“Before Mt. Gox, nobody in Japan knew what bitcoin was, but when the Mt. Gox bankruptcy happened, it was covered all over national TV. Despite having only 10,000 to 20,000 customers in Japan, the event was streamed live on every TV station and widely reported,” he said. Source
Month: September 2024
Rahat’s Rumee Singh Enhances Financial Resilience with Blockchain
Alvin Lang Sep 04, 2024 09:39 Rahat, led by Rumee Singh, leverages blockchain technology to support financially vulnerable populations globally, winning accolades and grants. Rahat, a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by Rumee Singh, is making significant strides in providing financial resilience to underserved populations through blockchain technology. According to Circle, the project aims to address the financial inclusion gap in Nepal and beyond, leveraging digital dollars like USDC to offer financial services to those neglected by traditional banking systems. Blockchain: A Tool for…
Bitcoin Investors Beware: MVRV Has Given Bear Market Signal
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin Market Value to Realized Value (MVRV) Z-Score is currently giving a bearish signal for the BTC market. Bitcoin MVRV Z-Score Has Seen A Bearish Crossover Recently In a new post on X, CryptoQuant author Axel Adler Jr has discussed the latest trend in the Bitcoin MVRV Z-Score. The MVRV Z-Score refers to an indicator that keeps track of the difference between the BTC market cap and realized cap, divided by the standard deviation of the market cap. The market cap here is naturally just the…
Bitcoin, Ethereum whales accumulate despite market-wide selloff
On-chain data shows increased accumulation from Bitcoin and Ethereum whales despite market-wide bearish momentum. According to data provided by IntoTheBlock, the number of large Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) transactions, worth at least $100,000, started to increase on Sept. 1 after a set of constant declines in the last week of August. BTC whale transactions – Sept. 4 | Source: IntoTheBlock The number of large BTC transactions surged from 13,100 on Sept. 1 to 18,000 on Sept. 3. Ethereum witnessed a similar momentum. Whale transactions consisting of at least $100,000…
Bitcoin (BTC) Mining Profitability Is Stuck at Record Lows, JPMorgan (JPM) Says
The network hashrate, a proxy for competition in the industry and mining difficulty, increased for the second straight month, the bank noted. “The network hashrate averaged 631 EH/s in August, up 16 EH/s from last month, and about 20 EH/s below prehalving levels,” the authors wrote. Original
TradFi Firms Want to Transact in Bitcoin (BTC), But Are Being Held Back by U.S. Regulations, Says Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick
“If a bank were to hold your bitcoin, they would have to set aside their own money equal to that amount, sort of ‘in jail’. That’s why they don’t hold it. But if the regulatory environment was good, you will see all the traditional financial companies go head first into bitcoin,” Lutnick said. Source
Ripple USD Stablecoin Could be Issued in ‘Weeks, Not Months’: Garlinghouse
Plans for the stablecoin come amid further boosts to the XRP Ledger network in the form of Ethereum-compatible smart contracts, which will let users build out on-chain exchanges and issue tokens, among other financial services, as they do on Ethereum. Source
Critical Bitcoin Indicator: Analyst Foresees Major 75% Correction Ahead
The Bitcoin price has been unable to break out of its current downtrend after losing the $60,000 mark this week, trading as low as $57,790 on Tuesday. However, one indicator is pointing to further price corrections for the largest cryptocurrency on the market that could send the coin well below current levels. Bitcoin Faces Major Risks In a recent social media post, crypto analyst Ali Martinez has pointed to the Stochastic Relative Strength Index (RSI) on Bitcoin’s 2-month chart, which has recently indicated a trend reversal from bullish to bearish. …
Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance
“And then the second one is a means for, effectively, validators to receive emissions,” Boiron added. “Effectively, if you think of these new chains that pop up, what’s going to happen is that with time, they’re going to want to decentralize. And so instead of just having a centralized sequencer, they’re going to need to incentivize people to actually run a decentralized group or a decentralized prover. And if they don’t have a token, or if they don’t want to launch a token yet, how do they do that? Well,…
Japan’s Financial Services Agency Includes Crypto in 2025 Tax Proposal
The Financial Services Agency has released its tax reform requests for fiscal year 2025, highlighting the need to consider the tax treatment of virtual currency transactions as financial assets. This marks the first time virtual currencies are mentioned in such requests. Industry groups have long called for changes to the tax system for virtual currencies, […] Source CryptoX Portal