On Wednesday, bitcoin’s value ascended past the $60K threshold, peaking at a 24-hour high of $61,389 by 10:45 a.m. (ET). Concurrently, South Korea observed a pronounced premium over the international exchange rate, with local platforms such as Upbit and Bithumb displaying prices that are $2,251 higher. In a Worldwide Bitcoin Frenzy, South Korea and 30+ […] Original
Counsel for both COPA and Wright this week tried to undermine expert witnesses for the other party, particularly questioning their “independence.” Wright’s team on Monday questioned COPA expert witness Patrick Madden on why he’d enlisted the help of COPA’s counsel at Bird & Bird LLP to organize the findings of his investigation into Wright’s claims instead of seeking independent help. On Wednesday, the COPA camp, in turn, asked Wright’s expert witness ZeMing Gao, who has authored multiple essays asserting Wright is Satoshi, whether he was truly an objective expert. Source
MicroStrategy recently revealed that they had acquired an additional 3,000 BTC this month, bringing its Bitcoin holdings to 193,000 BTC. Interestingly, BTC’s recent price surge caused these holdings to cross the $10 billion mark, with the software company currently sitting on a tremendous amount of unrealized profits. MicroStrategy’s Unrealized Profit Reaches $5 Billion As disclosed in the company’s filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), its BTC holdings have now been purchased for an average price of $31,544. That means that MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin investment is now at an unrealized…
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“We expect the company will report a strong acceleration in Q/Q revenue growth due to a nearly 50% increase in avg BTC price from 3Q23. Additionally, transaction fees have been markedly higher in 4Q23, making up about 11% of miner rewards, from just 2% in 3Q23,” Petersen said. Original
Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has had a second consecutive record-breaking day with over $1.3 billion in trading volume. The world’s largest asset manager’s Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) also saw a record net inflow on Tuesday. The fund’s total bitcoin holdings have now surpassed 141K bitcoins. Another Record Day for Blackrock’s Bitcoin ETF Nine […] Original
Binance is changing its VIP program to attract investors from conventional trading sectors, offering them lower fees and other exclusive privileges. Under the new program, prospective users can qualify for VIP status on Binance by combining trading volumes from cryptocurrencies and traditional assets, such as stocks, across various external trading platforms. Binance continues efforts to captivate significant traders following a trend where notable financial institutions from Wall Street have scaled back their cryptocurrency dealings in the U.S. due to increasing regulatory scrutiny. Previously, to achieve VIP status, Binance clients were…
XRP price is gaining pace above the $0.550 resistance. The bulls seem to be aiming for a move above the $0.60 and $0.62 resistance levels. XRP started a fresh increase above the $0.550 resistance level. The price is now trading above $0.575 and the 100 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break above a major contracting triangle with resistance at $0.560 on the 4-hour chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could start a fresh rally if there is a close above the $0.60…
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly Killed Bitcoin,” tackles the questions that still remain unanswered ten years later. Source
Cardano (ADA) is among the few cryptocurrencies that are still observing loss-taking being the dominant behavior among investors. Bitcoin & Ethereum See Profit-Taking, While Cardano Is Seeing Capitulation According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) have both been seeing the investors majorly selling at profits, while Cardano has seen the loss-taking outweigh the profit-taking. The indicator of interest here is the “Ratio of Daily On-Chain Transaction Volume in Profit to Loss,” which, as its name already suggests, tells us about how the loss-taking…