Category: Trading

Risk management in crypto: Aka ‘the art of not losing all your money’

To attract and retain the interest of institutional traders, we need advanced risk management tools that can maximize gains for investors.

January 16, 2021
Coinbase Apologizes to UK and EU Customers Hit By Regulatory Lockouts

The mea culpa was mum on Coinbase’s broader troubles in keeping global trading running smoothly.

January 12, 2021
Traders Complain About Exchange Issues and Downtime During Bitcoin’s Volatile Price Swings

As bitcoin and a number of digital assets saw deep losses on Monday, a few crypto-asset exchanges had difficulties. Traders have been complaining about issues with exchanges like Coinbase, Kraken, and other trading platforms during the volatile price swings. Bitcoin (BTC) and many other cryptocurrencies have suffered a dip in value during the course of…

January 12, 2021
PayPal’s new crypto unit just traded over $240 million in a single day

The division launched last year after PayPal made a big push for building out and expanding its crypto business. PayPal’s growing volumes Paypal’s new crypto exchange traded north of $242 million in a single day on Monday, data from itBit, the firm’s exchange partner, showed. Retail has arrived. @PayPal cleared $242M in crypto sales yesterday.…

January 12, 2021
Institutions Use This Strategy to Hide Their Bitcoin Orders

Having smaller orders in essence fools the market into thinking there is not much interest at those price levels when in fact there is.

January 11, 2021
Privacy coin narrative gains steam despite Bittrex delistings: XMR, ZEC, DASH gain 20%

Early this year, privacy-focused coins were seemingly dealt a death blow by Bittrex, a popular crypto-asset exchange. In an announcement, the exchange said that it would be delisting the trading pairs that pertain to three privacy-focused altcoins: Monero (XMR), ZCash (ZEC), and DASH (DASH). No point was mentioned for the proposed delistings, though many were…

January 10, 2021
Bitcoin Price Taps $41,970, Morgan Creek Partner Says ‘BTC Is a 10x Improvement on Gold’

Bitcoin’s price continues to move northbound, as the crypto asset’s value has touched another all-time high (ATH) this week reaching $41,970 per coin on Friday morning (EST). The digital asset bitcoin is now the 7th most valuable asset worldwide with an overall market valuation of around $778 billion today. Cryptocurrencies across the world have seen…

January 8, 2021
Coinbase acquires trading execution platform Routefire

The exchange seeks to improve its Prime suite of brokerage tools for institutions.

January 8, 2021
BTC Reaches a Whopping $40,000, Industry Exec Says ‘Bitcoin Rises in the Eye of a Perfect Storm’

The price of bitcoin has astonished the masses once again surpassing $40,000 per coin across crypto exchanges worldwide. With well over $28 billion in global trade volume, the leading crypto asset’s overall market valuation is now a whopping $728 billion in value. **This post has been updated at 1:50 p.m. (EST) to reflect the recent…

January 7, 2021
Bitcoin Price Leaps Over $38,600- Analyst Says BTC’s Parabolic Move ‘Highly Abnormal’

Digital currency markets continue to see strong gains, as the overall market valuation of the crypto economy has jumped $32 billion over the $1 trillion market cap after hitting the record number for the first time. Moreover, the price of bitcoin touched yet another all-time high on Thursday morning (EST) reaching $38,610 per coin. Bitcoin,…

January 7, 2021