Day: January 9, 2023

NY law firm investigates potential ‘securities fraud’ at Core Scientific

A New York-based law firm says it has begun an investigation into whether Bitcoin miner Core Scientific and its leadership potentially engaged in “securities fraud and other unlawful business practices” which led to its stock price falling on several occasions.  According to securities class action firm Pomerantz LLP, the investigation was prompted by a report from Culper Research in 2022, which alleged that Core Scientific had “wildly oversold” its mining and hosting businesses in 2021 and also waived a 180-day lockup period of over 282 million shares, making them “free to be…

Huobi Korea Plans to Cut Ties With Parent Company, Strengthen Domestic Presence – Bitcoin News

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According to a report from South Korea, the Korean subsidiary of Huobi Global is planning to cut ties with the parent company. The management of the trading platform stated that they plan to “strengthen its position” as a domestic cryptocurrency exchange and change its name. Huobi Experiences Significant Withdrawals as Subsidiary Huobi Korea Looks to Go Independent There has been much speculation and many rumors surrounding the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global, which rebranded to simply “Huobi” at the end of November 2022. Reports indicated that Huobi laid off 20% of…

US Hedge Funds Receive Subpoenas Over Communications With Binance As Investigators Probe Crypto Exchange: Report

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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is reportedly being investigated by federal prosecutors, which has led to multiple American hedge funds being subpoenaed by the Western District of Washington in Seattle. According to a report from the Washington Post, investment firms in the US have been directed by prosecutors to hand over records of their communications with Binance. The Washington Post cites two people who reviewed the subpoenas and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Binance chief strategy officer Patrick Hillmann told Washington Post that the exchange is talking to…

Ethereum Reaches New Three-Week High Above $1,300, But Will Rally Last?

Ethereum, just like bitcoin, saw a relief rally that pushed its price to a new three-week high. The digital asset is now trading above $1,300 for the first time since mid-December 2021, and so far, has been able to hold its gains in the market. However, not everyone is betting on the continued growth of the cryptocurrency, which could end up being a deterrent to further upside for the digital asset. Ethereum Whales Go Short Chinese journalist Colin Wu, popularly known as Wu Blockchain on Twitter posted a screenshot that…

Big Options Trade in Ether Market Would Profit from 69% Price Slide

Last week, a buy order for 50,000 contracts of ether options – with a $400 strike price and expiring in June – appeared on Deribit’s order book, raising alarm bells in the crypto community. As of press time, ether was priced around $1,300, so the options trade would pay off if the ether price slid 69% in less than six months. On Deribit, one ether options contract represents one ETH. Source

Failed FTX Exchange’s FTT, Serum Tokens Lead Altcoin Rally, Triggering Short Squeeze

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal A signal of traders’ extreme bearish positioning before Monday’s price increase was the funding rates for perpetual swaps of solana (SOL) sinking to 1,000% annualized rate. Then, SOL gained 20% and some $15 million of short bets were liquidated, according to Coinglass. Original Source The post Failed FTX Exchange’s FTT, Serum Tokens Lead Altcoin Rally, Triggering Short Squeeze appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

Bitcoin derivatives data suggests a BTC price pump above $18K won’t be easy

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Traders might rejoice now that Bitcoin price ventured above $17,400, but twenty-seven long days have passed since Bitcoin (BTC) last breached the $17,250 resistance.  On December 13, after a two-week-long lateral movement, Bitcoin posted a 6.5% rally toward $18,000 and even though the current movement still lacks strength, traders believe that a retest of the $18,250 resistance remains possible. Bitcoin 12-hour price index, USD. Source: TradingView To start the week, the S&P 500 index rose to its highest level in twenty-six days on Jan. 9. Weak economic data had previously…