Following last Friday’s strong US jobs report and the subsequent odd increase in expectations for an upcoming Fed rate hike, risk-on assets are entering the final week before the crucial FOMC meeting scheduled for September 15-16. In the coming days, inflation data is likely to determine whether BTC continues its recovery or faces another major […]
Given the nature of its blockchain, bitcoin was long considered to move around within a broader four-year cycle prompted by the halving, which takes place in general every four years. However, the pattern has been rejected in the past year or so, and popular on-chain analyst Willy Woo took the same approach in his latest […]
The correlation between the leading cryptocurrency and the largest financial asset, gold, has climbed to its highest level since the 2020 pandemic, while its relationship with the Nasdaq has weakened significantly. The shift comes as concerns about debt, deficits, and currency debasement return to the spotlight after the latest developments in the US. Closer to […]
Standard Chartered extended its deliverable Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) spot trading to institutional clients in the United Arab Emirates on September 3, becoming the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the service in the country. The offering runs through Standard Chartered DIFC, the bank’s arm in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), […]
All eyes on Friday were on the US jobs report, which actually showed that the US economy had added 162,000 jobs in August, almost triple expectations of roughly 55,000-58,000. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1%, while July’s initially reported loss of 23,000 jobs was revised to a gain of 21,000. The reaction in financial markets […]
XRP’s spot trading volume climbed to its highest level since February during August, and the token’s price is now up roughly 8% in the last day to trade near $1.45. The pickup in trading activity landed as the broader crypto market came back to life, with Bitcoin clearing $80,000 for the first time in a […]
Bitcoin (BTC) sat near $77,000 today, clawing back part of a slide that took it under $76,500 earlier in the week after fresh US-Iran strikes spooked the markets. Analysts are now split on whether the dip was a shakeout before another push higher or the first sign of a deeper pullback. Traders Watch the $83,000 […]
XRP is changing hands around $1.35, down roughly 6% over the last week after slipping beneath a support level chart analysts had been watching closely since late August. Trader ChartNerd says the token’s second failed weekly close above its 50-week EMA leaves room for a deeper slide to $1.27, or lower, before the rally that […]
Asset manager Bitwise said that its XRP ETF (XRP) has crossed $500 million in assets under management (AUM) just nine months after launch. The fund’s page showed $502.7 million in net assets across 364.75 million XRP last Friday and $507.23 million after Monday’s close. “14 years in, and the $XRP community continues to be unstoppable,” […]
Bitcoin’s rally from under $65,000 to over $81,000 faced its first major macro setback after Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish message at Jackson Hole on Friday. The bigger question now is whether potentially higher rates and rising Treasury yields can derail the impressive market recovery. Although BTC remained relatively stable during the speech, […]