Day: July 28, 2022

Crypto use in emerging markets driven by necessity: KuCoin Labs head

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The proliferation of cryptocurrencies around the world has been driven by different use-cases, with key differences becoming apparent between developed and emerging market environments. Lou Yu, who heads up KuCoin Labs, tackled the subject after a keynote address during the second day of Blockchain Economy Istanbul in Turkey. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Yu unpacked her experience working with a variety of projects and companies around the world and the key differences between primary and secondary markets. Cointelegraph editor Erhan Karahman interviews KuCoin Labs head Lou Yu at Blockchain…

Why The IMF Thinks The Crypto Market Could See “Further Selloffs”

The crypto market is trading in the green with Bitcoin and Ethereum pushing beyond critical resistance levels. The first and second cryptocurrencies by market capitalization record a 10% and 15% profit in the last day and seem poised for more profits during today’s trading session. Related Reading | Bitcoin Makes Surprise Climb As Fed Discloses 0.75 Point Rate Bump In order to get more clarity in terms of direction, Bitcoin must close the daily candle above $23,000 and Ethereum above $1,700. Data from Material Indicators records a thing order book on…

Bitcoin rallies after Fed interest rate hike, but bears can still win Friday’s $1.76B options expiry

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Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has been stuck in a descending channel since July 20 and it is currently heading toward the $20,000 support by the end of July. Adding to this bearish price action, BTC is down 50% year-to-date, while U.S. listed tech stocks, as measured by the Nasdaq-100 index, accumulated a 24% loss. Bitcoin USD price index, 4-hour. Source: TradingView As the U.S. Federal Reserve tightens its economic policies by raising interest rates and scaling back debt asset purchases, risk assets have reacted negatively. Fed chair Jerome Powell is set…

Bitcoin Bounces Off Consolidation Range, What Lies In Store?

Bitcoin has been on a steady increase over the last two weeks. It has not been on the uptrend for all of this time, but the majority of the time, the digital asset has maintained this upward trajectory. This has seen it touch above $24,000 at one point after bouncing off its strong consolidation point. Now, as the digital asset trails $23,000, a couple of technical levels have begun to form beneath it. Bitcoin Begins To Form Support Bitcoin has broken above $23,000 once more, and support has begun to…

The First Digital Monetary System Built on Bitcoin – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. Sango, the Central African Republic’s crypto-initiative, has set off a wave of excitement in the crypto space, fuelling curiosity and anticipation. Supported by a comprehensive Legal Framework, Sango will enable the creation of both the digital and physical infrastructure that would aid its development. SANGO will be partially backed by Bitcoin, meaning that will build up on an already existing strong foundation. What does “backed by Bitcoin” really means? Let’s set things straight: SANGO, the coin of the Sango sidechain, will be fractionally backed by Bitcoin,…

Is the end of this crypto winter in sight?

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In this week’s episode of Market Talks, we welcome the founder, chief investment officer and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management, Mark Yusko. Mark W. Yusko is an investor and hedge fund manager. He is the founder, chief investment officer and managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management and also the Co-Founder & Partner of Morgan Creek Digital. The main topic for discussion with Mark is if we are finally at the end of this crypto winter and what that could mean for the future of the crypto market.…

Crypto Exchange Kraken Under Investigation for Allegedly Allowing Iranian Sanction Evasion: Report

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Crypto exchange Kraken is reportedly under federal investigation for allegedly violating a US sanction against Iran. The US has imposed restrictions on activities with Iran following the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. As a result, US-based businesses are not allowed to buy or sell goods to anyone in the Middle Eastern country. Kraken is reportedly suspected of violating this sanction. Citing unnamed people affiliated with the exchange or who are familiar with the matter, The New York Times reports that the Treasury Department’s Office of…

Bitcoin Makes Surprise Climb As Fed Discloses 0.75 Point Rate Bump

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Bitcoin and the rest of the crypto market have been in a festive mood in response to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike, sending  both Bitcoin and Ethereum climbing in prices. The Fed’s announcement has sent Bitcoin’s price up by 5%. As of this writing, Bitcoin is trading at $22,837, up 7 percent in the last 24 hours. More so, Ethereum’s price also spiked by 11.6%; hitting $1,550, data from Coingecko show, Thursday. In fact, the entire crypto market is on a positive outlook with the total crypto market…

Is There Such a Thing as a Bullish Rate Hike? – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

By Ben Small, Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset broker GlobalBlock  The crypto market has started the second half of this week on the front foot on the back of the latest interest rate decision in the US. Despite starting the week under plenty of pressure in the build-up to the decision, a sea of green is showing across digital assets since. BTC rebounded back above the $23.840k mark placing the market leader comfortably within its higher ranges of the last 6 weeks. ETH has jumped by as much as 13% since…

After weeks of rumors, Thai crypto exchange Zipmex files for debt relief in Singapore

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In a document dated Wednesday, July 27, Thai cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said that its solicitors in Singapore, Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC, filed five moratorium applications, or legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment, under Section 64 of Singapore’s Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 on behalf of the company. Zipmex seeks to protect itself against third party actions, claims, and proceedings for a period of six months while the filing is active. The announcement came just one week after its CEO and co-founder Marcus Lim publicly denied the firm was facing…