The pandemic rally, in 2021, when crypto mania truly set in, inextricably tied up with the retail investor revolution, WallStreetBets and GameStop, stonks, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and memes. Investing became a public social activity for the very-online. Then another crash. And now the current rally, in which bitcoin has soared above $72,000, driven by the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) and institutional adoption from big suits like BlackRock and Fidelity. Of course, with crypto it’s never just one thing driving it, and the current rally is not just…
Day: March 25, 2024
FTX to Sell Anthropic Shares Following AI Boom
According to Friday court filings, the top buyer is ATIC Third International Investment Company, a tech investment company wholly owned by the government of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala. ATIC has agreed to purchase 16,664,167 shares of Anthropic from FTX for $500 million. Source
Record $1B Exited Crypto Funds Last Week: CoinShares
“We believe the recent price correction led to hesitancy from investors, leading to much lower inflows into new ETF issuers in the U.S., which saw $1.1 billion inflows,” said CoinShares. “Partially offsetting incumbent Grayscale’s significant $2 billion outflows last week.” Source
Weekly Crypto Gainers: ONDO Tops the Chart, With ICP and XEC Making Strong Showings
Bitcoin and ethereum have recaptured some of their losses from the previous week, but a group of crypto assets have seen their values climb by double digits in the last seven days. About nine cryptocurrencies experienced increases of 20% or more, with ondo (ONDO) leading the charge with a 94% leap this week. The Week’s […] Source CryptoX Portal
SFC Warns against Fraudulent Crypto Exchanges in Hong Kong
The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) has sounded the alarm against two dubious trading platforms, HKCEXP and EDY, today (Monday). In an official statement released on its website, the SFC cautioned investors about engaging with these platforms, citing suspicions of fraudulent activities. According to the SFC, EDY is purported to be a virtual asset trading platform, falsely claiming affiliation with a financial institution in Hong Kong and a digital token system developed by another financial institution. However, investigations have revealed no such associations exist. Moreover, investors have…
Bitcoin Whales Remove A Staggering $2.3 Billion From Exchanges, Is It Time To Buy?
Bitcoin whales have been very active in the past few days as the crypto continues to trade below $68,000. Notably, on-chain data has shown a trend of accumulation among Bitcoin whales, with large bouts of the cryptocurrency leaving crypto exchanges into private wallets. These massive transfers appear to have piqued the interest of a few investors who are keeping a watchful eye, as this accumulation pattern points to a price increase up ahead. According to various posts by whale transaction tracker Whale Alerts, Bitcoin whales have recently transferred $2.3 billion…
Do Kwon Released From Montenegrin Prison on Bail; Terraform Labs’ Civil Trial Begins in NYC
Both countries want to try Kwon on criminal charges, including fraud, tied to the $40 billion collapse of the Terra ecosystem in May 2022. After the Terra implosion, Kwon spent months on the lam before eventually being arrested in Montenegro for attempting to use fake Costa Rican travel documents en route to Dubai. Source
A Sign of Potential SHIBA INU and PEPE COIN-like Success? – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs
By Enoch Mutembei The cryptocurrency market has recently been beaming with a bullish trend and BEFE, among Pepe coin and Shiba Inu has not been left behind. These cryptos are currently on a bull run and have investors on their toes wondering whether they have missed the meteoric ship. BEFE, is a meme coin inspired by the Pepe coin’s Frog meme. This crypto made its debut to the market in November 2023 and follows in the footsteps of SHIBA INU and PEPE coin. Here, we will explore BEFE coin’s upward…
Goldman Seeing ‘Resurgence of Interest’ for Crypto Options From Hedge Fund Clients: Bloomberg
After a quieter 2023, the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. in January has triggered a “resurgence of interest” from Goldman clients, Max Minton, Asia Pacific head of digital assets, said in an interview with Bloomberg. Source
Blackrock says bitcoin will be a good portfolio diversifier despite its recent rally with stocks
Bitcoin is more like digital gold than a so-called “risk-on” asset, according to Robert Mitchnick, BlackRock’s digital assets lead. For years, bitcoin’s ability to behave in different ways at different times has stumped investors . They believed the idea that it might be a hedge against inflation only to see the cryptocurrency tumble with stocks in 2022 amid sky high inflation and rate hikes – and then rally again as signs of cooling began to show. BlackRock’s Mitchnick, speaking at the Bitcoin Investor Day conference in New York City Friday,…