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Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication
18.5.2020
Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining
CZ’s Twitter Feed Swayed New CoinMarketCap Ranking That Put Binance on Top
15.5.2020
CoinMarketCap's new exchange ranking gives its new owner Binance a perfect score. The site's CEO said the decision was in part based on the Twitter "presence and feed" of the exchange's CEO
First Mover: Bitcoin’s Hot Again, and Crypto Miners Are Hoarding – Or Are They?
15.5.2020
Bitcoin is rallying again, and some analysts are taking a closer look at data extracted from the underlying blockchain for signals on whether cryptocurrency miners are buying or selling. Or if they're HODLing
Copper Claims New Tool Removes Credit Risk From Crypto Trading
14.5.2020
Copper's ClearLoop tool lets two parties finalize all details of a trade before transferring the seller's assets to the buyer's possession, rather than force the seller to store these assets on an exchange
First Mover: Derivatives May Have Blunted the Halving’s Volatility Spike
13.5.2020
The anemic price action surrounding bitcoin's third halving has led to head-scratching over why the cryptocurrency didn't moon. One possibility: Derivatives are bringing more price discovery
First Mover: Dull Bitcoin Halving Salvaged By Satoshi Tribute in Block 629,999
12.5.2020
A coded-in message on the blockchain harked back the the genesis of the original cryptocurrency
First Mover: As Bitcoin’s Halving Finally Arrives, a Price Retreat Deflates the Hype
11.5.2020
The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin's price pulls back just before the event
Bitfinex Now Has a Derivatives Contract Offering Exposure to Bitcoin Dominance
8.5.2020
Bitfinex says the perpetual swap provides investors with a less volatile form of exposure compared to a plain-vanilla bitcoin futures contract
First Mover: Search Interest in Bitcoin’s Halving Reaches Fever Pitch as Price Hits $10K
8.5.2020
Google Trends, a barometer for gauging interest in trending topics, shows searches for "halving" or "bitcoin halving" are far higher than for the same event in 2016
First Mover: Bitcoin’s ‘Halving’ Is Coming Even Sooner Than You Realize
7.5.2020
More activity on the bitcoin blockchain means the blockheight, which triggers the halving event, is probably coming faster than anticipated
First Mover: U.S. Arms of Binance, FTX Push Into Margin Trading, But Likely Not at 100x
6.5.2020
Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors
First Mover: Amid Economic Meltdown, Bitcoin Is Winning as ‘No Value’ Buffett Eats Crow
5.5.2020
Bitcoin is beating stocks this year, but it's also crushing the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, whose billionaire CEO said in February that the cryptocurrency had "no value."
First Mover: Capitalism’s Biggest Crisis Isn’t Driving People to Bitcoin – It’s the Volatility
4.5.2020
The post-Bretton Woods system is on the ropes, but what's driving interest into bitcoin is price volatility and the upcoming halving event
First Mover: Tezos Led Crypto Market With Twice Bitcoin’s Gains in April
1.5.2020
Tezos is outstripping the usual crypto leaders on the outside track, possibly down to an increase in the number of exchanges offering staking as a service
BTSE Exchange Taps Into Crypto Demand by Increasing Request-for-Quote Limits
30.4.2020
BTSE, a Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange, has upped the limit for its over-the-counter request for quote (RFQ) due to April's surge in bitcoin demand
First Mover: Bitcoin Now Crushing Gold After Biggest Price Jump in Six Weeks
30.4.2020
"Digital gold" has surged past the yellow metal to become one of the year's best performing assets, up more than 20% in 2020
Bitcoin Doubles Gold’s YTD Rate of Return in 1 Day as Gains Top 27%
30.4.2020
Peter Schiff licks his wounds as Bitcoin smashes gold’s rate of return in its $9.4K bull run
Bitcoin Jumps 12% as Fed Keeps Money Flowing and US Economy Shrinks
29.4.2020
"It's clear that the effects on the economy are severe," said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "We won't run out of money. It's an unlimited pot."
First Mover: For Bitcoin Prices, Inflation Headlines May Matter More Than the Reality
29.4.2020
Money printer goes brrr, but does it necessarily mean big inflation?
Boerse Stuttgart’s Bitcoin Exchange Adds Stop Orders as Volatility Hedge
29.4.2020
The firm says it's implemented "volatility interruptions" to protect traders from having all their stops triggered in a flash crash