Tag: Data

Crypto Traders Hedge BTC Rally After 40% Rise in 4 Weeks, Options Data Show

While the consensus is that that event, coupled with the strong inflows into the U.S.-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs), implies a supply-demand imbalance and potential for a continued move higher, some traders have started to position for a sharp decline. They have begun snapping up bitcoin puts, or options to sell, at strike prices well below the going market rate because perpetual funding rates point to a market that’s overheated and may witness a correction, a drop of more than 10%. Source

Bitcoin (BTC) ETF Volume Data Can be Misleading

The spot bitcoin ETF group as a whole has seen a turnover ratio of 5.3%, said Cipolaro, with Valkyrie (BRRR) and Grayscale’s GBTC seeing the lowest rates at 2.2% and 2.4%, respectively. At the high end is Ark 21 (ARKB) at 11.3%. He also took note of an upside outlier, WisdomTree’s (BTCW), the smallest of the spot ETFs with just about $30 million in AUM, during one five-day period experienced a turnover ratio of 205%. Source

Riot and Texas Blockchain Council Challenge US Government’s Bitcoin Mining Data Request in Court

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The publicly listed mining firm Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council have initiated legal proceedings against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and other federal entities, aiming to obstruct what they deem an unauthorized data collection effort targeting the bitcoin mining industry. The legal battle underscores the escalating tension between bitcoin mining operations and […] Original

Is Altcoin Season On? Here’s What Glassnode Data Says

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Here’s what the “Altseason Indicator” from the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode says regarding if an Altcoin season is currently going on or not. What Altseason Indicator Says Regarding The Altcoin Season In its latest weekly report, Glassnode has discussed what the Altcoin season status for the cryptocurrency market has looked like recently. To check whether the “altseason” is on, the analytics firm has devised its Altseason Indicator. This metric judges if the investors are in a risk-on mode based on how capital rotations are occurring in the sector. There are…

Is the DOE Crypto Mining Data Request an Opportunity for Energy Innovation or for Political Opportunists?

As someone who’s served at the Department of Energy (DOE), I believe the orders offer some key opportunities. While most of the mining community agrees the requests are politically motivated by certain members of Congress, the EIA statute directs agencies to pursue information gathering functions in support of requests from Congress, the DOE and others. Some of the questions are standard for the data gathering process and could help promote adoption of a much-needed uniform, consistent reporting framework for our burgeoning industry. Source

Solana, Chainlink Among Coins With Overheating Open Interest: Data

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Data shows Solana and Chainlink are among the top cryptocurrencies that have observed growth in Open Interest to relatively high levels. Solana & Chainlink Have Their Open Interest At Notable Values Currently According to data from the on-chain analytics firm Santiment, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in the derivative market for cryptocurrencies recently. The indicator of relevance here is the “Open Interest,” which keeps track of the total amount of derivative contracts for any given asset that is currently open on all centralized exchanges. When the value…

Solana Integrates Filecoin to Enhance Historic Data Accessibility

Solana, one of the top proof-of-stake blockchains, has integrated Filecoin, a decentralized file-saving blockchain-based system, to make its block history accessible for third-party apps. According to Filecoin, this will allow Solana to achieve improved redundancy and scalability for part of its data set while leveraging a decentralized solution like Filecoin. Solana to Integrate Filecoin to […] Source CryptoX Portal

Sanctioned Bitcoin mining firm BitRiver to launch largest data center for AI in Russia

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BitRiver, a Bitcoin mining company targeted by OFAC sanctions, is set to launch Russia’s largest data center for artificial intelligence (AI) in H2 2024. Bitriver-B, a subsidiary of BitRiver Group, is set to launch the largest data center for energy-intensive computations in Eurasia in the second half of 2024, Russia‘s government news agency Prime reports. The expected capacity of the data center is said to be 100 megawatts, as reported by Sergey Bezdelov, director of the Association of Industrial Mining. “This is the largest facility among all data centers in…