Who will drive the next crypto bull run?

In his monthly crypto tech column, Israeli serial entrepreneur Ariel Shapira covers emerging technologies within the crypto, decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain space, as well as their roles in shaping the economy of the 21st century. The crypto market, just as any other market, runs in cycles. Even though digital assets are known, if not infamous, for being more volatile than many other asset types, their price action still follows a familiar pattern of ups and downs. Some of this, such as Bitcoin’s (BTC) four-year cycle, largely comes down to…

A Bear of Historic Proportions – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

By Marcus Sotiriou, Analyst at the UK based digital asset broker GlobalBlock Bitcoin fell below $20,000 briefly this morning, whilst the total crypto market cap fell to below $900 billion, from a high of $3 trillion last year. A new report from Glassnode Insights claims that the current bear market is “a bear of historic proportions,” and highlights that “it can reasonably be argued that 2022 is the most significant bear market in digital asset history.” Glassnode data such as the market value and realized value oscillator (MVRV, which is a ratio between…

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Bitcoin cae debajo de $20K en medio de preocupaciones por la inflación en España y signos de debilidad

La inflación subió a 10% en España, un máximo de casi 37 años en ese país europeo, debilitando la confianza de los inversores en Europa. El índice Stoxx Europe 600 cayó un 0,84%, mientras que el DAX de Alemania cayó un 1,84%. Las acciones en Asia también disminuyeron, ya que el Nikkei de Japón cayó 0,92% y el Índice Compuesto de Shanghái perdió 1,40% a pesar de que algunas ciudades chinas redujeron las medidas de cuarentena el martes. Original

FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Warns More Crypto Company Insolvencies Are Coming – Bitcoin News

In a recent interview, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the popular exchange FTX, warned that some crypto exchanges are “secretly insolvent” and may soon fail. Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research have already helped Blockfi and Voyager Digital as the 30-year-old billionaire says sometimes you have to do “what it takes to sort of stabilize things and protect customers.” Bankman-Fried’s FTX and Alameda Research Provide Credit Lines to Specific Crypto Firms The crypto economy has been hit hard by the current bear market and Terra LUNA and UST fallout that took…

Lending network enables transparent credit history in Africa via blockchain partnership

African mobile banking platform Aella has partnered with Creditcoin Network to make credit histories transparent cby integrating all its transactions into Creditcoin’s public blockchain. In an announcement sent to Cointelegraph, Creditcoin said that all Aella’s credit transactions will be recorded on the Creditcoin blockchain, making it easy to audit and available for viewing through their block explorer. The recorded transactions will include the terms of the loans as well as payments and repayments. Creditcoin said that the partnership comes with the release of Creditcoin 2.0, an upgrade that makes the…

MicroStrategy scoops up 480 Bitcoin amid market slump

Business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has added to its Bitcoin (BTC) holdings, reaffirming CEO Michael Saylor’s bullish outlook on the digital asset despite its recent struggles.  In a Form 8-K filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Microstrategy disclosed that it had acquired an additional 480 BTC at an average price of roughly $20,817. The total purchase amount was $10 million in cash. With the purchase, MicroStrategy now holds 129,699 BTC, making it the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin. The total value of its holdings is roughly $3.98…