Day: September 20, 2024

Ethereum Poised For A Comeback Following Interest Rate Cut: Steno Research

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Este artículo también está disponible en español. According to Steno Research, Ethereum’s (ETH) days of underperformance against the wider crypto market might be numbered following the US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) decision to cut interest rates. It’s Time For Ethereum To Shine Again Regarding price appreciation, ETH hasn’t had a particularly impressive 2024. While Bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins like Solana (SOL) and Tron (TRX) have witnessed considerable price gains, ETH is still trading at its January 2024 price levels. Notably, the second largest digital asset by market cap has tumbled 48%…

Gold’s Bull Rally Continues as Interest Rates Get Deep Cuts

The gold bull rally continued this Wednesday, as prices in COMEX reached all-time highs, surpassing $2,625 per ounce. Prices slingshotted up after the Federal Reserve announced larger interest rate cuts than some economists expected, lowering the rate by 50 basis points. This behavior had already been predicted by several analysts and institutions, who also expect […] Source CryptoX Portal

BNY Mellon SAB 121 exemption may herald bank Bitcoin custody

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Bank of New York Mellon, the largest U.S. custodian bank, scored an exemption from a controversial SEC rule that may enable Bitcoin custody. Institutional custody of Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrencies in the U.S. took a step forward as BNY Mellon was reportedly granted permission to operate outside the Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121, also known simply as SAB 121. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s SAB 121 advised entities holding customer crypto to report such holdings as corporate liabilities. SAB 121 also required financial service providers to disclose the type of…

Dogecoin Open interest Remains Muted Below $500 Million, What’s Going On?

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Este artículo también está disponible en español. With the market recovery, open interest in major assets has been rising, but it seems Dogecoin is not following this trend. The meme coin has remained muted with a failure to move like other large caps such as Bitcoin and Solana. Naturally, the direction of open interest can have an impact on the performance of Dogecoin’s price. So, what could this muted open interest mean for the meme coin’s price going forward? Dogecoin Open Interest Fails To Move According to data from the…

CFTC wins $36m victory in California crypto fraud case

New York resident William Koo Ichioka agreed to pay $36 million in a CFTC case alleging cryptocurrency and forex fraud. According to a Sept. 20 notice, Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered Ichioka to pay $31 million in investor restitution for a crypto fraud scheme that began in 2018. Judge Chhabria also granted the Commodity Futures Trading Commission a $5 million fine. Ichioka reportedly began fundraising millions from investors over six years ago, promising a 10% yield every 30 working days.…

Judge Extends Deadline for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission To Produce Documents in Coinbase Court Battle

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A judge has granted the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) request for a deadline extension to produce documents related to its court battle with the crypto exchange Coinbase. The SEC first sued the exchange in June 2023 for allegedly violating securities laws, including selling unregistered securities and operating an unregistered exchange/broker agency. This summer, Coinbase asked District Judge Katherine Polk Failla to order the regulator to search for and produce documents related to its previous communication with crypto issuers. The exchange also argued that the SEC needs to do…

Altcoins Outperform Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether ((ETH) Following Fed Meeting Due to Poor Liquidity, Higher Beta

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Total3, an index that tracks the market capitalization of the top 125 cryptocurrencies, excluding bitcoin and ether (ETH), was trading 5.68% higher since the central bank’s announcement that it would slash the Federal Funds rate by 50 basis points, according to data on TradingView. Bitcoin’s market cap, by contrast, rose only 4.4%. Original

Bitcoin (BTC) Price and Hashrate Divergence May Set the Scene for a Potential Rally, Historical Data Shows

Consistent with this pattern, bitcoin has already shown signs of recovery, gaining about $9,000 since the local bottom on Sept. 6, representing a 15% increase in value. This divergence between bitcoin’s (BTC) price and its hash rate started to shape up in July and then persisted into early September, when the computing power of the network reached an all-time high of 693 exahashes per second (EH/s) on a seven-day moving average, while bitcoin’s price was near $54,000. Source