Whatever the case, the dramatic rise in interest rates in 2022 had a meaningful impact on growth-oriented portfolios. Investors’ time horizons collapsed from more than five years out to the near term. Today, investors are making current cash flows and profits a priority over potential growth prospects. Bull market buzzwords – fear of missing out, moon bags, laser eyes, stonks go up, and financial independence, retire early – are out of vogue, replaced by mundane things like holding on, dollar cost averaging and the collective hope for transitory inflation. Source
Day: January 25, 2023
Indonesia Regulatory Switch Could See Crypto Classed as Securities, Not Commodities
The government says regulatory changeover will take two years, said Jay Jayawijayaningtiyas, country manager for crypto exchange Luno Indonesia, adding that it’s too early to speculate how the assets will be regulated by the new authority. Luno is owned by CoinDesk’s parent company DCG, and is a member of the ABI. Source
DOGE Drops to 5-Day Low on Wednesday – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Dogecoin slipped to a five-day low on Wednesday, as the meme coin fell for a second straight session. The move saw prices drop by over 5%, edging closer towards a key price floor in the process. Polygon also extended recent declines, hitting its weakest point since January 19. Dogecoin (DOGE) Dogecoin (DOGE) dropped to a five-day low on Wednesday, as the global cryptocurrency market cap fell by as much as 3% today. Following a low of $0.08919, DOGE/USD fell to an intraday low of $0.08245 earlier today. The move saw…
Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Take Profits, Will BTC Correct?
On-chain data shows Bitcoin short-term holder profit-taking has spiked, will this lead to a correction in the price of the crypto? Bitcoin Short-Term Holder SOPR Has Surged Recently As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, instances of the current trend have led to declines in the crypto’s price in the past. The relevant indicator here is the “Spent Output Profit Ratio” (SOPR), which tells us whether the average Bitcoin investor is selling their coins at a profit or at a loss right now. When the value of…
Founders of Gemini-Owned NFT Marketplace Nifty Exchange Are Leaving the Company
Duncan Cock Foster said he and his brother would be replaced by VP of engineering Eddie Ma as technical leader, and director of collector services and growth Tara Harris as non-tech leader, and that he and Griffin would continue with the company as advisors to ensure continuity. Source
Nifty Gateway co-founders resign amid Gemini woes
In a Twitter thread posted on Jan. 25, Duncan Cock Foster and Griffin Cock Foster, co-founders of nonfungible token (NFT) auction platform Nifty Gateway, announced their resignations effective immediately. In supporting the decision, Duncan said they were leaving because “Griffin and I are founders at heart, and we want to start another company.” “When @Gemini acquired NG in 2019, Griffin and I said if everything went amazing and we loved it, we would stay for 4 years before starting another company. We ended up staying the max amount of time…
Bitcoin Price Ignores as Bank of Canada Signals Pause to Rate Hike Cycle
This sharply tighter monetary policy by the Fed, BoC and other western central banks was an important factor in the brutal bear market for bitcoin last year that saw the price decline from just shy of $50,000 to nearly $15,000 before closing 2022 at $16,500. Original
Regulating crypto as gambling JP Koning – CoinDesk
Dai, MKR, Aave and Compound may not be gambling. But a large proportion of crypto is gambling. That’s because a big chunk of the people who engage with blockchains are doing little more than betting on the very volatile prices of first-generation unbacked volcoins like dogecoin, floki inu, and shiba inu. Let’s not forget bitcoin, bitcoin cash, litecoin, xrp, and ether. Source
The Bizarre (Sort of) Bipartisanship of the Crypto Congress
A who’s who of politicians who matter for crypto in the nation’s capital. By Jeff Wilser. Source
Why This Analyst Thinks Traders Should Not Be Bearish On Solana
For traders thinking Solana is controlled by the bears, a popular crypto market analyst, Chris Burniske, is giving a fresh perspective of hope for the major altcoin. According to the former lead of Ark Invest’s crypto department, those who think that SOL is generally bedridden in a bearish mood are mistaken. SOL Sets To Make a Breakthrough Burniske said that the Ethereum killer still has a breakthrough opportunity to rally its price despite its reverse down at a resistance level. The prominent analyst urged traders not to be extremely…