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Bitcoin open interest matches record high amid predictions of BTC price ‘fireworks’ this month

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Bitcoin (BTC) is in line for “explosive” price action as derivatives markets return to form in 2022, a new forecast states. In a tweet on Jan. 4, Vetle Lunde, an analyst at Arcane Research, confirmed that BTC denominated open interest (OI) had returned to all-time highs seen in November. Open interest demands “fireworks” within weeks Bitcoin futures and options have taken a beating during the end-of-year BTC/USD retracement, but as the holiday period ended, consensus began to form around a major comeback. Institutional traders should become the major force on…

Bitcoin network turns 13, celebrates with new hash rate all-time high

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Today marks the 13th year since Bitcoin (BTC) creator Satoshi Nakamoto mined the genesis block or block 0 of the Bitcoin network, and for the first time mined a reward of 50 BTC back on Mon, 2009. Fast-forward to 2022, the BTC network shows no signs of slowing down by reaching a new all-time high hash rate of 207.53 million tera hashes per second (TH/s). The Bitcoin hash rate, which correlates to the strength of the network based on the number of active miners, saw a temporary downfall after China…

Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, Mining Difficulty Nears ATH – Mining Bitcoin News

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Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of 2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12 months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 47.92% from the 141.55 EH/s recorded on January 3, 2021. Bitcoin’s Hashpower Reaches a New Milestone The processing power and security dedicated to the Bitcoin (BTC) network has never been higher, and the network tapped a milestone in 2022. According to the one-year hashrate chart hosted on coinwarz.com, BTC’s hashrate tapped a high of 209.39 EH/s on January 1, 2022. At the…

Solana Hits New All-Time High, Surpasses Cardano And Tether To Fourth Place

The Solana (SOL) ecosystem continues to see huge growth in the market. SOL price touched another record high on Sunday, November 7, as it reached $260.06. Its price is up by almost 17,500% YTD – from $1.51. SOL surpassed Cardano (ADA) and Tether (USDT) to become the fourth-largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $75.4 billion. Related Reading | Is Cardano Fighting A Losing Battle Against Solana? At the time of writing, it falls behind Binance Coin (BNB) $109 billion, Ether (ETH) $546 billion, and Bitcoin (BTC) $1.17 trillion. While it…

Volume Of ADA Staked On Cardano Network Reaches Record High

Cardano holds bragging rights for the network with the highest proportion of its circulating supply staked and it has not let go of this title. Cardano’s community is home to investors who are investing for the long term rather than trying to take short-term profits from the market. This means that most investors have their coins staked on the platform to serve as validators on its proof of stake mechanism. The blockchain has grown in popularity since it announced smart contracts capability in September. Since then, various partnerships and initiatives…

Wall Street Strategist Puts Bitcoin As High As $168,000 By Year-End

Co-founder of Fundstrat and Wall Street Strategist Tom Lee has revealed his expectations for bitcoin before the year runs out. According to a Bloomberg report, Lee revealed that he had high expectations for the digital asset, which he believes would hit the $100,000 mark by the end of the year, and added that the asset could go as high as $168,000 before the year runs out. Lee has always maintained a bullish stance on cryptocurrencies. He had earlier stated that he expected the asset to hit $100,000 this year. Now,…

Number Of Bitcoin Whales On The Rise As BTC Chases New All-Time High

Bitcoin whales are not slowing down on their accumulation tour despite rising prices. Bitcoin has now hit $62K for the first time in five months and the market has rejoiced over this milestone. With more growth expected in the coming weeks, investors are making sure that they do not miss out on what the digital asset has to offer in terms of value. BTC is now the de facto internet store of value, so investors are FOMO-ing into the asset. This has translated to a higher price for BTC. However,…

Bitcoin Shoots Up to New Year-to-Date High After $13k Daily Close

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Bitcoin has once again rallied over the past day, bringing it to new year-to-date highs at $13,350 as of this article’s writing. The latest move higher just took place, bringing the leading cryptocurrency from $13,150 to the aforementioned highs. Chart of BTC’s price action over the past two days. Source: BTCUSD from TradingView.com This comes after Bitcoin saw a notable daily candle close of $13,000. This daily candle close was the highest of its kind since January 2018. Many see this as notable as $13,000 has long been an important…

ERC-20 market cap differential over Ethereum hits all-time high

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Ethereum’s economic metrics are strengthening as transfer value and ERC-20 market capitalization continue to build momentum. Research by on-chain analytics platform Santiment has revealed that the market capitalization for all ERC-20 based tokens has flipped that of Ethereum itself. It added that it is currently the all-time highest market cap differential of ERC-20 coins over Ethereum. The total market cap for all current ERC-20 assets is $46.7 billion whereas that for Ethereum is currently just over $41 billion at the time of writing. There have been a couple of similar,…

Don’t just blame DeFi for paying high ETH gas fees

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Transaction costs on the Ethereum blockchain are at record highs, and no one will let you forget it. Reports often detail how decentralized finance platforms are the cause of ever-rising gas fees — tokens paid to miners who confirm and enable transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. Yes, DeFi does play a role, but the problem is institutional.  Some exchanges, custodians and asset managers have been using multisignature platforms to secure their digital assets. Several years ago, multisig was viewed as a respected attempt to prevent private keys from being compromised.…