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Bitcoin stuck under $40K, but BTC price hits another all-time high vs. Russian ruble

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Bitcoin (BTC) recovered from one-week lows on March 8 after a lack of progress in Russia-Ukraine talks sent markets tumbling. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Commodities “trading like meme stocks” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD bouncing at $37,170 on Bitstamp after Monday’s Wall Street open. Overnight progress maintained support, with the pair trading at around $38,500 at the time of writing. Crypto and stocks had reacted badly to the third round of negotiations to end hostilities between Russia and Ukraine ending in a lack…

Why Stablecoin Interest Rates Are So Damn High

Stablecoins also provide crypto investors with a “safe haven” when cryptocurrency price volatility is high. So when cryptocurrencies go on a wild roller-coaster ride, as they have in recent months, demand for stablecoins rises. This tends to push them off their pegs, which rather destroys their purpose. So when people are cashing out of risky crypto into nice, safe stablecoins and USDC is starting to look expensive, Jeremy Allaire cranks up the printing presses. Source

Bitcoin Leverage Ratio Remains High Despite Recent Drop

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On-chain data shows the Bitcoin leverage ratio has continued to stay at high values despite the recent decline in the crypto’s price. Bitcoin Leverage Ratio Hasn’t Budged Much In Response To Price Plunge As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the BTC leverage ratio has remained at high values recently, despite the price declining to $41k. The “estimated leverage ratio” is an indicator that’s calculated by dividing the open interest with the exchange reserve. In simpler terms, what this metric tells us about is how much leverage…

Number of Bitcoin Held by Funds Hits Record High

“I think the European Union (EU) is mostly bleeding at the moment due to two separate reasons: 1) Increased “supply” of ETP products globally. More alternatives, competing in fee structures lead funds to move elsewhere. 2) Some of the EU ETPs are old, dating back to 2015, and thus follow a different structure,” Vetle Lunde, market analyst at Arcane Research, said in a Twitter chat. Source

Bitcoin Slips Under $42K While Active Supply Reaches Yearly High

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Data Shows Ruble-Denominated BTC Volume Rising, BTC-RUB Prices Jump as High as $46K – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News

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Amid the conflict in Ukraine with Russia, bitcoin trade volumes tied to Russian ruble pairs have surged in recent days. Metrics recorded by the crypto analytics provider Kaiko indicate that ruble (RUB)-denominated bitcoin volume reached close to 1.5 billion rubles four days ago, on February 24. Data also shows that bitcoin-ruble pairs saw a significant premium on February 28, jumping 16% higher than the global average. Russian Demand for Bitcoin Surges Causing BTC-RUB Premiums Statistics show that there’s been a lot of demand for bitcoin (BTC) stemming from Russia during…