later this year. Korean Companies Push Back […]
Around 31,000 Bitcoin options contracts will expire on Friday, July 3, with a notional value of roughly $1.9 billion. This event is much smaller than last week’s big end-of-quarter expiry, so there is unlikely to be any impact on spot markets. Crypto markets have been flat for most of this week but picked up on […]
As more opinions on Strategy’s latest bitcoin (BTC) moves surface within the crypto community, trader Merlijn has countered Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s stance on the matter. In a tweet addressing Garlinghouse’s remarks on Strategy’s recent BTC sale, Merlijn insisted that both Ripple and the business intelligence firm use the same funding models. In other words, […]