CryptoQuant cited its demand indicator, which tracks the difference between the daily total bitcoin block rewards and the daily change in the number of bitcoin that has not moved in one year or more. Bitcoin rewards earned by miners are typically sold to cover operations, but an increase in selling from large holders indicates a waning demand for the asset. Original
Bitcoin has certain on-chain resistance levels coming up that could threaten future rallies. Here are the exact prices at which they lie. Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Have Their Cost Basis At These Levels Ahead As explained by CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr in a new post on X, the BTC short-term holders currently have their cost basis levels between $62,000 and $65,000. The on-chain relevance metric here is the “Realized Price,” which keeps track of the average acquisition price on the Bitcoin network. When this indicator is above the cryptocurrency’s spot…
Roman Ziemian, co-founder of the cryptocurrency platform Futurenet, was arrested in Montenegro for allegedly orchestrating a $21 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme. The arrest was part of an international law enforcement operation involving Montenegrin authorities and Interpol. Ziemian, who was living under a false identity in Podgorica, now faces potential extradition to either Poland or South […] Source
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Spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen their second consecutive inflow day this week, while spot Ether ETFs logged a drop in outflows in its 4-day negative flow streak. According to data from SoSoValue, the 12 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded $88.06 million in inflows on Aug. 21, representing a 42% increase compared to the net inflows seen on Aug. 20. BlackRock’s IBIT recorded the highest inflows with $55.4 million, bringing its total inflow since launch to $20.53 billion. It was the only fund to record a second consecutive day of inflows.…
“The series of transactions that we did to restructure Qredo into Zenrock has not been done before in the crypto space and included a combination of private lending, debt financing, bankruptcy/administration workout, restructuring, operating, product buildout and soon a mainnet launch,” Tapiero said. Source
On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor statistics will publish a preliminary estimate of the benchmark revision to the level of monthly nonfarm payrolls (jobs report) from April 2023 to March 2024. Source
Despite the challenges across the board, Hedera, a business-focused platform, especially in Q2 2024, continues to build and enhance its ecosystem further. According to a Q2 2024 review shared across X on August 19, analysts noted improvements made in the last quarter, pointing out how the platform performed relative to Q1 2024 and the broader crypto ecosystem. Hedera Developer Community Vibrant In the review, analysts observed that despite the general fluctuation in user activity, the developer community continued to thrive. The scalable ledger has over 75 full-time developers and over…
Ledn, a crypto lending firm, has secured a $50 million Bitcoin-backed syndicated loan from Sygnum, a Swiss digital asset banking group. This loan will be used to expand Ledn’s retail lending operations, providing additional liquidity to the crypto sector and the $1.38 trillion syndicated loan market. The collaboration highlights the growing integration of crypto assets […] Original
“Selling pressure has been building near this level since early August. Bitcoin, having added 3.2% since the start of the day and around 4.5% in 24 hours, has once again come close to testing its 50-day moving average, trading just below $61K,” Alex Kuptsikevich, FxPro senior market analyst, told CoinDesk in an email. Original