Starling — a digital bank based in the United Kingdom — is the latest financial institution to ban crypto-related transfers and activities for its cardholders. Starling customers will no longer be able to purchase cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) or receive incoming transfers from crypto exchanges or merchants. The online bank announced the news in a statement to customers as well as on Twitter, citing the perceived high risks of crypto trading. Hi there We always review our position in relation to financial crime. We consider crypto activity to be high…
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Crypto Market Back To High Correlation As All Indexes Closely Follow Bitcoin
Data shows the crypto market has become highly correlation again in the past week as all indexes have been closing following Bitcoin. All Market Cap Weighted Crypto Indexes Have Been Moving Together Recently According to the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the 30-day ETH-BTC correlation now has a value of 0.95. To assess the performance of the different portions of the market as a whole, the coins are divided into the “crypto indexes.” The criteria for putting any asset into an index is using its market cap. The “market…
LTC Moves to 6-Month High, SOL up Nearly 20% – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Litecoin extended recent gains on Nov. 23, with the token climbing to its highest point since May. The move saw prices climb by nearly 20% in today’s session, and comes ahead of this afternoon’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. Solana also surged on Wednesday, moving nearly 20% higher. Litecoin (LTC) Litecoin (LTC) rose for a second straight session, with prices climbing by as much as 23% earlier today. LTC/USD rallied to a peak of $81.56, which comes less than a day after trading at a low of $63.20. The…
Ethereum Whales Accumulate ETH Tokens Amid High Sell-off
The crypto market often runs on a cycle of highs and lows. Conscious investors leverage the lows to enrich their wallets with assets awaiting the bull run. This quarter’s bearish trend is no exception. The past few weeks in the crypto market have been filled with massive losses following the FTX collapse. The extreme macroeconomic conditions following the Fed’s interest rate hike are not helping matters. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency, suffered multiple setbacks in the last weeks following the market decline. Ethereum slumped below $1,600 to $1,081, losing nearly 24%…
High Quality Reserves, Audits, and Regulation – Sponsored Bitcoin News
sponsored What is BUSD? Recently, there have been many questions about the safety and soundness of products in the crypto space. There have been many questions about stablecoins in general, so this piece is intended as an explanation of BUSD. First and foremost, BUSD is a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar (USD) which came from a partnership between Binance and Paxos. BUSD is issued by Paxos Trust Company, an NYDFS-regulated entity, on the Ethereum blockchain. This regulated status comes with some conditions attached which restrict the actions that Paxos…
Pre-Halving Rally? Litecoin Surges 43% to 6-Month High
Litecoin third mining reward halving due in eight months will cut LTC’s pace of supply expansion by 50%. Source
LTC up 12%, Hitting a 3-Week High – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Litecoin rallied to a three-week high on Nov. 22, despite the global cryptocurrency market cap mostly residing in the red. As of writing, the crypto market is down 1.11%, however, litecoin is up by over 12%. Another notable gainer has been chainlink, which rose for a second straight session. Litecoin (LTC) Litecoin (LTC) was a big mover on Tuesday, as the token rose by as much as 12% earlier in the session. Following a low of $60.04 to start the week, LTC/USD raced to an intraday peak of $68.36 today.…
Litecoin hits fresh 2022 high versus Bitcoin — But will LTC price ‘halve’ before the halving?
Litecoin (LTC) has emerged as one of the rare winners in the ongoing cryptocurrency market meltdown led by the FTX exchange’s collapse. LTC price outperforms BTC, ET The 2011-born altcoin rallied nearly 16% month-to-date (MTD) to reach $62.75 on Nov. 22, outperforming its top rivals, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), which lo approximately 25% and 30%, respectively, in the same period. LTC/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingView Furthermore, the LTC/BTC price also rallied to new heights, gaining 50% in November to establish a new yearly high of 0.003970 BTC on…
Curve’s CRV Token Turns Volatile As Exchange Balance Hits Record High
According to several Twitter-based researchers, including Lookonchain, the whale recently borrowed some 20 million CRV from the DeFi lending giant Aave and transferred half of that to OKEx, possibly to sell the cryptocurrency. The balance held on OKEx has increased by 11.3 million this month, according to Glassnode data. Source
Chainlink Rally In Social Activity Hits All-Time High Of 44,173
There has been an expected uptick in the Chainlink protocol’s optimism recently. This is due to the fact that the BUILD program is a part of Chainlink’s next protocol upgrade, Chainlink Economics 2.0. The initial 10 BUILD program projects were announced on Chainlink’s official Twitter account. This clearly increased the amount of online discussion on the project. Chainlink’s native token LINK’s social activity has increased from 35,540 yesterday to 44,173, and it’s likely to continue rising in the days ahead. Give a welcome to the first 10 #Chainlink BUILD projects:@SpaceandTimeDB@truflation@bitsCrunch@KryptonProtocol@InterestDeFi@Galaxisxyz@mycelium_xyz@Dolomite_io@caskprotocol@chainml_ Building…