Bitcoin price drops under $29K as Walmart, Target stock lose most since 1987

Bitcoin (BTC) headed toward an “interesting” liquidity area on May 18 as United States stock markets opened with a bearish bang. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView BTC price nears “interesting” rematch with lows Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it broke through the $29,000 support after the Wall Street open. U.S. markets saw a swift reversal of prior gains on the day, with the S&P 500 down 2% and the Nasdaq 100 down 2.3% within the first hour of trading. The big surprise, however, came…

Analysts assess the aftermath of the Terra (LUNA) collapse

Financial commentator Frances Coppola is convinced that algorithmic stablecoins such as TerraUSD (UST) will always be vulnerable to sudden collapses, no matter how much the technology improves.  “They can improve their game theory, they can improve their risk assessment, but I think there will still always be some states of the world that they won’t have thought of,” pointed out Coppola in a discussion with Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg. Terra’s UST stablecoin, which relied on an algorithm to maintain a peg to the U.S. dollar, collapsed last…

What to Watch for in Tether’s Upcoming Attestation Report

When a stablecoin issuer issues stablecoins into the market, it normally keeps a corresponding asset in reserve to secure, or back, the stablecoin’s peg. As redemptions requests arrive, these reserves get used up. Because a stablecoin’s reserves are key to guaranteeing stability, the big, centralized stablecoin issuers have adopted the practice of providing information about their assets. In regularly published attestation reports, an independent auditor is asked to offer assurance about the quantity and composition of reserves backing the stablecoin. Source

BITCOIN IS IN DANGER IF THIS HAPPENS… [very important] – BTC Price Prediction Analysis

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io This Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency trading analysis applies to various exchanges, including Bybit and Binance. Tackling questions like if Bitcoin can reach all time highs again or how low BTC will crash. Things like the lightning network have provided huge improvements for BTC and while it is true that others like Roger Ver with Bitcoin Cash (bcash) may disagree, I do see these blockchain technology innovations to be very bullish fundamental signs for the space. To join VIP, click on my name (@Forflies)…

YOANN․IO Seed Launch on KICK․IO – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Metaverses are here, and they are the next generation of gaming. That’s why KICK.IO launchpad is excited to be hosting the public sale of YOANN.IO, an Anime Action Adventure. YOANN.IO empowers players to go on exciting adventures, interact with other players, as well as earn passive income from the marketplace. Within the exciting anime multiverse environment, you may choose to roam solo, with an AI, or with friends – completing multi-level quests and earning exciting rewards. Within the multiverse, every player may contribute to the community’s…

LUNA Supply Nears 7 Trillion, Is $1 Still Possible?

The circulating supply of LUNA has continuously gone up since the UST debacle began. This has mainly been from people redeeming their staked UST for the digital asset, which caused its supply to rise drastically in such a short amount of time. In turn, the price of LUNA had declined to reflect the enormous amount of tokens that were being dumped into the market. Now that the dust has finally begun to settle, the question remains where the price of the asset might end up. $1 LUNA Still Possible? Now,…

ShapeShift creates FOX Foundation as intermediary for successful DAO transition

On Wednesday, ShapeShift — a Swiss decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) hosting a cryptocurrency trading ecosystem — announced that its centralized corporate brand, ShapeShift AG, has formed the FOX Foundation. The nonprofit organization’s stated purpose is to oversee the decentralization of its namesake trading platform and assets. The FOX Foundation’s charter includes handling tasks such as paying bills in fiat currency, hosting servers, maintaining the platform’s centralized infrastructure until the transition completes, and replacing ShapeShift’s backend node with decentralized infrastructure FOXChain, developed in conjunction with Coinbase Cloud. According to the company,…