Category: Price Watch
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High-net-worth Bitcoin investors aren’t all bearish—potential reasons why
High-net-worth investors are not all that bearish on Bitcoin despite the recent drop. Since its yearly peak, BTC plummeted by nearly 17%, but major investors do not seem fazed. There are several potential reasons why whales and high-net-worth investors are not bearish in the medium term. First, before the drop happened, as CryptoSlate reported, the…
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Bitcoin derivatives market hasn’t been this wrecked since the March crash
On November 26, the Bitcoin futures market recorded nearly $800 million in long contract liquidations alone. It marked the worst day for the derivatives market since the March 12 crash. Almost 800 mil in long liquidations alone. The derivs market hasn’t gotten this rekt since the black swan in March.$BTC pic.twitter.com/omNoJUPXi3 — Byzantine General (@ByzGeneral)…
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Despite losing $120M in a day, MicroStrategy is still up on its Bitcoin investment
Bitcoin’s latest price slump wiped out over $100 million in value from MicroStrategy’s crypto portfolio. However, despite suffering devastating losses in the past 24 hours, the company is still up almost 50 percent the 38,250 BTC it bought this year, showing that there’s no place for weak hands in billion-dollar NASDAQ companies. A billion-dollar company…
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Bitcoin bulls resolute despite $2,500 drop from highs: here’s why
Bitcoin has faced a steep correction since Wednesday’s highs of $19,600, the highest the cryptocurrency has traded since the late 2017 highs. The coin currently trades for $17,200, though fell as low as $16,300 on some exchanges early Thursday morning. Chart of BTC’s price action over the past few days. Source: BTCUSD from TradingView This…
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BTC dumps as Coinbase CEO mentions US regulations for crypto wallets
Veterans will say it’s the same story in a different dress. Bitcoin has, historically, been met by regulatory “FUD” or the prospects of a ban whenever the asset’s prices go parabolic. This was last seen in 2017 when China said it would “ban Bitcoin,” causing a near 30% drop in prices then. A similar pattern…
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Ethereum wicks under $500 on top futures exchange as market (finally) sags
The crypto market has developed massively since 2017 and 2018, with the introduction of complex derivatives products, regulation, and liquidity through prominent market makers like Jump Trading and Alameda. But the market is far from perfect: just recently, the price of Ethereum dropped under $500 on a leading futures exchange while ETH traded at $600…
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This upcoming 45 billion token airdrop is one of the reasons why retail is pumping XRP
XRP has gone up over 60% in the past week, and over 100% compared to two months ago. But what’s driving up interest in the payments protocol? An upcoming airdrop seems to be the likely answer. Enter Flare Network and SPARK tokens Flare Network, a smart contract network, announced its airdrop to XRP holders earlier…
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Bitcoin has been massively outperforming gold in November—but why?
The price of Bitcoin has been hugely outperforming gold throughout November. While BTC is aiming for an all-time high as it hovers above $19,200, gold is declining. Since the November peak, the price of spot gold has declined by over 8%. In the same period, BTC has increased by more than 24%, demonstrating a parabolic…
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Major announcements on Cardano set to take place by the end of the year
With a week left before the official November product update, Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, took to YouTube to share a brief glimpse of what’s been accomplished at Cardano this month. Hoskinson said that the regular update will take place at the end of November, while a bigger, end-of-the-year update will happen on Dec.…
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Cardano introduces Smash, a new open-source stake pool metadata aggregation server
IOHK, the company behind Cardano, has introduced Smash—a new metadata framework that will act as a better and more accurate source of stake pool information. Smash is a server that can aggregate, fetch, and store stake pool metadata such as owner details, pool name, and homepage. As the server code is open-source and can be…