Regulatory concerns surrounding Binance.us and its owner, Changpeng Zhou (CZ), have reportedly culminated in investors backing out of a $100 million funding round. The failed funding round also prompted Binance.us CEO Brian Brooks’ surprise decision to step down after serving as its executive for just three months. Brooks, the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency and former
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The crypto market has been surging recently and there’s one cryptocurrency — Bitcoin (BTC) — leading the way. After having suffered through volatility for the better part of the last 60-some days, the flagship crypto has showcased a high level of recovery, even breaking past its 200-day moving average earlier this month, suggesting that a
A recent price rally in the Polygon (MATIC) market pushed its prices above $1.56 for the first time in more than two months. In detail, the MATIC/USDT exchange rate rose 20.65% in just two days to reclaim the June 17 high. Traders raised their bids for the pair after Polygon announced that it would create
Avalanche blockchain platform’s native asset AVAX fell on Thursday as traders decided to secure their profits from its 100% upside move. The AVAX/USD exchange rate plunged more than 16% after hitting a three-month high of $36.64, putting a brake on a seven-day upside boom that saw its price rising by 111%. It appears that traders
Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have arguably transitioned from being an obscure part of the crypto and blockchain space to occupy greater significance within popular culture. Indeed, as cryptocurrencies and decentralization appear to permeate the conversation across social, political and economic lines, the apparent hype surrounding NFTs seems to be incentivizing greater adoption of digital currencies. Within
A Bitcoin (BTC) mining indicator that has preceded several major BTC price rallies is flashing again. Blockchain analytics platform Glassnode spotted a golden cross between the 30-day and 60-day moving averages of Bitcoin’s hash ribbon. In theory, such a crossover indicates that the price momentum is switching from negative to positive. Bitcoin hash ribbons. Source:
The summer of regulatory action has now become a global phenomenon. Lawmakers and politicians are waving their fingers and making threats toward the industry’s leading virtual asset service providers — a term coined by the FATF to describe exchanges, wallets, custodians and even DeFi platforms. But when it comes to crackdowns on cryptocurrency, few places
Solana (SOL), the in-house token of decentralized computing platform Solana, continued major gains on Tuesday to become a top 10 cryptocurrency. SOL/USD 1-hour candle chart (FTX). Source: TradingView SOL becomes top-10 market cap crypto Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed SOL/USD gain another 15% on Tuesday, briefly passing $72. Against weekly returns of
Solana blockchain’s native asset, SOL, soared to a new record high on Monday. The SOL/USD exchange rate rose by 26.12% to $65.467 on the Binance exchange after traders assessed a flurry of infrastructural developments in the Solana ecosystem, including a recent $70-million crowdfund to support its blockchain-powered decentralized exchange, Mango Markets. Solana ecosystem upgrades Mango
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The London hard fork of Ethereum, which went live on Aug. 5, ushered in a new era for the transition to Ethereum 2.0, a complete proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. In fact, the London upgrade is the penultimate step on the way to the final transition to PoS scheduled sometime in 2022. The upgrade got triggered almost
Trading volumes on peer-to-peer nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea have surged by over 12,000% in 2021. DappRadar data shows that the total incoming value to OpenSea’s smart contracts increased to $56.07 million on Wednesday compared to $73,556 on Jan. 1. Meanwhile, the marketplace’s user count increased from 315 to 14,520 in the same period —
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industry’s most important news, including influential projects, changes in the regulatory landscape, and enterprise blockchain integrations. After ThorCHAIN and Chainswap were exploited, it’s safe to say that hacking cross-chain bridges seems to be the style of the season. This
A Bitcoin (BTC) on-chain indicator that spotted dead cat bounces during the yesteryear bearish market corrections has flashed again in August 2021. Dubbed as “Bitcoin: Short Term Holder NUPL,” the indicator takes into account the unspent transaction output, or UTXO, of BTC transactions not more than 155 days old. In doing so, it attempts to
The cryptocurrency market charged full steam ahead on Aug. 11 as the price of Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to $46,743 and bulls are now taking aim at the $48,000 resistance level as the next target. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were IoTeX (IOTX), WINk (WIN)
Institutions have not left the Bitcoin (BTC) market even in the face of a 50%-plus bearish correction earlier this year, so shows data provided by Glassnode. The blockchain analytics platform reported Monday that the dominance of Bitcoin transactions exceeding $1M has surged twofold since September 2020—from 30% to 70% of the total value transferred. Since
Cardano’s ADA token came close to its highest in two months on Aug. 10 as daily gains neared 6%. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed ADA/USD challenging resistance to reach $1.59 — its highest since June 15. Cardano bulls battle $1.60 One of the top performers in the top fifty cryptocurrencies by market
The cryptocurrency market has shown a new level of resilience on Aug. 9 as a majority of tokens have managed to maintain recent gains and Bitcoin price hit a new 3 month high at $46,293. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were IoTeX (IOTX), CyberVein
Despite the recent slight recovery of the cryptocurrency market, there is no denying the fact that the crypto industry has been faced with a great deal of volatility over the last few months, made evident by the total market capitalization of the sector that dipped from $2.5 trillion to $1.18 trillion over a 45-day span
Ethereum’s native asset Ether (ETH) crossed above $3,000 in an extended upside rally on Aug. 7, hitting a three-month high. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency’s incredible move upside also boosted its possibilities of facing a bearish backlash. An on-chain indicator that tracks the total percent of Ethereum addresses in profits predicted the said downside outlook. In detail,