Bitcoin (BTC) Chalks Out ‘Head and Shoulders’ Pattern Ahead of U.S. Jobs Data: Valkyrie Investments

“High timeframe trend metrics remain firmly bullish, a near-term [bearish] reversal chart pattern has emerged. Although not classically meeting the textbook criteria of a head and shoulders, price action since March 19 has painted an extreme high with flanking lower highs,” Valkyrie’s analysts, led by chief investment officer Steven McClurg, wrote in a note to clients early this week. Original

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Faces Legal Action Over Biometric Data Collection – Exchanges Bitcoin News

The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been accused of “wrongfully” profiting from its users’ facial and fingerprint scans. “Coinbase collects, stores, possesses, otherwise obtains, uses, and disseminates its users’ biometric data to, amongst other things, further enhance Coinbase and its online ‘app-based’ Platform,” a proposed class action lawsuit details. Coinbase ‘Wrongfully Profits’ From Users’ Facial and Fingerprint Scans A proposed class action lawsuit, filed Monday in the Northern District of California, alleges that the Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) illegally collects face templates and fingerprints of its customers in…

Bitcoin mainstream adoption on the rise, data shows 

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Data show that bitcoin (BTC) daily transactions have hit a new all-time high, while the number of addresses sending to exchanges has reached a 6-month low. Bitcoin’s bullish momentum continues to drive the cryptocurrency market forward as daily transaction volume reaches an all-time high of 682,000. This news is a strong indicator of growing mainstream adoption for Bitcoin and signals a positive trend for the entire cryptocurrency industry. Historically, daily transactions have been a leading indicator…

$1,505,416,204 in Bitcoin (BTC) Flows Into Binance Crypto Exchange in Just 30 Days: On-Chain Data

Over $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) has flowed into the world’s largest crypto exchange platform by volume in the last 30 days. New on-chain data from market intelligence platform Coinglass reveals that Binance currently holds 588,129 Bitcoin at time of writing, 51,386 of which came in just this month. Coinglass further finds that 22,590 of the BTC came in during the last seven days while nearly 5,000 tokens came in during the last 24 hours. Other prominent crypto exchange platforms that saw significant BTC movement during the last month…

Bitcoin price holds $29K as US PCE data sparks 90% Fed rate hike bets

Bitcoin (BTC) stayed choppy at the April 28 Wall Street open while United States macro data conformed to expectations. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView PCE offers “nothing to shock” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD fluctuating around the $29,000 mark on Bitstamp. U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index data, tipped as the macro event of the week, failed to deliver a performance catalyst as numbers broadly conformed to what markets had already priced in. “The trend is our friend, however core sticky for now –…

‘ECB has no interest in users’ personal data’

As the various stakeholders within the European Union continue to research the potential of a single central bank digital currency (CBDC), the representatives of both private and public banking institutions share their opinion on the digital euro.  In a fresh issue of the bi-annual Views Magazine, published in April, the topic of the digital euro received a heavy amount of attention from a number of speakers. Evelien Witlox, the program manager of digital euro at the European Central Bank (ECB), lays out three digital euro use cases prioritized by the…

NFT markets are out of balance with sellers dominating: Data

Recent data has revealed that throughout April, the nonfungible token (NFT) market has consistently seen more sellers than buyers, without a single exception. According to data from the analytics platform NFTGo, there were only 7,907 buyers on April 26, while there were 8,641 attempting to sell their NFTs. Days before, on April 19, the NFT market hit its second lowest point in the past twelve months, with only 5,893 buyers – a slight increase from the lowest recorded date in the past twelve months, which was on June 18, 2022, with…