The SECโ€™s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal By taking aim at high-profile targets including Coinbase, Justin Sun and Lindsey Lohan, the SEC showed it doesnโ€™t have the resources to effectively police the crypto industry. Source The post The SECโ€™s Scattershot Approach Shows Its Weakness appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

Bitcoin corrects on Fed rate hike, but bulls are prepared for Friday’s $1.2B options expiry

Bitcoinโ€™s (BTC) 17.5% rally between March 16 and March 22 surprised options traders betting on price levels below $26,000. The movement resulted from investors seeking protection against persistent inflation and the ongoing banking crisis. Bitcoin bulls have been paying close attention to the negative effects of near-zero interest rates between April 2020 and April 2022, and some have used the information to profit from the $1.2 billion in BTC options that are set to expire on March 24. Resilient inflation and improving housing markets According to the official consumer price…

Bitcoinโ€™s market dominance is climbing. Hereโ€™s what that says about interest rate expectations

Bitcoin’s market dominance has been climbing in March and is now up to levels not seen since June. A crypto asset’s “dominance” measures how much of it makes up the total cryptocurrency market cap. Investors use it to determine which parts of the crypto market are outperforming or underperforming relative to their peers. When bitcoin dominance climbs, it implies that bitcoin is doing well, but more specifically, it means its outperforming altcoins. Bitcoin dominance has risen steadily since March 8, the day after Silvergate Bank announced its voluntary liquidation. It’s…

FTX debtors agree to $95M sale of stake in Mysten Labs

The debtors for defunct crypto exchange FTX have approved an agreement that would sell its preferred stock in Mysten Labs, the company behind the Sui blockchain. In a March 22 filing in United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware, FTX debtors proposed a deal in which Mysten Labs and the company would agree to a mutual release of claims. As part of the agreement, the debtors planned to sell roughly $95 million worth of preferred stock back to Mysten in addition to $1 million in SUI tokens. โ€œThe…

EUR/USD Hits 6-Week High, as Greenback Weakens Following Fed Hike โ€“ Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

EUR/USD raced to a six-week high on Thursday, as markets continued to react to the U.S. Federal Reserveโ€™s 25-basis-point rate hike. The greenback was lower across the board, falling versus several G7 currencies, including the British pound. EUR/USD On Thursday, the worldโ€™s most traded currency pair rose for a sixth straight session, as markets continued to digest yesterdayโ€™s rate hike. The Federal Reserve opted to increase rates by 0.25%, despite recent uncertainty in the banking sector. Following the announcement, Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that โ€œFOMC participants donโ€™t see rate…

Arbitrum airdrop sells-off at listing, but traders remain bullish on ARB

The official Arbitrum airdrop page crashed right after the claiming process began around 9 a.m. EST. Some users still managed to claim it through alternative methods like Arbiscan. In the first two hours, the market witnessed a massive sell-off of the token as its price declined from over $10.29 to lows of $1. At ByBit, the token started trading for $7.50, but dropped to $1.50 within minutes. At the time of writing, the token was trading at $1.33. Only oneย address successfully sold the token at $10.29 through the ARB/USDC pool…

Sygnum sees increased crypto firm inquiries after US banking giants collapse

Zurich-based digital asset bank Sygnum is seeing an influx in inquiries from international crypto firms looking for new banking partners following the recent collapses of crypto-friendly banking giants in the United States. Dominic Castley, chief marketing officer at Sygnum, told Cointelegraph in an email that they are receiving more onboarding inquiries from crypto firms based in various jurisdictions looking to bank with them. He explained: โ€œOver the past weeks, as the current banking industry events have unfolded, we have seen a significant increase in onboarding inquiries from various international locations,…