Day: January 12, 2022

Bitcoin exchange outflows see biggest daily spike since September 2021

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Bitcoin (BTC) investors are voting with their wallets as one-day outflows from major exchanges near 30,000 BTC.  Data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant shows that on Jan. 11, 29,371 BTC left exchange order books — the most since Sep. 10. The four-month high in outflows corresponds to short-term optimism returning on Tuesday as BTC/USD bounced and maintained levels above $42,000. The pair subsequently went on to hit local highs of $43,150 before consolidating, this nonetheless a different turn of events to the widely predicted cascade toward $30,000. While such an…

Morocco Now North Africa’s Leading P2P Crypto Trading Nation – Featured Bitcoin News

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In the year 2021, Morocco, which previously announced measures restricting crypto trading, became North Africa’s leading crypto-trading nation after its peer-to-peer (P2P) trade volumes surged to $6 million. Morocco in Africa’s Top Four In 2021, Morocco’s peer-to-peer crypto trade volume of $6 million was enough to see it ranked North Africa’s top cryptocurrency trading nation, according to the latest data from crypto payments company Triplea. The data also shows that only three African countries topped Morocco’s volumes and these include Nigeria, South Africa, and Kenya. In a breakdown of the…

Mercado Bitcoin operator acquires Portuguese crypto exchange

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Brazilian 2TM Group, the operator of Latin America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, is moving to expand its global footprint with a strategic acquisition in Portugal. The company officially announced Wednesday the acquisition of a controlling stake in CriptoLoja, a Lisbon-based crypto exchange licensed by the Portuguese central bank. Subject to approval by Banco de Portugal, the new deal intends to help 2TM start its expansion into Europe with over-the-counter exchange services. The company also plans to offer the services of Mercado Bitcoin to retail and institutional investors in Portugal.…

Bitcoin matured to ‘an integral part of digital asset revolution’

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Crypto is no longer an obscure asset class within the financial ecosystem, but a growing correlation with the stock market undercuts the “investment hedge” role of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, according to new International Money Fund (IMF) research. A blog post accompanying the survey highlights new risks associated with the growing interconnectedness between virtual assets and financial markets. Penned by IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department director Tobias Adrian as well as economist Tara Iyer and Research deputy division chief Mahvash S. Qureshi, the article claims that the increasing correlation…

Digital Yuan Wallet Ranks Among Most Downloaded Apps in China – Bitcoin News

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The new wallet of China’s state-issued digital currency has quickly become one of the most downloaded applications in the country, within days of its launch. Its use and integration with other apps have contributed to an increase of digital yuan payments, media reports unveil. Wallet Launch Boosts Digital Yuan Ahead of Lunar New Year and Winter Olympics In the week after it was offered to the public, the digital yuan (e-CNY) wallet has placed among China’s most downloaded apps. On Wednesday, a day after its premiere, its downloads exceeded those…

Blockchain Indicator Suggests Bitcoin Could be Close to Bottoming Out

A historically reliable blockchain indicator suggests bitcoin maybe in the final stages of a bearish trend, having lost nearly 40% of its value in the past two months. The entity-adjusted dormancy flow, a ratio of cryptocurrency’s going market value to the annualized dollar value of coin dormancy, has dropped below $250,000. Dormancy refers to the average number of days each coin transacted remained dormant or unmoved – a gauge of market’s spending pattern. The area under $250,000 has marked major price bottoms in the past, as seen in the featured…

Jack Dorsey announces Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund

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Former Twitter CEO and founder Jack Dorsey has announced plans to create a “Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund” with Chaincode Labs co-founder Alex Morcos and Martin White, who appears to be an academic at the University of Sussex. The announcement was sent on a mailing list for Bitcoin developers, bitcoin-dev, at 00:13:45 UTC on Jan. 12 from an email address appearing to belong to Dorsey. Cointelegraph reached out to the board members to confirm the email’s legitimacy but did not immediately receive a response. The announcement stated the fund will help…

Short Traders Lose $82M as Bitcoin Bounces to $43K

A bit over $45 million worth of longs were liquidated. Liquidations occur when an exchange forcefully closes a trader’s leveraged position as a safety mechanism due to a partial or total loss of the trader’s initial margin. This happens primarily in futures trading, which only tracks asset prices, as opposed to spot trading, where traders own the actual assets. Source