Day: August 10, 2022

Optimism TVL surges nearly 300% M/M ahead of The Merge upgrade

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According to data from DefiLlama, total value locked (TVL) on Optimism, a layer-2 scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, has surged 284% in the past month. The vast majority of TVL consists of users lending and borrowing assets on Aave through Optimism’s layer-2 chain. Investors have been bidding up digital assets related to the Ethereum ecosystem in anticipation of The Merge upgrade, which will see the blockchain transition from a proof-of-work network to that based on proof-of-stake.  According to a recent Ethereum developer call, the tentative date for The Merge…

TA- Binance Coin Continues To Look Strong Despite Altcoins Shakeout

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The price of Binance coin (BNB) continues to look strong as it holds its support against Tether (USDT) after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) announcement. The CPI tends to provide a gauge as regards inflation in the economy while instigating BTC prices and other altcoins. Bitcoin’s (BTC) price saw a pullback from $24,200 to $22,800 despite showing signs of a relief rally but was faced with resistance to breakout. Despite the shake-out, the price of the Binance coin remained strong. (Data feeds from Binance) Price Analysis Of BNB On The…

July’s CPI Report Shows US Inflation Cooling — Critics Say ‘US Government’s Formula Understates the Actual Rise in Prices’ – Economics Bitcoin News

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After last June’s inflation report published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reflected a 9.1% year-over-year increase, July’s CPI data has come in lower with a year-over-year increase of 8.5%. Economists polled by media publications estimated that July’s CPI data would print 8.7%, however, July’s core CPI, the government’s broadest measure of inflation, remained the same as June. CPI Report Shows Inflation in the US May Have Peaked, Stocks, Cryptos, and Precious Metals Jump Higher The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq, S&P…

Bitcoin Research and Development Center Vinteum Launches in Brazil

In addition to announcing its launch, Vinteum named its first grantee, Bruno Garcia. Garcia is a Bitcoin Core developer and a Brink grant recipient. Gracia will act as Vinteum’s Director of Education, dedicating himself to educating promising developers while also continuing his technical contributions to Bitcoin, which include reviewing and testing pull requests, extending and improving test coverage, and working on improvements for the peer-to-peer, wallet and REST API modules. Source

US Senators Warren, Sanders Ask Key Bank Regulator to Rescind Crypto Guidance

In an open letter addressed to Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu, the lawmakers said they were concerned that several interpretative letters published in 2020 and 2021 under former Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks (now CEO of crypto company Bitfury), which allowed banks to provide crypto custody services, hold stablecoin reserves and engage in other crypto-related activities, “essentially granted banks unfettered opportunity” to engage in problematic crypto activities. The interpretative letters, which also includes one published under Hsu’s tenure, did not address any of the risks tied to crypto banking activities, the lawmakers…

$29K Bitcoin is closer than you might expect, according to derivatives data

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Bitcoin (BTC) price continues to battle at the $24,000 resistance and the price was rejected there on Aug. 10, but the rejection was not enough to knock the price out of the 52-day-long ascending channel. The channel has a $22,500 support and this bullish formation suggests that the BTC price will eventually hit the $29,000 level by early October. Bitcoin/USD 12-hour price. Source: TradingView Bitcoin derivatives data does show a lack of interest from leveraged longs (bulls), but at the same time, it does not price higher odds of a…

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TA- Bitcoin Bounced off Key Support After CPI Announcement

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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) bounced off its key support against Dollars (USD) after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) announcement in the United States. The metric is used to measure inflation in U.S. dollar and hints at a potential slowdown.  Bitcoin price saw a pullback from $24,200 to $22,800 despite showing signs of relief rally but was faced with resistance to breakout ahead of CPI news sentiments. (Data feeds from Bitstamp) Price Analysis Of BTC On The Weekly Chart Weekly Price Analysis For BTC | Source: BTCUSD On Tradingview.com From…

Recovery Market Sentiment Sees Investors Take More Risk With Altcoins

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Crypto investors had been moving out of altcoins through the market downtrend due to the high volatility that rocked these digital assets. As a result, the fall in these altcoins was more brutal than that recorded in bitcoin. However, as the tide has begun to turn and the market is looking towards more of a bullish trend, these altcoins have taken their place at the top of the recovering chain, prompting investors to rush back into them. Altcoins Provide More Gains Over time, it has been shown that altcoins record…

CFTC and SEC propose amending reporting rules for large hedge funds on crypto exposure

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, has proposed requiring large advisers to certain hedge funds to report any exposure to digital assets. In a Wednesday notice, the SEC and CFTC proposed amending their confidential reporting form for certain investment advisers to private funds of at least $500 million. The Form PR would require qualifying hedge funds to not include exposure to cryptocurrencies when reporting “cash and cash equivalents,” but rather add them under a different category “to report digital…