Category: ICO

Bitcoin Price (BTC) Declines 1.4% While Ether Price (ETH) Falls 1.9%

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Short-Term Holders Send $3B in Bitcoin to Exchanges at a Loss as Mideast Tensions Rise

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Bitcoin Returns to $61K After Tuesday’s Dump

Some observers have noted the differing performances of bitcoin and gold as a measurement of the two assets’ respective maturities. Gold, traditionally seen as a risk-off asset, gained 0.8% in the aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel while BTC lost 4%, despite often being referred to as a form of digital gold. “Gold is a much more mature asset, with a 5,000 year history as a store of value, so there’s not much room left for incremental network effects,” Presto Research said. “BTC [has] only a 15-year history. This means…

Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs Bleed $242.6M, Biggest Outflow Since Sept. 3

Bitcoin fell to a low of $60,300, erasing almost all of its gains since the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut last month, signaling an inauspicious start to “Uptober,” the community’s affectionate name for the calendar month that has historically seen the highest gains for BTC. The largest cryptocurrency has lost 2.6% since the start of the month, CoinDesk Indices data show. Source

Bitcoin Plunge Causes $450M in Bullish Crypto Bets Liquidated

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The Spectre of Sam Bankman-Fried Overshadowed Caroline Ellison’s Sentencing

Anjan Sahni, the Wilmer Hale partner representing Ellison on the stand, spoke a bit more about Ellison as a person, but still contrasted her with Bankman-Fried. Her role at Alameda was due to Bankman-Fried, her concealing Alameda’s financial situation was at the request of Bankman-Fried, indeed the central question of how Ellison came to a sentencing hearing having pled guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges came down to “why did Caroline go along with Sam Bankman-Fried,” he said. Source