Day: December 29, 2022

Chinese Communist Party official pleads guilty to helping Bitcoin miners

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According to a report published by state-owned daily news program Xinwen Lianbo on Dec. 29, Xiao Yi, the former Communist Party secretary of the City of Fuzhou, pleaded guilty to corruption charges in the Zhejiang Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court. During his tenure as director from 2008 to 2021, Yi was accused of accepting over 125 million Chinese yuan ($18 million) in bribes related to construction programs and illicit promotions. In addition to the aforementioned counts, Yi also pleaded guilty to charges related to business transactions between himself and Bitcoin (BTC)…

How Tether Can Be a More Stable Stablecoin

The crypto economy has suffered two major crypto failures this year: the collapse of Luna/TerraUSD in May and the failure of FTX in November. In both instances, the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether, was caught in the blast radius as waves of redemptions poured into the company. It shrunk by $18 billion, or 21%, in May and June and by another $4 billion, or 6%, in November. Source

BTC price preserves $16.5K, but funding rates raise risk of new Bitcoin lows

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Bitcoin (BTC) staged a modest recovery on Dec. 29 as United States stock markets rebounded in step. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView $10,000 BTC price targets stick Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD recovering above $16,600 at the Wall Street open after wicking below the $16,500 for a second day. The pair remained unappealing to traders, many of whom feared a deeper retracement may still occur around the new year. In a list of potential “capitulation targets,” Crypto Tony doubled down on $10,000 and lower…

Bitcoin Interexchange Flow About To Reverse, What It Means

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On-chain data shows the Bitcoin Interexchange Flow Pulse is about to see a trend reversal, here’s what it may mean for the crypto’s price. Bitcoin Interexchange Flow Pulse Is Crossing Over Its 90-Day MA As per CryptoQuant’s on-chain year-end dashboard release, the trend shifts in this metric have historically occurred with phase changes in the market. The “Interexchange Flow Pulse” is an indicator that measures the 1-year cumulative net flows between Coinbase and derivative exchanges. When the value of this metric rises, it means investors are transferring more coins from…

Making Comprehensive Crypto Policy Out of Regulatory Patchwork

By now, most people are familiar with the saga of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder, majority owner, and, until recently, wunderkind CEO of the now-defunct crypto exchange. Before his abrupt fall from grace, “SBF,” as Bankman-Fried has become known, had the ear of public officials, regulators and celebrities, and a public image as the kinder, gentler, face of crypto. Source

Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Appoints Its Chief Operating Officer Geoffrey Morphy as New Boss After CEO Resigns

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“In a little over two years, Geoff helped transform Bitfarms from a purely Canadian company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange with five farms in Quebec to an international powerhouse traded on both the Nasdaq and TSX with ten operating farms in four countries driving over 4.4 exahash/second (EH/s) today,” said Bonta in the statement. Original