Day: December 8, 2022

BTC Nears 10-Day Low, as Bears Regain Market Sentiment – Market Updates Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin continued to slip on Thursday, with the coin remaining close to its lowest level since the end of November. Momentum in cryptocurrency markets has shifted in recent days, with sentiment currently bearish. Ethereum was also lower, with the token dropping towards $1,200. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) remained near a one-week low on Thursday, as cryptocurrencies continued to trade in the red. BTC/USD slipped to a bottom of $16,750.56 earlier in the day, less than 24 hours after trading at a high of $17,061.48. The move saw the world’s largest cryptocurrency…

Mr. Bankman-Fried Must Go to Washington

Following up on the unfolding of crypto exchange FTX, the Senate Banking Committee said it wants Sam Bankman-Fried, the exchange’s founder and former CEO, to appear in person next week to discuss the collapse of the exchange. If he doesn’t voluntarily testify, the committee will subpoena him, according to a letter from its leaders on Wednesday. “FTX’s collapse has caused real financial harm to consumers, and effects have spilled over into other parts of the crypto industry. The American people need answers about Sam Bankman-Fried’s misconduct at FTX,” the lawmakers…

XRP Price Bucks Trend As Whales Move Triple Digit Millions

The XRP price is currently bucking the general market trend and is recording a small gain of around 2% over the last 24 hours. What is noticeable are massive movements by whales over the past few hours. The cryptocurrency market is on shaky ground given the macroeconomic headwinds and the still not fully digested shock from the FTX collapse. However, XRP investors don’t seem to care at the moment. On the other hand, data suggests that possibly whales have played their part in this development. XRP Whales Surface As the…

2022 – Crypto Markets: A Year in Review

By the end of the summer, crypto markets were showing signs of stabilizing. The leverage in the ecosystem had apparently been purged from the markets and investor confidence began to return to crypto. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) rose to a summer high level of $1,092 on September 12th. Confidence was returning to the markets, driven by FTX, a large exchange and custodian, who rescued large CeFi lender, BlockFi, from bankruptcy. The seemingly strong FTX, led by founder Sam Bankman-Fried, continued to invest in crypto companies, bailed out many distressed…

Wemix delisting saga continues at South Korean court

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A court in South Korea has supported the decision of local exchanges to delist Wemade’s Wemix (WEMIX) tokens, dismissing Wemade’s request to cancel the delisting. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on Dec. 7 to justify the decision of the Digital Asset eXchange Alliance (DAXA) to delist WEMIX from major South Korean exchanges, The Korea Herald reported on Thursday. The DAXA, a crypto exchange group representing South Korea’s largest firms like Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit and Gopax, said that Wemade has failed to properly disclose the number of tokens outstanding.…

Solana Price Falls Below $14 – Gloomy Week For The Ecosystem?

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In the previous month, Solana (SOL) has failed to make progress as the token fell victim to the market contagion brought about by the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. As of this writing, all time horizon indicators for Solana’s native token SOL are red. Since succumbing to market contagion, Solana has continued to bleed Using bearish metrics and technical indicators, we may anticipate a more negative outlook. The token and ecosystem of SOL are not looking good according to other indicators. As per LunarCrush’s data, both social media mentions and…

Data Suggests Ethereum L2 Tokens May Experience Major Upside

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While the Ethereum network and its users continue to suffer from the high fees of the layer-1 blockchain, various layer-2 (L2) solutions are stepping into the spotlight to solve the problem. As analyst Miles Deutscher explained, citing data from Dune Analytics, layer-2 scaling solutions saw monumental growth in 2022. “I expect this trend to continue in 2023 and beyond,” Deutscher commented. Ethereum gas spent to settle L2 transactions. Source: Twitter Blockchain analytics firm Nansen also released data today showing the growth of layer-2 solutions. Specifically, Nansen referred to Abritrum. “Arbitrum…

‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ Advises Investors To Hang On To Bitcoin

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The year 2022 has been a very rough one for Bitcoin and the general crypto market. In the initial 11 months of the year, BTC declined by about 65%. Then, when it appeared that BTC gained stability at the $20K price mark, the FTX contagion broke out. The adverse event has brought the leading coin, Bitcoin, down by around 75% from its peak price of $68,789. BTC currently trades at $16,823. Bitcoin shows a decline on the chart l BTCUSDT on Tradingview.com Notwithstanding, Bitcoin is still more promising than the…